POST-AND-PRESENT GAME. TRAIL TO HOLY GHOST TOWN. Youth learn how not to end up in DEATH VALLEY by choosing the right. This helps them go to HOLY GHOST TOWN filled with good people who listen to the promptings of the Spirit which makes this TOWN a happy place. Players use boot markers to place in the dynamite START position. If players land on a Trail Mix they read a situation card and move forward or backward. The first to get to Holy Ghost Town wins!
Great for COME FOLLOW ME, Primary and Family Home Evening, Bible Study, and Activity Days
POST-AND-PRESENT Activity:
If I live worthily, the Holy Ghost will help me choose the right.
The Trail to Holy Ghost Town Game
OBJECTIVE: Help youth know that through choosing the right, the Holy Ghost will be a part of their life to prompt, teach, and guide them.
TO MAKE Print (in color only) and cut out the images that follow. Laminate. You will need a die to toss and double-stick tape or magnets (to mount visuals on the board).
TO SET UP GAME: Tape the Death Valley sign on the bottom and Holy Ghost Town at the top of the board. Tape the rock signs, making a trail to and from the two signs. Tape the Start sign on the trail as shown.
TO PLAY: Tell youth, “We are going to play a game called Trail to Holy Ghost Town. Let’s imagine we are going to a special town filled with good people who choose the right. They listen to the promptings of the Holy Ghost, which makes this town a happy town. Let’s imagine that those who do wrong actions and do not repent of these actions go to Death Valley, a place where the Holy Ghost cannot dwell. The first team to get to Holy Ghost Town wins the game!”
- Divide players into two teams and give each team a Boot marker to place on the Dynamite/Start position on the board. Use double-stick tape to keep markers on the board.
- Flip a coin to determine which team goes first.
- Teams take turns rolling a die and moving that number of rocks along the trail, following “move forward” or “move backward” signs on rocks.
- When players land on Trail Mix rock, draw a situation from the Trail Mix container, read the situation, and move forward and backward as indicated on the card. Tape the card to the board or use magnets to mount it.
- If you land on Death Valley, roll the dice on your next turn to get back on the trail.
- Winners get there first!
THOUGHT TREAT: Trail Treats (rock-shaped candy or trail mix). Give each youth one or two brown jelly beans that resemble the rock on the trail. As they eat, ask them to name a step they should take to keep the Holy Ghost with them, e.g., pray, keep the commandments, read the scriptures, be kind, serve others, show love, obey parents, listen to your teacher, attend church.
SCRIPTURE TO MEMORIZE: Memorize the 2 Nephi 32:5 scripture.
More Lesson Ideas:
QUESTION: Ask, “How will the Holy Ghost help us keep our baptismal covenant?” and answer the question using the following sources to teach.
#1: The Holy Ghost bears witness to us when we are taught the truth. The Holy Ghost testifies of Jesus Christ (John 15:26; 1 Corinthians 2:9-12; 12:3; Gospel Principles, chapter 7; Primary 1, lesson 7).
#2: The Holy Ghost will prompt, teach, and guide us (John 14:26; 16:13; 2 Nephi 32:5, Primary 3, lesson 26; Primary 4, lesson 40; Primary 7, lesson 36).
#3: We will listen to and obey the promptings of the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost will help us choose the right (Moroni 10:3-5; Doctrine and Covenants 8:2; 9:7-9; Primary 3, lesson 12 enrichment activity 4; Primary 5, lesson 7, enrichment activities; Primary 7, lesson 36).
