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.
2. 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.
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3. 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.
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4. 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
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5. 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.
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6. 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
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7. Game Duration
It will take 5-10 minutes per
person to do the simulation.
Debrief can be adjusted
depending on your
requirements.
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8. Game Preparation
1. Write one issue on each
piece of paper (Optional)
2. Randomly distribute the
sheets of paper across the
floor.
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9. 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.
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10. 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.
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11. 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.
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12. 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?
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13. 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?
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14. • 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?
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15. • 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?
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16. 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
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17. Creative Youth Ideas
Camp Bible Study Series
“Who Do You Say that I AM?”
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-> 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?"
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18. 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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19. "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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