Youth Camp Christian - Listening to God

Youth Camp
Christian -
Listening to God
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About Simulation Games
A simulation game is used to
introduce youth to real life in
“simulated” activities (much like
an airline pilot gets to fly a
simulator before the give him/her
the real thing to mess up). A
simulation game is a structured
activity that approximates, but
does not exactly reproduce,
situations in every day life.

They create a controlled
environment in which issues can be
realistically examined through
personal experience. The key to
simulation games is the “de-briefing”
at the end, when the implications
are discussed. At times the
experience may be staged to look
like a real event. At other times the
youth are aware they are
participating in a simulation.

Game Description
You can use this simulation game to
lead participants into a discussion
about variety of issues:
• How to better listen to God
• Trusting other people
• The effects of various influences
in our lives
• Learning how to discern the love
of God in a world where people
deceive you

Game Objective
The objective is for the blind
folded person to walk from
one side of the room to the
other without touching one
of the sheets of paper
randomly scattered across
the floor.

Game Materials
A stack of letter-size paper…about 30-
50 sheets. (cool colors if you have
them). One blind fold. You can also
write various issues youth may face on
the pieces of paper. Some examples are:
premarital sex, lying, drinking, smoking,
dating a non-Christian, cheating,
respecting parents, speeding, stealing,
peer pressure, hatred, revenge,
unwillingness to forgive, making fun of
others, Speaking words of
discouragement, ridicule, refusing to
talk to someone, drugs, pornography,
lewd jokes, gossip, lust, envy, greed,
addictions, anorexia, bulimia,
overeating, not doing your best, etc

Game Duration
It will take 5-10 minutes per
person to do the simulation.
Debrief can be adjusted
depending on your
requirements.

Game Preparation
1. Write one issue on each
piece of paper (Optional)
2. Randomly distribute the
sheets of paper across the
floor.

Game Play
1. You might want to have more than
one person play the game so that
you can have more perspectives for
the debrief. Have those awaiting
their turn wait in another room with
a leader so that they do not catch
on to what is happening. Call them
into the room one by one.
2. Before the participant enters the
room, choose one youth to be the
voice of the Holy Spirit. The blind
folded person can not know who
this person is going to be. As
variations, use people they trust in
some of the scenarios, and people
they don’t know well in others.

3. Blindfold the participant and tell
them that their goal is to reach
the other side of “life” without
touching the sheets of paper.
4. Line the rest of the group up
along the two side walls of the
room – They cannot come next
to the blindfolded person, and
cannot touch them. Neither can
they move from their starting
positions. Only the person
playing the “Holy Spirit” can
move along the walls.

5. The rest of your group tries to
get the blind-folded person to
step on the squares of paper.
They can only do this by
providing verbal directions to
try to influence the blindfolded
participant.
6. The challenge for the
blindfolded person is to listen
to the voices and try to discern
who to follow and trust. Most
of the time they will fail and
listen to the wrong person.

Optional Activity
If you have written various
issues on the sheets of paper,
distribute them to the youth.
You may want to have youth list
the various influences that
affect our decisions on these
issues. What is God’s standard
on this issue? What is the
correct response when
confronted with this issue?

Debrief
You can focus on a variety of issues:
• How to better listen to God: How
do we recognize the voice of God
in our lives? How do we know
when it is God speaking, and not
our own thoughts? How do we
know we can trust the voice of
God for guidance? What
influences are strongest in your
life? Why? How can we learn to
better recognize God’s voice?

• Trusting other people: How
do you know who to trust?
Can those we trust
mistakenly mislead us at
times? Do we sometimes
betray the trust of others
accidentally or even
intentionally? How can you
be a positive influence in the
lives of those around you?

• The effects of various influences
in our lives: What are the
greatest influences in your life?
How much does peer pressure
affect you? How can we influence
our sensitivity to the influence of
God’s Spirit in our lives?
• Learning how to discern the love
of God in a world where people
deceive you.: Why does God
allow us to go through trials and
struggles? Does God tempt us?
How can a loving God allow such
evil in the world?

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”
www.creativeyouthideas.com/resources/order5.html

Creative Youth Ideas
Camp Bible Study Series
“Who Do You Say that I AM?”
www.creativeyouthideas.com/resources/whodoyousay.html
-> Tell me about “Who Do You Say that I AM?”
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?"

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.
www.creativeyouthideas.com/resources/fruitofthespirit.html
-> Tell me about “Fruit Of the Spirit”
Creative Youth Ideas
Youth Camp Bible Study Series
“Fruit Of the Spirit”

"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
www.creativeyouthideas.com/resources/order12.html
-> Tell me about “The Great Adventure”

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