This month's memory verse

Matthew 28:19-20

"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

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Would You Rather?

Key Verse | Acts 19:11

And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,

Acts 19:11-16

11God gave Paul the power to perform unusual miracles. 12When handkerchiefs or aprons that had merely touched his skin were placed on sick people, they were healed of their diseases, and evil spirits were expelled.

13A group of Jews was traveling from town to town casting out evil spirits. They tried to use the name of the Lord Jesus in their incantation, saying, “I command you in the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches, to come out!” 14Seven sons of Sceva, a leading priest, were doing this. 15But one time when they tried it, the evil spirit replied, “I know Jesus, and I know Paul, but who are you?” 16Then the man with the evil spirit leaped on them, overpowered them, and attacked them with such violence that they fled from the house, naked and battered.

Footnotes

Quality Family Game Time

This week, spend quality time playing “Would You Rather” with your family!

How to run it: Read one prompt at a time. Everyone points/moves to one side of the room (or raises a hand) for their answer. Ask a couple people why—that’s where the fun actually happens. Run as many rounds as you have time for; no winner needed, though you can make it bracket-style if you want a “most popular answer wins a point” version.

Silly Questions

  1. Would you rather have spaghetti for hair or ketchup for sweat?
  2. Would you rather sneeze glitter or cry chocolate milk?
  3. Would you rather talk backwards forever or only be able to whisper?
  4. Would you rather have a pet dinosaur the size of a dog, or a pet dog the size of a dinosaur?
  5. Would you rather smell like broccoli all the time or always have hiccups?

Would You Rather Superpower Edition
6. Would you rather be invisible or be able to fly?
7. Would you rather freeze time or read minds?
8. Would you rather talk to animals or speak every human language?
9. Would you rather have super strength or super speed?
10. Would you rather shrink to the size of an ant or grow to the size of a house?

This or That Questions
11. Would you rather always have to sing instead of talk, or always have to dance everywhere you walk?
12. Would you rather never eat pizza again or never eat ice cream again?
13. Would you rather live at the beach or live in the mountains?
14. Would you rather have unlimited pancakes for breakfast forever or unlimited tacos for dinner forever?
15. Would you rather be the best player on a losing team or the worst player on a winning team?

Deeper Cut Questions
16. Would you rather have one really good friend or five just-okay friends?
17. Would you rather be really good at one thing or pretty good at a lot of things?
18. Would you rather always get to go first, or always get to pick what everyone does next?
19. Would you rather know all the answers or ask all the best questions?
20. Would you rather make people laugh or make people think?