TEAMS and TRIBES

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SCRIPTURE Foundation TRIBES & TEAMS “The Lord said to Moses: ‘Bring me seventy of Israel’s elders who are known to you as leaders and officials among the people. Have them come to the tent of meeting that they may stand there with you.” Numbers 11:16 These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. Matthew 10: 2 – 4

BRING TOGETHER: Announcements, Attendance Prayer Leaders _________________________

FOCUS OF TODAY:

God made us for each other. We are not made to journey alone. We look at the concepts of tribe and team. 

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Bring to Together: a Journeyer (12th grader) will led this. Betsy has asked and trained the youth leader. GAME: Play is an essential way to connect with each other and to build community. Each session will begin with a game or activity. Connect to TODAY Clint Bruce Connect to Faith Tradition: Moses and the 70 Connect to our own Lives: Our experience of TEAMS, TRIBES and our Community Covenant Connect to the WORLD: Close with Prayer

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GAME TO BEGIN: Becoming a TEAM Sneak a Peek Game- time: 10 minutes This problem solving activity requires little more than a couple of sets of LEGOS. The leader will build a small sculpture with some LEGOS and hide it from the group. The participants should then be divided into small teams of four. Each team should be given enough LEGOS so that they can duplicate the structure you’ve already created. The instructor should then place their sculpture in an area that is an equal distance from all the groups. One member from each team can come up at the same time to look at the sculpture for ten seconds and try to memorize it before returning to their team. After they return to their teams, they have about 30 seconds to instruct their teams about how to build an exact replica of the leader’s sculpture. After one minute of trying to recreate the sculpture, another member from each team can come up for a “sneak a peek” before returning to their team and trying to recreate the sculpture. The game should be continued in this pattern until one of the team’s successfully duplicates the original sculpture. This game will teach participants how to problem solve in a group. At the end of the game ASK: What was easy about this? What was hard?

TRIBES AND TEAMS: Moses and Kevin McAlister Say: We are all part of tribes and teams. We are going to look at something from our culture where we see someone talking about tribes and teams. Summarize this story in your own word Sometimes it is hard to live as a part of community. We would rather (and it might be easier!) to live alone sometimes. But we are wired to be together – to live and love as a tribe. Illustration: https://youtu.be/vVXQnPiHqyw?list=PLaKTxSyramKhDD7Hkc1XauO985s4qLXro Kevin home alone. Sometimes it is hard to live together and we get frustrated, but we are wired for each other. For our family and friends. Kevin back with his family: https://youtu.be/3bneTXH34d0?t=1h58m3s

SAY: Our class is like a TRIBE. We will work tirelessly to make our Tribe the best we can be.

Summarize the story of Moses and the 12 TRIBES of Israel. Say in your own words: Over three thousand years earlier, Moses and his people [twelve tribes of Israel] were wandering in the desert. Tired, complaining, on each other’s nerves and arguing… Similar to the crowded backseat of a long car ride with air conditioner broken, windows locked, no snacks but manna in the morning and the driver (Moses) is lost. He is yelling at God for help – hoping for some quail, directions, rest or an end to the desert wilderness. God gives him the verse we read today, Numbers 11:16 The Lord said to Moses: ‘Bring me seventy of Israel’s elders who are known to you as leaders and officials among the people. Have them come to the tent of meeting that they may stand there with you.’ He gave to Moses the greatest resource we can give each other: a tribe to stand there with him. A team that backs him, supports him, knows him, and loves him no matter what. God unites them, just as He unites us. And our tribe, this Christian Community, will try to be more like Jesus every day: To be his hands and feet in the world and love each other like he loves. 2

In this section we are going to apply the learning about TRIBE and TEAMS to our classroom. You will have a discussion about TRIBE and TEAMS and then move into looking at your classroom as a TRIBE. Today is the first day of Sunday School and a good time to think more about what your TRIBE is going to be about and how your TRIBE wants to work together. You want to keep an open heart and let the youth lead and contribute as much as possible. Youth should be talking more than the teachers. ASK: Who has been a tribe for you? Your family? A camp cabin? A team? A group of friends? SAY: We call ourselves disciples, just like the original followers of Jesus called themselves disciples. ASK: Why do you think Jesus wanted to work in a group (with people that made plenty of mistakes!) instead of working alone? When Moses was frustrated with everyone wandering around the desert and complaining to him, how did God encourage Moses to stop trying to work alone and start working together?

Now move to talking about this group as a TRIBE as you. Learn and teach about each other. You might want to write down, hang it on the wall, make a class covenant or talk about what your tribe will be about. ASK: Let think about what is valuable to us. What are the things that we can to hold in common? SAY: Let’s write down some of our covenant guideline to give our time together more meaning. Write the guideline that the youth suggest on POSTIT NOTE paper and hang on the wall. Have a youth be the scribe. We have a whole year together. What might you want to do together as a TRIBE? What would you like to do as a tribe together this year? (Room in the Inn night, the CROP walk, a Men’s shelter dinner?) tribe do you look up to? A team? A group? What emulates the kind of community you want to be a part of?

End with Prayer, Hope and Wonders

Give this time in your group some thought before you begin your time together. How might you like to end your time together. How might you close with prayer?

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