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Many different ideas or suggestions of ideas for young people's groups in the city.
Here's a recipe for how to make gummy bears with kids
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Youngstars ministry is based on seven core values: Christ-centered, relational, needs-based, holistic experiential, multiplication, community-relevant, society-relevant.
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In this article, you'll find some tips to make sure shopping for craft supplies doesn't break your budget
Empowerment has a lot to do with trust, acceptance, personal commitment and empathy. These things can only be partially learned. However, every leader should know what "motivation buttons" there are in relation to children (but also adults). Experienced leaders use the motivators that are appropriate to the situation and person.
The night's rest is a much discussed topic in most camps. Here are some basic thoughts and experiences about it. You have had other experiences? Then feel free to add to this article!
In this article you will find two lists. The basic list contains the components that are on the packing list for (almost) every camp
Homesickness happens to children every now and then, especially during extended camps in tents or houses. Sometimes it's hardly an issue, sometimes homesickness spreads like an epidemic.
In this article, you'll learn how homesickness develops, how to reduce the likelihood of it happening in the first place, and what to do when a child is homesick.
To get to know the children's parents better, they can be invited to a meal. The meal is prepared with the children and the parents can only come at the arranged time, sit down and enjoy the cooked meal.
The children/teenagers will cook a meal without the use of normal kitchen utensils.
Learning Bible verses by heart is a good way to deepen core messages. This can be done in a fun and playful way, so that children as well as leaders can learn Bible verses by heart without much effort or expense
Memorization should take no more than 15 minutes. With the different game variations in advance, however, it can take longer in total.
It can be used at the beginning of the devotion as an introduction or at the end of the devotion as a consolidation. The Bible verses, which are learned by heart, should always be linked in the context of a core biblical message.
This devotion is a possible devotion on John 6:1-15 and can be found, for example, at the afternoon program to the feeding of the 5000 men can be used.
Description of a game idea and its possible implementation. Should inspire to implement ideas yourself, to adapt proven games or to play popular games differently in their own context.
Background of the idea is an own game, which I designed in my spare time for home, but which can also be played in the youth group.
A cross-country game to show the Cubs that only the whole armor Jesus gives us will help us succeed. Do not do things by halves.
Public relations means to communicate consciously with the public. This can be done, for example, by pushing newspaper articles or organising events that are specifically for the public (or a certain target group) (e.g. children's weeks).
Here you can find all the articles and posts that were created at the BESJ Teamweekend 12 in Huttwil. We wish you a lot of fun trying them out
Company Tycoon is a city game that has proven itself as an alternative to
Mr. X, especially in smaller towns.
The game is afternoon filling (about 2,5-3h).
Cool song to start or finish the meal.
Information about copyrights and when you are allowed to put a song on the YoungstarsWiki.
The team success factors form a model in which the most important aspects of teamwork are highlighted. If there are problems in the team, these criteria can be used to investigate the causes. The model was developed by Marvin Weisbord
A game in which you can experience experiential communication disorder.
A simple little craft. A bookmark is melted together from 5 drinking straws.
The management cycle is a guideline for rational action. This usually leads to solid results in the medium to long term in all areas of children and youth work.
The management cycle is a guideline for rational action
In tent camps it is important to be able to build a functioning infrastructure. This article provides an overview of possible camp buildings. The camp buildings have to be adapted to different aspects:
camp duration, camp size, camp site, age of the participants, season and fun of building
How can I take good photos? This article has some tips on how to do that.
Taking photos is easier than shooting movies.
With the help of craft sheets can create beautiful works of art. The templates can be downloaded as a PDF and printed. Since the templates were created by professionals, you can assume a high quality.
This terrain game is usually played in larger cities. With the help of sporadic clues to the whereabouts of the unknown "Mister X", he is pursued by several groups with the aim of identifying and capturing him. The game is based on the board game "Scotland Yard"
Whoever has done it before knows that explaining and leading games is not always the easiest task. The following tips and instructions should help you to become even better at it
A simple technique to encourage children to provide brief feedback.
Various variations on how to form teams for games, for example.
A collection of good ideas for JS afternoons that don't belong to any particular quarterly theme.
A relatively large amount of money can be saved in certain areas with little effort at Jungschar camps. This article is a collection of tips on how to keep the financial expenditure as small as possible
In the game "The king wishes..." two groups fight for the king's favour. It's all about reaction, speed and a bit of luck. Action and fun is certainly present in this game!
A sheet of paper is cut through with a straight cut, resulting in several sections which can be used for a devotion.
The ladder game in large format works similar to the normal one.
Videos are a very effective public relations tool in youth ministry.
There are very many ways in which videos can be used. For example, you can make promotional videos, camp review videos, or pre-event videos for special events.
The Sarasani is a large group tent, woven from military banners. A Sarasani can be built in a variety of sizes, depending on how many sheets are used and how tall the structure is.
The Sarasani is knotted from three squares of canvas. In theory, the shape of a Sarasani corresponds to a tetrahedron (pyramid with 3 edges).
In this game, the goal is to collect as much money as possible. The one who has accumulated the most money has won.
After that, a "good" link can be made on the subject of money, earthly possessions. Possible Bible passages could be: Matthew 6:19-21, Matthew 6:26
Reflection is about looking back and thinking about what you did and how. Through this reflection, you (or the team) come to conclusions about what should be done the same or differently again in the future. The aim of reflection is not to find as many mistakes as possible, but to improve the team as a whole.
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In this game players play in groups. These groups get the task to take pictures of certain objects and/or certain constellations. To solve this task, they have to find the given motives and partially need to ask by-passers for help.
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).
The goal of the game is to transport as many letters as possible into his depot, in order to finally be able to lay as good words as possible.
Risk management is a systematic process for "identifying and assessing risks, and managing responses to identified risks" (Wikipedia). The aim is to ensure a high level of safety for your volunteers and leaders at all Jungschar events.
Risk management is a systematic process for assessing risks and managing responses to them (Wikipedia).