Sunday, December 7, 2025

Clues of a Creator

 

Attribution: This programme outline was generated by a specific prompt to Chat GPT by Petra Pierre-Robertson.  She developed and refined the content provided based on the aims, objectives, audience, and purpose she identified for the programme.

You can further refine and develop this programme based on your unique contexts


Aim:  This programme was done provide clues/evidence that God, the creator, is alive and real

Objective:  It is hoped that at the end of this programme a desire will be engendered in the attendees to connect with God

Important Note: Given the complexity of this topic ensure a Pastor is present to keep the discourse biblically sound


AY Leader Introduction: “Clues from Creation”

Materials:

  • Slides or printed photos of nature (galaxies, DNA, oceans, animals)
  • Table object: a simple watch, or a piece of art

AY Leader  (7 minutes):
“Look at this watch (or artwork). We all know someone made it — it’s too detailed, too intentional to appear by chance.  Now look at galaxies, flowers, your fingerprints, and DNA — all far more complex than anything humans create.

Psalm 19:1 says, ‘The heavens declare the glory of God…’

You can research the following to build on Psalms 19:1

·       The Belt of Orion as mentioned in Job 38:31

·       The components of space (stars, planets, asteroids, meteoroids, meteors, meteorites etc)

·       What governs the tide

·       The ant

 Nature itself is a clue.  Creation points to a Creator.


Rotating Activity Station: Break attendees into  groups. Rotate every 5 to 7 minutes.

Station 1 The Design Table – Does complexity happen by accident?

Station 2  The Inner Voice – Why do we feel guided or convicted? 

Station 3 Humanity’s Search – Why do all cultures seek the divine?

Group Challenge:  Find the clues –Based on the scriptural references


Station 1 — The Design Table

Materials:

  • Leaf samples, magnifying glasses
  • Pictures of microscopic structures
  • A puzzle or Rubik’s cube

Facilitator Prompt:
“Does complexity and order happen accidentally or intentionally? What does this suggest about the world we live in?”


Station 2 — The Inner Voice

Materials:

  • Headphones or speaker
  • 2–3 short testimonies (audio or read aloud) of youth experiencing God
  • Small paper & pens

Facilitator Prompt:
“Have you ever felt guided, protected, or convicted? Why do we feel a pull toward morality, purpose, and meaning?”

Internal experience = another clue.


Station 3 — Humanity’s Search

Materials:

  • Images or slides of ancient cultures and their ideas of God
  • World map
  • Sticky notes

Facilitator Prompt:
“Why do cultures everywhere — even those who never met — search for something greater? What does this universal longing say?”


 Group Challenge Game: “Find the Clues”

Materials:

  • Clue envelopes hidden around the room
  • Each envelope contains a scripture or question
    • Romans 1:20
    • Acts 17:24–28
    • Psalm 139
    • “What evidence of God have you seen in your own life?”
    • “What would the world be like without God?”

How it works:
Groups have 5 minutes to find as many envelopes as they can.
Then take 5 minutes to discuss the clues they found.

AY Leader:  “You’ve collected clues — now build your case. What picture do these clues paint about the existence of God?”


Groups Present Their Case

Each group shares for 2–3 minutes:

  • What clues they found
  • How those clues point to God

You can award simple prizes for creativity, teamwork, or insight.


Reflection Moment: “Where I See God”

Silent Creative Activity

Materials:

  • Index cards or half-sheets
  • Pens or markers

Instructions:
“Write or draw one place in your life where you’ve seen a ‘clue’ that God is real.”
Play soft instrumental music.

AY Leader:  “You don’t have to see God physically to know He exists.
You see His fingerprints all around you — in creation, in history, in other people, and in your own story.”


Prayer & Closing

Ask volunteers to share:

  • One thing they learned
  • One place they see God

 

Resources

The Bible

Other valid resources (See the chapter on evaluating material in ‘AY Programming in the 21st Century’ by Petra Pierre-Robertson)