

What are some of the things that heat up our situations and cause us to respond?.What are some lessons and truths we can learn from a kernel of popcorn?.How is a kernel of popcorn similar to a person’s heart?.Ask the youth to tell you the way they have experienced popcorn in the meeting.Ask the youth to tell you everything they know about popcorn.First offer the un-popped kernels and then when the youth refuse, pass around the popped popcorn. The team that best demonstrates the making of popcorn gets a prize.įinish off by sharing popcorn for all the youth to enjoy. Usually popcorn begins to gradually pop and builds up to become very active and loud and then eventually stops. A youth pops by jumping up, clapping their hands together, and saying “Pop”. As the pan begins to heat, some kernels of corn begin to pop.

Explain that in the activity, everyone on a team sits on the floor and each is a piece of popcorn.

Pop some popcorn, preferably in the room in which you have the meeting, so the smell of popcorn permeates the room before the youth arrive. There are several games below that may require additional materials such as drinking straws, cups, blindfolds, and a spoon.It’s a powerful object lesson and metaphor for Christ working in us and drawing others to himself through as as Christians. And then the white goodness on the inside comes out for us to not only smell the aroma, but also to taste. Popcorn is a seed that is hard and tasteless, until placed in the fire.
