OPTION 1: HIDE-AND-SEEK FOR MARCO, POLO

This game is a combination of hide-and-seek and the swimming pool game Marco Polo. It calls for blindfolds, ear plugs, and music.

One person is blindfolded and put in the middle of the Youth Sabbath School room. Somebody spins the person around 10 times to disorient the blindfolded person. During that time any others in the room seek a place in the room to hide. Ten seconds after the final spin, the blindfolded person must name somebody in the room and identify which of four quadrants in the room that person is at that moment (it can be a complete guess). The quadrant can be named or pointed toward. If the blindfolded person guesses correctly, the person they pointed to becomes the next blindfolded person standing in the middle of the room. If the blindfolded person’s guess was wrong, they go through the 10-rotation spin all over again and gives it another try. If a blindfolded person guesses wrong three times in a row, pick another person to be blindfolded.

Variations include giving earplugs to the blindfolded person or adding background music so it is more difficult to locate people in the room or hear their movements.

OPTION 2: I HEAR YOU

If you can hear, but you can’t see, is it possible to still know? Record your own sounds in advance and then have those in Youth Sabbath School guess those sounds. Here are several from YouTube that you could draw on. Some are nearly impossible to perceive. The answers are given halfway through the 2:46 video clip.

The answers are:

1. Telephone

2. Rooster

3. Squeeze toy

4. Goat (not a sheep)

5. Thunder

6. Bowling

7. Bongo drum

8. Clapping/applause

9. Gunshot

10. Wind

11. Glass

The obvious point is that hearing certainly helps, but often we need to also see in order to know.

Transition: As you consider our lesson for today, remember that humans can sometimes trust in something or someone without seeing proof of it. Sometimes they do need proof to believe in something. But does God have such limitations? It may seem sometimes like he doesn’t see, hear, or know what we’re experiencing, but the first four chapters of Exodus tell us differently.

This is a short video clip and an idea to help you create your own video on this week’s topic, plus a few follow-up questions to spark discussion afterwards.

OPTION 1

Create a video that illustrates God’s sovereignty. There are times when it can be easy to question this, such as when the Israelites spent hundreds of years in slavery despite being “God’s people.” However, even then God was still with them and showed it by helping them prosper in spite of their arduous circumstances. When and how might we question God’s sovereignty today? What evidence is there that God still sees, hears, and knows what’s going on right now? Remember to create a list of follow-up questions for your video as well so your participants can discuss it afterwards.

OPTION 2

“Do You Have SUPER Color Vision?” is a 3-minute YouTube video that tests how well your eyes can differentiate between colors that look similar. Be prepared to pause the video at points so your participants can vote on the right answer. It’s always wise to preview the video and before you show it to your Youth Sabbath School.

QUESTIONS

• How well did you do on the color test?
• What makes a tetrachromat different? (Answer: They have four types of cones in their eyes, which allows them to perceive 100x more colors—100,000,000 colors!)
• How is not having tetrochromacy similar to having faith in something we have no proof of?
• What makes your faith grow?