Christian Youth Camp - Listening to God

Christian Youth Camp -
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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