AGES 4-7 SABBATH SEARCH! maze. For youth to get to the HAPPY HEART at the end they can draw lines with a pencil, leading them there. They will learn that the wrong Sabbath day choices will block them. Nice to know which direction to go on the Sabbath.
USE FOR: COME FOLLOW ME, Primary and Home (family home evening), Children & Youth Goals, Sunday School, Bible Study
Little LESSON LIFESAVER Activity
SABBATH SEARCH! Maze
OBJECTIVE: This “Sabbath Search” maze will help youth learn activities that are appropriate for Sunday.
ACTIVITY: Tell the youth that honoring the Sabbath can make us happy. With a pencil, draw through the maze, through correct choices, to get to the happy heart. (The path is blocked at wrong Sabbath day choices).
TO MAKE Print and color/cut out the Sabbath Search maze for each child.
THOUGHT TREAT Licorice Maze. Give youth a string of licorice to compare with Sabbath activities by saying: “This licorice is like our testimony. If we do activities on the Sabbath that invite the Spirit, our testimony grows and stretches. (Tie licorice in a knot.) If we do activities on the Sabbath that do not invite the Spirit, our testimony becomes smaller (tied up in knots). Let’s name some activities that will help us stretch our testimony of the Sabbath and help us keep it holy.”
SCRIPTURE CHALLENGE CARD: Help youth Search and Ponder this scripture card by filling in the blanks. PRINT this 5 x 7 scripture card from the pdf included with the above activity. You can punch the two holes on the left and tie a ribbon to attach cards or use two metal rings to connect cards.
John 5:8-9, 16
“Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath. And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.”
. . . MORE LESSON IDEAS . . .
For the Sabbath Search! maze
The above activity illustrates ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES #2 and 3 in the lesson (see ideas below*).
LESSON. To add to and enhance the above activity see (HERE) Lesson 14 – Primary 7 Manual – Jesus Christ and the Sabbath Day.
LESSON IDEAS
Talk about the creation where God rested and sanctified it making it a holy day (Genesis 2:1-3).
Help them decide if the activities would be appropriate by naming them and asking questions:
1. Does it honor Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ?
2. Is it a restful activity?
3. Is it of service to someone in need?
4. Are you making it a holy day of rest?
This Sabbath Day is a day of REST where we WORSHIP, LEARN, and SERVE. So, “What will you do to plan and prepare for the Sabbath day?”
It is said that “Saturday is a special day, the day we get ready for Sunday.” Song (HERE). Watch the video below.
SABBATH DAY ACTIVITY IDEAS.
Attending church
Reading scriptures
Writing in journals
Visiting relatives
Visiting the sick and needy
Writing in journals
Making memory scrapbooks
Enjoy restful uplifting music
Serving others
Enjoying restful family activities
DOWNLOAD more activities to planning for the Sabbath (below)
