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The Glow Challenge: a Discipleship Tool for Children's Ministry SPIRITUAL HABIT: Share Your Story AGE GROUP: Elementary TEACHING SERIES: Get the teaching series [SeriesTitle] that goes along with this activity here ! This activity is designed to help kids practice the spiritual habit of sharing your story. Because if we want to grow spiritually, we need to make faith a regular, everyday, go-to topic of conversation as we learn to connect our stories with God's story and then share our stories with others. When we think of glowing, often the first thing that comes to mind is glow sticks. To get the glow sticks to work, first you have to crack them to start the glow then bring the stick into a dark area so it can glow brightly. Putting a cracked glow stick where it is bright is neither very exciting nor is it fulfilling its purpose. Glow sticks are its fullest potential when they are in the dark. Darkness for some kids can be terrifying but with a little bit of light, like a simple glow stick, they don't feel as afraid. Kids are also a lot like glow sticks. When they accept Jesus into their lives, they crack open with excitement and passion. How do we help get the kids to bring their passion into the "dark," that is the say, where people have yet to discover this joy? With our glow challenge, we want to help kids feel less afraid of the dark (both literal and figurative!) and encourage them to bring their glow-their love for Jesus-into the darkness. 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 over the course of a teaching series. Kids can do this at home with their families or at church in their small groups.

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