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Rituals strengthen a community and remind what agreements are in place.

This game encourages the sense of touch.

I wanted to tackle the meaning of the cross with our church youth group, aged 12+, who are predominently not church-going children.

Below is an outline for a talk which worked really well for us as the framework for an evening around a campfire - taking the group through from an easy introduction to symbols and logos through to a biblical presentation of the meaning of the cross.

We finished the evening with a challenge to the children; to make them think more carefully about the cross and what it means to them. You may want to change this to better suit the type of group you have, and where they are on their spiritual journeys.

Your camp participants should have many play options and opportunities available to them in the non-programmed time in camp ("marginal times") in self-selected play groups, in pairs or alone

Running with these füssen is not as easy as it looks at first glance. The Füsse are strapped into two leather loops and then a certain distance either against each other or in a certain time must be run. 

At a family retreat, you can play AUTODORF-RALLEY for a change.

A short game where you can let off steam intensively

The idea of this EPA afternoon is to look at God's Word, continuing with the theme of God's Word as seed.

Locally, regionally, or nationally, create teen group performances at church, crusade, graduation party

This EPA starts in a slightly more unusual place than usual... a collapsed building, and the clue we had uploaded to Facebook this time was shackles.

Even the smallest thing which we consider unimportant can make a huge difference in the world.

The demographic development in Europe leads to a steadily growing proportion of children and young people with a migration background. Their integration is a fundamental challenge for the youth groups.

This season, we will look at the story of William Tyndale, who translated the Bible from Hebrew into English. Through this story, we will be able to show children the importance of the Word and that we should be thankful to have it in a language that is accessible to us. We will experience different things that are part of the story.

We celebrate a party to welcome the new teenagers to the Teen Club!

Push-up race in knee-deep water. Only the hands touch the ground. The feet can drag or paddle.

Water game with little effort - great success!

Various running games in knee-deep water.

Helps clarify Bible stories for children's worship, school, and home.

Are our offers still customer-oriented? Do they still meet the needs of our time? These are questions that we have to ask ourselves again and again, if we do not want to lose the status and thus the children in our society.

The timetable contains in detail all the points that need to be clarified and distributed in advance during a camp preparation.

The template has been used for two camps so far (Regiolager 2006 in Trun and Sola 2011 in DE).

Mikado game with "big" sticks

Playing football with teens, modeling and passing on faith.

Ideas for pre-evangelistic projects from practice. A field report from Langenthaler Jungscharen.

This article is a Forum Heft article and it is attached in full as a pdf below - only excerpts are reproduced here.

Youngstars ministry is based on seven core values: Christ-centered, relational, needs-based, holistic experiential, multiplication, community-relevant, society-relevant.

For the anniversary year of the Jungschar, offer a Chilbi (German: Kirmes/Jahrmarkt).

A week in which young and old, mothers and fathers, Kids Treff and Jungschar successfully pull together. 

As obvious as this statement seems, it is often disregarded in practice. The expectations of the congregation, the youth group and its leaders are often very high (something similar can be said about the other branches of children's and youth work)

An evening around the campfire is made for storytelling, and those stories today are, of course, about the forest.

Players must memorize various objects from nature and then search for them.

In the new quarter of our EPA season, we are starting with a new theme that is related to different short stories. They involve children and animals that God uses in amazing ways. The next story we will look at is about a little girl who really wanted to have blue eyes like her mother.

for you and your team

Steps into God's presence - in five steps into the "tête à tête" with God. Here, across from God, you will find energy for you and your team

Revelation according to tapes by Rev. Walter Weyrich

Lessons 2 - 14 see PDF file

Here are a few ideas and tips for writing articles.

Achja: As with every other article on the YoungstarsWiki: Additions are welcome!

The Federal Office of Sport in Magglingen, Y+S Documentation, has many teaching materials and brochures on the subject of Youth+Sport

At this EPA, we decided our theme would be The Deception Between Esau and Jacob,

We began with a short skit between "Laban" and "Jacob," with the skit expressing Laban's promise to give his daughter for seven years of labor on Jacob's part.

Offering Jungschar in a specific neighborhood in the afternoons to reach new children.

Finding your way as a team through a playing field where you don't even know the way!
Encourage each other and make decisions.

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.

"Project method is the method of methods," finds M. Golpelwar, an expert in youth work.

The top projects have been tried and tested in practice and have been well received in the respective teen clubs, teen groups of the Jungschar etc.

Velotours in groups are very eventful, but sometimes also dangerous.

Therefore we want to act especially responsibly.

With this Bible reading idea, you can experience 10 to 15 inspiring minutes together with other people from your group.

Games to: Explore forest habitat

Developing the leader personality

This is a pants bag game that can be played in the tun hall with little materials. It encourages cooperation and a willingness to help each other among the participants.

The idea of this EPA afternoon is to begin with the story of the Secret of the Wildwood and look at the lives of the two children Ruth and Philip, making the connection that Jesus loves each of us, no matter what we are.

Sponsor competitions can be organized for anniversary and inauguration celebrations.

In the new quarter of our EPA season, we are starting a new theme that is all about different short stories. They are related to children or animals that God uses in amazing ways. The first story we will look at is about a ten-year-old girl named Monica. Our focus will be on learning to listen and trust God in all situations.

Lesson for KIDSTREFF

Some churches have switched to the KIDS TREFF/Promiseland model. There are new lesson materials for this. In this post, we take an existing lesson written for Jungschar and modify it so that it can be used in KIDS TREFF. 

See PDF file for detailed description and instructions