At Your Service It's Your Move Work Zone and High Way Gather in the center of the gym, welcome, introduction of guests, make announcements. For Sponsors: Which way are we moving? 1. The Ten Commandments are for us today.  2. We must serve ourselves and others to know God. Which Way Are We Moving Work Zone and High Way Before the meal begins announce we will be serving one another. No one is allowed to carry his or her own meal to a table. You must carry someone else's meal before you can eat your own. So, if you are one of the first to be served you must go and serve someone else before you may eat. The one being served is not allowed to carry anything. If you are being served you must be with your servant along the way. After serving, you are to return to the back of the line to be served. After the meal introduce the session: If you haven't guessed, tonight is all about service. As Christians, we are called to serve. As teenagers, it is very hard to learn to exercise service. It is very easy to worry about "me" and how I appear to everyone else. Read Mark 10:43-45 43. &ldots;Whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. 44. And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all. 45. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.    Pray and Break into Journey Groups Which Way Are We Moving  Work Zone & High Way Discuss the following and try to find out just where service fits in all of this. The Commandments of Service? I. YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME.  Serve yourself -Trust yourself first and everyone else second. Listen to yourself. God already is in your heart, feelings and instincts. When something feels right, it probably is right. When something feels wrong, it probably is wrong. Keep heroes in perspective. They are regular people who are good at one thing or good at one moment. Professional athletes make points, but they didn't make the universe. Michael Jordan or Kirby Puckett, cool as they are, couldn't handle some parts of your life as well as you do. Ask: What other things are we tempted to put before God? Friends, Parties, Addictions, Wants&ldots; II. YOU SHALL NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD YOUR GOD IN VAIN. Serve yourself - Choose your words carefully. You can hurt with cruel words, even when they are meant to be funny or teasing. You can heal with words like "You have the best smile!" and "I like being with you" and "You do that so well!" Ask: Is bad or hurtfull language a part of you life? Is it really a BIG deal? III. REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY, TO KEEP IT HOLY.  Serve yourself  - Stop now and then to notice you have a nice life. That's what a Sabbath is meant to do. Enjoy yourself and be happy. It honors God and yourself too. You might as well have a little Sabbath every day. Ask: Does this mean that anyone who does something other than rest on Sunday is un-holy? What is you have to work, play sports, or shop on Sunday? How do we honor the Sabbath day in todays world? IV. HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER.  Serve Your Parents - Answer your mother when she calls you. Every now and then, do a chore right when your dad asks. Imagine his surprise. Ask for a ride to play practice, a costume for the Thanksgiving parade and help with homework (especially math) as far in advance as you can. Ask: What's up with this one? Does this really mean mom and Dad? What about God as our father & Mother? Is this about "elders", "Teachers" or what? V. YOU SHALL NOT KILL.  Serve Others - Feelings, dreams and hopes are as fragile as life itself. Protect your own and respect those of your friends. When you're angry with someone, tell him or her. When you're feeling mean, don't act. Anger has a place. Meanness does not. And stop picking on your sister or brother. Ask: Does this refer only to the actual act of killing? What about killing someone's spirit; killing his or her ideas; excluding them from your group? VI. YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.  Serve Yourself & Others - Some things - joining band, trying out for football, getting an "A" - are so hard that sometimes you want to quit. Lots of people give up. Be someone who doesn't. Ask: Could adultery really be about quitters? If you were looking for the Holy Spirit and could not find what you were looking for would you quit? Would that be adultery? VII. YOU SHALL NOT STEAL.  Serve Yourself & Others -If it's not yours, don't take it home with you. Ask your brother if you can borrow his first baseman's glove before you take it, spill a cherry slush on it and hide it under your mattress. After he finds it, see Commandment VIII. Cheating hurts you. Cheating on tests will get you in trouble at school. Cheating at sports will get you disgusted teammates. Cheating at board games will get you friends who won't play with you again. Ask: Okay, you probably get the stealing part&ldots; What's this about cheating? Is cheating to get ahead really disobeying one of the commandments? "Everyone does it" why shouldn't you? VIII. YOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST YOUR NEIGHBOR. Serve Yourself & Others -Tell the truth. When you lie, your opinion of yourself changes. You can't help but like yourself less. When you've really messed up, you can fix it. It will feel scary, but tell the truth to the person you hurt. Then offer to do what you can to make it better. Your friend will trust you even more. Ask: Is breaking this commandment just as bad as, say&ldots; Stealing? Killing? Honoring mom & dad? Is this the easiest commandment to break? Which is? Why? IX. YOU SHALL NOT COVET YOUR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE.  Serve Yourself - Don't try to be anyone else. It's not bad to like other people's stuff or think another kid has a more exciting life. But if you spend your energy trying to be someone else, you won't have time to be you. Pick other people you like and be like them in little ways. But in all the big ways, stay yourself. Ask:  What does this commandment say to you? Do you find yourself wanting more things, nicer stuff, or another's family? Have you ever come home and said "Guess what so & so did? Bla bla Bla de bla. Why can't we do/have that?" X. YOU SHALL NOT COVET YOUR NEIGHBOR'S WIFE ... OR ANYTHING THAT IS YOUR NEIGHBOR'S. Serve Others - Celebrate friends' and family's good luck. Amanda got a blue ribbon at the science fair. You want one so bad you could blow up her fancy-schmancy volcano project that her dad built for her and she didn't really deserve to win. Other people might seem happier, richer, luckier and more popular. But joy is inside. You can't really be sure how much of it anyone else has. Find your own joy and try to keep it around--and bring a little to other people when you can. Ask:  Doesn't this commandment sound a lot like the last? Why do you suppose this happened? Wrap this one up: When it's hard to keep track of every one of the Ten Commandments, remember that God's son helped us all with another way to look at it. When he was asked which is the "great commandment," Jesus answered: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Ask: Can only "Loving" satisfy all on the commandments? Love God, Love others, Love yourself Moving Out Road Work & Trek Activity Needed: Paper and Tape Come back together in the Family Life Center, Work Zone on one half of the Gym, High Way on the other. Work in your Journey groups to create some fun. First, vote on one of the group's favorite sports. Say: Using only the paper and tape, create all the necessary equipment to play your favorite sport. When you're done making the items, we'll actually play the sport using them - so make everything as sturdy as necessary for us to enjoy the game! Present them with the paper and tape. Give no further instruction, but encourage the youth to work together, serving one another and accomplishing the task.  When the youth are ready, play the sport using the appropriate equipment. Try to make it so everyone has a part to play and something to play it with.  Remember, we are serving each other tonight. By serving each other everyone needs to be involved and not just sitting by, doing the easy thing - watching, or involved in his or her own personal conversation.   Closing  Work Zone and High Way  Gather in the closing circle. What is the greatest Commandment? By serving others we will serve ourselves and God! "Pass the Peace" by saying "Help me to be your servant" Do the UMYF Benediction and turn out in to the world.