Solve This Riddle

Solve This Riddle

This video is of a message preached by a student in the Open Air Campaigners Evangelism Training Academy this past June. This is the last practical outreach we did that week. This outreach was done in Annapolis, MD. Below is the outline of the message.


INTRO: Introduce yourself and where you are from. PAINT these words in ladder lettering SOLVE THIS and ask the crowd if they know what the last word is. You could also paint up solve this first before you say anything as this will create curiosity.
PAINT in ladder lettering this word: RIDDLE then, when someone guesses it Tell the crowd you will be painting up 4 riddles that will illustrate some key events in the life of a man named Harvey.
BOX 1: Start telling Harvey�s story by saying he was on a fishing trip with two buddies. PAINT Harvey�s two buddies in the boat fishing and mention that after a short period of time someone yelled.
Now PAINT these words: MAN OVER BOARD
Ask the crowd what the 1st riddle says and then PAINT Harvey floating in the water. You might make some application to similar tragedies that all people face such as hearing the word cancer, or you�re fired, or you failed the exam, or I don�t love you. A personal story from your own life will help keep the crowd listening.
BOX 2: The 2nd picture describes the weather conditions the day Harvey fell into the water while his friends tried to rescue him. PAINT extended arms on Harvey�s two friends and PAINT up a 0 above MA BA PhD. Ask the crowd if they can figure out how cold it was when Harvey fell overboard. (3 degrees below zero).
Once someone guesses the answer, tell the crow his friend worked fast and got Harvey out of the water.
BOX 3: The 3rd riddle is a picture of Harvey being united with his family and friends. PAINT heads, elbows and feet on the crowd and complete the word ground. Ask the crowd what happened to Harvey (6 feet under ground). Tell the crowd Harvey was in t

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