Youth Center Detailed Breakdown
Week 1 (April 20th)
Sermon:
Journey Through The Early Church - Lesson 1
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Activity: Dodgeball Emperor
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Have everyone line up anywhere along the outside boundary of your playing area.
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On "Go," everyone will start to run for a dodgeball and a game of everyone for themselves dodgeball will begin.
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If a player is hit by a dodgeball, they must follow the person who hit them and become a teammate to the person who hit them, making the player who hit them their new "emperor." Players will build their empire by hitting more players.
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Anyone part of an empire can hold onto balls for their "emperor," allowing the emperor to run around to a better spot and keep as many dodgeballs as possible in their possession. The emperor can always ask people in their empire to toss them a new ball.
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If an emperor is hit, they will become a part of the person's empire who hit them, and all of the people in their empire will move with them to the new emperor.
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The goal of the game is for a player to become the only emperor standing.
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Watch Game Tutorial Here
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Order of Service
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Week 2 (April 27th)
Sermon:
Journey Through The Early Church - Lesson 2
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Activity: Neutron Power Source
This game is played like capture the flag with two opposing teams attempting to capture the other teams "Power source" (Snowball on a cone). Make a tape line down the middle of the room to make a Red side and a Blue side. Set up hula-hoops on either side of the arena that are safe zones. For example Blue team can be in the Red team zone INSIDE the safe zone, if they leave the safe zone and get tagged they must move to the jail. they can escape the jail is one of their teammates makes it to the jail then they can free one person from jail and have free passage back to their side. The goal of the game is to capture the other teams power source and move it back to your own side. the first team to score 3 points wins. change side each time a team scores. You can add variations such as, no talking, only walking, or only crawling.
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Order of Service
Week 3 (May 4th)
Sermon:
Journey Through The Early Church - Lesson 3
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Activity: Extreme Snowball Battle
Snowball battle is dodgeball but with snowballs.
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Split the room into two teams.
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Make a boundary for each team and some obstructions to use as shields (tables or chairs).
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During the Battle they can go anywhere in the room.
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Once a person gets hit anywhere on their body, including their head, they are out. They must leave the battle zone and line up on the side or go to a designated jail area.
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For jailbreak, they can all go back in.
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A team wins when all the opposing players are knocked out.
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Once you have a winner, switch sides. If no one gets a jailbreak, then the leader can call Jailbreak so no one gets bored.
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Variations: boys vs. girls, leaders vs. kids, free-for-all.
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Order of Service​​
Week 4 (May 11th)
Sermon:
Journey Through The Early Church - Lesson 4
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Activity: Defend The Tower
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Split in the room into 2 teams red and blue, Then on each team designate some to be attackers and some defenders.
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Attackers’ Goal: Knock down the tower by throwing balls at it from outside the defense zone.
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Defenders’ Goal: Each will get a mini lacrosse stick to block or catch the balls to prevent the tower from falling.
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Game Time: Play for 3-5 minutes per round or until the tower falls.
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No Physical Contact: Attackers cannot enter the defense zone or physically touch the tower.
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Zones: On each side, create a zone around the table with the tower on it that nobody can enter, then create another zone around that one, this is the defenders zone. Defenders must stay inside of the defender zone but outside the tower zone. The attackers cannot enter the defenders zone or the tower zone.
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Reset & Switch: After each round, switch roles so everyone gets a turn defending and attacking. ​
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