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Friend Fest: a Discipleship Tool for Children's Ministry SPIRITUAL HABIT: Spend Time with Others AGE GROUP: Elementary This activity is designed to help kids practice the spiritual habit of spending time with God. Because if we want to grow spiritually, we need to be engaged in healthy community and godly relationships with others-with people who share our beliefs, as well as with people who don't. It's easy to forget that spending time with others is also a spiritual discipline! God has so much to say about how we should love, forgive, cheer on, and grow with each other. I believe it was the great musical prophets Whodini who once said so profoundly. "Friends, How many of us have them? Friends, Ones we can depend on, Friends, How many of us have them? Friends, Before we go any further, lets be Friends" Now that you are vibing to this song, think about what this has meant for you in your life. The ones who have been a shoulder to cry on, folks you have laughed with, and with whom you have shared manymemories that will last forever. . . FRIENDS. In this activity, kids will have the opportunity to grow in the discipline of encouraging and building each other up. Remind your group that their words are powerful and God wants to use their words as means of love to the people around them. Their words can literally change someone's life and, dare I say, the world. All our discipleship activities are built to be flexible! You can use this activity in a variety of ways with just a little bit of modification, but here's how we recommend using this one: Use this activity at at time when you can have an on-site ice cream party or plan a trip to your local ice creamery where kids can have great conversations with their small groups.

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