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Camp program, central theme and devotional concept of the SoLa 2023 of the BESJ Reinach.

Entrance made of pallets with drawbridge for a Gallic village (e.g. in keeping with the Asterix and Obelix theme) or for a castle/fortress etc.

We used drawings and pictures to transform our cart into an ark.

Can of course also be redesigned to suit other themes.

We attached the pictures to the ladder truck with the help of a stapler.

Idea

The point of this game is that the children can get really creative by creating something themselves without any rules.

This game is perfect for cooling off in summer. Two teams play against each other and the aim is to get the pieces of napkin on the opponent's arm wet with the help of squirts.

Art in nature

Land art can be done almost anywhere in nature and you don't have to take almost anything with you.

Let off steam creatively using only natural materials.

Two equally sized groups with numbers search for a treasure in the opposing field (e.g. a pylon). Whoever finds the pylon first is the winner. The game is preferably played at night or at dusk.

Night terrain game that can be played with a large number of participants (approx. 400) and in which the aim is to set up campsites in groups and collect the necessary resources. The group that has the flag in the campsite at the end wins.

A devotional concept for eight afternoons on the semester theme of football.

Here you can find an overview of over 850 boys' choir names, collected at the BESJ Team Weekend Ideas Market with over 1000 boys' choir leaders from Switzerland.

How do I build a raft for water activities with my children/teens? Find instructions with all the information you need here!

See also: https://www.youngstarswiki.org/de/wiki/art/flossbau

The well-known "Werwölfle" has been reinterpreted and placed in the context of youth choirs.

A carousel for 2 or 4 children is to be set up as an attraction on a camp site for 2 or 4 children

See also Build carousel

Three heroes embark on a challenging mission. The king wants water from enemy territory. How much water can the heroes find for David without getting caught?

The cover picture shows the game board.

Track Mister X by bike using coordinates.

This outdoor-sauna is run by a fire with a pressurized pot on it, that is providing steam to heat up your sauna.

Here is a little tutorial on how to make up three different types of wounds. To spice up any paramedic course or in the afternoon. (Caution! For people who cannot see blood)

During the telling of a biblical story, the children are each given a drink that suits them. This allows them to experience the story and immerse themselves in the feelings of the characters.

Heat the tin over a camping stove until it becomes liquid. Then pour into the prepared mold. After cooling, sand the pewter figure with files until it fits.

It works in a similar way to normal floorball. Instead of field hockey sticks, the players have a fly swatter and the game is played with a ping-pong ball. The playing field, group size and goal size can be freely adapted to suit requirements.

Make your own chocolate candy. The way it works is that you dip grissini as a "wick" in various types of liquid chocolate and enjoy them as a dessert at the end.

Find all the important information about Morse code as a transmission technology here.

Who is who? What happened where? Who said what? Test your Bible knowledge and find out what you already know and where you still have gaps. How can you incorporate Bible knowledge into your program? What about participants who don't know anything?

Eating cheese slices can function as a kind of team building activity. We eat cheese slices after the Jungschi afternoon, for example. On the one hand, we use this as a source of nourishment, but also to strengthen the leadership team.

You take an uncoated, empty tin, bend a small grill rack, make two holes in the tin to hang a wire loop, place a mini pizza on the rack, push the rack into the tin and place the tin in the fire. And the pizza is ready to bake.

Drink cups are stacked on top of each other. Who can build the highest tower?

Preparation of Pulled Pork

• Working time approx. 45 minutes
• Resting time approx. 45 minutes
• Cooking/baking time approx. 3 hours
• Total time approx. 4 hours 30 minutes

Remove excess fat from the pork neck and rub with the mustard on all sides. Mix the paprika powder, salt, pepper, cumin powder, thyme and rosemary to make a spice mixture (rub) and rub the neck of pork generously with it. Leave the meat to marinate in the fridge for 12 - 24 hours.

The next day, cut the apple into pieces and the onions into half rings.

Heat the Briquettes for the Dutch Oven. I use 6 at the bottom and 14 at the top for my 11 litre pot. Place 6 Briquettes under the pot and sauté the onions in oil. Then add the apple and sauté. Add the Worcester sauce and tomato paste and fry briefly. 

Deglaze with the stock and put the pork neck on top. Put the lid on and load it with the remaining coals. If you have one, you can also fit the pork neck with a thermometer. After approx. 1.5 hours, you can add a few more Briquettes (unless you have specially long-lasting Briquettes).

After approx. 2.5 - 3 hours, the roast is done, the core temperature should be approx. 90-95 °C. Take it out and let it rest for 30 - 45 minutes wrapped in aluminium foil. Afterwards, the roast can be pulled and served according to taste. 

Either enjoy in a roll with green and coleslaw and 1 - 2 tbsp. of the onion-apple sauce or put it back in the pot and mix it with the onion-apple sauce - a real treat. Serve with a good piece of baguette.

If glycerine is added to potassium permanganate, it ignites spontaneously after a while. Numerous biblical passages with fire can be illustrated with this.

If potassium nitrate solution is used to paint something onto the tissue paper and the tissue paper is dried, the letters or symbols slowly burn from the center to the edge after lighting. In this way, hidden things can be made visible.

When steel wool is between the poles of a battery, it starts to burn. This can be used to illustrate many biblical passages where fire occurs.

Strong magnets offer many possibilities for interesting effects such as displaying magnetic fields, illustrating the invisible power of God, showing attraction/repulsion and much more.

If pepper is sprinkled on the water, it remains on the surface. If liquid soap is added, it is pushed to the edge, further added pepper sinks. This can be used to illustrate deliverance from sin or Peter sinking.

A PET bottle is filled with hot water, emptied and quickly screwed shut. It soon contracts, although no external force is visible. The experiment can illustrate the invisible power of God.

A piece of copper turns black when it glows in the flame. If the hot black piece of copper is immersed in alcohol, it becomes copper-colored again. This can be used to illustrate the confession of sins and the cleansing of guilt.

A juice made from red cabbage has a completely different color in an alkaline and acidic environment. This shows how the smallest influences can have a big effect and how creative God is in creation.

If a balloon is filled with air and held over a flame, it will burst immediately. If you fill it with water, it will survive the flame unscathed. The experiment serves to illustrate various passages from the Bible.

Here you can find an overview of all the ideas that were presented at the BESJ Team Weekend Ideas Market.

In the attached file you will find the most important points to evaluate a devotion / input, based on the HALMA system. On the second page you will find key points for evaluating an afternoon program. Always remember in the team - give each other feedback! Because five positive ones weigh just as much as one negative one.

A method of earning the Jungschar stars in the form of a competition.

This article describes the construction of a launch pad for the water rocket, for which you can also find the building instructions here on Youngstarswiki.

This year we made a camp where an artifact has to be found. This was with us the golden Hörnli.

The camp is thematically based on Uncharted/Indiana Jones/Tomb Raider and thus had counterparts who were dressed in a mercenary outfit.