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This is what we live for: All children and young people in Switzerland have the opportunity to hear the gospel in such a way that they can make a decision for Jesus and be encouraged in their discipleship.

(BESJ Mission, according to Matthew 28, 18-20)

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.

This is a catch that has to do with science fiction.

You youth leaders do an outstanding job! I think it's great to see the passion and commitment with which you often fight Saturday after Saturday for children and teenagers in your age groups!

This article corresponds to the BESJ annual focus 1993:

Worship of God:

Jungschar - Church

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.

In this afternoon's EPA, we investigated a case that concerned a dispute between two mothers regarding a child, each claiming that the child was hers.....

Have you figured it out yet, yes this is the case that King Solomon solved quickly, easily and most of all wisely.

As usual we started with a welcome, rules and a preface.

Ninja is a game to bridge short waiting periods.

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

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 next story we will look at is about the little dog who took some torn pages from the Bible to the Chinese command and eventually 82 soldiers from that command accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior.

Here's a recipe for how to make gummy bears with kids

One comes home with a wealth of impressions from the team weekend.

How can the effect be more lasting?

1. Which point would you like to implement personally, for yourself, at home?

2. in "partnership" implementation goes better

(Following are excerpts, for complete article: see PDF file)

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. 

Steve the parrot is happy with every turn more, but before Steve can fly off he must be wound up once released he works like a big flywheel. Depending on the length of the thread and the thickness of the paper, it can even fly for quite a while

Comparison of a pegged elephant - Christian who does not reckon with promises from the Bible

A short, reassuring game.

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

This game is about community, orientation and hearing well.

The giant dinosaur from the ice

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).

Rituals strengthen a community and remind people of the agreements that apply.

Frisbee games can be played anytime and almost anywhere.

This article is about how you can raise money for your work.

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

Other games:

- Owls and crows

- Wooden game

- Pine cone fangis

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.

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.

Appropriate duels allow physically weaker players to triumph against stronger ones, as tactics, skill and, in some cases, chance play a key role. Here are a few ideas for exciting duels.

Cooperation and togetherness is encouraged with this pants bag game.

Various running games in knee-deep water.

A game of skill with coins that have to be thrown up and caught again with the same hand.

Flag Football is an ideal preparation game for American Football

Colored snow sculptures isn't that even something special?

A crazy game of getting to know each other in which the person on the right is addressed by name and asked for a specific shoe size. The shoe size gets bigger and bigger ;-)

Organize local, regional or national appearances of the teen group in church, at evangelism, graduation party

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.

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.

Being a leader in the Jungschar involves various important points:

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

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 the children the importance of the Word and that we should be thankful to have it in a language that is accessible to us. You will experience different things that are part of the story.

You don't need much more than a keen eye and a good memory for this get-to-know-you game!

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

Fit for Kids - the staff circle 

How can the gospel of Jesus Christ as a joyful and liberating message unfold its effect on children? 

An excel file listing most of the technical terms in the "youngstars" section, to be used as a basis for translations.

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

This game encourages the sense of touch.

A short bouncy game that can be played anywhere

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.