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The Friendship Challenge

Complete these items in any order you choose. But you must get someone’s initials in the blank next to the item to confirm it.

1. Get two other people with you and sing the Michael W. Smith song, "Friends," while you have your arms around each other’s shoulders:

Friends are friends forever, if the Lord’s the Lord of them.
A friend will not say never, ‘cause the welcome will not end.
Though it’s hard to let you go, in the Father’s hands we know,
That a lifetime’s not too long, to live as friends.

If you don’t know the tune, make one up!

Have your two cosigners initial here:

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2. Stand on a chair and yell in a big-time, whiny, begging voice, "Won’t you please be my friend?"

Have someone who heard you initial here:

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3. Get two other people and form a circle holding hands. Skip around while chanting this little word of advice:

You can pick your friends,
And you can pick your nose,
But you can’t pick your friend’s nose.

Have those two sick people initial here:

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4. Get with one other person. Stand side by side. One of you should shout, "A FRIEND IS…" and the other person should shout a word that completes the sentence. You have to do this five times, taking turns and making up different endings to the sentence each time.

Have your buddy initial here:

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5. Grab someone and have them sit on a chair in front of you while you stand. Preach this mini-sermon to your one-person audience (use your best TV preacher voice):

In the book of Proverbs, the author makes an important observation about friendship. He writes, "A friend sticketh closer than a brother." So today, I challenge you to stick. Amen.

Have your audience initial here (then let him or her preach to you):

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6. Get two other people and lead them in a cheer.

You shout: Give me an F! They shout: F!
You shout: Give me an R! They shout: R!
You shout: Give me an I! They shout: I!
You shout: Give me an E! They shout: E!
You shout: Give me an N! They shout: N!
You shout: Give me a D! They shout: D!
You shout: What’s that spell?
They shout: Friend!
You shout: What’s that spell?
They shout: Friend!
You shout: What’s that spell?

Everyone shouts: Friend! Friend! Friend! Whoooooo!

Have your two cheer partners initial here (and initial their sheets also):

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From Wild Truth Bible Lessons 2 by Mark Oestreicher. Copyright © 1996 by Youth Specialties.