GCGB AGAPE IDEAS
Agape
item: What Would Jesus Do? Keyring made
with alphabet beads
Materials Needed: Plain
keyring, silk rainbow colored cord and alphabet beads (2 W beads, 1 J bead, 1 D
bead, 3 small black pony beads and 1 red heart pony bead for each keyring you
plan to make)
Instructions:
Loop cord over ring and back
through self loop
Start with a small black pony bead, then a W bead, W
bead, J bead, D bead; small black pony bead; red heart pony bead and small
black pony bead
Tie off cord and leave 1"
tails.
Agape item: Globe keychain (from Oriental Trading)
Materials Needed: Globe keychains & index or small
gift cards
Instructions:
Attach card that says:
"He’s got the whole world in His hands."
Agape item: Small
Almond Joy candy bar
Materials Needed: Almond Joy candy bars and labels or
small gift tags
Instructions:
Put on label or attach small
gift tag that says: "The JOY of the Lord is your strength." Nehemiah
8:10
Agape item: Loaf of bread
Materials Needed: Small loaves of bread (either made
& shellacked or from miniature doll house supplies), and small gift tags
Instructions:
Glue onto gift tag that says: Luke 24:30-31. "He took
bread and blessed it ... and their eyes were opened."
Agape item: Bit O’ Honey
Materials Needed: Bit O’ Honey and gift cards
Instructions:
Attach card to Bit O’ Honey
that says "How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my
mouth." Psalm 119:103
Agape item: Easter chicks
Materials Needed: Easter chicks & small gift cards
Instructions:
Attach gift card to easter
chick that says: "And the BABE CHICKS with their pio, pio, pio pi."
Agape item: Hershey’s Kiss
Materials Needed: Hershey’s Kisses & index cards
Instructions:
Attach Hershey’s Kiss to
index card that says: "One who gives an honest answer gives a kiss on the
lips." Proverbs 24:26
Agape item: Door Hangers
Materials Needed: Bright colored card stock
Instructions:
Print on computer
"Resting in the Lord" Do Not
Disturb and Walk# our group name
Agape item: Motorists prayer
Materials Needed: Card stock, laminate sheets
Instructions:
Type on card stock: “Each
time I drive Lord, may I feel your hand on mine upon the wheel. Give me a watchful eye for young and old as
I drive by. Keep me from speeding needlessly, passing earth’s beauty heedlessly.
I want to use this car for you to drive my friends with safety too. But all
these things can never be, unless, O Lord, you drive with me”
Laminate
Agape item: Prayer rock
Materials Needed: Small rocks, fabric & index
cards
Instructions:
Put a small stone tied into
a square of bright fabric with the following verse attached:
I am your little prayer
rock, and this is what I'll do. Just put me on your
pillow until the day is
through, then turn back the covers and climb into
your bed, and
"whack" your little prayer rock will hit you on your head.
Then you will remember to
kneel and say your prayers. Then when you are
finished just dump me on the
floor, I'll stay there through the night to
give you help once more.
When you get up in the morning, "clunk" I'll stub
your toe, to help you
remember your morning prayers before you go. Then put
me back upon your pillow
when your bed is ready made, and your clever little
prayer rock will continue in
your aid.
Because your heavenly Father
cares and loves you so, He wants you to
remember that you can talk
to HIM anytime, all the time, all day long.
Agape item: Candy conversation hearts (like from
Valentine's Day)
Materials Needed: Candy conversation hearts, gift tags
and small baggies
Instructions:
Put hearts in small baggie
Attach gift tag that says:
"Start each day in a conversation with God"
Agape item: Sunflower Seeds
Materials Needed: Small bags of sunflower seeds and
small cards
Instructions:
Attach card to bag of seeds
that says: "You are a seed sewn by God. Grow and bloom where you are
planted"
Agape item: Agape
Materials Needed: Rainbow Lanyards & small gift
cards
Instructions:
Attach card to lanyard that
says: "Attach your agape treasures to this rainbow chain. May its colors
remind you of His promise, His grace and His love."
Agape item: God's Bag
Materials Needed: Lunch bags and colored markers
Instructions:
Write on bag with colored
markers:
God’s Bag
1. Create a crisis (if you
already have one, skip to step 2)
2. Write it down.
3. Open bag.
4. Insert crisis.
5. Close bag.
6. Let go....Let God!
WARNING: The Disciple
General has determined that "taking things back" is hazardous to your
spiritual health!
Agape item: Angel necklace
Materials Needed: "Butterfly" paperclips,
ribbon, small gift cards and pony beads
Instructions:
Small gift tag that says:
"Angels are watching over you"
Attach ribbon and pony bead
to a "butterfly" paper clip to make a necklace
Agape item: Compass
Materials Needed: Compasses and small gift cards
Instructions:
Attach small gift card to
compass that says: "God's direction is always true!"
Agape item: Party Horn
Materials Needed: Party Horns & small gift cards
Instructions:
Attach a small gift card to
party horn that says: “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord”
Agape item: Wooden Cross
Materials Needed: Small wood sticks, pony bead hearts
and small gift cards
Instructions:
Make small cross from wood
sticks
Attach a small heart pony
bead
Attach card that says:
"God's love was nailed to the cross"
Agape item: Tissues
Materials Needed: Pocket tissues and labels
Instructions:
Attach a label to package of
pocket tissues that says: "For
when the Spirit flows and so do the tears...."
Agape item: Bubbles
Materials Needed: Small bottles of bubbles and labels
Instructions:
Attach label to bottle of
bubbles that says: "Bubble for joy with Jesus"
Agape item: GRACE card magnet
Materials Needed: Card stock, small magnets and
laminate sheets
Instructions:
Type “God's Redemption At
Christ's Expense” on card
Cut out and laminate
Attach small magnet to back
Agape item: Emergency Kit (for pain, trauma, or
disaster)
Materials Needed: Q_tips, small birthday candle,
Band-aids, toothpicks, rubber bands, small candy heart, Kleenex, Life Saver
candy, Hershey Hug, baggies, labels and a gift card
Instructions:
Put all items in baggie,
attach a label that says: “ Emergency Kit (for pain, trauma, or disaster)”
Attach or enclose a card
that says: “Contents: 1)Q-Tip = to open your ears to
hear God’s voice, 2) candle
= to light your way, 3)Band-Aid = to help those hurt
feelings…yours and someone
else’s, 4)toothpick = to pick your brain for
innovative ideas, 5)rubber
band = to remind you to hold someone close, 6)heart =
to bring gentle comfort,
7)Kleenex = to remind you that love is contagious,
8)life buoy (life saver
candy) = to rescue someone adrift, 9)Hershey Hug – to
let you know that you are
loved.
Agape item: The Jelly Bean prayer
Materials Needed: Baggies, jelly beans of the
following colors (2 each per item): red, green, yellow, orange, black, white,
purple, pink, index cards
Instructions:
Place 2 of each color of
jelly bean in a baggie
Attach the following poem:
Red is for the blood He gave. Green is for the grass
He made. Yellow is for the
sun so bright. Orange is for the edge of night.
Black is for the sins we
made. White is for the grace He gave. Purple is
for His hour of sorrow. Pink
is for our new tomorrow. A bag full of jelly
beans colorful and sweet. Is
a prayer, is a promise, and is a special
treat.