One
Recreate the Garden of Eden using broccoli and asparagus – talk to the young people about second chances.
Two
Play supersize noughts and crosses with carrots (lashed together to make a cross) and mushrooms.
Three
Carve jolly messages in pumpkins and light them as a Halloween alternative to show that Jesus is the Light of the World.
Four
Use an ugli fruit in a talk about self-worth to explore the impact of imposed (self or otherwise) names.
Five
Play Bobbing Brussels (like Bobbing Apples but way more gross).
Six
Make invisible ink from lemons (write on paper with a cotton bud soaked in lemon juice, heat the paper to reveal the message) to talk about God’s promises written on our heart.
Seven
Create a vegetable orchestra (carrot recorder, pumpkin drum, celeriac bongo, black-eye beans shaker) and make a joyful sound to the Lord!
Eight
Host a kiwi and spoon race.
Nine
Generate electricity from a citrus fruit (Google it!) and talk about the wonders of God’s creation.
Ten
Grow a grape vine together (you can pick these up cheaply at vineyards) and unpack some of the ‘I am’ sayings in John’s gospel.
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