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简体中文 Growing Together
Week 8: Am I trustworthy?
Quick jumps:
| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luke 12:42-48 | Qualities of a trustworthy person | Benefits of being trusted | Broken trust |
Warm-up | Junkyard dog | Tail competition | Warm-up to music |
Move | Lunges | Slow lunges | Weighted lunges |
Challenge | Spin the bottle | Tic Tac Toe | Plank and lunge challenge |
Explore | Read story, discuss and do trust test | Reread story and think of reward for trust | Reread story and think of reward for trust |
Play | Mime a story | Catch the airplane | Trust walk |
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Getting started
Help your family to be active this week with three fun sessions:
- Involve everyone – anyone can lead!
- Adapt for your family
- Encourage each other
- Challenge yourselves
- Don’t exercise if it causes pain
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- Post a photo or video on social media and tag with #familyfit or @familyfitnessfaithfun
- Do family.fit with another family
Day 1: Warm-up
Junkyard dog
One person sits on the floor with legs out to the front and arms out to the side. The others jump over the arm, the legs and the second arm. Everybody jumps two rounds and changes places so everybody gets to jump.
Rest and chat briefly.
What does it mean to be trustworthy?
Go deeper: How do you know if someone is trustworthy?
Day 1: Move
Lunges
Stand straight with hands on hips. Step forward with one leg and lower your hips until your front knee is bent at 90 degrees. Alternate legs.
Practice lunges in pairs facing each other. Start slowly and carefully.
Do four rounds of 10 repetitions with 30 seconds pause between each round.
Go harder: Increase number of repetitions.
Day 1: Challenge
Spin the bottle
Write labels for the six movements below (one per card) and place in a circle. One person spins a bottle and does the movement it points to. Tap to the next family member.
Challenge: 100 movements as a family.
- 5 lunges
- 5 squats
- 5 burpees
- 5 speed skaters
- 5 supermans
- 10 mountain-climbers
Go harder: Increase the total number of movements to 150 or 200.
Day 1: Explore
Qualities of a trustworthy person
Read Luke 12:42-48 from the Bible.
After teaching his disciples that they should seek treasure that will last rather than the things of this world, Jesus speaks about being trustworthy and ready.
Note: You may need to modify the wording of the story for younger children.
Discuss:
In today’s passage, a master gives someone the responsibility of being a manager. What words does Jesus choose to describe this person?
Do the trust test. Choose a ‘catcher’ and take turns to stand with your eyes closed and fall backwards towards your ‘catcher’. Why did you trust them? Why do you trust other people?
Day 1: Play
Mime a story
Everyone except one person leaves the room. That person selects a Bible story and then mimes it to the second person who enters the room so they can guess what it is. This person will then mime it to another person who enters. It goes on in this manner until the last person enters the room and has to guess the Bible story.
Health Tip
Reduce technology ‘screen time’.
Day 2: Warm-up
Tail competition
Everyone wears a scarf or small towel as a ‘tail’ tucked in at the back. The goal is to collect as many tails as you can, while protecting your own. If you lose your tail, do five push-ups and continue the game. Have fun.
Rest and talk together.
Share some of the responsibilities that others trust you to do.
Go deeper: What are the benefits of being trustworthy?
Day 2: Move
Slow deep lunges
Practice the slow lunge. Today our focus is on tempo.
Step forward with one leg and count to five as you slowly lower your hips until your back knee touches the ground. Stand up quickly. Repeat for the other leg.
Be a tortoise, not a rabbit!
Repeat five times per leg.
Go easier: Count to three as you lower your knee to the ground.
Day 2: Challenge
Tic Tac Toe
Make a Tic Tac Toe game board on the ground before you start (use tape or rope).
Work in two teams. Each team is given a challenge such as 10 squats or 10 lunges. When completed, two people run and place their piece on the tic-tac-toe game. Continue with new challenges until the game is won.
Go harder: Do more repetitions of each movement.
Day 2: Explore
Rewards for a trustworthy person
Read Luke 12:42-48.
Reread the story. What was the reward for the trustworthy servant? Choose an edible ‘reward’ your family can enjoy at the end of this session.
What ‘non-edible’ rewards do you receive when you are trusted?
What would you like your family to be known for in your neighborhood?
Get into a team huddle – a tight circle with arms on each other’s shoulders. Pray that God would help your family to have a reputation of being trusted.
Day 2: Play
Catch the airplane
Make a paper airplane. Stand in a circle. One player throws the airplane to another person. When they catch the airplane, they should name a person they can trust. Continue playing until everyone has had a turn.
Ask each person to think about why they can trust the people they named.
Health Tip
Try not to use technology to ‘babysit’ children on car trips or at restaurants.
Use these times to talk, discover and learn.
Day 3: Warm-up
Warm-up to music
Put on some favorite music. Do laps of the following around your space until the music ends:
- Jogging
- High knees running
- Back heels kicking
- Frog jumping
Share a time when someone you trusted let you down.
Go deeper: Describe the feelings that arise when trust is broken.
Day 3: Move
Weighted lunges
Add weight to the lunge. Wear a backpack with a book in it or hold water bottles in your hands. Think creatively but remember to keep a proper technique.
Complete two sets of 10 repetitions. Rest 30 seconds between sets.
Go harder: Do more sets or carry more weight.
Day 3: Challenge
Plank and lunge challenge
Work with a partner. While one person is in a plank position the other does lunges. Change places after 10 lunges on each leg.
Do four rounds.
Go easier: Do five lunges on each leg.
Go harder: Add weights to your lunges.
Day 3: Explore
Consequences of not being trustworthy
Read Luke 12:42-48.
Look at the serious consequences for the manager who was not worthy of trust. Find a measuring object such as a ruler or a jug. If you want to, hold the object and talk about a time when you were not trustworthy (did not measure up).
Discuss what needs to happen in order to restore trust. Which of the managers are you most like in Jesus’ story?
Read together the last sentence from the passage and then say this prayer together:
“Lord, help us to keep our promises and be honest so that our words always match our actions.”
Day 3: Play
Trust walk
Work in pairs. One person is blindfolded while the other gives instructions to get to a goal. Put some obstacles out to make it more challenging. If possible do it outside.
Health Tip
Turn screens off at least 60 minutes before bed to allow the brain to prepare for sleep
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