Object Lesson - Paper Airplane Christians

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Object Lesson
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Airplane
Christians
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It is impossible to know where

and in what form the first paper
airplanes were folded and flown,
there is evidence to suggest it was
Ancient China, or Japan. Paper
was certainly available and
common. Da Vinci, the Wright
brothers and many others are
known to have used them to
understand the mysteries of
flight. In this youth Bible Study,
Paper airplanes are used to
remind us that we also do not
have to be weighed down, but can
fly to great heights in our
relationship with God.
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What You Need

Rubber bands, paper clips,
paper, masking tape, a
measuring tape
Games using Paper Airplanes

Air Show Award prizes for the
following: longest flight, shortest
flight, smoothest takeoff, roughest
landing, highest altitude, bumpiest
route, biggest loop-theloop, widest zigzag, and most
creative flight pattern, most
creative design. Encourage a lot of
oohs and aahs during the
performances. You may wish to
allow two throws or best of three,
depending on time constraints.
Target Practice Set up a series of

rings hanging from a strong as
targets. Have youth take turns
trying to launch their planes so
that they pass through the various
size rings or hoops for points. The
smaller the target the higher the
points.
Fewest Throws Count how

many throws it takes to get their
paper airplanes across a room and
land on a table. Reward the youth
with the least amount of throws
their airplanes took.
Air Race Stretch several strings

across the room, making sure that
each of them is tight and will not
come loose. Make several small,
light airplanes, one for each string
and hang each by its nose or tail by
means of a hole threaded through
the string. The hole should be the
size of a paper punch, so that the
airplane will move easily along the
string (race course) Line up your
contestants and at the signal Go,
each proceeds to blow his airplane
across the string and see who can
reach the goal line first. Anyone who
touches his airplane or the string is
automatically disqualified.
Pass The Plane Just like hot

potato, you sit the youth in a circle
and give them a paper plane and
start the music. When the music
stops who ever is holding the plane
is out and the game will continue till
there is only one youth left.
Flight Plan Create an obstacle
course in the room. Obstacles can
be a small table that the plane must
land on, a door or window it must
fly through, chairs and obstacles it
must fly around, targets it must hit,
things it must fly over, under, or
through. Fastest time in the obstacle
race wins.
Airplane Blitz Bring a stack of

paper and have the youth write
their names, and something
significant on the paper, like a
favorite verse, prayer request, or
something they learned at a recent
youth event. They can write
another one on another piece of
paper (or several). Then let them
make paper airplanes out of these.
Then you need some way to
clearly divide the room in half.
(The taller the divider the better.)
Put half the youth on each side of
the divider. Put half the paper
airplanes on each side of the
divider.
Explain that they can only throw

ONE plane at a time and they
must stop when the leader says
Stop. On Go, they throw the
airplanes over the divider as fast
as they can. Planes are flying in
both directions. When you say
stop, count the airplanes on
each side of the divider. The
team with the least number of
planes wins. THEN: Have each
person pick up an airplane and
read the fun fact on each plane
while everyone else tries to guess
the identity of the person.
Largest Paper Airplane contest

Provide butcher paper or
newsprint, scissors and masking
tape, and one Bible per student.
Have the group design a gigantic
paper airplane. sharing their paper
airplane construction techniques.
Have them test out some of their
ideas with a normal sheet paper.
When the group has decided how
to design the giant airplane. have
youth fold their huge piece of
paper accordingly. Award prizes for
the best in various categories.
Paper Airplane Dodgeball Play a

game of dodgeball using paper
airplanes. If a player is hit with a
plane, he hands over his plane and
is out of the game. Here are some
more rules: Airplanes must be
thrown. Simply touching your
opponent with your airplane is
considered a self-destruct and you
are out of the game, forfeiting
your planes to your opponent.
Airplanes cannot be picked up
until they stop moving. (They cant
be stopped with your foot, either.)
TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL

Were you focused on trying
to achieve a specific award
or did you just create a
general purpose plane?
Why?
What were the key
characteristics of your
design? Why?
What were the keys to
success for each award
category?
MAKE IT SPIRITUAL
In what ways are the paper
airplanes similar to people?
Similar to Christians?
MAKE IT PRACTICAL
The Scriptures in Isaiah 40:31
promise us eagle wings as we
wait on God. What does that
mean?
What things keep us spiritually
grounded / prevent us from
soaring as high as we can as a
Christian?
What things weigh us down
spiritually?
How can we lighten our load?
What purpose do goals serve

in helping us to reach a higher
calling in the Christian life?
What goals did Paul have in
life, what did he aspire to
reach in life?
What were Christs goals?
What factors / keys to success
make someone a winner in the
Christian life?
What things can we people to

be more successful?
When it comes to accuracy,
the word sin means to
miss the mark as we all have
done. Romans 3:23 says For
all have sinned and fallen
short of the glory of God.
Every one of us has sinned
against God and missed the
mark of Gods perfection.
What are some things that
cause us to miss our goal as
Christians? How do we
recover?
MAKE IT PERSONAL
What are your goals in life?
As a Christian?
Do you have just one goal or
many goals? Why?
Which goal is most
important to you? Why?
How are you similar /
different in your goals as
compared to Paul / Christ?
What do you need to change
to be more successful as a
Christian?
SCRIPTURE
Exodus 19:4 Ye have seen
what I did unto the Egyptians,
and how I bare you on eagles
wings, and brought you unto
myself.
Isaiah 40:31 (NIV) but those
who hope in the Lord will
renew their strength. They will
soar on wings like eagles; they
will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be
faint.
Matthew 11:30 For my yoke
is easy and my burden is light.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27 (NIV)

Do you not know that in a race
all the runners run, but only
one gets the prize? Run in such
a way as to get the prize.
Everyone who competes in the
games goes into strict training.
They do it to get a crown that
will not last, but we do it to get
a crown that will last forever.
Therefore I do not run like
someone running aimlessly; I
do not fight like a boxer beating
the air. No, I strike a blow to my
body and make it my slave so
that after I have preached to
others, I myself will not be
disqualified for the prize.
John 8:31-36 (NIV) To the

Jews who had believed him,
Jesus said, If you hold to my
teaching, you are really my
disciples. Then you will know
the truth, and the truth will set
you free. They answered him,
We are Abrahams
descendants and have never
been slaves of anyone. How can
you say that we shall be set
free? Jesus replied, Very truly
I tell you, everyone who sins is a
slave to sin. Now a slave has no
permanent place in the family,
but a son belongs to it forever.
So if the Son sets you free, you
will be free indeed.
Ephesians 4:11-14 (NIV) So

Christ himself gave the
apostles, the prophets, the
evangelists, the pastors and
teachers, to equip his people
for works of service, so that the
body of Christ may be built up
until we all reach unity in the
faith and in the knowledge of
the Son of God and become
mature, attaining to the whole
measure of the fullness of
Christ. Then we will no longer
be infants, tossed back and
forth by the waves, and blown
here and there by every wind of
teaching and by the cunning
and craftiness of people in their
deceitful scheming.
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It is impossible to know where

What You Need

Games using Paper Airplanes

Target Practice Set up a series of

Fewest Throws Count how

Air Race Stretch several strings

Pass The Plane Just like hot

Airplane Blitz Bring a stack of

Explain that they can only throw

Largest Paper Airplane contest

Paper Airplane Dodgeball Play a

TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL

What purpose do goals serve

What things can we people to

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 (NIV)

John 8:31-36 (NIV) To the

Ephesians 4:11-14 (NIV) So

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