Theme Activities can be conducted each week throughout the year in any children’s ministries setting—Sunday morning, Sunday evening, mid-week, and special activities.
The “Theme Activities” on the E-LIFE webpage are designed to teach kids how to become E-LIFE Kids by demonstrating the “Five Commitments of an E-LIFE Kid.” Each Theme Activity will take about 5-minutes to apply (the Instant Replay illustrated stories may take additional time). A single Theme Activity can be done during any portion of a given time period. Or, if time permits, the coach (leader) can combine Theme Activities.
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Get Real—role-playing scenarios kids may find themselves in at school
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High Octane—exciting object lessons with a devotional slant
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SnapShots—key Scriptures learned through “Scripture picture” style
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E-xtreme Fun—games with a gospel/moral lesson
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Instant Replays—illustrated stories and Bible stories portrayed through drama
If possible, we suggest you first introduce E-LIFE after having dedicated one service/class to teaching the children about the life, death, and resurrection of Christ and plan of salvation—doing so to ensure every child has the opportunity to know Christ as Lord and Savior first, then be given the opportunity to share Jesus with others as an E-LIFE Kid.
You, the leader, can be a “coach” to the E-LIFE Kids. Here’s how: (1) You can coach them by using the 5-minute Theme Activities. (2) You can coach them to memorize and put into practice the E-LIFE Plan. (3) You can coach them by monitoring their progress as E-LIFE Kids while maintaining a journal of how many other children they each have helped, showed kindness to, made friends with, witnessed to, or mentored.
The Theme Activities will enable you to coach the kids on how to witness and how to build relationships with others in their schools. The “Get Real” Theme Activities, for example, empower the children by strengthening their communication and witnessing skills and by teaching them how to help and show kindness to others.
The key is to challenge the children to realize they can become missionaries to their schools. Every child in school may not have the opportunity to go to church, but every child in school can hear about Jesus by E-LIFE Kids!
Note: Every so often, you may want to dedicate an entire service or class to the subject of witnessing (utilizing the E-xtreme Fun games, SnapShots, Get Real activities, High Octane object lessons, and Instant Replay illustrated stories) to review how the E-LIFE Kids are doing. When doing so, have the kids testify how they have lived out one or all of the Five Commitments of an E-LIFE Kid.
Taken from the E-Life Leader's Guide 
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