Opening Activity
OPTION 1: TRUE OR FALSE TRIVIA QUIZ
The following list of true or false questions will engage your participants.
OPTION 2: CREATIVE INTRODUCTIONS
This activity will require some creativity on the part of the participants. Pair up the youth in your Sabbath School and give them a minute or two to come up with a creative, completely made-up introduction for their partner to the rest of the group. Plan on about 30-60 seconds.
Give a zany example, such as, "Esmeralda was born in Ecuador. At the age of seven she moved to Canada, where she developed acrobatic climbing skills. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police would ask her to help with their rescue operations around dangerous mountain cliffs, and Esmerelda could hop, skip, and jump from peak to peak to reach people in distress and then help them to safety. Esmeralda always climbs bare-footed, even in the snowy winter months. She listens to jazz and has recently started writing poetry. She also eats anything that moves. Please give a warm welcome to Esmerelda!"
Let this spark some ideas in the participants. Give them a little more time and then have them introduce their partner to the rest of the group. Go around the circle until everyone
has had a turn. If your group has more than 10-15 people, divide into smaller groups of 7-10 to do the introductions. Instead of identity theft, you will have done an identity replacement!
TRANSITION: As we consider "Identity Theft," our lesson for today, think about what is true about you and what is false—what others might say about you and what you might project
to others for whatever reason. If we posted several statements about you, how many people would know if they were true or false? How would they know? Would it be different from
four years ago? Would it be different four years from now?
