Image is king in today’s culture. Perfect people populate the teen magazines. Appearance is everything. But what can we know about someone from only their outward appearance? How do we accept or reject people? How does God view us? A youth group discussion starter on image.
IDENTIKIT
Collect a selection of glossy fashion magazines and teen magazines for this activity. Provide scissors, glue and some large pieces of white card. Invite the group to divide into pairs and ask them to cut out and create an identikit picture of the perfect man or woman. This may be only a face or the whole body.
Display the pictures for everyone to see and encourage the group to discuss the questions below. The conversations may go in different directions, so be flexible. Add your own supplementary questions where appropriate.
- What are the common factors in the pictures?
- Do you think glossy images of ‘perfect’ looking people in magazines make you more or less happy about the way you look? Why?
- How important is image to you?
- Can we do or say things which damage people’s image of themselves?
- How important do you think your looks or outward appearance are to God?
Before moving to the next activity, ask the group to quietly consider if they think it is right to accept or reject a person, only by the way they look?
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