Have children line up on one side of the room. Assign one child to have leprosy and to stand in the middle of the room. When the leper calls out “Unclean,” the other children try to run to the other side without being tagged. If a child is tagged, he becomes a leper and helps tag others. Play continues until one child remains. Remind children that Jesus had compassion on the man with leprosy and healed him.

Divide children into teams and line them up across from the adhesive bandages. On “Go” the first two children from each team link their arms together and walk to the table with adhesive bandages on it. Each child opens one and places it on the hand of his or her partner. They then walk back arm-in-arm to tag the next two children on their team. The race continues until every player has raced. The first team to have their whole team bandaged and back to the starting point wins. Remind children that Jesus healed the leper. We should follow his example and care for others when they are sick too.

Divide children into pairs and give each pair a balloon. Have pairs line up along one side of the room and place the balloon between their shoulders (the balloon should prevent the two children from touching one another). On “Go” each pair tries to walk to the opposite side of the room without touching each other and without letting the balloon fall. If it falls, the pair must stop and reposition the balloon before continuing. The first pair to reach the other side wins. Continue to race as time allows. Remind children that lepers were unclean and unable to touch others, but Jesus had compassion on a leper and touched him.

Tell children that when the music is playing, they should move around inside the circle, being careful not to touch anyone. If a child touches someone, he or she is out and must leave the circle. When the music stops, all remaining children freeze. The leader then pulls the string to make the circle smaller. Play continues in the same manner, with the circle getting smaller each time the music stops. The last two children remaining win. Remind children that people with leprosy couldn’t touch others but had to stay at a distance and yell, “Unclean!”