icebreaker - valentine’s back to back

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Use this fun drawing game to remind youth that God showed us true love but we have turned our back on God and thus our understanding and standards for true love have degraded.

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Icebreaker: Valentine’s

Back to Back

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DescriptionUse this fun drawing game to remind youth that God showed us true love but we have turned our back on God and thus our understanding and standards for true love have degraded.

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Materials• A variety of simple Valentine’s

images. (e.g. Cupid, hearts, etc)

• You can also use simple Valentine’s cards for the design.

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Activity• Form teams of six people.

Instruct each team to sit in a line, one person behind another, and take a vow of silence for the duration of the game.

• Give the first person in each line a pencil and a piece of paper.

• Then show the last person in each line a simple image of an object associated with Valentine’s Day.

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• That person must use his or her finger to draw the object on the back of the person in front of him or her.

• This continues until the drawing reaches the first person in line.

• He or she must draw it on the piece of paper.

• Have judges determine which team’s picture closest resembles the original picture.

• If time permits, play more rounds, letting team members change positions if they wish.

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ApplicationThings get distorted the farther we get from the source, especially when we have our backs turned on God. In todays world, too often love has degraded to lust, and commitment in relationships has been replaced with convenience.

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Debrief1. Define “love” and

“relationships” in Biblical terms. How would the world define “love” today? What guidelines does the Bible give for intimate relationships? What are the world’s standards for relationships?

2. In what ways has “true love” been distorted over time?

3. How can we get back to a Biblical view of relationships and love?

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