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Sweet chocolate milk—perfect for making, for example, after an exciting night spent camping outdoors.
This article presents a Yeti-themed snow weekend, complete with alternatives in case of bad weather (making snowshoes and a Yeti contest).
This article is from the Forum magazine and is attached in full as a PDF below.
Materials needed: 2 or more plastic jugs, depending on the number of teams; approximately 200 grams of corn kernels; one chair per team.
Participants form two or more teams, depending on the number of participants, and line up in a row. Place one chair at the front of the line, with the backrest facing the participants. A plastic bottle is placed in front of each chair. Each participant receives two kernels of corn (the number is flexible; it can be increased after the first round), which they hold in the palm of their hand. Each player’s task is to drop as many kernels of corn as possible into the bottle without touching the chair or going around it. Kernels that fall next to the bottle cannot be picked up.
Teams are free to devise their own strategy (e.g., helping or picking up the smallest players). There is no set time limit. The team that collects the most kernels of corn in the bottle wins.
Jugend und Sport is an organization in Switzerland that supports Swiss sports and youth clubs in their work.
"Samaritan Stories": Many Activity Suggestions for Three Different Age Groups on the Theme of Helping
This article is from the Forum magazine.
A semester-long program on the topic of "Media," featuring 9 activities based on various movies, TV shows, and books.
Adventure with the EXPLORER youth group, Uznach
Jungschar program, invited: non-believing youth
Equipment: area marked off with tape
Participants are divided into two teams that compete in a relay race. Everyone must crawl under the tape and perform a squat (girls) or a push-up (boys). After completing the task, they return to their team and pass the baton.
For more details, see the image and video.
Materials needed: balloons, depending on the number of teams
Participants are divided into two teams (5–12 people). The teams form a line (with hands on shoulders or hips); the last person in each line receives a balloon attached to their pant leg. Within a marked-off area, the task for both teams is to pop the other team’s balloon while protecting their own.
TIP: Make sure the leaders of the two lines are of the same gender.
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The "Five Faces" are different ways in which people come up with creative ideas. Most people use mainly one of the faces. However, each of the faces has advantages and disadvantages and works better in certain situations than in others. Therefore, we should try to train the different faces in us. We should also learn when to use which face best
As they search for the rescue submarine, everyone is in the dark. Yet it's in the middle of the ocean, acting all calm while everyone else searches excitedly.
A fun icebreaker where there is no loser.
Providing personal guidance to children and teenagers is one of the most important tasks of a youth group leader. The focus is not on programs, but on people and relationships. Seeing individuals grow into joyful and mature individuals is one of the most rewarding aspects of youth ministry. This “tool” provides you with a very practical resource—we hope you enjoy putting it into practice.
In this article, you’ll find a creative idea for how to visually demonstrate loyalty and devotion.
This example is by no means intended to replace the Bible, but only to serve as a way to illustrate certain aspects of Scripture. This creative tool can teach only a part of divine truth. You can find other creative approaches on this website.
Get to know each other through play and become familiar with each other.
The participants form a circle.
Raise your right hand to chest level, with your palm facing up. Raise your left index finger to chest level and point it downward until it touches the right palm of the person next to you.
Once everyone has taken their position, the leader calls out “hop.” Here, the movements must be coordinated so that the left index finger is raised (before the neighbor’s palm catches it) and your own right hand closes around your neighbor’s left index finger.
A game in which you can experience experiential communication disorder.