To introduce a lesson on the Gospels, play a game of "Jesus Charades." Divide the class into small teams. Prepare a stack of playing cards with separate phrases about the life of Jesus. For example,
- Jesus walks on water
- Jesus feeds the 5,000
- Jesus heals the paralytic
- Jesus calms the storm
- Jesus drives Satan into the herd of swine
- Jesus carries his cross
- Jesus welcomes the criminal into paradise
- Jesus lets Thomas probe his wounds
- Jesus ascends into Heaven
Call on a representative from each team to choose a phrase from the stack (without looking) to be acted out silently until someone from another team guesses the event. Take turns, calling on a new team representative each time.
