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This document gives you a little insight into child development, specifically competencies. We often expect too much from our children, or overtax them. Even in the Jungschar work, where we do not see the children every day, it is important to know their level of development.

Have you ever tried making plaster masks? Haven't you? It's a great craft, but needs some instruction.

Products needed:

• 2 cups of flour
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons baking powder (tablespoons)
• One and a half cup fresh milk
• 1/3 cup fat (oil/butter)
• 2 - 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• Vanilla

If you have more children you can make a double batch.

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

The idea comes from the game "Catch the Hat", is a special terrain game.

What could be better on a Jungscharn afternoon than a good portion of mini-games? Apart from a brilliant input and the classic "Schoggibanane" for Zvieri actually almost nothing. Although I hope that every youth group leader knows many such mini-games, unfortunately the same games are often played, or even worse, no game comes to mind at the moment
Therefore it offers itself to arrange mini Game Cards.



The way to such Mini-Game Cards is visibly easy and is great fun.


1. Look for funny games in books and on the internet.

2. Divide these games into different categories (wild games, quiet games, etc.)

3. Consider from what age the game is suitable and how long it lasts.

4. Choose a motivated and creative mini-leader in the authority of your office and make him the knight of creative ideas.

5. This person will then do the main part of the work and design the cards.

If, however, you don't feel like or have time for this work, simply download the Mini-Game Cards our Jungschar, edit them even more to your liking, print them out and laminate them and the whole spit is done.



 

Numbers and numbers

A play on the theme: light and darkness

Plaster masks can be used for a theater or as decoration. Find out how to make them here.

A circle game in which blindfolded players have to recognize someone.

A semester program of diverse activities on the theme "I like to move it!" and with 8 devotions on the parables of Jesus.

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.

This is a semester program on the theme of Joseph

The game is a variation of Monopoly

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.

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)

The mast throw is a knot that can be used to tie a rope to a post, branch or, originally from seafaring, to a mast. There are two ways to tie it. Either you tie it and place it over the mast, or you tie it directly around the mast.

Advantages:
The knot is very simple and still holds very well. It is easy to untie again.

Disadvantages:
It is not very suitable for trees and the like, as the trunk is sometimes too big and therefore a lot of rope is needed and the knot can fall apart without an additional safety button.

On the theme of Narnia or another similar theme (e.g. knights), a lion can be "printed/drawn" with stencils on clothes (e.g. tunics, T-shirts, ...) and armor (e.g. shields).

A Semester Program on Queen Esther

Data:

• Age group 7 to 14
• Park
• 2-3 leaders
• ca. 45 minutes

Working with soapstone is a craft that inspires both girls and boys. Whether at summer camp or as a youth group afternoon, soapstone always goes and promotes the creativity of the children.

"You shall be holy, for I, the LORD your God, am holy." (Exodus 19:2)

"The hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father also seeks such as these to be his worshippers." (John 4:23)

This poinsettia is bast from tree branches. He is easy to build and looks besondern as a star to Christmas lights decoration great. If this star is tinkered with small children should be especially careful when cutting the branches and when gluing with the hot glue gun so that the children do not hurt themselves. 

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

We have conducted a pirate camp in the Cevi in 2022. Led by the pirate legend Anne Bonny, who with us restored a ship and then went on a treasure hunt.

A sweet Zvieri for over the fire

• Age group 7 to 14 years
• In park, forest
• 1-2 leaders
• The game goes on for as long as you decide

Bible text: Judges 6, 1-24

The book of Judges describes a recurring cycle (the people turn away from God, are punished by God, at the low point they call on God again, God appoints a judge and delivers the people from the hands of their enemies, but then they turn away from God again). This cycle is part of this devotion, but the prehistory is also briefly considered in a theater. We are ultimately concerned with why God repeatedly delivers them from the hand of their enemies.

Terrain games with color / many colored dots

Devotional concept on the theme of cartoon characters.

Devotional ideas for 1 semester à 8 devotions

Whether in teen or youth ministry, no leader wants to bore his or her participants with his or her devotions. Now to have exciting and fruitful devotions, you don't have to water down God's Word or talk about worldly things. It is simply a matter of interpreting the Bible.
The devotional principle "HEY,YOU SEE SO" can be a great help to us as leaders to captivate the participants with our devotions.

This devotional principle comes from the book: Ten Goals of Youth Ministry. p.98.

Data:

• Age group 7 to 14
• In park, forest
• 2-3 leaders
• About an hour

65 Themes for Teen or Youth Evenings

Wax seals add a beautiful detail to boys' baptismal certificates, letters and scrolls that is sure to impress. The engraving can be related to the camp, semester or afternoon theme or can generally fit in with the Jungschar.

We held a Viking camp in 2020, where the children were divided into 4 groups and did something different every day

This is a night game that you need a forest or park to play.

A Vertüüferli to your devotion, for example, on the topics of "salvation" or "Jesus saves"

Dynamic variation on a hexathlon, where teams challenge each other to reach the highest place on the ladder.

1. Discover your beliefs

2. What applies to me

3. My energy pie

In experiential education, personality and social skills are to be developed and trained through group experiences.

Three teams want to open a seafood restaurant. To ensure the long-term survival, a good training of the staff is essential. In addition, it is always an advantage if a restaurant can boast as many stars as possible. A serious jury will award a golden aquarium to the restaurant with the most original and creative ideas

Here you will find our semester program on the theme of different comic book characters.

Each afternoon we took a different comic book character through.

As decoration we always had a big picture of this comic character beamed on the wall at the entrance and showed a short film about the topic.

For centuries, hunger, persecution and a lack of prospects were reasons to leave the familiar Europe and seek new fortune in the land of opportunity.

There are approx. 3 to 5 posts (depending on the number of leaders). Each post has several numbers and the players have to solve different tasks for the different numbers. The posts are distributed in and around the house. The tickets (1x, 2x, 3x) are filled out by the leader at the post.

Pass it around the circle with yes and no.

Here you will find a spiritual camp concept and a weekly plan on the subject of "King Arthur".