SMALL GROUP LEADER GUIDE
Small Group Discussion
Say the point and Bible verse together.
Love Pure! Love others the way God does.
SMALL GROUP LEADER GUIDE 100% PURE WEEK 1 LOVE PURE
Small Group Welcome 1. Introduce yourself, and welcome new kids by name. 2. Kids share what happened during the past week. 3. Check up on past week’s prayer requests and events. 4. Discuss the welcome question: What’s the best valentine gift you could get?
Small Group Activity You’ll Need Cross clapper (1 per child)
Say: This game tests to see if you know the difference between selfish love and loving others with pure love. 1. Sit in a circle. 2. Place clappers in the center. 3. Read an item from the Pure Love or Selfish Love list. 4. If it’s pure, kids grab a clapper and shake it.
1. What does pure mean? Clean, with nothing mixed in 2. What kind of love shows we follow Jesus: pure love or selfish love? Pure love 3. What do you think is the difference between pure love and selfish love? Answers will vary. 4. If you only love people who make you happy, what kind of love are you showing? Selfish love 5. Think about people you love, and talk about why you love them. Answers will vary.
1. Think of a person who needs someone to love them with God’s pure love. Tell your group who it is. Answers will vary. 2. What can you do this week to show that person God’s pure love? Answers will vary.
Pray together.
5. If it’s selfish, don’t grab clappers.
1. Ask kids to share things they’d like to pray about.
6. Repeat the game until all the choices have been read.
2. Write down their prayer requests.
7. If time allows, let kids say their own pure love or selfish love ideas for the group.
3. Pray together over the prayer requests.
8. Collect the clappers at the end to be reused. Pure Love
Selfish Love
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Be kind to everyone Obey parents right away Help those in need, even people you don’t like Obey God no matter what Go to church to learn, teach, and serve
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Only help people you like Be kind only to friends Obey your parents only when you feel like it Obey God only if it’s easy Only go to church because it’s really fun
Choose questions to ask while kids play. 1. What do you think about the Joe Superior song? Answers will vary 2. What’s fun on Valentine’s Day? Answers will vary. Please save questions on back for Small Group Discussion.
Choose a few review questions.
Choose an action step question.
To Do
1. If we love others God’s way, what will people notice about us? We are Jesus’ disciples.
6. Do you think you love those people with pure love or with selfish love? Answers will vary.
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John 13:35 NIRV “If you love one another, everyone will know you are my disciples.”
Not sure what to pray? Pray this: Dear God, Thank You for loving us purely. Please teach us to love others the same way You do. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Check Out Stay in small groups until kids are checked out.
1. Talk about earning points by returning the Challenge Card, and play the game again. 2. When a kid from your small group leaves, say something positive and specific to their family. 3. Encourage families to do the Challenge Card together.
Small Group Discussion
Say the point and Bible verse together.
Stay pure. Say, “No!’ to sin.
SMALL GROUP LEADER GUIDE 100% PURE WEEK 2 STAY PURE
Small Group Welcome 1. Introduce yourself, and welcome new kids by name. 2. Kids share what happened during the past week. 3. Check up on past week’s prayer requests and events. 4. Discuss the welcome question: If you found a $100 bill on the floor, what would you do?
Small Group Activity
You’ll Need •
Unopened bottle of water (1 per group)
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Color tablet (1 per child)
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Paper towels (as needed per group)
To Do Say: I have a bottle of pure water! I think I’ll try a little!
1 Corinthians 10:12 NIRV … But when you are tempted, God will give you a way out so that you can stand up under it. 1. What will God do for us when we’re tempted? Make a way out so we can say, “No!” to sin
Choose a few review questions. 1. In the Bible story we watched, what did Jesus do each time the devil tempted Him? He said a truth from the Bible and refused to do the sin. 2. In the experiment, the water was disgusting by the end. What do you think that shows us about a heart full of sin? Answers will vary. 3. If you sin, how can you get pure again? Ask God’s forgiveness and help to say, “No!” next time. 4. What are some “ways out” God gives us when we’re tempted? Say Bible verses, ask friends to help, get rid of things that tempt you, pray, leave, etc. 5. When is it hard for you to take God’s way out and say, “No!” to sin? Answers will vary.
Choose an action step question. 1. What sins do you need to ask for God’s help to say, “No!” to this week? Answers will vary. 2. Which “way out” do you think will help you say, “No!” to sin this week? Answers will vary.
1. Drink from the bottle to make 1” of room at the top. Say: Now, imagine this water is someone’s heart. What do you think will happen if they make sinful, wrong choices?
Pray together.
2. Kids respond.
1. Ask kids to share things they’d like to pray about.
Say: Let’s do an experiment to see. You’ll say a sin you’ve done before. When you say it, drop a tablet in the bottle.
2. Write down their prayer requests.
3. Give each kid a color tablet.
Not sure what to pray? Pray this: God, Thank You for giving us a way out each time we’re tempted so we can say, “No!” to sin every time. In Jesus’ name, amen.
4. Each kid says a sin and drops a tablet in the bottle. Say: Wow. This water is not pure anymore. It’s gross! I can’t make this water pure again. I can’t make my heart pure again, either. We need to ask Jesus to make us pure. 5. Pray together, “Jesus, please forgive us for the sins we’ve done and make our hearts pure.”
3. Pray together over the prayer requests.
Check Out Stay in small groups until kids are checked out.
6. Throw away the bottle.
Choose questions to ask after experiment. 1. What tempted Mike? Cool stuff left in lost and found 2. What tempts you? Answer will vary.
Please save questions on back for Small Group Discussion.
1. Talk about earning points by returning the Challenge Card, and play a game like telephone or Simon says. 2. When a kid from your small group leaves, say something positive and specific to their family. 3. Encourage families to do the Challenge Card together.
Small Group Discussion
Say the point and Bible verse together.
Live pure. Don’t tempt your friends to sin.
SMALL GROUP LEADER GUIDE 100% PURE WEEK 3 LIVE PURE
Romans 14:13 NIRV … make up your mind not to put anything in your brother’s way that would make him trip and fall. 1. What does the Bible verse mean when it says “trip and fall”? Make a wrong choice or sin
Small Group Welcome 1. Introduce yourself, and welcome new kids by name. 2. Kids share what happened during the past week. 3. Check up on past week’s prayer requests and events. 4. Discuss the welcome question: How long could you play your favorite game?
Small Group Activity
You’ll Need •
Pom-poms (1 per child)
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Buckets (2 per group)
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True for All activity supplement (1 per group)
To Do
2. If someone follows different rules from you, how do you think it helps them if you follow their rules when you’re with them? Answers will vary. 3. If you go to someone’s house and break their rules, what do you think will happen? Answers will vary. 4. If something is in the Bible, is it true for everyone or is it just true for some people? True for everyone 5. What do you think you should do if someone is allowed to do something that you’re not allowed to do? Answers will vary.
Choose an action step question. 1. What are some ways you can help your friends say, “No!” to sin this week? Respect their rules, don’t make them feel left out or tempt them to sin, etc.
How can you help your friends say, “Yes!” to living pure this week? Answers will vary.
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1. Give each kid a pom-pom, and place buckets on either side of you.
2. Write down their prayer requests.
Say: If I say something that’s always true, toss your pompom in the bucket on my right. If I say something that’s not in the Bible and only true for some people, toss your pompom in the bucket on my left.
Not sure what to pray? Pray this: God, please help us make pure choices that honor You each day and that help our friends to honor You, too. In Jesus’ name, amen.
3. Collect the pom-poms at the end to be reused. 4. If time allows, look up verses on activity supplement.
Choose questions to ask while kids work. 1. Why was it wrong for Nik to play Taco Strike in front of Peyton? She’s not allowed to play it. 2. What do you think Peyton should do next time her friend tells her a word is bad? Answers will vary Please save questions on back for Small Group Discussion.
1. What does pure mean? Clean, with nothing mixed in
Say: Some things are always true because God talks about them in the Bible. When you disobey those truths, it’s always a sin. But some things are between you, your family, and God because they’re not in the Bible. You have to ask God what’s best to keep your heart pure. Let’s play a game to help us figure out the difference!
2. Kids toss pom-poms into the correct bucket each time you read an item from the activity supplement.
Choose a few review questions.
Pray together. 1. Ask kids to share things they’d like to pray about. 3. Pray together over the prayer requests.
Check Out Stay in small groups until kids are checked out.
1. Talk about earning points by returning the Challenge Card, and play the game again. 2. When a kid from your small group leaves, say something positive and specific to their family. 3. Encourage families to do the Challenge Card together.
