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Option 1: Musical Thrones
chairs, decorations (streamers, balloons, etc.), music
Gather supplies. Decorate a chair to represent God’s throne. Arrange all chairs (including the decorated one) in a circle facing outward (one per child).
Have children sit in a chair. Explain that one chair will be removed when they stand up and start walking, and explain that whoever sits in the “throne” must shout, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” Start the music. As the music plays, children stand and walk clockwise around the circle. Take one chair out (not the throne). When the music stops, all the children try to sit on a chair. The child who cannot find a chair is out. Whoever is out will join in shouting the words alongside the one sitting on the throne, and he or she will do so every round for the remainder of the game. Continue playing until all chairs have been removed (except the throne) and everyone is shouting, “Holy, holy, holy.” Remind children that Isaiah was a prophet who saw God’s throne in heaven and heard the angels praise God because he is holy.
Option 2: Tong Relay
two kitchen tongs, two bowls, charcoal squares (ten per team, or at least one per child)
Gather supplies. Place an empty bowl for each team on the opposite side of the room and a bowl with ten charcoal squares at each team’s starting point. (If necessary, substitute black rocks or large marshmallows painted black for charcoal.)
Divide the children into two teams and have each team line up behind a bowl with charcoal. Give the first person on each team the kitchen tongs. Say “Go!” Have that person pick up one piece of charcoal with the tongs and carry it to the bowl on the other side of the room. After the child drops it in the bowl, he walks backward to his team. If he drops the charcoal while carrying it, the child must stop, pick it up with the tongs, and continue. The next person continues in the same manner. The team that gets all the pieces of charcoal into the bowl and returns to their team first wins the race. Remind children that when Isaiah realized he was a sinner who needed a Savior, God sent the seraph to touch his mouth with a burning coal and declared that his sins had been taken care of.
Option 1: “Here I Am, Send Me!” Game
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Have children line up shoulder to shoulder facing forward. The leader chooses one person to be “It,” and that person stands in front of the group with their back to the line of children. Explain that you will tap one of the children standing in line on the shoulder. “It” will call out, “Whom shall I send?” The child who was tapped replies in a disguised voice, “Here I am, send me.” “It” will turn around and guess who replied. He or she gets one guess. If “It” guesses correctly, he or she gets to choose the next person to be “It.” But if “It” guesses incorrectly, the person who successfully disguised their voice is the new “It.” Then the next child goes. Play until many children have had an opportunity to participate. Tell children that when Isaiah saw the holiness of God and his sins were forgiven, he was immediately ready to go and be used by God.
Option 2: Musical Thrones
chairs, decorations (streamers, balloons, etc.), music
Gather supplies. Decorate a chair to represent God’s throne. Arrange all chairs (including the decorated one) in a circle facing outward (one per child).
Have children sit in a chair. Explain that one chair will be removed when they stand up and start walking, and explain that whoever sits in the “throne” must shout, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” Start the music. As the music plays, children stand and walk clockwise around the circle. Take one chair out (not the throne). When the music stops, all the children try to sit on a chair. The child who cannot find a chair is out. Whoever is out will join in shouting the words alongside the one sitting on the throne, and he or she will do so every round for the remainder of the game. Continue playing until all chairs have been removed (except the throne) and everyone is shouting, “Holy, holy, holy.” Remind children that Isaiah was a prophet who saw God’s throne in heaven and heard the angels praise God because he is holy.
