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A creative form of prayer in which everyone joins in and has fun

The idea of this EPA afternoon is to look at God's Word, continuing with the theme God's Word is more valuable even than gold and silver.

The Nerve Journey is a joyful game to test our nervous strain in a humorous way.

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

Quiet time/devotional booklet on the camp theme Noah.

For each camp day there is a devotional for the small group, one for the older ones (approx. 5th grade upwards) and one for the younger ones (from kindergarten) including a leader's booklet.

Games with and without material

In a camp setting or on a special day, a fair is set up by the children. Leaders and caregivers visit the children's fair. Through a great offer the children try to take the play money from their caregivers.

Age group: 13-18

Number of participants: 55-60

Number of leaders: 10-15

Cross golf takes golfers away from the perfectly manicured lawn and into the heart of nature!

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.

If you are a large team in which it often happens that individuals are absent from meetings, it is practical if a protocol is written for the meeting. In it all important information of the meeting are summarized. The protocol is sent after the meeting by mail to the entire team, or uploaded to a common platform such as Dropbox or Google Drive

Knowing Biblical Cities: 8 afternoons

Jungschar Chrischona, Bettingen

This devotional concept was created for a fall camp (7 days) on the theme of the Wild West. Parallel to this theme, the book of Joshua (life in the new land) was dealt with.

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

In a PowerPoint presentation, the wonderful story of God's love through His Son Jesus Christ, can be followed.

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.

- An afternoon for all Jungschar ages
- 12 posts to set records and prove courage

Here you will find a semester program including a spiritual concept on the topic "In the dinghy on the ocean".

In the rubber dinghy on the ocean is known to many as an audio book from childhood. It is the story of a group of 8 US army personnel who get lost in the Pacific due to a technical defect and are ultimately forced to ditch. With the ditching begins the exciting fight for survival where it can be a matter of an earlobe or a slice of orange.

The audio book "Im Schluchboot uf em Ozean" is still available in various bookshops.

A game where the head of the snake wants to grab the tail

Here you can find our semester program, which we made for the CD Jetzt gits Ärger from ERF. 

A highlight of the Jungschi know-how market is: pulling chocolate candles.

Try it once!

+Good to have benches or chairs for this game,

Help it's raining! How do we organize our Olympics NOW!

This semester program includes various games that are played on the respective afternoons.

Details can be found in the reports.

A quick game to get to know each other.

Age group - 7-12 years.

Handlers - 1-2

Suitable terrain - level ground. Can be on grass, but there should be no dew.

For this purpose, everyone stands in a circle and one person (the goose) stands outside the circle. He walks in a circle around the people and when he touches someone, the person touched has to make a circle around the circle, racing the goose, and return to his place. However, if the goose gets there first, it stays put and the other person becomes the new goose.

It is important to remember that when the goose touches someone, it runs in the direction it is walking, and the person touched, in the opposite direction.

A sheet of paper is cut through with a straight cut, resulting in several sections which can be used for a devotion. 

Indoor and outdoor play possible with up to 10 children

Game idea of the Jungschar FMG Wetzikon

To knot the monkey fist (a ball) is not so difficult and does not take as much time as many think. The monkey fist is mainlyused as a decorative knot.

According to Wikipedia, the monkey fist is also called Schmeissknoten, Kindskopf or Monkeyhead.

Data:

• age 7 to 14
• between 10-15 participants
• Indoor or outdoor
• 2 handlers will be needed to prepare

Relay? No! No way. That's way too dangerous, and what could happen there!

We want to show you that abseiling doesn't have to be any more dangerous than playing cross-country in the woods. If you observe the basic safety precautions, then abseiling becomes a good and special event that will be remembered for a long time.

See PDF file

for complete article with pictures of knots, carabiners, etc

A slightly different game of hide and seek.

What all belongs in a camp booklet, you learn here.

To ensure safety and a pleasant coexistence in a camp, it needs rules. Here are the most important ones

Planning sheet for quarterly program

Topic: GIDEON
Text: Judges 6-8

A circle game in which one participant has to find the conductor.

Here's how to make marshmallows yourself

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

This is a semester program on Native Americans.

125 Program Suggestions of Every Kind for Filled Young Share Afternoons

Unknown Prophets of the Bible - What a challenge! How cool if the young people know Amos, Nahum, Micah, Habakkuk or an incident about them. With this motivation, we set out to learn about the unknown person

Track Mister X by bike using coordinates.

We wrote new lyrics to the tune of "The Wellerman" for our seafaring camp. The song was very well received. You can simply keep time with a drum or tap your fists on the table regularly.

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

Circle game with physical action.

Game in which teamwork/cooperation is necessary.

Data:

• 7 to 14 years
• up to 15 participants
• 2 leaders and 4 helpers
• about 30-40 minutes

Materials:

• 20 scarves
• 4 earplugs
• 1 long bar
• 1 short bar
• 2 flags
• 2 morse code
• 2 tarpaulins
• lantern
• whistle
• ropes
• 2 metal stilts