Children will explore Fatherly qualities in God. The goal is to help children learn that God is a father who will never leave and who will always treat them with kindness and love

1. Christian Youth Camp
- God Is My Father
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2. Introduction
Knowing they have a heavenly father can make children feel
protected and cared for. Many children have known the loving care
of earthly fathers and can easily comprehend God as a caring father.
For other children, “father” isn’t a pleasant term. Some children may
never see their fathers. Some fathers have mistreated their children.
Use this lesson to introduce children to their loving, caring heavenly
father-God. And redefine the term “father” for those children who
haven’t had a good experience with their earthly fathers
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3. Game Description
Children will explore Fatherly qualities in God. The goal is to
help children learn that God is a father who will never leave
and who will always treat them with kindness and love.
Game Materials
You’ll need men’s dress-up clothes such as old shoes, jackets,
shirts and ties
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4. Game Play
1. Invite kids to put on one or two items of the dress-up
clothing that fathers wear. Give them several minutes of
playtime to act like dads. Encourage responses by asking
questions such as “How do fathers talk?” “What do fathers
do?” “How do fathers walk?” and “What do fathers like?”
2. Have children sit in a circle.
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5. 3. Ask: Are dads always perfect?
4. Say: Our fathers are human, and sometimes they make
mistakes just like we make mistakes sometimes. Today
we’re going to talk about a special father who is perfect.
We call God our heavenly father because he lives in
heaven. God is perfect-he’ll always love us and take care of
us.
5. Ask: What do you call your earthly father?
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6. 6. Say: Children in every country have special names for their
fathers. You may call your father “Daddy.” A Japanese child
might call his or her father “Chichi.” A German child might
say “Papa.” In the Bible, Jesus called God “Abba.” Let’s sing a
song to our heavenly father in all these languages. Lead
children in singing “Father, I Adore You.” Each time you sing
a new verse, insert the other-language words for “father”:
daddy, chichi, papa and Abba.
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7. Closing Application
Close with this prayer: Father God, thank you for taking
care of us. We know you are a perfect father. You love us
and you’ll always take care of us. Amen
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8. Bible Studies based on the book of Jonah
Only. This youth camp curriculum was
designed to teach the basic truths
of obedience in addition to evangelism in the
context of a Biblical character. The advantage
of going through a book and looking at one
man's story is that we see not only the
teaching but the example. It becomes much
more real!
Camp Curriculum - Whale of a Tale
-> Tell me about “Whale of a Tale”
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9. Creative Youth Ideas
Camp Bible Study Series
“Who Do You Say that I AM?”
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Jesus asked the disciples, "Who do others
say that I am?" It was easy to answer
because it required no conviction, no
commitment, and no risk. But then he
follows that question with another, "Who
do YOU say that I am?"
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10. Live the Fruitful, Abundant Life
Jesus Promised. Great for youth camps or
weekly Youth Bible Study. There are 7
Primary Bible study Sessions in the series.
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-> Tell me about “Fruit Of the Spirit”
Creative Youth Ideas
Youth Camp Bible Study Series
“Fruit Of the Spirit”
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11. "The Great Adventure" is western
themed Bible study series loosely based
around the song of the same name by
Steven Curtis Chapman. It was initially
written for a large Texas Church to use for
their Summer Youth Camp but has since
then proven popular around the world.
Camp Curriculum - The Great Adventure
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-> Tell me about “The Great Adventure”
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