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Contents

Welcome to InsideOut 4 Daily Overview for Peace Works 8 Images for Each Day 9 More Support Online 10 Daily Theme Words Defined 11 Biblical and Theological Overview 13 Staff Devotions 28 Daily Guides for Younger Children 36 Daily Guides for Older Children 64 Daily Guides for Younger Youth 91 Daily Guides for Older Youth 118 Daily Guides for Intergenerational or Family Camps 147 Worship and Devotions 179 Introduction 179 Daily Worship for Children & Intergenerational 181 Daily Worship for Youth 191 Cabin Devotions for Children 202 Cabin Devotions for Youth 205 Song Recommendations 207 Extras 209 Arts and Crafts 209 Multi-Day Projects 212 Games 215 Group Building and Challenge Course Activities 217 Science and Nature 221 Table Talk 223 Story Resources 238 Peace Works! Journal 246 Peace Partners Packet 254 Tell Us What You Think 271 Writers and Contributors 272 InsideOut Themes and Sneak Peek at 2020’s “This Is Our Prayer” 274

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Welcome to InsideOut

Church camp leaders may find themselves acting match the themes, providing a visual expression as educator, guidance counselor, maintenance of the concepts campers are learning. person, mentor, or song leader—sometimes all at Unique to Peace Works is collection of resources the same time. You are also the embodiment of and special opportunities provided by amazing Christ Jesus to others longing to know God’s love. partners. We are thankful for the work of partners This can feel overwhelming, but as people of God such as the World Peace Prayer Society and the we know that our great responsibility is matched Peace Crane Project. The Peace Partner Packet by an even greater potential. The Spirit will guide has video and print resources for folding paper you, your staff, and the campers in your work cranes, and how to share them in an international while the prayers of many cheer you on. exchange program. You will find directions For this work you need to have the skills of a for installing a “Peace Pole” or submitting art teacher, the comfort of a parent, and the wisdom for the Peace Pal’s contest. There is also a copy of an elder. This curriculum is here to support of the Peters Projection Map, a more accurate you in that work. You will find in the pages representation of the earth’s lands and waters than ahead biblical theology done by scholars (who many are used to seeing. are also camp leaders), activities designed to help The Peace Partner Packet also has links provided you share the Bible stories, games, and projects by our partner denominations to help connect that reinforce ideas and skills, and a whole lot of campers with ministries and projects from their camping fun! home tradition that can be explored at home or How to use InsideOut’s with their home church. Peace Works All resources in the Peace Partner Packet will be made available free online starting in June 2019 Your purchase gives you access to all the tools so congregations and families can also explore the needed for a great summer of camp. Activity files resources. can be opened in either PDF or MS Word formats, allowing you the choice of a vibrant layout, or an Daily Guide easily edited document. In each, you will find: Each Daily Guide begins with a Title. The • Biblical and Theological Overview for each of reference Scripture Passage is given. The Scripture seven days; Focus is one or two verses from a key moment • Daily Guides followed by age-specific Daily in the story. It may be used as a memory verse. Activities for each day; If not indicated otherwise, the Scripture Passage • Worship and Devotions offering experiences and Scripture Focus are taken from the New Revised and tools divided into two age-groups; Standard Version. Next, a Theological Summary is provided that demonstrates how the scripture • Extras section for arts, games, science and and theme connect with campers. Today, campers nature, challenge course and group building will… describes the aim of the activities of that activities, multiday projects, and “Table Talk” day. Next, the Daily Activities are categorized with conversation starters. This section also includes five different labels. Really, they are just notating a complete list of Story Resources for exploring contemporary words for ancient Christian scriptures and daily themes. practices or spiritual disciplines. You could call Peace Works also contains Artwork and Graphics them, “things Christians do in community.” For suitable for T-shirts, marketing, and other use each day’s activities, you will see things that fall within the camp. These include daily icons that under the categories: LEARN, PLAY, CREATE, PRAY, and SERVE. Some activities may fit more

4 InsideOut: than one category. Finally, Leader Notes call How gives step-by-step instructions—whether attention to special details that counselors and those are game rules, recipes, discussion questions, other staff may want to be aware of. or other pointers.

Daily Guide BTW (By The Way): Sometimes there are opportunities to take activities to another level. Day 1: theme and scripture for the day BTW will offer suggestions for expanding an Scripture Focus: Quoted from the NRSV. If another translation or paraphrase is recommended for your age group, activity, adapting it for a different setting, or using it will be listed here. some aspect of an activity in worship or other Theological Summary: This is a sentence that relates the camp activity. This is our way of providing more scripture to the theme of the day. resources, while inviting you to use your own Today, campers will… creativity in reimagining activities and teaching • These will list some goals for your campers today. moments. • You may have one or two to whom you want to give special attention. Story Resources • You will also find one acknowledging a legitimate fear. Daily Activities: This is a list of the activities that will be Following the Daily Activities, you will find Story featured this day. Instructions and information will be found on Resources: either a list of storybooks that are following pages faithful to the biblical text, or sometimes a script Labels show which of the five categories that the activities fall for a play, a video that can be found online, or a into. As you plan your day, you will want to have at least one activity from each category. The categories are things Christian contemporary film. You will want to check this communities do together. They are: section before camp to see if there are books or PLAY includes games, sensory experiments, physical DVDs you want to borrow from your library or challenges purchase. These are not required for any activities. PRAY includes prayer or reflection They are intended to be supplemental resources CREATE includes creative writing, arts, music, crafts, design, that support the daily themes and scripture. A drama complete list compiled from all age-groups is also SERVE includes outreach projects, consideration of others available in the extras section. LEARN includes Bible reflection, life application, understanding theme Worship and Devotions Leader Notes: This section lists theological road bumps to be aware of, special notes of main theme, or important reminders Another thing Christians do together is worship. about the nature of camp. At camp, worship offers the unique chance to experiment—to try things that your campers Daily Activities might never have experienced in a traditional congregation. It also offers campers the Daily Activities include step-by-step directions opportunity to express their own creativity in for six to eight theme-related experiences. Each worship. To support the worship work of your practice will be titled and labeled so that you campers, Peace Works offers a full section of can quickly find the one you’re looking for. The worship ideas and resources. This includes cabin directions include four sections: Why, Supplies, devotions as well as liturgical resources. You will How, and BTW. find innovative ways to share scripture, daily Why gives your leaders a rationale for the activity. stewardship and communion resources, and some This will explain how the activity will function in creative worship elements that will enhance your group, relate to the theme, or connect with worship for indoor or outdoor sanctuaries. This needs of campers. section also contains song recommendations. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list Supplies lists the items or resources you will need of resources, but rather a jumping off place for to complete the activity. How many of each item your planning, or a backup if you run short on you will need will vary depending upon your time and energy. Daily Worship is divided by group size. age group with a section designed for Children

InsideOut: 5 and Intergenerational worship, and another Suggestions for Shorter Camps specifically written for Youth. Cabin Devotions are 1 Day – For a retreat study or an open house divided the same way. event, Day1 – Aloha Peace Partners Packet 2 Days – For an overnight camp or a lock-in, Day 1- Aloha and 6- Sí Se Puede® This is a unique resource, just for Peace Works. 3 Days – Days 1, 2, and 6 probably flow best Some of the material will be referenced in Daily together, especially for younger campers. Activities, such as folding peace cranes. Others are opportunities for your camp to connect with 4 Days or longer – you may want to consider youth from other parts of the world. If your combining some themes. camp does not have a Peace Pole, this might be a * Days 3 & 4 (Shalom and Agape) – Example of wonderful opportunity to let campers help with a conflict and reconciliation construction project. The aim of this section is to * Days 5 & 6 (Heiwa and Sí Se Puede®) – When to support your work and camp, while allowing you step back and when to speak up some opportunities to reach beyond your camp site and connect campers with peers working for While the material is laid out for seven days, there peace around the world. Be sure to explore the is more than you could ever fit into one week. To opportunities in this section well before camp so extend the materials for a longer camp, split a few you can start planning any special projects. You days in half and add in activities from the Extras can also provide the information in the Peace section as needed. Packet to congregations and families, making them partners in working for peace at home. Shape Your Day Customizing Camp A typical schedule at camp includes three meals, worship, keynote or plenary sessions, small- Your camp is special, and InsideOut is group sessions, large-group activities, free time, customizable to your setting. Some of the recreation, cabin and hygiene time. There is a variables that may change the experience are: lot to get into a day. This makes for a long day • Number of days/length of camp for your campers and for your leaders. When planning your day, be sure that it includes enough • Style of staffing (volunteer or paid) time for rest at night and that you provide a little • Theme of camp (Music, Arts, Drama, Sports, downtime (especially for volunteers) during the Adventure, etc.) day. It is important to find opportunities to give • Denominational or doctrinal content campers choices, which may take the form of picking which craft project they want to work on, • Special resources you have (garden, animals, or where they want to go for a snack. waterfront) • Time of year/weather As you plan your days at camp, take note of the arc of the week. Each day’s theme and scripture Advance planning is key as you provide the build on the last. Your individual days at camp right leaders with the right resources from the have an arc too. In the early part of the day, curriculum. Everyone needs the daily overview your campers will be presented with the Bible chart so they know the themes and learning goals story. Throughout the day, Daily Activities will for the day. Special activity leaders need sections give your campers opportunities to come into specific to their area. Know in advance which deeper understanding of the scripture, of their activities you want to use as all-camp experiences community, and of God. By evening your campers and which will be done in other settings. are relating the knowledge gained from the day to their world. Don’t neglect time for prayer and worship, or time for play and creativity. Balance is very important.

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About Your Campers Generations Change: Knowing how they see the world helps. Your campers are part of the most In addition to being familiar and comfortable private and practical generation on record. They with the content of the resource and the scripture, see the importance of affirming others’ beliefs, counselors need to understand the campers with even when they disagree. They are technologically whom they will be working. You don’t need to be connected but still lonely. Learning is best done in a certified teacher or neuroscientist to understand collaboration and personal exploration and visual and respond to the needs of your campers. images hold great power.

In the past decade, significant discoveries about For more specific information different age human learning and development have been groups, you can look at the Developmental made. While it is important to understand some Characteristics file at www.InsideOutCurriculum. general physical and social milestones your com. campers display, it is equally important to learn to assess and meet the needs of your individual Camp Not Everyone’s Natural campers. Children and adults within specific age ranges have multiple factors that determine the Environment kind of input they require to learn and grow. As Remember that campers who live in urban or you get to know your campers, learn some of the suburban areas might be new to things we often facts about how brains work and how to maximize take for granted at camp. The first night can be their potential. disorienting for those not used to seeing complete Safety First: In order for a human to learn, the darkness. The first time everyone sits down in environment he or she is in must feel safe. Because the grass can make campers who spend their days the human brain developed as a tool to ensure indoors a little twitchy at first. Be patient, and safety, it functions best when it is safe. Safety is don’t assume everyone will adapt at the same physical, emotional, and rational, and as a leader pace. Some may jump right in and others may you need to consider how safe you are making need a day or so to get comfortable. your campers feel. Affirmation of behaviors that Campers we identify as cranky or not wanting are safe will inspire confidence and your campers to participate, may be having a hard time will be more willing to take risks, a necessary adapting to a new environment. Issues of style, element in learning. fashion, hygiene, and more are impacted by the Learning Is Physical: Healthy, moving bodies make environment we live in. Try to respond with for active brains. Even emotional and spiritual pastoral care and compassion to campers who development depend upon physical health. Be push boundaries early. Try asking questions of sure to provide your campers with lots of physical those who struggle to engage the community to activity, healthy foods, and plenty of rest. Camp see what anxiety they carry as they enter camp. can be a demanding physical endeavor, but science is showing that this is part of what makes it so transformative. Also, healthy habits formed at camp can make it home with your campers.

Every Body Is Different: Each individual’s needs are unique to them. Life experience, gender, physical development, and chemistry shape not only desires but also needs. Remember that not all of your campers will benefit from all activities. It is important to get to know your campers’ physical limitations and interpersonal abilities. Learn about each of your campers’ special needs and be sure to communicate your findings with other leaders.

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Daily Overview for Peace Works

Daily Daily Scripture Focus Campers Will Guide Word

• feel welcome in the spirit of aloha • know we are invited to this place Luke 14:15–24 Day 1 Aloha Hospitality • recognize the gift of being at camp this week Great Banquet • recognize that the table is filled with people who are different

• recognize value in themselves and others as children of God 1 Corinthians • know we are interwoven members of the Body of Day 2 Ubuntu 12:1–27 Community Christ Body of Christ • commit to nurture our camp community • experience ubuntu through shared joys and challenges • understand that conflict happens in all communities • acknowledge the truth that conflict can lead to Genesis 27:1–26 Responding to brokenness Day 3 Shalom Jacob and Conflict • learn that we can move from brokenness to Esau’s conflict shalom • understand that peace requires effort and happens over time • discover agape, God’s great love, for us John 13:1–17 God’s • come to believe that God’s peace with us can be Day 4 Agape Last Supper and Reconciling seen in Jesus’ sacrificial love Foot Washing Love • come to follow Jesus’ example as a humble servant • recognize that we are called to respect ourselves as children of God Mark • learn that every person deserves our love and 12:28–31 Self-sacrifice respect Day 5 Heiwa Great for Unity of All • discover that our love of others isn’t dependent on Commandment anything in return • experience helwa as we practice peace over competition • learn the importance of sí se puede®, putting our love for others into action Sí Se Luke 10:25–37 Active • hear God’s call to work together to do good in the Day 6 Puede® Good Samaritan Peacemaking world • discover that being part of Christ’s body empowers us to take risks as peacemakers • learn that Jesus’ peace is with us now and John 14:25–27 always Day Aloha My Peace I Give Going Out • come to know that Jesus’ peace will help us with 7 to You our fears as we walk the way of peace at home and in the world

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Images for Each Day

These images represent the themes of each day of Peace Works. They are simple to reproduce and they can be found in the Art folder.

Daily Themes: Diversity of Voices Day 4 Each daily theme invites campers to think about peace and peacemaking from a different perspective. Agape Various cultural and ethnic expressions and voices God’s Reconciling are brought together to make peace more than a Love clichéd dream. The hospitality of aloha, connectivity John 13:1–17 of ubuntu, self-awareness of heiwa, and the passion Last Supper and Foot Washing of sí se puede® remind us that peace pushes us to change, grow, and unite.

Day 5 Day 1 Heiwa Aloha Self-sacrifice for Unity Hospitality Luke 14 of All Mark 12:28–31 Great Banquet Great Commandment

Day 2 Day 6 Ubuntu Sí Se Puede ® Community Active Peacemaking 1 Corinthians 12:1–27 Luke 10:25–29 Body of Christ Good Samaritan

Day 3 Day 7 Shalom Aloha Responding to Going Out Conflict John 14:25–27 Genesis 27:1–26 My Peace I Give to You Jacob and Esau’s Conflict

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Daily Theme Words Defined

Daily Themes Day 3: Shalom Along with daily scriptures Peace Works includes The Hebrew word shalom is one of the greatest themes that invite us to explore peace from a words in the Hebrew vocabulary. Shalom is said variety of cultural, historical, and theological when you meet someone, as in “hello.” Shalom perspectives. These daily theme words hold deep is said when you are saying “goodbye.” Shalom meaning and invite us to see the world through also means peace. In many ways, saying shalom someone else’s eyes. means peace in all three settings, and what a beautiful way to say hello or goodbye—offering to Day 1: Aloha the other person peace. The word shalom comes from the Hebrew root shalaym meaning whole or Aloha means hello, goodbye, welcome, and love. complete. Peace is what we all seek in our broken Each of these aspects of aloha are shown through world and by coming to peace we bring the world people and nature. Through people we always to wholeness or completeness. Hebrew is the aim to show love and respect whether you are language spoken by Jews in Israel and is a part of from Hawaii or not. This is why Hawaiian people the culture for Jews around the world. Shalom is think of each other as family; we are all people at the core of our Jewish being. It is a word that worthy of respect and it’s important to show that. every Jew knows and understands. On Friday This is also why we have such a strong desire to evening, when our Shabbat (Sabbath) begins, Jews show hospitality as well. It’s all about love and turn to one another as they enter the synagogue respect for each other and being an example of and the sanctuary and greet each other with that. The same respect and love is shown for the “Shabbat Shalom” or Sabbath peace. island and all living things on it. We have a strong appreciation for nature and how it affects our Day 4: Agape lives, which creates a strong need for protecting it. Directly translated as love, agape is an inner Day 2: Ubuntu quality expressed outwardly as in acts of compassion, forgiveness, mercy, faithfulness, and Ubuntu is an African philosophy that embraces service. Agape flows from God to human, human community, unity, and interdependence. to God, and human to human as it calls us to Although it is generally considered to be a live in community. While other words for love philosophical thought from South Africa, the are used in the New Testament, agape was used idea is expressed in many Bantu languages. It is by early Christians to convey some of the special a concept very difficult to convey in the English qualities of Christian love. For Christians, love language. The meaning most attributed to it motivates, regulates, and characterizes all human is from the Zulu language, “Umuntu Ngumuntu conduct. All commandments are summed up in Ngabantu,” meaning “a person becomes a person the command to love. God is defined as love, through other persons.” Others would say, “I am and God’s love is the unmerited acceptance of all who I am because of you, you are who you are people, expressed supremely in Jesus. Through because of who we are together.” This defines our this love, God reconciles or makes peace with us humanity and how we are interconnected and all. how we share our gifts with each other.

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Day 5: Heiwa Overview

The Japanese use the kanji characters 平和（へい Peace Works welcomes campers in the hospitable わ in hiragana characters). Kanji is the original spirit of aloha and invites them to find their place Chinese characters and the first 平 (hei) means at the table of the parable of the Great Banquet. flat, or smooth, and 和 (wa) means harmony. Then we celebrate our covenantal community by Having smoothness and harmony describes exploring ubuntu and what it means to be part the state of being a peaceful society, so that is of the Body of Christ. As the community grows probably the reason for the origin of the word. In closer, they will name the reality of conflict, as China they write it 和平 (“hebin” pronounced and stories of Jacob and Esau remind us of our ability sounding more like ‘her-bin’ ). As you can see, to contribute both to conflict and peacemaking. the characters are just reversed so it would mean Shalom calls us out of conflict, to find peace with harmonious and smooth—the same. Harmony is a God and each other. Jesus shows us what God’s very important concept in Japan. This is reflected agape love looks like and how it reconciles us to in the Japanese tea ceremony, which emphasizes God, even when we are unaware or do not fully the four words: 和 (“WA” harmony) 敬 (“KEI” understand. We try to model the vulnerable love respect) 清 (“SEI” purity) 寂 (“JAKU” tranquility) and humble service of Jesus, demonstrated in washing the disciples’ feet, as we seek peace with Day 6: Sí Se Puede® others. The Japanese concept of heiwa invites us to also look within as we work for peace, putting ® The “official” translation for sí se puede is “Yes, harmony over competition to find peace within it can be done.” The phrase was coined by Cesar our own hearts. Balancing our love of God, love Chavez and his partner, Dolores Huerta, during of neighbor, and love of self is not easy, but it is at the 1972 25-day fast. It echoes the struggle of the core of Christian living. As we strive to live in working-class Latinos who were fighting for fair harmony, the good Samaritan’s story reminds us labor conditions in the 1970s and has been used that brokenness is real, and that there is work to more recently at immigration reform marches. be done by all God’s people. We are called to work Chavez believed in a nation that could create a together, with our God-given potential to change society that claimed the common humanity of all the world. Sometimes we doubt the difference we people. He believed that organizing, marching, are making, and the cry of sí se puede® (yes, we protesting, and boycotting could change the can) reminds us of our full potential as people of reality of those in need. Chavez explained that God. As we prepare to leave camp, we revisit the this effort was not entered into out of anger concept of aloha, and receive Jesus’ benediction or hate, but out of a belief that the nation was and promise of peace that will remain with us capable of doing more for those who had less. always. We remember that the same Spirit that Chavez also believed those who were marginalized welcomed us, has dwelt with us, and now sends had a role to play and a voice to be heard. and accompanies us in our peace works at home. When people doubted this belief, the movement responded with encouragement, saying, “sí se puede®!” Day 7: Aloha When you use aloha you are not only sending someone off. Aloha means “I wish you the best,” and “Take love with you.” There is an aloha state of mind that Hawaii people hold, which means that they are always carrying compassion with them. When you are sent off with aloha it’s not only a sendoff of love but also a promise of a place to be. Aloha is a blessing of love and belonging.

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Biblical and Theological Overview

true, how can it be so that we have meals in our homes and churches that do not

represent the full tapestry of our humanity? How can we be “one in God,” yet only experience the table with folks from our own social locations? We should always look around us and exclaim, “There is room for more. Come!”

Day 1: Aloha Think of it this way: in many families, children eat at what is affectionately called: the “kids Introduction to Scripture: Luke 14:15–24 table,” which is clearly not the adult table, not the For the gospel of Luke, the table is one of the table of “significance.” Children are welcomed most common elements. Jesus is either on his and given as much as their stomachs can hold, way to a table, coming from a table, or sitting at a and clearly shown hospitality. Still, what would table. The table motif progresses the narrative and be radical is for the children to be welcomed provides the setting for major teaching moments. and respected at the grown-up table prepared In fact, there are at least eight such occasions, and especially to their taste, and the “grown-ups” hints two other times. In this text, Jesus is at a would make room for them by sitting at the kids Sabbath meal at a Pharisee’s house. table. This is an illustration of radical hospitality, and this is what Jesus is doing in the telling of For many, hospitality is the lens through which to this parable: completely upending the way table read the gospel text, always asking: In what ways ritual is enacted. did Jesus offer hospitality or receive hospitality, as our word of the day—aloha—suggests? The act of Daily Theme: Aloha hospitality, among many things, can function as respect, healthy debate, welcome, and love—along Can you picture Jesus as the one going into the with robust hellos and goodbyes. Herein are the streets, into the roads and lanes as host of the seeds for authentic (Lord’s) table fellowship. table? Imagine a roar from his belly that comes full throttle from his throat, “Aloooooooha!” Can In this passage, Jesus reinterprets the entire you imagine how that would sound and feel to tradition of table, and in so doing shifts the values the poor, crippled, blind, and lame folks who of society in his speech and actions. Notice that were being summoned? This radical aloha holds through this parable Jesus “throws shade” at those a dynamic energy that makes everyone feel offering excuses. The parable suggests that the respected, welcomed, and loved. Jesus wants the host of the banquet is perturbed by the casual house to be filled with the very essence of aloha. dismissal of hospitality and fellowship; moreover, The Great Banquet is infused with the spirit of this behavior is disrespectful to the host. aloha. What a beautiful sight!

Janet Walton explains that a meal, then and now, The Great Banquet oozes with hospitality— is “a ritual that embodies memory, imagination, kindness, generosity, politeness—but it could power, encounter, freedom, relationships, be viewed far more than these niceties. Jesus’ presence, and blessing. It is an action in which hospitality becomes radical because it is out of the community celebrates its covenant connection the ordinary and toward revolutionary. This with God and with each other.”1 If this then is parable points to a radical hospitality because it goes beyond being polite, beyond ordinary, and 1 Janet Walton, “Eucharist,” Dictionary of Feminist exemplifies a level of inclusion that could even be Theologies, ed. Letty Russell and Shannon Clarkson described as revolutionary. It is amazing to think (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1996), that our welcome—our “hospitality”—can turn 92.

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@ Work in Our World When was the last time you shared your lunch with someone who forgot to bring a lunch or didn’t have any for the day? Have you ever stopped to give someone a drink of water when they seemed parched by the heat of the sun? When you have a bag of candy, do you offer any to others? I imagine many of you could answer yes to these questions.

Let’s press a bit further—Have you ever given away your “last of something,” or your favorite something? Have you ever given away something precious to you? The invitation of this passage goes beyond kindness, and presses toward a recognition that hospitality, with much of its feel-good sentiment, also can be disruptive. Conversely, what about our ability to receive hospitality? It is true that often we deny hospitality and choose isolation that offends others. We refuse hospitality, often claiming that we are being polite or not troubling others. When we leave such a gift unaccepted, we limit the mutual experience of sharing. We also limit

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We hear this reflected in Desmond Tutu saying, “We are human because we belong. We are made for community, for togetherness, for family, to exist in a delicate network of interdependence… [Each] person is not just to be respected but to be revered as created in God’s image. To treat one such as if they were less than this is not just evil… it is veritably blasphemous, for it is to spit in the Day 2: Ubuntu face of God.”3 Paul is doing his best to help the church in Introduction to Scripture: 1 Corinthians Corinth understand this concept of common good 12:1–27 and common humanity, in the sharing of the Corinth had trouble understanding some things Spirit. As we glean a message for today, drawing that are core to Christian identity today. They on Paul’s words and the wisdom of the Church had divisions based on wealth, status, experience, over the generations since, we are reminded that ability, etc. While we may better understand we do not all have to become the same in the what a “blessed community of God” is supposed Spirit. We are not called to live as a melting-pot to be, it doesn’t mean we are any better at living community—but, rather, we are a mix of distinct it. In some ways, the Corinthians get some ingredients that together complement and expand grace because the concepts were new to them. A the potential of all. couple thousand years later, we still wrestle with Daily Theme: Ubuntu division, self-promotion, sharing of power, and effectively assuring everyone that they are loved Ubuntu is drawn from a longer phrase that and needed. translates as, “I am, because you are.” To properly couch the meaning of ubuntu, it is necessary to In genuine community, there is never a conflict illumine the context from which it comes. This between being who we authentically are, the gifts African term, ubuntu, speaks of the very essence we have been given, and our ability to learn from of being human: generous, compassionate, caring, others. In this way, we are mutually empowered hospitable, friendly. For Tutu, ubuntu means, “My by the same Spirit. This is to suggest that power humanity is caught up, is inextricably bound is not one-sided or unilateral, in which some try up, in yours… [A] person is a person through to impose their will on others. Rather, there is a other persons… It is not, ‘I think, therefore I mutual empowerment in which we are affected am.’ Rather, I am human because I belong. I by others while also making an impact on them; participate. I share.”4 A person with ubuntu is said a relational power gifted to us by Holy Spirit. This to be open, affirming, and self-assured, while not structure of gifts and mutual support is designed threatened by others. for the common good. African culture exalts harmony, friendliness, and Henry Nelson Wieman writes, “Good is grounded community as the greatest goods. Therefore, in our deep awareness of others, our willingness anger, resentment, lust for revenge—even success to participate in mutual transformation, the through aggressive competitiveness—are corrosive expansion of quality, the increase of meaning of this good. Compared to Paul and the writers of that comes from increasing connectedness, and the Bible, we live in a much smaller world, thanks the deepening of communion among all who to technology. Through advances in travel and participate in relationship.”2 communication, we connect with other cultures and learn from each other. Maybe Paul’s first letter 2 Henry Nelson Wieman, The Source of Common Good, quoted in Rita Nakashima Brock, Journey of 3 Desmond Tutu, No Future without Forgiveness the Heart: A Christology of Erotic Power (New York: (New York: Doubleday, 1999), 196, 197. Crossroads, 1993), 48,49. 4 Ibid., 31.

InsideOut: 15 to the Corinthians would have been shorter if he “A person is a person through other persons,” could have just introduced them to ubuntu. grounds us in the knowledge that we need each other in this way—in mutual relationship— Ubuntu does not let us disrespect another in the not only for the common good, but indeed, to community without disrespecting ourselves. survive. When we each bring our open-minded, We hear a similar concept as Paul explains that open-hearted, diverse gifts and talents to build “less honorable” parts of the body are just as communities, we become something more. important and given special care. He goes on to We know that we are always in the process of affirm that no part of the body can claim to be becoming, having never completely fulfilled our self-sufficient. This highlights the tendency for potential. In partnership with others and with some to disrespect others, and for some people to God, we do our best to fill God’s world with underestimate their own worth. Ubuntu challenges beauty. both and reminds us that neither the community, nor individual members of it, can reach their full This concept can also be considered in terms potential without everyone’s gifts. of friendship. Irish poet John O’Donohue talks about anam cara, translated as “soul friend.”5 To Did You Notice / Questions? be sure, a deep abiding friendship allows you to • The words slave and free are used very casually, reveal the hidden intimacies of your life. This like this was a common power dynamic in their friendship is an act of recognition and belonging, world. a friendship that cuts across all conventions and categories, joining us in an ancient and eternal • Jews and Gentiles refer to those in the family way as friends of the soul. And this friendship, of faith, and those beyond. What would be a as American Jewish holocaust survivor Elie similar dynamic in our world today? Wiesel reminds us, “is like a religion.” When • Are you more likely to divide by lifting yourself we embody our gifts, we become friends with, up, or by not assuming your own worth? not only ourselves, but also with others in our • How do we overcome power dynamics to create community—with our neighbors, and with equal respect in community? strangers. • What role does competition play in building or In the end, the common good can be expressed dividing community? as: team, community, friendship. Friendship is at the heart of our Christian witness; in fact, it @ Work in Our World is the dream of God for which we are all called to participate. “I am because you are”—so, go The “common good” could also be said this way: be your most full, vibrant self, and allow your “Team.” When one is on a team, there are several light to shine in community with others for the individuals who have their own unique talents. common good. When joined with other members of the team, they make up a squad that leads to the “common good” or a successful outcome for the whole. In the same way, the scripture explains that we all have our individual gifts in community that allow us to be unified without the need to be uniform. In other words, though we are each uniquely individual, we can also work in harmony with each other to serve the common good. And what is the common good? It is for all of humanity, all of creation—including the Earth—to benefit from our love for ourselves and for one another, and for our actions and witness to be toward these ends. 5 John O’Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic The African concept of ubuntu, “I am because Wisdom (New York: Harper, 2000), xvii. you are,” or, as Bishop Desmond Tutu posits,

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receiving end of manipulation. We read about Jacob’s vision of a ladder to heaven, and his spiritual growth. We read about Jacob wrestling with a man at night and demanding a blessing. It is after this growth and Jacob’s understanding of himself as blessed, rather than touting the stolen blessing of another, that he is ready to reconcile with Esau. Jacob finds peace in his own heart Day 3: Shalom before he is ready to face the anger of his brother. Jacob has to forgive himself before he can hope Introduction to Scripture: for forgiveness by Esau. Esau, on the other hand, Genesis 27:1–26 has moved past the childhood hurt and pain, and has already forgiven Jacob. Esau has forged his Jacob and Esau were in conflict from the own life of blessing and not allowed the hurts of beginning. Our scripture is only part of the story. the past to dictate his future. Forgiveness did not The family narrative is that they were pushing require Jacob’s participation—but reconciliation and shoving in the womb, with Jacob grabbing at will. Esau’s heel as they were born. From day one, the story is about Jacob trying to get ahead of Esau, In the end, the brothers reconcile their past, and all stories come from somewhere. Maybe this but Jacob is still aloof and goes his own way one comes from their parents, suggesting that from Esau. Reconciliation does not eliminate Rebekah may have had concerns about the status the potential of future conflict. The descendants quo from early in her children’s lives—or that of Esau, the Edomites, will have a generational she had issue with the cultural norms in general. conflict with Jerusalem throughout scripture. Maybe the story comes from the generation that Maybe these stories arose to foreshadow and follows, passing on a metaphor for how much explain the tension between these neighbors, the two brothers quarreled. However the story or maybe they help explain where the hairline originates, it is ripe with conflict and oozing fracture originated. Sadly, not enough was learned manipulation. The portion of the text we are from the story to heal the wounds that time focusing on includes the four primary players in exacerbated. the family drama. We can see the power dynamics Daily Theme: Shalom and relationships on full display. Using the power available to them, parents play favorites— “Shalom” is a traditional greeting and sending tradition and power are challenged and eventually out in the Jewish community, and seems to be Jacob pushes past Esau for the top spot in a missing in this story. Imagine each chapter of lifelong family status rivalry. It is not difficult to the brothers’ lives—each coming and going—and imagine more layers of hurt, betrayal, anger, and insert the word shalom. Does it make sense? Can manipulation beyond those shared in Genesis. you imagine either wishing the other peace at the Even siblings with a good friendship have conflict. various twists and runs of their relationship? Peace The depth of this family’s fractures invites us to is something offered and received. As with aloha, look at what is required for reconciliation and it is a spirit and a commitment. This family fails peacemaking, and remember that, at our core, we to extend peace or live in shalom. It is not until desire such peace. they are older that the brothers could imagine sharing this blessing. When Jacob and Esau part The narrative of Genesis features Jacob going after their reconciliation, Esau has an expectation forward. We see him in exile, scared of his of seeing his brother again, and soon. While there brother’s wrath. Jacob makes a life for himself may be continued disappointment between these away from “home,” unable to enjoy the blessing two brothers, peace is shared in this chapter of he has stolen. We read about Jacob being tricked their lives, and lingers as a challenge or forgotten by his father-in-law, finding himself on the prayer in the rest. Imagine how things might

InsideOut: 17 have changed with this simple prayer of greeting Look at the folks in the backgrounds of your setting the tone for each encounter. lives and name them. How have you seen them work on behalf of reconciliation? For example, Shalom, or peace, is one of the most beautiful during the civil rights movement, Martin Luther offerings we can bid our fellow sojourner. Similar King Jr. is the foremost person we remember, yet to our historic Jewish siblings, we carry this Bayard Rustin, a gay American, was vital to the sentiment of peace to freely give and freely receive orchestration of the movement, as were countless from one another. Living in a way that allows the black women. These people, and many others, sharing and receiving of shalom is a challenge, working in the background as Rebekah did, were yet our story offers a cautionary tale of a life lived key players in responding to conflict and working outside the bounds of peace. toward reconciliation.

Did You Notice/Questions? In today’s movements for justice, look beyond • Can you articulate the different ways power is the public faces for the faithful voices behind the used in this story? scenes, setting the table for conflicts to be resolved peacefully. In more intimate settings, we have to • How do you view Rebekah’s use of subversive remember our own roles. The peace we share can power? have a profound impact, and the peace we refuse • For the people with the least power, or those to accept or fail to give another can lead to broken on the margins, is subversive power necessary relationships. Our relationships today can have or useful? What are ways you see this applied generational impact. We can be the source of great today? inspiration and healing, or we can perpetuate • Why can’t folks on the margins always act or cycles of brokenness. Shalom is often in our hands. respond according to what the rules are? • Why must ingenuity sometimes be a part of responding to conflict?

@ Work in the World While this passage upon first look is about two brothers and a father, it is important that we pay close attention to the role(s) of people who are relegated to the background (for example, in verse 5 we read, “Now Rebekah was listening…”). The Bible, and our lives, are full of people who have orchestrated in the shadows to bring about resolutions or allow change. In our world, there are people whose stories often go untold, but are working for justice. Many are wise in their use of ingenuity and should be not only noticed but held in esteem. Their ability to make change or create peace, while often unorthodox, may have many layers. They find ways to use their place, position, or privilege to shape events. We need to think about the ways we can use our own power and privilege to bring about positive outcomes, because we know others are using their influence with more selfish motivations.

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around his waist, bends to the floor, and washes each of his disciples’ feet. It is important to note the power dynamic at play. Without this role reversal, foot washing—a humbling yet noble gesture—could be perverted and used to lessen a person that does not hold power. For example, a woman washing a man’s feet, or a child washing a parent’s feet, or a person of color washing a Day 4: Agape person from a dominant white culture’s feet is different from one in power washing the feet Introduction to Scripture: John 13:1–17 of one perceived to be subordinate. Jesus is the person in power here, and he is washing feet of The gospel of John is different from those those with less power, and this dynamic adds of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. John is often deeper meaning and reveals the essence of the recognized as the “spiritual” gospel because it tells foot washing ritual. stories more symbolically, which differs from the style of the other three. One important theme Our story also includes an initial rejection of Jesus’ of John’s is Jesus as the “Lamb of God,” which gesture. Jesus makes sure to affirm the importance impacts John’s telling of the whole story. In John’s of receiving love. It is vital that we have the telling, the “Last Supper” is eaten before the capacity to receive acts of love, for reconciliation beginning of Passover. Therefore, John’s sequence is relational. Such acts connect us and remind us of events leading to the crucifixion is very of the depth of God’s love. different. John suggests that Jesus doesn’t eat the Passover meal—he is the Passover meal. Daily Theme: Agape

As we approach this scripture in the events Love from God is different than the love between leading up to the crucifixion, Jesus is in the upper you and me, yet we are called to offer the love we room with the disciples. The text tells us Jesus receive from God to others. In Greek, there are knows many things. One of the things he knows different words for love. Agape is not peace, but it is that one of his disciples will betray him. Yet, is a love that allows peace through compassion, in light of the betrayal he will experience from grace, and reconciliation. These are not all the a fellow sojourner, Jesus offers this individual same. They are not synonyms, yet they help the same act of kindness as the other disciples. us explain God’s unconditional love that was Jesus offers us a glimpse of what a capacity for made known to us in Jesus Christ. Through his reconciling looks like: love that humbles oneself; humility in washing the disciples’ feet, we see the love that offers kindness in the face of betrayal, power of reversing power. We see the beauty in rejection, and being misunderstood; love that vulnerability, and are reminded that God’s power transcends—agape love. is relational and persuasive—not dogmatic, harsh, and unyielding. Instead, God simply offered love, To be clear, washing feet was no small without exception. This is a radical step and job. Imagine it. Walking is your means of challenges us to be humble, act with compassion, transportation—in sand, grime and dirt. One and seek a unity and wholeness. Even though our could imagine washing one’s own feet would be community and relationships may be fragmented, a monumental and menial task. Can you imagine God has set us an example of reconciling love. washing someone else’s feet? Can you imagine the Jesus washes the feet of those who will betray, dirty water basin that once held clear water, now abandon, and deny. Still, he kneels before them full of dirt and grime? Can you imagine the CEO and washes their feet. This is a powerful act with of a company washing the feet of the custodial a profound message. If we were to say, “The kin- workers? Can you image if every PE teacher dom of God is like this…,” and then tell the story washed the feet of her or his students after every of the foot washing, we might better understand class? This is not a pretty job, and probably a the message of Jesus to his disciples, and better very smelly job. Nevertheless, Jesus wraps a towel

InsideOut: 19 understand what God’s reconciling, agape love We need to remember the example of God— means for us. setting the power dynamic on its end and reconciling with us. As you look at the theological Did You Notice/Questions? arc of the week, this is a transition day, exploring • How would you react to such thoughtfulness God’s example (in Jesus) of what reconciliation and kindness as Jesus shows? can look like. There is conflict between people. There are power dynamics and tensions between • What do you think a modern equivalent of foot people. There is a challenge to affirm one’s washing might be? humanity and not be “revictimized” or become • How do you respond when someone gets “in a perpetual victim—and, at the same time, be your space”? vulnerable and willing to engage (risk) for change. • How can this scripture be viewed alongside Likewise, those in power are challenged to put biblical directives that “the last shall be first others above them—not equal to, but above. This and the first shall be last”? has to be done with self-reflection—not to be a savior (we are not God) or out of self-promotion, • What would the most powerful serving the least guilt, or shame…but out of love. powerful look like in our world? • How does this shift in power challenge our culture today? • What acts of service might we offer that would bring about wholeness or reconciliation?

@ Work in Our World Reconciliation is difficult. If we know that reconciliation is the culmination of a process that begins with conviction and leads to confession and contrition—public and private—followed by individual and communal repentance, we can easily see the magnitude of the reconciliation process. These steps are not rigidly sequential, but all must be considered.

Let’s be clear. To be an agent of reconciliation, wholeness, and healing, we must first offer and do this work with and for ourselves. In this way, we can best go about the business of wholeness without doing harm to others, intentionally or unintentionally.

To consider the comments regarding assessing the power dynamics, we must also understand this in context of reconciliation. Who is responsible for “forgiveness”? Who asks for reconciliation (the person who has caused harm, or the one who has been harmed)? These are important questions. Wise persons have long understood that “forgiveness is no substitute for justice” and for this reason reconciliation attempts have often only further harmed the wounded. Power and privilege must always be named and owned.

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own center and invites the lawyer to grow as he seeks his own center.

Loving the Lord with all our heart, mind, and strength is also a bold statement that should not be missed. Jesus may have been describing the heights and depths we should go to in serving and loving God. Of course, he could also have Day 5: Heiwa been speaking holistically. Rather than a call to be over the top in our response to God, maybe Jesus is calling us to find our center—to get our hearts, Introduction to Scripture: Mark 12:28–31 our minds, and our bodies all on the same page as “Love the Lord your God” is not a new idea. we live out our faith. Jesus is drawing from Deuteronomy, and a Jesus then he adds, “You shall love your neighbor sacred portion of scripture known in the Jewish as yourself.” Often, we read the latter in our community as the Shemah. It is written on minds to say, “as much as yourself,” when in fact parchment and placed in special boxes on the it just says, “as yourself.” This is different from entry door frame of homes. This is a core scripture “do unto others as you would have others do unto and concept of Jesus’ childhood faith—the culture you,” or “what comes around goes around.” To in which he was raised and lived. When Jesus the person with strong self-care, this can be a call quotes this text, he is connecting to the heart of to treat others with the same care and dignity. To Jewish theology. Jesus then connects it to the love the person who struggles to love themselves, it is of self and neighbor. While the gospel of Mark is a challenge to see the beauty in ourselves that is fond of wrestling with the question of “Who is often more easily named in others. Jesus?” our text today invites us to explore who we are in relationship to each other. Mark uses We can also understand that loving our themes of secrecy and misunderstanding as people neighbors is a continuation of loving ourselves, wrestle with Jesus’ potential as Messiah; however, a continuation of our own beings. What if we in this story, we are reminded that there are bigger thought about ourselves and neighbors as two issues than Christology (our understanding of separate reflections of God—each equally precious, Jesus). Clearly, our priorities matter. equally necessary? Both ourselves and our neighbors are made in God’s image. How might This all comes in the context of a challenge. such an image of self and others as “created in the Jesus is challenged by a lawyer—one who has image of God” change the way we treat ourselves been listening to previous questions and answers and others? between Jesus and the religious leaders. He has heard the give and take and comes to challenge Daily Theme: Heiwa Jesus. Is he coming to learn or show how much he knows? Is he trying to win the battle or grow Heiwa is a Japanese word for peace that speaks to deeper? The context seems more combative than the balance and smoothness of life. It calls us, not curious. The lawyer seems to be raising himself to compete with each other, but to make room up by pulling another down. Jesus does not attack for another to achieve. In today’s scripture, Jesus the man’s motives, but instead restores balance. is being tested. It is a moment of competition Jesus calls on the deep wisdom of the Jewish that borders on disrespectful. Jesus creates balance tradition, quoting the Shemah, then lifts up loving by quoting Jewish tradition and speaking to the neighbor as self. Was this lawyer loving another challenge of loving self and neighbor in a like as he would himself? Would he appreciate being manner. Jesus defuses the tension without calling tested and challenged in public? The response out the antagonist or puffing his own chest. critiques the lawyer’s actions and motives without Finding balance can be difficult, with often- attacking him personally. Jesus has no need to competing voices of our faith leading us astray. win, but neither does he retreat. Jesus holds his

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Jesus says there is no greater gift than to give one’s • Do you think people not valuing neighbors is life for a friend. Paul instructed early Christians to more about a lack of love for self, or a lack of outdo each other in love. Our modern ears often love for others? read these in our own competitive cultural context • Where do you personally wrestle with the and miss the true message. Others see Jesus’ tension between competition and equality? sacrifice as the ultimate example of love and seek to emulate, but we are not Jesus. We are called to • What commercial songs or slogans can you receive the grace of God, and share it—not die for think of that reflect harmony, or love, or point it all over again. If we are sacrificially competing, to the fact we are all one? or self-sacrificing beyond what is healthy, we are hurting our neighbor and ourselves. Heiwa is a @ Work in Our World balance that brings harmony—it is a smoothness Way back in the 1970s, Coke used the song, of life that flows from each person in the giving “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (in perfect and receiving of respect. harmony), whose lyrics still serve as an excellent I am reminded of Shel Silverstein’s The Giving example of heiwa—harmony and balance. This Tree. It is a deceptively simple story that celebrates campaign also exemplified the ideals of unity and the power of self-sacrifice. A little boy plays on a equality within a competitive culture. Yet this ad tree—eating apples, swinging on branches—and was created to inspire a choice of one product the tree is happy. Over the years, the boy asks for over another. So, ironically, its theme and intent more, escalating from fruit, to branches, to its were not congruent. Our culture has a tension very trunk with each being given to help fulfill between the balance of “Love God and Love a need in that chapter of the boy’s life. For each neighbor as yourself” and the competitive nature sacrificial gift, we learn that the tree is happy. At that permeates our economics, sports, etc. Naming the end of the story, the boy returns after many this tension is important as we each find our own years and the tree, now a stump, tells him that he center and seek balance in our lives. has nothing left to give. The boy, now bent over In our nation’s history, and often in recent years, with age, says he doesn’t want anything; he only we have seen public displays of hatred and needs a stump to sit on. And the tree is happy. division. We have seen proclamations, even from Many suggest that the tree is selfless, an people of faith, that contradict Jesus’ quote from unconditional giver, whole-hearted, and pure of Deuteronomy: “…the Lord is one.” From white motive. In this reading, giving doesn’t diminish supremacists and neo-Nazis, to the battle over the tree but makes it happy. In reality, the tree voting districts, to arguments over how to best is diminished. It is doing all the sacrificing. Still, protest the fear-based manipulation we see in the the tree gives—owning its own decisions without world—it is clear that division exists and that trying to control the boy. Sadly, the story lacks more than one side is quoting scripture in their balance. The boy does not sacrifice so the tree can hopes of getting what is “fair,” in their eyes. fulfill its potential. Heiwa means stepping back, In reality, some are poorer than others. Some even sacrificing, so others have room to grow. have advantages that others lack. Fairness is a Heiwa creates a balance of mutuality in which value celebrated but rarely experienced. We have everyone has the resources and support needed to watched people compete for resources, power, find their own center—learning to love themselves attention, and “righteousness.” In our competitive and being empowered to love others. world, with a capitalistic structure, competition and division seem built-in realities, and they even Did You Notice/Questions? impact the way we talk about living sacrificially. • Jesus reaches back to the tenets of the faith of Being selfless, so that you go to heaven, is a selfish his youth, to scripture he heard as a child. thought. Sacrificing, so that people appreciate • What is the function of “as yourself” in Jesus’≠ your faith or celebrate your contribution, is not response? true sacrifice. Sadly, much of the division and self-righteousness we hear is supported by Bible quotes, ripped from their context and hurled with

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Loving ourselves is not always easy. Being confident enough in ourselves to step back and not seek affirmation seems foreign. Of course, both are very biblical concepts. We are created in the image of God, and we are good. We remember the beatitudes and Jesus words about the first being last. Living a more selfless life is different from self-sacrifice. One seeks harmony while the other gives recklessly without thought of consequences or personal boundaries. Love of self and love of neighbor are connected and akin to love of God.

This being said, what needs extensive exploring is: What does it mean to love? How do you define love? And most importantly, What does it mean to love yourself? If loving ourselves means trying to outdo others and be the best (win the most) we can be, then our definition of love is out of step with scripture. Love is patient and kind. Love is not boastful, nor insistent upon its own way. Finding our own center—learning to love who we are—is a step toward loving others and an act of love to God. Finding our own center—learning to leave space for others to grow—is a step toward living in harmony and a reflection of God’s love. Finding that center in the chaos and competition of the world we live in is one of the greatest challenges for the modern North American Christian.

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to protect their status rather than sacrifice for another, especially when we know how Jesus’ story ends?

Today is not just about peace or peacemaking, but rather an active peacemaking that requires decisions, takes effort, and requires personal risk. This is a peacemaking that includes truth Day 6: Sí Se Puede® telling—or, as the Quakers coined, “to speak truth to power.” To be willing to be disruptive in order to bring about peace is one of the ways Introduction to Scripture: Luke 10:25–37 Jesus went about peacemaking. Scripture includes Unlike our earlier confrontation between Jesus powerful stories of Jesus standing his ground, and and a lawyer, in which we are unclear of the presenting inconvenient truths to those in power. motives, Luke tells us this “expert in the law” was ® trying to justify himself. His approach is selfish Daily Theme: Sí Se Puede and conflictual from the beginning. This is not The theme of peace conveyed by these words a communal exercise, with a student bringing a is the most modern of all our daily themes. To question out of curiosity, or even an invitation understand it, we must remember its origins. Farm from an interviewer for an expert to speak. This workers in the United States were often underpaid “expert in the law” is trying to trick or trap Jesus and had little voice. Many were immigrants in a rhetorical snare with the intention of making who did not speak English. Cesar Chavez and this lawyer look good. Instead, Jesus does what others organized them and spoke up on their Jesus often does: he turns everyone’s expectations behalf, and led a movement to insure their basic upside down. rights. This movement was not separate from The Samaritan saw “we,” while the leaders, people the workers, but included them as full partners. ® of privilege, saw “them.” When we claim “them” Sí se puede , translated as “Yes, we can,” focuses as “we,” then we can love our neighbors as on the community’s power to uplift, affirm, and ourselves. If these, and other people of privilege, empower each other. had the same perspective, maybe the community In this spirit, we take note of the often-overlooked could have stood together to protect travelers innkeeper, willing to step up and do his part. We on the road. The Samaritan will garner much of also think beyond the snapshot in time that Jesus our attention, but our examination starts with shares, to imagine the failure of the community the listener, who is forced to reflect on how we that has made the road so dangerous, and what it perceive ourselves and others. might take to ensure the safety of travelers once From this parable, we can easily deduce that we again. At some point, we assume the hurt man should not avoid or neglect people in need. This recovers. What is his role in the unfolding story? seems like a simple and accurate explanation of Does he feel powerless? Does he avoid the path the story. Further, one could accurately surmise where he experienced such pain? What if the man that we should be willing to cross ethnic and finds strength in others to continue his journey, racial boundaries as we care for folks who are and, one day, works with others to transform neglected and in need. While these are accurate the road into a place where all can walk safely takeaways, our interpretationof who chose to take together? on the responsibility of care is important. These examples would have been powerful with Jesus’ Did You Notice/Questions? audience, and probably are reflective of his own • There are five question marks in this scripture— experiences. Is it a coincidence that Jesus includes lots of questions woven into story. an inn-keeper who finds room for a needy traveler • What does it mean that the one asking the in light of his own birth story? Is it a coincidence question of Jesus is a lawyer? that Jesus uses people of privilege who choose

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• How does Jesus asking, “What do you read today, saying that he was tired of needing “good there?” and “What is written [there]?” shape Samaritans” and tired of being one. Instead, the following narrative? King wanted to fix the road. How can we come • What does it mean to “justify” oneself? What together to fix the structures and institutions does this look like or sound like in your around us? What needs to be addressed so robbery context? does not occur? What is needed to assure no one turns a blind eye? What is needed to assure there • Imagine this story from the point of view of is always an inn for those in need? each person (and animal) listed in the story. Use your imagination and listen for how the Without addressing the justice issues that story is different from each point of view. surround us, some will never know peace. As a community, we cannot know peace as long as • Why do you think the man was attacked in the others live in fear or feel dehumanized. Gender first place? roles, poverty, ethnicity, and health care are all @ Work in Our World issues that get politicized, but these issues must be addressed in ways that empower those who feel It is important to note that “good” has been powerless. These issues must be addressed in ways added to the story about the Samaritan. There is that pull the community together and celebrate never a mention of the Samaritan as good, which the humanity of all people. These issues must be shows us that the captions we become familiar addressed in ways that name the brokenness, call with have already interpreted and shaped our us all to risk, and work together as the people of views of the people in the text. This is not to say God. We have to find ways to work together that what the Samaritan did wasn’t honorable, but it lead the most vulnerable, not to wait on a savior, is important that we notice how the story is told but to truly believe: “Si se puede®!” and by whom. That is to say, whoever controls the story has the power. It is vital, as sí se puede® suggests, that we understand power dynamics in all situations, including scripture.

In this scripture, we often overlook the wounded person and focus completely on the “good” Samaritan. Discussion of this passage often centers on the savior or messiah figure of the Samaritan, but that is as much a product of our culture as it is of the text. When we apply this to our current cultural context, there is an opportunity to dismantle the “savior complex”: that people from a dominant culture come in and save those who have been wounded by systematic oppression. It is best made clear that active peacemaking is reciprocal and communal. Those who are oppressed or victimized have a role to play that restores their power, and their dignity. We are called to help all in need, with our aid extending beyond a moment of crisis, while also offering our solidarity as they reclaim their journey—in the process, helping shape our paths as well.

Cesar Chavez used many of the same tactics for change that were utilized by Martin Luther King Jr. in the civil rights movement. King once expressed concern over the same text we explore

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it as without order. While we might take Jesus’ words as an attempt to comfort his disciples, it might have been the opposite. There is a promise of something more—another level and a reminder that none of this should be evaluated on the world’s terms, but as a promise from God who has been and always will be.

Day 7: Aloha! Daily Theme: Aloha! A benediction is often defined as a “closing Introduction to Scripture: John 14:25–27 prayer,” but we know it is much more. A John is not concerned about the timeline of Jesus’ benediction is a moment to name the blessing we life as much as the reason for Jesus time among have received and our intent to share the blessing. us. Jesus is presented from the beginning as the We have been blessed by our coming, so we will Word of God, and as being with God from the be a blessing by our going. This is aloha. As we beginning of creation. John’s presentation of Jesus are welcomed in hospitality, we go with a spirit of as something more than we expected is echoed sharing and an intentional compassion for others. in this text, as Jesus’ parting words remind the As we have been blessed, we will bless others. This disciples that there is always more. is both a challenge and a promise as we share an aloha of departure among us. Of course, we do not This text is beautiful, even poetic, coming go alone. As an aloha community, gathered and off the lips of Jesus, but there is something blessed, we carry the heart of each other as we go overwhelming that is easily missed when we are with a promise that a warm welcome awaits upon simply reading, a couple thousand years removed. our next meeting or upon our return. In our aloha Those listening to Jesus hear him say that there community, all belong, no matter where we my is still “everything” to be learned. On top of that, travel—no matter where the Spirit might lead. The the Spirit will remind them of all that Jesus has same Spirit that called and gathered us—the same already taught them. How much more did they Spirit that wove us together—now calls and leads still have to learn? Based on the disciples’ fearful us outward into the world to teach us all things response to Jesus’ death, and their stumbling and share love with all people. response to the resurrection, it seems fair to say the answer is, “A lot!” As we read, we must ask Did You Notice/Questions? ourselves how much more we have to learn, and • If the Spirit will teach “everything,” what does how willing we are to receive what is new. it mean to be in a posture of not knowing it The pairing of Jesus and the Holy Spirit in this all? How much do we know, and how much do text is powerful. Jesus has been revolutionary. we need to know, to be faithful? Jesus has turned the expectations of the • Jesus ends with, “Do not let your hearts be religious community, the secular culture, and troubled [or]…afraid”—similar words that we the worldview of all who listen upside down have heard from angels and other messengers and inside out. Jesus has been disruptive and from God. comforting at the same time and now suggests he • How do we find peace in chaos? Adventure? was just the beginning. Kalbryn McLean calls the Unpredictability? The unknown? Spirit the “Wild Child of the Trinity,”6 describing • How do we cultivate a posture of fluidity, 6 Kalbryn A. McLean “Calvin and the personal or flexibility, that allows for the learning of politics of Providence,” Feminist and Womanist “everything”? Essays in Reformed Dogmatics, ed. Serene Jones and • Could there have been a worse time for the Amy Pauw (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, very present and tangible Jesus to try to explain 2006), 123. that a more elusive and unseen Spirit would

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follow him? That is a very difficult concept to grasp, and Jesus saves it for some of his last words.

@ Work in Our World We can put peace to work in the world by taking notice and being curious. We are called to have a heightened awareness of how God is working among us and through us. Conversely, when we notice folks who are not seeking to honor the humanity of another, we bear witness to a barrier to peace. Our open eyes are a responsibility as we engage the world as God’s workers for peace.

As we lean into this scripture, we are required to be aware of the Holy Spirit. This is the most overlooked and difficult task of the journey. We can concentrate on the affirmations and comfort that Jesus gives, but embedded in Jesus’ words are a reminder that we are constantly being taught, and assurance that the Holy Spirit is constantly operating in our lives. The Spirit’s work in the Church, our community, and the world includes our participation.

We are challenged to receive world news with an aloha spirit, and by the responsibly to work for peace. Hearing the struggles of others is not intended to make us feel better or make us afraid. Such news is an opportunity to see the Spirit, and to work and discern what role we might play in the mysterious blowing of the Spirit. Are we to advocate, pray, speak, teach, learn, or find another response? Are we part of the problem, part of the solution, or both? When we hear good news, we can ask how those involved have been blessed and how blessings can be shared. Can we share the story, celebrate the gifts, join our own hands and feet to their effort, or find another creative response? When we respond, prayerfully or fully embodied, we are called to do so in love—working for God’s peace in all times and in all places. We know that peace takes a lot of work, and we also know that peace works—so we will work for it, always.

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Staff Devotions

This section is designed for use by staff. It is important to have time together to pray, to share concerns and joys, and to remind one another why you are doing this. You can connect your devotion to a staff meeting if that works best, or you can find a separate time and place. Each devotion can be used alone as well.

You may designate different people to be the leader each day, or you may choose a staff member to act as your chaplain. Each devotion suggests an activity or focus, and some may require a small amount of supplies to be gathered ahead of time.

Begin your devotion together by designating the time as holy. Light a candle or dim the lights. Play some soft music or sing a song. The devotions allow time to share personal prayers and they offer guided questions to invite those prayers. You may choose to say these aloud, silently think about them, speak them with a partner, or write them in a journal. Before you begin, it is helpful for the chaplain to explain what prayer form you will be using. To close, the materials offer a blessing that staff members can give one another. Your group may be huggers or hand-shakers, or you may prefer to pray together as partners. Find the means of blessing each other that works best for your group dynamics.

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Staff Devotions Day 1: Aloha

When was the last time you walked into a place to which you were not invited? Maybe you crashed or maybe you misunderstood. Maybe you got the wrong address or maybe you got the invite by mistake. When was the last time you walked into a place and knew you were not invited?

We often hear the story of the Great Banquet and start trying to figure out where God is in the analogy and where we fit in. We start trying to figure out the meaning and how it relates to us. In some ways our reading is selfish—we want to know what’s in it for us. If we take a step back, maybe we can ask the question, “what’s in it for Jesus?” Sure, he is the one telling it and in control of the story, but how does a poor child from a small town who was gossiped about and finally rejected feel about this story?

Jesus was a refugee. He was the child of a scandalous birth (not everyone in Nazareth got a message from the angels) and not a person of privilege. Can he see himself in the faces of those not invited? Can he see the faces of powerful people back home in the eyes of those who did not show up? How would Jesus have felt if he was told this parable? Would it have been welcome good news?

Jesus regularly invites himself to meals and to people’s houses. It’s a strange thing in scripture. He invites others to show him hospitality and they are honored to have him accept an invitation that we often never hear extended. When was the last time Jesus came into your life uninvited? Were you pushed to give hospitality you were not prepared to give? Were you pressed to welcome someone you struggled to accept? When has Jesus come into your life uninvited? Luke 14:21b

“Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.” For Reflection • When have you felt uninvited? • When has Jesus come into your life uninvited? • I wonder whom you will struggle to welcome this week. • I wonder how we will be welcomed into our own space by arriving campers.

Prayer

God, help us to offer and receive hospitality. May we see the face of Christ in our campers and allow them to invite us into unexpected moments of grace and peace. Amen.

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Staff Devotions Day 2: Ubuntu

I remember standing in the back of the church waiting to be baptized. Yes, my church was one of those that waited till you were “old enough” to choose, then dunked you in a large pool of water. Maybe it wasn’t “old enough” but “old enough to remember yet not old enough to have bailed on Church.” Maybe it was “old enough to participate yet not know what you were getting into.” I sometimes have mixed feelings. What I remember most is frustration. My best friend was five spaces ahead of me in line, but I wanted us to be standing together. Our senior minister was reading liturgy from the pulpit, while the associate minister waited in the water. This was the wrong minister for such an important moment. Clearly my priorities were in the right place!

Still, as I came up out of the water and cleared my hair back from my eyes, I saw my family. I saw my parents and their friends. I saw mentors in the church family. I saw other youth and the younger children we helped with. I saw my grandmother’s friends sitting behind her. I remember the candlelight of that Maundy Thursday service and hold it as a precious memory. While I was not exactly focused or in the right frame of mind, the Spirit seemed to have claimed me anyway. It seems to claim us all.

Jews or Greeks, male or female, slackers or overachievers, the Spirit claimed us all. We still see that today. God’s Spirit falls on us—claims us, unites us, empowers us. We have every reason to assume the worst of humanity, yet we are continually surprised—dumbfounded even— when society takes a step forward and we see the best in others come shining out. It may be slow, generational even. It may take time to be revealed. But the Spirit claims us all. And in its flowing, the Spirit draws us into each other, connecting our lives and opening our minds. Where did the Spirit find you? Who does it connect you with? What gifts do you share with each other? 1 Corinthians 12:13

For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. For Reflection • When have you felt God’s Spirit at work in your life? • What unexpected relationships has the Spirit drawn you into? • I wonder what new gifts you might be called to share this week.

Prayer

God, open our eyes to the power of community and the Spirit that binds us together. May we be open to new connections while remembering those who first shared their faith with us. Amen.

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Staff Devotions Day 3: Shalom

French writer Arsène Houssaye once said, “Tell me who you love, and I’ll tell you who you are.” I’ve heard this quote used in lots of places. I’ve heard it at weddings and funerals. I’ve heard it in sermons and camp worship. One place I’ve never heard it, but where it might be the most appropriate, is in the middle of a conflict. It is often when we are most emotional, when we are most passionate, that we see what our priorities really are.

Do we love people, or do we love being admired? Do we love community, or having an audience? Do we like visiting with others, or just the competition of an argument? Do we love ourselves more than others? Do we love being right more than being honest? Conflict can often show us who we are.

The choices are sometimes clear, as is the conflict. We can see right and wrong clearly, but still struggle to treat others with respect. Sometimes that conflict is cloudy, or we are too tired to navigate it with a clear mind. Having respect for others becomes more difficult when just articulating our feelings is a struggle. Still, in these moments we can see where our hearts are and where we have room to grow. Conflict can reveal a great deal about us, including the longing in our hearts for peace, for shalom.

The Jewish community uses shalom as a greeting, a blessing, and in liturgy. Coming and going, and when we name God in the times set apart, we seek peace by speaking it aloud. The next step is working for it. Where are you longing for peace? Genesis 27:18

So he went in to his father, and said, “My father”; and he said, “Here I am; who are you, my son?” For Reflection • When has conflict revealed things you didn’t expect about yourself? • Where are you longing to find or bring peace? • I wonder how you might inspire others to seek shalom.

Prayer

God, give us the courage to admit how much conflict we experience and how much we cause. May we be aware of our contributions while also echoing our prayers for peace. Amen.

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Staff Devotions Day 4: Agape

How many songs can you name that have the word love in the title or in the first line of the chorus? Love is a word we use a lot and a theme we write, sing, paint, cry, and pray about all the time. Over the years we all struggle to find the right way to express our love. We struggle with which cheesy valentine to give to which classmate, trying to be sincere without embarrassing ourselves. We try to figure out the right emotion emoji that won’t give someone the wrong idea, unless we secretly want to. We try to find the right tone of voice, the right mood, or the right occasion to say, “I love you.” Most of us have at least one disaster story from trying to share “I love you” with someone else.

Gary Chapman’s five love languages have become a great tool for people trying to share their love with each other. His books and websites talk about physical touch, quality time, gift giving, words of affirmation, and acts of service. Which of these do you use the most to share your feelings? Which do you most appreciate as a sign of love from others?

God doesn’t seem to struggle with expressing love as much as we do but does still seem to understand Chapman’s love language theory. God just keeps trying to say, “I love you” and wondering when we will hear it, when we might believe it. God tried words of affirmation (covenant), a gift (the law), more words of affirmation (prophets), and eventually went all out with the gift of Jesus, who spent quality time with us, affirmed us, hugged and healed, and set an example of service to others.

Jesus loves us, this we know, because of how many times he told (and showed) us so!

Now it’s our turn to love likewise. John 13:1b

Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. For Reflection • Which love language do you share most fluently, and which is a struggle? • I wonder when you might have missed love being shared because it wasn’t in your preferred love language. • I wonder how God’s love might challenge us to love more freely.

Prayer

God, give us constant reminders of your love and how you constantly reach out to lift us up. As we seek peace, remind us that you have already made things right with us. May that knowledge give us peace of mind, so we can make peace in our world. Amen.

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Staff Devotions Day 5: Heiwa

Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu wrote about “the way,” and taught through poetic phrases and verse that might sound strange but also sound a lot like Jesus. One of these concepts can be translated as “act—no act.” Or act as to not cause a reaction. Some understand this to be choosing not to act as the correct action. We hear it with Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness where the appropriate response to each temptation is to not respond. We can hear this in the story of Mary and Martha, as one busily works while the other stops and is present in the moment. Our culture struggles to stop and allow things to just be. We struggle to pause and find our center. We struggle to not act.

We know that when a leader steps back, it often leaves room for others to step up. We know that when a loud voice is quiet, others find room to share. We know that charging in head- first often leaves us “tilting at windmills” and fighting unnecessary battles. So why do we keep charging forward?

Our culture puts a lot of value in winning, succeeding, and playing the hero. Coaches say, “You don’t make any of the shots you don’t take.” Ads tell us to, “Just do it!” Philosophers say, “Fortune favors the bold.” Churches say, “God helps those who help themselves.” Of course, none of these is biblical. All of these are ego driven and ignore the lessons we have already learned at camp this week. So how do we stop and find our way? How do we know when to act and when to press the pause button? Maybe the balance is found in loving self, loving neighbor, and loving God. This is the balance we seek. Mark 12:32–33

Then the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher; you have truly said that ‘he is one, and besides him there is no other’; and ‘to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength,’ and ‘to love one’s neighbor as oneself,’—this is much more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” For Reflection • I wonder if you can think of a time when you wish you had stopped instead of taking action. • I wonder how we find the time and space to make good decisions as we follow Jesus’ way. • I wonder how loving yourself or others more might help you love God more fully.

Prayer

God, give us constant reminders of your love and how you constantly reach out to lift us up. As we seek peace, remind us that you have already made things right with us. May that knowledge give us peace of mind, so we can make peace in our world. Amen.

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Staff Devotions Day 6: Sí Se Puede®

Children’s television gets today’s theme better than any of us. Bob the Builder taught, “Yes, we can!” while the lesser known Handy Manny had a box of talking tools that showed how important each person is as we work for a better world. The Wonder Pets got the lyrics “What’s gonna’ work? Teamwork!” stuck in the heads of millions of children and parents. Paw Patrol, Blues Clues, and other critter-centered shows taught us all that teamwork is required for success.

Somehow we forget the lessons we learned from cute fuzzy faces and harmonizing tractors. Somehow we get caught up in fixing our own problems, and then helping others when we can. Somehow we get caught up in pretending we don’t have any problems and shaming others when they share their own. Solidarity requires us to share our needs and for others to stop and stand with us. That is the heart of sí se puede®. When we stand together, we can accomplish much and prevent even more.

At times we will be an advocate, while other days will find us looking for support. Both are a sign of strength and faithfulness. Both require courage and humility. Both invite us to follow in the footsteps of Jesus as we kneel down to serve others while allowing them to stay by our side in difficult times. Both invite us to check our egos as we go. Luke 10:29

But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

For Reflection • Have you ever served others for the wrong reasons? When? • I wonder how we can be in solidarity with our campers while maintaining healthy boundaries. • How might humility help us define the word neighbor more broadly?

Prayer

God, put us to work as we build a blessed community that reflects your love. Help us treat each person with dignity and trust others with our vulnerability. Amen.

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Staff Devotions Day 7: Aloha

In some ways, it’s easier to say goodbye at camp these days. There was a time when campers exchanged mailing addresses and promised to write. Some even shared phone numbers, but long-distance calling made this an expensive proposition for youth who had very little money. It was not a stretch to imagine you might not see some of these people again. That made saying goodbye even harder. If not for camp, how would you connect? If not for camp, how could you continue the relationship? In a world of social media, texting, and constantly improving video communication, camp is just the beginning.

This is a good thing! While we talk about “taking home” what we learn at camp, our relationships often dictate our experience. We learn about God through others and we model our faith in our communal life. When the relationships end, it can feel like all that is connected with camp does too. Campers staying connected beyond camp can be a reminder of what they experienced and what hopes and dreams they had for life changes. This is not an invitation for staff to cross boundaries but a reminder that campers connecting is an important part of continuing the conversation beyond the camp grounds.

Jesus reminds the disciples of what he has said while with them and assures them that the Spirit will remind them of everything. That same Spirit is with us today and reminds us of all we have learned and all we have seen. That same Spirit leads us beyond camp to work for peace in the world. Connections are not just about friendship or a fear of never seeing each other again. They are spiritual threads that weave us together. How will you empower others to connect and remember? John 14: 25–26

“I have said these things to you while I am still with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you.” For Reflection • I wonder how the community you have helped build will help build other communities. • I wonder how campers will share what they have experienced at camp. • How will you live out the work God has begun in you?

Prayer

God, be with us as we transition this community from centered in this time and space and transform it into a force for peace in the world. May your Spirit guide us and give us courage for the work ahead. Amen.

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YOUNGER CHILDREN YOUNGER Welcome campers by name Welcome Make leis to welcome each other Build community in your group Learn about each other Campers connect through prayer DESCRIPTION

DAILY ACTIVITIES DAILY Day 1: Aloha Aloha 1: Day PLAY PLAY CREATE CREATE PLAY PRAY Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily LEARN LEARN LEARN LEARN LEARN TYPE is used as hello and goodbye in Hawaii, which works for the first day—when campers Aloha is used as hello and goodbye in Hawaii, which works for the first Loving God, thank you for your great big welcome. You love us and welcome us; help us to do the love us and welcome Loving God, thank you for your great big welcome. You

Feel welcome in the spirit of aloha. Know they are invited to this place. this week. Recognize the gift of being at camp people who are different. Recognize that the table is filled with Linking Lei Pineapple Pizazz Tastes Team Prayers Playful TITLE Air Aloha same for others. Help us to say aloha with our words and our hearts. 36 InsideOut: Today, campers will… campers Today, • • • • God invites everyone to the feast, and that includes us. We will meet others that God invites everyone to the feast, and that includes us. We Theological Summary: room for everyone. love makes God’s God welcomes, too, and find that Luke 14:23b Scripture Focus: and compel people to come in, so that my house may be filled.” “Go out into the roads and lanes, Luke 14 (Focus on 7–24) Luke 14 (Focus on Scripture Passage: Prayer: Leader Notes: may be hard the first day as are saying hello to you, and goodbye to their families. Aloha, “hospitality,” they adjust to camp. Remind campers that God has invited them here.

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Whole pineapple; half circles (3-inch (3-inch Whole pineapple; half circles This activity could also include a prayer of This activity could This activity helps campers understand aloha This activity helps campers understand Pineapple Pizazz Why: as inviting and welcoming all. Supplies: paper (two diameter) of green and/or yellow outline of per camper); large poster board with 1-inch strips of pineapple drawn on it; 12-inch by sticks; markers green paper(one per camper); glue or crayons were Explain that, long ago, pineapples How: because really hard to get in most of the world ships didn’t they only grew in a few places, and Having a have good ways to keep them fresh. fresh pineapple (show pineapple) was something shared it with people to let amazing and rare. You them know how special they were, and over time the pineapple shape became a way to show that you welcomed people. Invite campers to help you make a group pineapple to help them remember love is that God welcomes them, and that God’s to each always around. Hand out two half circles Ask each camper to write their name camper. write or draw and, on the other, on one circle something they think they will like about camp. As they finish, invite them to come and glue their shapes on the outline to make the pineapple. After all are done, pull out the long green slips of paper. Ask the campers what they can do to show aloha big and small. Invite the campers to make leis to leis to make the campers Invite small. big and Distribute party. to the invitation God’s celebrate invite them and camper, strips to each some blank love on people they names of, or draw, to write the the strips with all Then pass out the strips. the strips pass out listed. Finally, camper names on them. Help children to with “Jesus” written into a chain, linked together. staple/tape the slips Jesus’ big love is what can remind them that You in aloha as you place each holds us all together paper lei over their head. camper’s BTW: camper as you begin the week blessing for each over their head, say, As you put the lei together. welcomes you, and is excited “God invites you, have could to have you at camp this week.” You or or dinner, campers bring their leis to worship linked chain to combine all the leis into one giant the week. decorate your common space for

InsideOut: PLAY LEARN LEARN CREATE Daily Activities Daily Construction paper slips in a variety of With a really energetic group, you can a really energetic group, you can With Spread the parachute on the ground and Spread the parachute Leis are a symbol of welcome. This activity is intended to help campers This activity is intended

Read the story in Luke 14:7–24. Explain that Jesus told that story that to help people understand and party, God wants all to be a part of God’s that, in Hawaii, people give leis to celebrate things Beforehand, cut construction paper into How: slips and write the names of all campers in your Repeat this group, each on its own slip of paper. till you have a full set for each camper in the group (they do not need one with their own name), and then write “Jesus” on enough extra slips (preferably all the same color) so there is one Have extra blank strips on hand. for each camper. Supplies: Supplies: colors, crayons or markers, stapler or tape, Bible Why: Linking Lei BTW: and spread further apart without the parachute, yell, “Aloha!” see how many times the group can Keep before the two campers trade places. other as you give scooting further away from each run across the lots of campers multiple turns to growing space. have campers gather around it. Have each camper around it. Have each camper have campers gather the group. Explain you will be say their name to more names at a time as the calling out two or As they lift up parachute is lifted up by the group. call out “A-lo- the parachute, the campers should taking ha!” while the two campers switch places, the parachute, the shortest route (running under if necessary). campers have had Repeat until all the number a turn. Repeat the game, increasing you call all of campers you call at one time, until the names and every camper is running under the parachute. How: How: Parachute (a tablecloth or flat sheet Supplies: Parachute (a tablecloth could be substituted) learn each other’s names. learn each other’s Air Aloha Air Aloha Why: Story Resources Story Resources The book talks about the 2006). The book talks about Publishing, of the word aloha. Beautiful different meanings simple text make this a good illustrations and about aloha book for young children to learn and Hawaiian culture. Story of a 1997). Publishing, (Island Heritage birth, growth, and discovery of young turtle’s the world around him. them to roll it back to you. As they roll it back it back they roll you. As it back to to roll them join you in saying: the campers to to you, ask (insert God for _____ “Thank you camper name).” everyoneRepeat until be had a chance to has God for a prayer thanking Close with prayed for. they the special ways campers and each of your a great camp. will help make this (Island Heritage Paikai Tammy Aloha Is, by Yee Journey, Incredible by Tammy Honu’s Baby

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Beach ball or similar You could also do this as two circles of of could also do this as two circles You Don’t let that real pineapple go to waste. let that real pineapple Don’t Gather campers, sitting in a circle. Remind Gather campers, sitting in a circle. Divide the campers into groups of three. Divide the campers into groups of

38 InsideOut: How: How: them: “Aloha means we welcome everyone, and our Bible reminds us that God welcomes are all welcome, even though we everyone. We are not all the same, because God created each of As they us to be special.” Roll a ball to a camper. receive the ball, ask them to share their name and one thing about themselves. After they share, ask Supplies: Supplies: Campers connect through prayer. Campers connect through prayer. Why: Playful Prayers Prayers Playful campers, one on the inside of the other, with the other, campers, one on the inside of the outside one facing facing out, and the inside circle in. Campers facing each other will pair up. Have something in rotate after each pair finds one circle common. BTW: Explain that they are going to have 2 minutes to Explain that they are going to have common with figure out something they have in Offer suggestions about pets, candy, each other. connect. Then, sports, or other ways they might After 2 in 2 minutes, they’ll be trading places. what they minutes, have each group announce the area until found. Then have them run around you say “Aloha!” Then they have to form a group them and start with the two other people nearest campers have it all over again. Repeat until most been connected with the others. How: How: Supplies: Boundary markers for area, timer or watch Campers will learn something about their Campers will learn Why: fellow campers. Team Tastes Tastes Team BTW: BTW: it as a group, or make it can cut it up and eat You dessert. Pineapple is wonderful part of a meal or be put on a stick like grilled, and can even roast. Caramel is particularly marshmallows to complementary a dip with pineapple. as to people (e.g., be kind, share, say nice things) and things) nice say share, kind, be (e.g., people to these green slips. Add answers on the write their that and tell campers of the pineapple to the top welcome them of God’s can remind this pineapple at camp.

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We are all connected together We Put the big picture together Things are better when we are different all be hands…or feet can’t We Creating together as the body of Christ Imitate the body of Christ Pray for each other DESCRIPTION InsideOut: DAILY ACTIVITIES DAILY

Day 2: Ubuntu Ubuntu 2: Day PLAY PLAY CREATE PLAY PRAY Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily LEARN LEARN PLAY LEARN LEARN LEARN LEARN PRAY TYPE We are all parts of the body of Christ, and each of us has an important role to play. us has an important role to play. are all parts of the body of Christ, and each of We

1 Corinthians 12:1–27

For this age, the focus should be on remembering that everyone is important. Young For this age, the focus should be on remembering that everyone is important. Young

through shared joys and challenges. ubuntu through shared joys and challenges. Dear God, we love you. Help us to remember that you love us all, big and small, and you want us Dear God, we love you. Help us to remember that you love us all,

Recognize value in themselves and others as children of God. Recognize value in themselves and Know they are interwoven members of the body of Christ. Commit to nurture their camp community. Puzzling Pictures Tag Rainbow Hands and Feet Under Over, Out, In, It to Guess Minute Up Again Tangled TITLE Up Tangled Today, campers will… campers Today, • We can learn about the gifts we have from others who share their gifts with us. can learn about the gifts we have from others who We • • • Experience to love each other. Amen. to love each other. Scripture Passage: Theological Summary: Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. Now you are the body of Christ and 1 Corinthians 12:27 Scripture Focus: Prayer: Leader Notes: and this is a chance to remind them that God loves all, and wants feel important, campers often don’t out for campers trying to isolate others or to only be with those they Watch everyone to be a community. know. PLAY Rainbow Tag Tag Rainbow go Playing together helps relationships Why: faster. deeper, Supplies: Rainbow colors of yarn or embroidery floss to tie Each camper is given a color of yarn How: campers than around their wrist. If you have more but make sure colors, it is okay to “double up,” campers to there are multiple colors. Challenge form groups that have at least one of each color as quickly as they can without talking. Remind them that everyone has to be in a group. Ask them to sit when their group is complete. When all finish, congratulate them on including everyone in the Next, ask campers to stand up and mix body. Step back a ways from the campers and together. Ask everyone run in that color to call out a color. to you. Explain that these campers will welcome the next color you call and bring them to the space where you are standing. The first group then runs and finds the next color you call. For example, if blue was the color called forward, and you call red next, the blue group members must go get red members and bring them back holding hands or linking arms. They stay connected and In preparation, cut the picture into rectangle into rectangle picture cut the In preparation, How: the scripture Revisit for each camper. pieces, one verse. Remind the focus and especially for the day, think about ourselves, “If we only the campers: Give wants us to do.” miss what God we might at. the picture to look one piece of each camper their piece with others, invite Before they share they think the whole picture them to guess what good guess, but don’t Affirm that it is a will show. have guessed, campers When all reveal the answer. pictures with the group to can all share their of a lake scene. Remind them: reveal the pieces picture, sometimes think we see the whole “We it takes everybut we forget that little piece.” the pieces to the poster board Invite them to glue Allow to form the scene, and color the picture. to make their campers to add details they want scene larger and more complete. could Instead of the provided image, you BTW: learn the use pictures of camp to help campers with grounds. A puzzle could also be substituted, of a simple each child receiving one or two pieces puzzle.

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PLAY LEARN Daily Activities Daily Large piece of paper, ”Scenes from a Large piece of paper, You could also use a parachute or have You and explain that it is the idea that ubuntu, and explain that it is the idea that

40 InsideOut: Lake” handout to color (from page 43), crayons, glue sticks Supplies: Supplies: Puzzling Pictures Campers will learn that they are an Why: important piece, but just one piece, of the body of Bible theme. the main Christ. This helps reinforce everyone’s hands on a large ball. These could even hands on a large ball. These could everyone’s be different variations on the same experience, actions letting kids feel the impact of one person’s on others connected. If there is a wooded area near you, consider having campers stand with bigger trees between them, but connecting all by the yarn. They might not be able to see who pulls the yarn, but they can still feel it. BTW: we are all doing life together. Roll the ball of yarn Roll the ball of we are all doing life together. on to the end. That while holding to one camper, yarn loosely, camper says their name, holds the still holding and rolls it to another camper while campers have onto the yarn. Continue until all Explain that, yarn, loosely held, in their hand. or across the though we might be across the circle Gently pull yarn world, what we do affects others. and ask who felt it. (Almost everyone should feel have them pull it.) Call out campers’ names and felt it. Allow the yarn toward themselves. See who each camper to have a turn, varying how (hard, etc.) the yarn is pulled. soft, lift high/low, Form a circle and read 1 Corinthians and read Form a circle How: about the idea that every part of 12:1–27. Talk (Eyes see, ears body has a special purpose. one’s our feet etc.) Explain: “If we close our eyes, hear, into things. can still walk, but we might bump the best Just like the parts of our bodies work family works God’s when they work together, Introduce the best when we work together too!” word Yarn ball, Bible Supplies: Yarn Tangled Up Tangled to remind campers: This activity is intended Why: to remember we are ourselves, “God wants us all body of Christ.” but also part of the

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Consider using contact paper to make Consider using contact paper to make Beforehand, on half the strips, write general The parts of the body can do things together

Guess It to Minute Why: that one part cannot do alone. Each part of the body of Christ does things better together as well. Members do these things to show their love for God. strips of 1-inch x 5-inch paper per Supplies: Two container to hold strips, pens camper, How: activities that require two or more body parts to work together (e.g.: eating popcorn, calling on a phone, eating a meal, kicking a ball, singing One sheet of construction paper per paper construction sheet of One Supplies: per paper strips (eight construction camper, or tape, crayons in a variety of colors, camper) scissors markers, “base” for each prepare the Beforehand, How: 1-inch slits on the long edge camper by cutting just 1 inch below top edge. Cut of paper stopping of paper that are the full enough 1-inch strips so that each camper has eight length of the paper strips. way the “base” moves when Show the flimsy of the scripture that Remind the campers empty. the body of Christ, and it takes says all are part of to make the body strong. Give each of member of eight strips. each camper a “base,” and a pile on each of Ask each camper to write their name base. Have their strips, and somewhere on their surface and campers lay all their bases on a flat strips up and ask campers to weave one of their of the paper down through the slits on the edge Campers now (over and under) into their base. their strips. move to the base on their left, with strip. Proceed At each base, they weave in a name campers around until all bases are filled. Help then show tape the ends to finish their project, everyone how much stronger it is. Explain that practice ubuntu. the paper is like them when they BTW: These could placemats out of the finished project. could home. You be used at a camp meal or taken into one also use tape to connect all the weavings the camp to see. larger piece of art and hang it for InsideOut: LEARN

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This could be set up in stations and run as This game could be played in parts and could be played This game Working in pairs, campers will complete Working

When we work as the body of Christ, all are Why: included, and creation is amazing. In, Out, Over, Under Over, Out, In, an all-camp activity, or you could travel to various an all-camp activity, places in camp as you continue to get to know the grounds. If supplies are limited, consider setting up stations that campers rotate to with their so they reuse most of the supplies. partner, BTW: The tasks are: (1) toss ping pong balls into bucket The tasks are: (1) toss ping pong balls held by partner; (2) wrap a string around an inflated balloon; (3) move soccer ball together to designated goal; (4) pop a balloon; (5) squish a water balloon. Make sure you stop each task before frustration can set in, if necessary. How: but only five tasks using the materials provided, up campers, using the body parts assigned. Pair for each and give each pair the materials needed 1 and 2 using task. First, each pair will do tasks only their hands, then try to do tasks 1 and 2 a minute to talk about with only their feet. Take with Now have them do task 3 which was easier. and their one camper only using their hands, this task, spend partner only using their feet. After to work as a a few minutes talking about how invite Finally, team when you have different gifts. as possible, them to do tasks 4 and 5 as quickly each has. considering the gifts (hands or feet) Ping pong balls, goal markers, towels Supplies: Ping pong balls, goal markers, towels string, (one per pair of campers: plastic bucket, water balloon) soccer ball, inflated small balloon, Hands and Feet Hands and Feet that each of us is a Help campers remember Why: all do all of Christ, but we can’t part of the body things. during small break times. Also, if yarn isn’t times. Also, if yarn isn’t during small break available, try using color of clothes or shoes. just use non-permanent markers to Or you can even hand. each camper’s make a mark on BTW: together go to find the next color called. Repeat Repeat called. next color find the go to together until everyone If you have in a group. is included two to form a team of colors, they can duplicate begin. video that talks about the video that talks about Story Resources If yarn isn’t available, you can use a ball to you can use a ball available, If yarn isn’t

1984). Neighbor? (Big Idea Entertainment, A short VeggieTales possess. Junior Asparagus different gifts people must help the U.S.S. Applepies when the ship It ends up that two of the “new loses power. the ship. guys” have the skill needed to save video. The This is one of two episodes on the the good other one would be applicable to Samaritan story. 2017). A picture book (Sparkhouse Family, of Christ describing how a boy sees the body throughout his everyday life. The book is set in It helps young campers connect ideas the city. with concrete examples. Beautiful pictures and 2017). (WaterBrook, made them rhymes assure children that God take the next unique and beautiful. Doesn’t reminder step to connectedness, but is a great about how special each child is. God for helping them to be parts of the body of body of the to be parts them for helping God Christ. BTW: their join hands and lift have campers roll. Then the for making all as you thank God hands up the body of Christ. campers parts of on Are You My Must Be Crazy,” ”The Gourds Grant Jennifer by Too, That Is Like God Maybe Turner Paul Matthew by You, When God Made

PRAY If you are worried about the second round If you are worried about the second

42 InsideOut: Sit in a circle with the campers. Roll the with the campers. Roll Sit in a circle How: yarn to a camper (while holding on to the end), thanking God for that camper by name and mentioning something that they bring to the body of Christ (e.g.: “Thank you God for Susie, and her friendliness”). Ask the camper to hold onto the yarn, but roll the ball back to you. Have all the campers hold Repeat for each camper. up the yarn and say a prayer after you, thanking Yarn ball Supplies: Yarn Tangled Up Again Tangled This activity is intended to help the campers Why: experience praying for one another. being too easy, try switching papers with another being too easy, in half, could also divide your group group. You the body and have one group brainstorm things of the group of Christ does that the other half or could also have them draw, will act out. You than using create their clues out of Legos rather charades. BTW: Remind campers of the scripture story, and how and how story, campers of the scripture Remind one of and each all parts of the body, they are used with someone a gift that can be them has for God. Give gift to do amazing things else’s minute to act out one of the each camper one tries to guess. When all slips while the group a turn, move on to the things campers have had Christ can do. Brainstorm ideas that the body of ideas on the remaining with campers, writing talking about what gifts blank slips of paper, to do the tasks (e.g.: feeding the would be needed hungry—need good at cooking, but also people may need others). You people good at welcoming them think to prompt them to get answers. Have may do, or about missions their home church as building be prepared to suggest activities such children, houses, feeding people, caring for this time have praying, etc. Repeat the game, but or threes. Reflect the children do the tasks in pairs you think we on the activity by asking, “Why do think the body used pairs this time? Why do you of Christ does the things they do?” a song, building a block tower, brushing teeth, teeth, brushing tower, a block building a song, other half blank. a dog). Leave the walking

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InsideOut: Puzzling Pictures Puzzling YOUNGER CHILDREN YOUNGER Make a mosaic out of torn paper Students must work together to race equal “conflict” “Different” doesn’t Science teaches shalom Build a prayer station Looking at things differently Pray about working together DESCRIPTION

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Day 3: Shalom Shalom 3: Day CREATE PLAY PLAY CREATE CREATE Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily SERVE PRAY LEARN LEARN LEARN LEARN PRAY LEARN PLAY TYPE Genesis 27:1–26

Young campers have probably not heard this story before. You will need to tell the “before” campers have probably not heard this story before. You Young

shalom, peace, with everyone. Dear God, thank you for loving us. Thank you for always being with us, and for helping us to Dear God, thank you for loving us. Thank you for always being with

Understand that conflict happens in all communities. Understand that conflict happens can lead to brokenness. Acknowledge the truth that conflict to shalom. Learn that they can move from brokenness and happens over time. Understand that peace requires effort Peaceful Picture Peaceful TITLE Sharing Race Sit Down Stand Up, Ooh! Oobleck! Shalom Space Puzzles Peace Prayers Passing remember 44 InsideOut: Today, campers will… campers Today, • • • • Jacob and Esau’s conflict leads to a total breakup of the family. It reminds us how conflict leads to a total breakup of the family. Theological Summary: Jacob and Esau’s with magic happen much we all have to work for peace. Peace doesn’t destructive conflict can be, and how words, but by working on our relationships. Scripture Passage: Genesis 27:18b Scripture Focus: you, my son?” He [Isaac] said, “Here I am; who are Prayer: Leader Notes: for campers to and it is important The scripture passage is just one part of this conflict story, and “after.” 26 and also in Chapter 32. see the end. Make sure you are familiar with both the events in Chapter

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none This game could be played in a swimming You could make this activity a nature hike could make this activity You Campers learn that differences are not the Campers learn that differences are

pool, with a great conversation afterward about how sometimes people are just too tired to have a different opinion from others. Disagreeing just worth swimming across the pool one more isn’t time. For a more mature group, this might allow a conversation about the conflict that happens when people pretend to agree but are not happy about it. Stand Up, Sit Down Sit Down Stand Up, Why: same as conflict. Supplies: in This is a common camp game played How: and will call out two things an open space. You like more and campers must choose which they side of the show their choice by going to one Then they will listen for the space or another. or next pair of words (for example: chocolate or ocean; dogs or vanilla ice cream; swim in a pool campers to can invite You cats; math or reading). campers that make up some of their own. Remind just because they liked something different from mean that the two of them someone else doesn’t have to have conflict over it. Ask the campers: “How can we show others that we respect their different opinions and choices?” BTW: hand it or toss it to their teammates. If you play If you play teammates. it to their it or toss hand everyonein threes, everytouch it once in must each team can reach See how fast four tosses. you this more difficult make line. To the finish team beanbag send the any drop of the can have a coordinated group steps, or with back a few can even make them start over. of campers, you Afterward, some time talking about how spend creates conflict, and how time- the desire to win pressures change the way we treat limits and other campers how they can keep other people. Ask under pressure. from getting upset BTW: or try with trees and other things it in the woods more difficult. Consider doing it making the task secret messages in a really pretty place or hiding the way, (about a hidden snack, maybe) along Have a and see if they notice while competing. competition. conversation about priorities and

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PLAY LEARN Daily Activities Daily You could make this a group project by You Divide campers into teams of two or three, Campers learn about working together and give each team one bean bag. Have the teams line up at a starting line. Explain that no one can move while holding a beanbag. Campers can How: How: Supplies: One beanbag (or other small item to toss) for every something to two or three campers, mark a beginning and ending line through conflict. Why: Why: Sharing Race BTW: BTW: picture and creating a larger copy of the dove fill in the having the group work together to all-camp project image. Consider doing this as an and having by dividing the image into pieces puzzle. each group fill in a piece of the larger Afterward, campers could talk about the role each of them can play in helping create shalom in the world. Give campers a copy of the “Peaceful Give campers a How: Read the introduction to the Picture” handout. read Genesis then Jacob and Esau story together, eventually, 27:1–30. Explain to the campers that had worked in both their God many years later, took a long hearts to solve the conflict, but it time. Introduce the word shalom and explain of shalom. that a dove is a traditional symbol and glue to Invite campers to use pieces of paper write their decorate the dove. Campers should glue on the paper name on the back first, then put applying (within the outline of the dove) before could be a the ripped pieces to the dove. This about conflicts good time for casual conversation and how they have had with family members, friends. they make peace with siblings or Copy of “Peaceful Picture” handout Supplies: Copy of “Peaceful of ripped up pieces camper, (page 48) for each glue, pencils paper or magazines, Peaceful Picture Picture Peaceful that Introduce shalom, and remind campers Why: God can heal conflict. CREATE

LEARN Consider doing this with only a few This might be an all-camp project, using be an all-camp This might

a shelter area, or easy-up canopy. Campers from Campers canopy. area, or easy-up a shelter could contribute their items to different groups space. If you do this, make a table or designated campers to visit (in sight of sure it is safe for but distinct enough that it adults at all times) by foot traffic around camp. be disturbed won’t Puzzles Peace help campers remember This activity should Why: in different ways can help that looking at things solve conflict. Supplies: Paper (one sheet per camper), markers (one per camper), flat surface a sheet of Give each camper a marker and How: Campers will create a drawing on their paper. be doing all the drawing. only they won’t paper, campers what they will be drawing (car, Tell explain that elephant, horse, house, etc.) and that would each camper should make one shape the paper to start the drawing. Then they hand shape, and the next person, who adds one more each circle, so on. As the papers go around the When they camper adds one thing to the drawing. one looks most have all gone around, see which we all have like the original idea. Explain that be and look, different ideas of how things should our ideas. Ask but sometimes we have to adjust can happen campers to reflect on how conflict at problems from stop to look when people don’t or get upset about things of view, point another’s not fitting what they expect. BTW: campers adding shapes to the picture (so the pictures are only half-finished), then trading picture sets with a totally different group. After groups what tell the new campers’ the trade, don’t the picture is supposed to be, but continue the process of adding one shape and passing it on. Afterward, creators return pictures to the original and see how the completed pieces match up with their original intent. of shalom the remembering and by them, / with . be bringers of shalom us, Lord, to Jesus. / Help Amen.” BTW:

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PRAY LEARN Cornstarch (2 cups per batch created), (2 cups per batch Cornstarch You can add food coloring if desired. Don’t can add food coloring if desired. Don’t You Explain that in the Bible story today, Bible storyExplain that in the today, Campers will explore how harsh responses harsh responses will explore how Campers 46 InsideOut: Ask campers to gather materials (eight Ask campers to gather materials How: around items) they find on the ground from sure they camp (stones, leaves, sticks—making pick or break off anything still alive) and don’t choose a space out of the main traffic ways that is accessible to all campers. Campers will use these materials to make a prayer area that they can visit during camp. Explain: “When we have conflict, when there is no shalom, we should first turn to God in prayer to help us find ways to bring back the peace.” Share the following prayer with campers, and as you pray a phrase, invite the campers to come and each place one of their items in the prayer area. (Where there is a “slash,” that is when they place items on the area, and once more at the very end.) “Dear God, we love you. / Help us to show our love for you / and for each other / by listening to each other when we / disagree, / by not always wanting our own way, but, by helping other people instead of fighting Nature items (eight items per camper), Supplies: Nature items (eight items per camper), area for prayer station Introduce prayer as a good way to approach Introduce prayer as a good way to Why: conflict. Shalom Space BTW: BTW: to adjust may need pour Oobleck down sinks. You mixture, but do so in small amounts. Supplies: Supplies: How: easy to solve because both people conflict wasn’t Mix together 1-part water to were hardheaded. in a bowl. Demonstrate 1.5 to 2 parts cornstarch the resulting mixture with that when you strike When you are gentle it acts like a solid. force, it flows like a liquid. That and creative, though, us to respond to conflict: to be is how God wants Give together. creative and look for ways to work a bowl and each group of three to four children create and play the ingredients and allow them to with the oobleck. Why: Why: conflict. can create batch created), large bowls, water (1 cup per spoons, paper towels measuring cups, Ooh, Oobleck Oobleck Ooh,

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Story Resources A children’s storybook A children’s 2015). House, (Random shalom is in Israel, how, with examples of and, most “Hello,” “Goodbye,” used to say, “Peace.” importantly, . Short Club (https://youtu.be/hGs1WfRKIoM) storyvideo that tells the of Jacob and Esau and tells about them later from the beginning, not in detail. reconciling, just .Animated story about youtu.be/sl6IrTPo5LY) life after leaving home. Good overview, Jacob’s is verybut animation of Bible characters Eurocentric. by Leslie A. Kimmelman Leslie A. by Shalom, Says Everybody Kids’ Crossroads and Esau.” “Jacob Story, God’s The (https:// Tales Holy “Jacob Makes Amends,” InsideOut: PLAY

PRAY of camper ball is being rolled to).” Do this all of camper ball is being rolled You could up the degree of difficulty on the could up the degree of difficulty on You BTW: campers, game to create some frustration among they treat allowing a conversation about how others, even when they are trying to be a team. work well in a This is another activity that could of passing swimming pool, with added challenges or keeping it from getting the ball under water, wet. Campers should be in a circle. The group be in a circle. Campers should How: to pass the ball around the will work together the method you name. The goal only using circle get the ball all around the circle of the game is to dropping it, or without either without anyone First round: hands; the circle. it going outside of third round: elbows. Campers second round: feet; each other and encourage each must work with Jacob and campers that work. Tell other to make it less if they had conflict would have been Esau’s end by sitting worked together too. Pray at the to each other, and rolling the ball in the circle “Shalom with the camper rolling the ball saying, (name until everyone has received the around the circle, ball, and shalom. End with a prayer that you will ways to solve problems, not always seek God’s your ways. Beach ball Beach ball Supplies: Campers will discover that playing and will discover that Campers Why: with conflicts. together can help praying Passing Prayers Prayers Passing

Peaceful Picture Peaceful Twins Jacob and Esau have been fighting since the day they were born. They grew up in a the day they were born. They grew and Esau have been fighting since Jacob Twins like They didn’t , which means “peace.” others with the word shalom family that welcomed they see why way was the best. They didn’t and each one thought that their the same things, up his part of the things they even tricked Esau into giving One-day Jacob should act better. can storyshared. Our Bible We things got between the brothers. today shows how terrible two brothers the the family apart. Later, to see how their conflict tore read Genesis 27:1-30 things something beautiful, even when us that God can help us make made peace, reminding feel torn apart. picture of of paper to make this dove a beautiful of shalom. Use torn pieces A dove is a symbol peace. A Peaceful Picture A Peaceful 48 InsideOut:

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An unexpected picture help and serve others We Attitude-based relay Praying for others Reminder to be humble God loves it when we connect each other remind us of agape Circles DESCRIPTION InsideOut: DAILY ACTIVITIES DAILY Day 4: Agape Agape 4: Day CREATE CREATE CREATE Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily CREATE LEARN LEARN PLAY PLAY PLAY PRAY LEARN PLAY LEARN TYPE John 13:1–17

—God’s great love for us. agape—God’s Loving God, you came here to show us love—not just a little love, but a great big love, bigger than Loving God, you came here to show us love—not just a little love,

Come to believe God’s peace with us can be seen in Jesus’ sacrificial love. peace with us can be seen Come to believe God’s Come to follow Jesus as humble servant. TITLE What a Relief! Helping Hands Do the Impossible a HeartHave Stencil Serving It Up Match of Love Circle

we can imagine. Help us to show your love in a great big world by being willing to servewe can imagine. Help us to show your love in a great big world by others. Scripture Passage: • Today, campers will… campers Today, • Discover • Theological Summary: forgiven and loved, and Jesus sets the example God wants us to know that we are sets Setting power aside to show love and grace is the example Jesus for how to show such love to others. in washing the disciples’ feet. John 13:1b Scripture Focus: the world, he loved them to the end. Having loved his own who were in Prayer: This day might be hard as campers are getting tired and might be getting a little homesick. This day might be hard as campers are getting tired and might be Leader Notes: love is both big and small. God loves all of them, and each of them individually. Remind them that God’s LEARN

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You could try other games or this with You could also do this with camp staff You Show the power love and support can have Show the power love and support work together to keep some balls bouncing. While While bouncing. some balls to keep together work and invent out names of campers call you play, out. for them to act they need help, some way “Miles one hand,” or, “Ellie only has For example: guide, can step in and The two helpers see.” can’t letting Play a few times, or offer a hand. support, be the helpers. Afterward,different campers talk the campers to help others in about how God calls puts special people in their need, and sometimes lives to help them. BTW: be done at a meal. Imagine sports. It could even trying at a table when suddenly someone to eat could be done in one group talk or see. This can’t the day. setting, or throughout Do the Impossible Why: when others are struggling. cubes ice Supplies: Toothpicks, are welcome to come up with your own You How: but a simple version difficult task for this activity, cubes from one is having two teams transport ice team gets place to another as a relay race. Each to balance an 2 toothpicks, and must use them they cannot ice cube. Be clear in the rules that they leave touch the ice with their bodies once the ice, the start line. Any time a team drops Tell race over. they must come back and start the them the job of those not carrying ice is to cheer team. Explain the others on and encourage their they can only that there are two secret rules that rule is that discover by playing. The first secret words of encouragement override the “start over” rule, meaning campers can pick up the ice and start from where they dropped it, if is offering them encouragement. The second secret rule is that words of frustration cause their teammate(s) to start over at any point, just as if they had dropped or touched the ice. Enforce these rules as campers race. After the race, ask what the secret rules were, and discuss how they treat other people. Remind the campers: “God always cheers for us, even when we mess up.” BTW: running the race, or by doing some other silly task that might be embarrassing for campers. As in the game, the behavior of the campers supporting

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50 InsideOut: Remind campers that life can be hard How: sometimes, and everyone sometimes. needs help Set up a parachute game, with all but two campers holding on. The other two campers should be ready to jump in and help as needed. Campers hold the edges of the parachute as leader throws balls into the middle of it. Campers then start a gentle wave of the parachute. Campers will try to Supplies: Parachute (or large sheet), 6–12 balls (ping pong or soft foam balls) Reminds campers that God loves them and Why: wants them to help others by serving and helping. Helping Hands and hidden under pieces of paper before campers and hidden under pieces of paper could let them guess what hidden arrive. You paper before image might be revealed on their image. If you rubbing with crayon to reveal the cut them are using large leaves, you could even combine their into letter shapes, so campers could or another images to spell agape, love, Jesus, God, word. BTW: How: How: people walked everywhere, and in sandals, so their Jesus did was What dirty. feet would get really mind doing that he didn’t unexpected, showing an unexpected the hard things for people. It was brings out the act of love. Explain that Jesus’ love things they best in people—helps people to do a piece never thought they could. Give campers to tape the leaf of paper and a leaf, then ask them have them to a table or other flat surface. Then and gently cover the leaf with the piece of paper leaf appears, rub a crayon flat against it. As the parts encourage them to look for the unexpected they can see. Leaves, tape, crayons with wrapper Supplies: Leaves, tape, crayons Bible removed, paper, What a Relief! What a example was something Show that Jesus’ Why: unexpected.

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Paper, pencils Paper, Papers could be crumpled into balls instead. the pieces you cut the pieces you cut can use the stencil or You Each camper should write their name on Each camper should write their name

out. Using the cutout pieces, have campers dab out. Using the cutout edges of the shape, then brush paint around the (about an inch) all around some paint outward heart inside the the heart. This will leave a white painted space. It Up Match part of Connecting to each other is a big Why: showing love to each other Supplies: How: Help the children to fold the a piece of paper. On the count papers into simple paper airplanes. into the of three, have them throw the airplanes (not Each camper should then find an airplane air. name is written theirs) and find the person whose person, they on the airplane. Once they find that Role other. are to say something nice about the what play this for campers, so they understand things they might say. connected with times, so that most children have at least two or three others. At the end, gather should make sure them together and explain: “We we tell people the good things we see in them so that they know they are loved.” Remind campers that God always sees the good in them, no matter what. Explain: “Agape is a word for love that reminds us that God loves us, no matter what others say or think.” BTW: Or you could have the campers write their names airplane who compliments them. on each person’s Campers could fold them up and throw again for each round. Names on their planes could become people they pray for at a special time later in the day. of fabric. Campers will spread out newspaper on out newspaper spread will Campers of fabric. out they will spread On top of that, a flat surface. put a Have them then take a stencil. their fabric, (to back of the stencil of tape on the small loop it on fabric. When place, then place keep it in into the dip a cotton swab they can this is ready, dots on the fabric all around the paint, and make starting right at the stencil’s inside of the stencil, they are finished, gently inner edge. When work and set each camper’s remove the stencils, aside to dry. BTW:

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PRAY LEARN If your group is mature enough to dig If your group is mature enough to Remind campers how Jesus showed love by show agape. Praying helps How: How: doing something his friends would never forget. Invite each camper to make a mini-towel to remind them that Jesus loves them, and that they can show that love to others. Pour paint on paper plates. Give each camper a cotton swab and piece One small piece of fabric per camper, Supplies: One small piece of fabric per camper, with heart shapes cut out, cardstock/cardboard fabric paint or acrylic paint, paper plates, tape, cotton swabs, newspaper Stencil Serving campers create a During this activity, Why: reminder of Jesus’ washing the disciples’ feet that may help them remember to serve others. BTW: BTW: comparing the acts of consider a little deeper, service of service they listed to the act Jesus his friends. performed by washing the feet of Ask the campers if their acts of service involve “sacrifice,” if sacrifice. Spend some time defining with campers needed. Spend some time talking their way, about how they might give up getting that shows love or fun time, etc., to do something to others. Campers should draw a heart on a piece Campers should How: the heart, they Assist as needed. Inside of paper. name of someone they know should write the Around the name, to pray for. whom they want they can write or draw things inside the heart, person. On the outside of the they love about that write or draw ways that they heart, they should (helping pick can show agape love to that person with them, up toys, saying nice words, playing close, pray that the people praying for them). To great love, campers wrote about will know God’s great love and that the campers will show God’s to pray for to them. Encourage your campers If possible, those people for the rest of the week. background as play soft instrumental music in the the campers draw. Paper, markers, crayons, colored pencils markers, crayons, colored pencils Supplies: Paper, Why: Why: Have a HeartHave or discouraging the participants dictates the dictates the participants or discouraging outcome. by Ben Hatke by videos that talk about videos that Set of VeggieTales Story Resources 2004). 2004). the address love. Videos forgiveness and God’s us, so we should forgive idea that God forgave and love others. A story different from everyone about being all the same. Also available else, but being loved in a video on YouTube. into A young girl moves 2015). Second, (First she invites a new place, but it is too quiet, so everyone to be a part of her new home. (Big Idea, (Big Idea, Them? Me to Forgive Wants God 1997). Max Lucado (Crossway, by are Special, You Lost Creatures, for House Julia’s

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52 InsideOut: circle strip to make it fancier. Cardstock could also Cardstock strip to make it fancier. circle This could be used, or you might laminate them. be a veryit could be turned into simple project, or a full-on craft. BTW: lots of ways.” Ask them to brainstorm some lots of ways.” Ask love. These them of God’s things that remind members, or things from can be stories, family sheet of their answers on a large Write church. see and tape it to the wall, so they can paper, Explain: “The Bible is how things are spelled. love, that remind us of God’s filled with stories show how God and has many stories of Jesus that God and us.” is always creating peace between from the list Ask each camper to pick one thing love, and give them one of reminders of God’s Explain that circles per letter in their word. circle love, because they are another reminder of God’s letter of their never end. Ask campers to put one to each then glue the circles word on each circle, of each, other by gently overlapping the edge dry, Once the circles making a long strip of circles. journal, or campers can put them in their Bible, another safe place for the trip home. How: How: Large sheet of paper, tape, six to eight tape, six of paper, Large sheet Supplies: (about 1.5 inches wide) circles construction paper markers, glue sticks per camper, Create a reminder of God’s love for each love for each reminder of God’s Create a Why: bookmark. making a Bible camper by Circle of Love of Love Circle

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Experiment in balance Picture of themselves Make a gift to give The impact they make Creating and helping Choosing to love Remembering to pray “Greatest commandment” craft DESCRIPTION InsideOut: DAILY ACTIVITIES DAILY Day 5: Heiwa 5: Day SERVE

CREATE SERVE CREATE PLAY CREATE Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily CREATE LEARN LEARN CREATE LEARN LEARN LEARN PRAY LEARN TYPE We are to love God, love others, and love ourselves. Finding the balance between are to love God, love others, and love ourselves. We

Mark 12:28–31

Mark 12:31a

Today is a short verse, not a story. This age will need context and story to help connect. Use not a story. is a short verse, Today

heiwa by practicing peace over competition. Loving God, you remind us of your great love for us by helping us to understand how we should to understand Loving God, you remind us of your great love for us by helping us

Learn that they should respect themselves as children of God. Learn that they should respect themselves Learn that every person deserves their love and respect. dependent on anything in return. Discover that love of others isn’t TITLE Finding Balance Picture This Blessing Bugs Making Waves Build the Kingdom Choose Wisely Knots Love Harmony Three-Part Today, campers will… campers Today, • all three is harder than we might think. Some people struggle to love others, while some struggle to love think. Some people struggle to love others, while some struggle to all three is harder than we might God. themselves. Both are part of loving • • • Experience love all those around us. Help us to accept your love and to show that love all around us. love all those around us. Help us to accept your love and to show Scripture Passage: Scripture Focus: Theological Summary: ”Love your neighbor as yourself.” Prayer: Leader Notes: life. real-life examples whenever possible about how this looks in day-to-day SERVE

CREATE This could be a campwide service project You could expand the activity by having could expand the activity by having You Explain: “When we give someone something Explain: “When we give someone We can show love by giving things to others We for a specific ministry. Bugs could be shared with for a specific ministry. Blessing Bugs Why: two per (2-inch diameter, Supplies: Paper circles 1 inch by 11 camper), construction paper strips tape, stickers or inches (one per camper), crayons, other decorations How: we give it to we’ve made, we love them when love each them, and they are reminded of that time they see our gift.” Then invite campers to make a “blessing bug”—a gift that will remind someone that God loves them. Have campers draw a friendly caterpillar or bug face onto one and decorate the other however they like. circle, Then have each camper take a construction paper strip and fold it accordion style (small folds back to each end. Have and forth) before taping a circle campers flatten the body so they can continue to decorate their bug or write a message, before folding it back up. Help campers to think about who they would like to give their blessing bug to. This can be at camp, or when they get home. BTW: Give each camper paper and markers markers and paper each camper Give How: a person (stick figure, them to draw and invite represent themselves. type, etc.) to gingerbread things have them write of the person, On one side baseball, (soccer, are good at doing that they they side of the figure etc.). On the other drawing, campers write things that God have drawn, have gifts of the Holy Spirit (friendly, has given them as to kind, etc.). Help each camper good listener, things on this side. Then read list at least a few “God wants scripture. Remind campers: today’s because God created us, and us to love ourselves, to remind us of all the good our pictures are there has given us inside ourselves.” things that God camper to think about how the Now invite each could be things they have listed on their picture used to love other people. BTW: the group, campers pass their pictures around camper is letting others add things that the in each other. good at doing, and gifts they see pencil can Giving each camper a different colored brighten up the project even more.

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Daily Activities Daily This can be a difficult concept for any age, This can be a difficult concept for 54 InsideOut: Paper, markers, pencils, Bible Supplies: Paper, Remember that God calls us worthy to be Why: loved and to love others Picture This BTW: BTW: heiwa even but our competitive culture makes group, you a more mature harder to discuss. With was more might dig into times that being “less” helpful. This could include kneeling down with a baby or pet, or being really quiet when someone is sad rather than saying something to cheer them up. This age group may have some great insights into when being smaller is an advantage. Just be “staying think sure to affirm them so they don’t out of the way” is the message. Tell campers they are going to do an Tell How: about heiwa. Give the experiment to learn balls or equal length sticks, campers two small to balance a series of items and challenge them them a third on them. Once they have tried, give item and let them try again. but larger, similar, replace that larger item with an equal- Finally, sized ball or stick, and let them try to balance the items. Remind campers that everyone has special gifts, but no one can do everything. Ask they could do campers if they can think of things think of a time if someone let them, or if they can they kept trying by themselves to do something help. See if the when they really needed to ask for and talk about campers can define “humility,” how to figure out when to try harder and when to together and ask ask for help. Read Mark 12:28–31 self, and loving campers how loving God, loving neighbors reminds them to be humble. Bibles, random flat items (plate, tray, items (plate, tray, Supplies: Bibles, random flat small balls or dowel-rods, book, etc.), and three and one larger one Balance Finding scripture. Learn about heiwa while exploring Why:

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game can be played again by switching Deck of cards, or numbered notecards Deck of cards, or numbered notecards For an even bigger project, combine with For an even bigger This Remind campers: “Loving God, ourselves, Remind campers: “Loving God, ourselves,

out the cards, or by having entire suits find each other (hearts, spades, etc.). Resist the temptation could easily play to make this competitive. You this game with a few groups of campers together. If you have four suits, campers could find their partner in their own group, then repeat the game divided into groups of two. Have them connect connect them two. Have groups of into divided the Then combine together. their creations find a way Have them groups of four. groups into Continue together. their creations to connect until everyone groups together to combine is love Explain: “God’s on the same project. working love and when we love God, calls us all together, amazing things our neighbor, ourselves, and love can happen.” BTW: well. Everyanother group as child should be could also do this with helping at everystage. You materials. Legos or other building Choose Wisely choice, but Choosing love is always the wise Why: sometimes we forget Supplies: How: and others includes everyone, so we have to out enough practice leaving no one out.” Pull cards for every camper in your group, making sure used. Give there are duplicates of each number job is to find each camper a playing card. Their to and then, as a pair, their matching number, put themselves work with the rest of the group to “in order.” and if they find talk, While playing, they can’t higher number a match, the someone who isn’t a match first. has to help the lower number find along the If the higher number finds their match they the two must stick with the third until way, find a match. Be sure to give a couple examples to help them grasp the rules. Once everyone has a match, they should put themselves “in order” (still not talking) and sit down. No one wins until everyone wins! Spend some time afterward talking about the challenge of helping another before finding your own match, or knowing someone stopped their task to help with yours. BTW: InsideOut: SERVE

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You might follow up this project with You Gather campers around water (a natural Gather campers around

Give each camper toothpicks and How: marshmallows. Have them work alone to build a creation in 3 minutes. Then campers should be toothpicks (at least 10 per camper) Supplies: By working and playing together, the By working and playing together, Why: campers will strengthen their community. Build the Kingdom something the group can do to create positive something the group can do to create ripples through nature. Consider making a bird or squirrel feeder out of natural ingredients. You can even talk about how the food might go to one animal, and the string you hang it on becomes and how those animals part of a nest for another, impact the camp environment. BTW: How: How: a bowl can work) and explain body is best, but a rock in do impact others. Toss that things they them watch the distance the the water and have campers that the water is ripples travel. Remind creation, and what they do to like all of God’s campers to one part affects all the parts. Invite might impact think about ways different actions start, or can give them some places to others. You For example, invite suggestions from the group. a parent stop before going to school to give “You refuse to hug a are cranky and “You a hug,” or, Ask: “How parent on your way out for school.” of positive or might each of these create ripples Ask campers negative events through the day?” good behavior, to think of times someone else’s actions. If or bad, impacted them and their ask about they struggle to come up with some, or helping experiences of sharing, apologies, a rock in the others. Invite each camper to drop do to create water and say something they can positive ripples around them. Bowl of water, small rocks Supplies: Bowl of water, Waves Making that they should love all of Remind campers Why: it respectfully. creation and treat a children’s home or adult care facility. If campers If campers facility. adult care home or a children’s bugs, be receiving the people who will know the and their messages be intentional with they can decorations. by Helen Lester (HMH, Lester (HMH, Helen by by Gabi Garcia (Take Heart (Take Gabi Garcia by This is the story of a mouse DVD containing two VeggieTales A new sloth moves into town, and no A new sloth moves into town, and Story Resources If you are using yarn, you can let campers If you are using yarn, Self-Compassion, 2017). A story of about the importance Press, compassion being kind to yourself while having for others. 2015). But soon, her. one quite knows what to make of with theirs, she shows how her gifts, combined will save their school. Sometimes, our neighbors 2009). Press, Brook look like us, but we can find lots of love don’t in the differences. each other. and an elephant that show love to A aired 1995). One deals stories about loving your neighbor. with new people in town, and the other with a retelling of the good Samaritan. the roll to the bottom if necessary. Have them Have if necessary. bottom to the the roll This roll in yet another color. clay, roll out more If you previous roll. the edge of the goes around with each can repeat this they clay, have enough work, time.. As they colors one more of the three the three parts of campers of the remind the love God, love yourself, and love commandment: their creations to air dry. neighbors. Allow BTW: represent God, themselves, and choose colors to enough colors to could also provide others. You as they wrap rows of yarn around create a rainbow just enough glue to help it stick.. a paper cup with A Story and of Kindness Listening with My Heart: the Sloths, Score One for Schwartz (Roaring Amy by Hercules, and Tiny originally 2006, (Big Idea, My Neighbor? You Are

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PRAY LEARN campers should Beads strung on the yarn could be used Beads strung on the yarn could be Working on paper plates, Working Read the scripture again. Remind campers: Read the scripture

56 InsideOut: How: Three colors of air-drying clay, paper Supplies: Three colors of air-drying clay, plates, toothpicks (or: yarn, glue, and paper cups) All three parts of the commandment are Why: important Three-Part Harmony Harmony Three-Part each take a piece of clay and form a small, flat have them On the top side of the circle, circle. use a toothpick to scratch their initials. Using a they should make a long different colored clay, roll, they will wind it gently that thin roll. Taking them pinch Have around the edge of the circle. BTW: BTW: choose colors instead of the knots. Campers could their to represent particular people or causes Encourage “neighbors” in the world are facing. will be praying campers to name people who they for. How: How: we show our love to God, and “One of the ways and our neighbors, is to our love of ourselves yarn, campers should make a their Taking pray.” the yarn. This knot reminds knot at the end of they should them to always start with God. Now They can make three more knots in the yarn. These knots make them close together or far apart. their remind them to pray for their neighbors, touch each families, and themselves. When they one of those. of these knots, they should pray for make another At the end of the yarn, have them they begin and knot. That is to remind them that lead the end with God. Using the prayer yarn, who God is; children in prayer: “Thank God for our families, and let us pray for our neighbors, for listening to ourselves.” Then thank God again your prayers. Bible, yarn cut in 12-inch lengths (one Supplies: Bible, yarn cut in per camper) Sometimes we might forget to pray for our to pray for our we might forget Sometimes Why: These knots will remind neighbors and ourselves. us. Love Knots Knots Love finding their matching partners from another another from partners matching their finding group.

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Game to teach cooperative helping Learning the qualities of a helper Look at things in different ways A cooperative game Reminder of ways to help Charade game about helping Create individual bags to retell story DESCRIPTION InsideOut: DAILY ACTIVITIES DAILY , putting love into action. ® PRAY SERVE PLAY CREATE Day 6: Sí Se Puede Sí Se 6: Day

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Luke 10:37b Sí se puede

Loving God, thank you for loving us. Help us to always try to show your love and to do good in

Hear God’s call to work together to do good in the world. Hear God’s them to take risks as peacemakers. body empowers Discover that being a part of Christ’s Learn the importance of sí se puede Word Wisdom Word Perspective Pesky Tag Team Helping Hands Act It Out TITLE Story Sack Partner Pick Up Pick Partner Leader Notes: the world, even when it is hard. • • Scripture Passage: Today, campers will… campers Today, • Taking the next step in serving others requires us to name our biases and take some Theological Summary: Taking if we want to make change, and just working with have to work with those who are different risks. We others will change us as well. Scripture Focus: .” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise Prayer: meaning of being risk takers for peace, but can understand helping others without getting anything in meaning of being risk takers for peace, but can understand helping to help or not, but relate best when return. They are starting to see they can make independent decisions like each may need to explain the Samaritan/Jewish issue. “They didn’t they have concrete examples. You other at all,” would probably be sufficient.

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Story bag (from “Story Sack” activity) or You can up the difficulty of the task by can up the difficulty You Lists from multiple groups could be Retell the storySamaritan—use a of the good

Perspective Pesky Help children to see that they can help Why: and near to them. those far away, Supplies: Binoculars and magnifying glasses (at least two of each per group), variety of objects (leaves, stones) Remind the campers that Jesus told the story How: of the good Samaritan to help people look at a supposed They weren’t situation very differently. to just help the people they liked, but to treat group the other type of item. Those holding Those holding of item. type the other group still, or can march can either stand the buckets on area (depending edge of the play around the the The campers in of your group). age/ability one their type of item must pick up other groups each a different bucket and bring it to at a time only against themselves. time. They are competing fast can they go? How might ask them: “How You faster? What would happen if can they do it even to pick up?” want one group didn’t BTW: different “picking up” having campers assigned hands. abilities holding Wisdom Word that Pray for the character traits or actions Why: God desires Supplies: marker Bible, large piece of paper, How: Ask the children to story bag if you used it earlier. and that story, say aloud words that describe the on responses describe the good Samaritan. Write a large piece of paper that everyone can see. Help traits or them to pick out the words that describe or to be. Pray actions God wants them to follow using a call and response. to be Leader: “The good Samaritan shows us how (words from your list).” your “Lord, help us to be (words from Campers: list).” BTW: combined, and then read together as a litany for worship. Campers could read the first part, with counselors saying the response.

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LEARN Daily Activities Daily Campers can use the bag to retell the storyCampers can use the bag to retell 58 InsideOut: Show campers the boundaries of the play How: area. Spread the ping pong balls and cotton balls over the area. Divide campers into three groups. One group can only hold the buckets. One group can only pick up one type of item, and the other Supplies: Buckets, four/group; cotton balls, ping pong balls (or similar), about 50 of each or more. Partner Pick Up Pick Partner Campers learn that everyone can help. Why: BTW: BTW: You or at the end of the day. throughout the day, could use pictures for everything, or small wooden pegs for the people. A mask shape could be used for the robbers. Gather campers in a circle. Bring out a in a circle. Gather campers How: “story Then show them where the story bag.” read the is in the Bible. Have another counselor story or be able to tell it while you are pulling out piece as it Bring out each the pieces of the story. and First, the brown fabric relates to the story. for the traveler the rock (the road). Then a figure the coin person. Then two figures for the robbers, the and two other figures for shape for money, a figure for the priest and Levite. Then bring out shape, and Samaritan, the bandage, the donkey ask the story, the heart shape. After telling the tryingcampers what they think Jesus was to say. What do you Ask, “How did the Samaritan help? Samaritan? think the man thought about the discussing the What would you have done?” After The campers hand out a bag to each camper. story, people as they should color in the paper parts (the coin shape, heart imagine they looked, donkey, other pieces shape) and then put those and the back in their bag. Bible; for each camper: one paper bag Supplies: Bible; for each camper: figure paper shapes and containing six human rock, a piece of brown paper, one donkey shape, of gauze bandage, coin shape, bandage or piece heart shape Story Sack Story Sack Learn the story tell it to others. to Why:

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You could switch papers with a totally You This could also be adapted into a prayer This could also be adapted into a

different group as well, and you could continue to when you have five play this throughout the day, minutes or more when you are waiting (between activities, etc.). Act It Out assist their Brainstorming ways campers can Why: step to hands- peers can help them take the next on service. pencils, paper bags Supplies: Slips of paper, Divide campers into two groups. Have How: the groups think of as many ways as they can They should that people can help each other. be actions, going beyond “be nice.” Suggestions might be: they could play with a younger child, etc. help pick up toys, help someone cook dinner, Each Each group writes these on slips of paper. group then puts their slips into a bag, and then chooses one to act out, without words, for the other group. Repeat, alternating groups, as often as desired. BTW: Paper, pen or pencil pen Paper, Supplies: and a pen or pencil, camper paper Give each How: campers hand. Remind them to trace one then ask they might be people of their neighbors that some or know in other to school with, or go live near, different ways that they could ways. Brainstorm up your hand, wriggle your help others. Holding write on their thumb one way thumb. Have them Continue with each family. they could help their pointer finger—how they can finger as follows: or pastor; tallboy—how they help their teachers in their town; ring finger— can help the people those who are sick, scared, or how they can help they can do to help someone sad; pinky—what Once they are done, invite smaller than them. and ask the those willing to share their work like to servegroup if there are others they would They can who did not come up in the activity. write those in the palm of the hand. BTW: have as campers pray for the people they activity, could also do a five-word sentence listed. You saying, “God, prayer that they repeat a few times, wiggle a help me help others.” Campers could close their hand finger for each word, or open and word. one finger at a time, as they say each InsideOut: PLAY SERVE

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Any group tag game could be used. “Sharks Any far and near objects will work. If you Any far and near objects will work. Pick two campers to be “It.” They must Pick two campers to be “It.” They Campers create a reminder of all the ways

Why: Why: they can help others. Helping Hands and Minnows” could be played as well. BTW: How: How: hold hands while they chase and tag the other campers. When they tag someone, that camper must join hands with one of them as well. When there is an even number of “It” people, they can then break off into sets of no less than two, but The game is finished always an even number. about how the when everyone is part of a set. Talk teams had to work together to help each other tag people. Area for playing with boundaries Supplies: Area for playing with boundaries marked Team Tag Tag Team Cooperation through play is important. Why: don’t have access to binoculars, have the children don’t with their make them by making an “o” shape Instead of hands to look at a not-near object. focus on a magnifying glass, campers could such as an something small that goes unnoticed, ant hill, or the bud of a flower. BTW: as their neighbor. Pick out a tree or object or object out a tree Pick everyone neighbor. as their which campers choose Have the in the distance. “What worked to look at it. Ask, tool to use Ask, with a small object. do the same best?” Now wants Continue: “God tool worked best?” “Which the right tool—so, sure we are using us to make we have to stop and think of if we want to help, When we use the binoculars the best way to help. can we see? [leaves, bird, to see the trees, what we can see things far away, etc..] So even if we are or a we help our church about the tree. When using like that’s far away, charity help someone what do we see when we use our binoculars. Now on our objects we have right the magnifying glass help those around us. like when we here? That’s can do that can see the little things that we We around can help—such as being kind to those What else?” us, helping our mom or dad, and… they can do Invite campers to think of ways that good in the world around them.

(Holiday (Holiday by Eric Carle (Simon by DVD containing two DVD containing VeggieTales by Page McBrier (Aladdin, 2004). McBrier (Aladdin, Page by Story Resources Story Resources A aired 1995). one being a version of stories—the second storythe good Samaritan retold in a fun and creative way must find a 1991). The hermit crab Schuster, verynew shell and is brave. Along the way, and each time a new he finds new friends, community is created. The story helped by people of how Beatrice was and how the gift of a goat know, she didn’t helped her to go to school. This is the storyold of how the 2004). House, the young cat defeats the heartless rats when a story about being wise, and cats fail. It’s a It’s patient, and not resorting to violence. a new helping campers to see in funny story, way. 60 InsideOut: Hermit Crab, A House for Goat, Beatrice’s Cats, byThree Samurai Eric Kimmel (Big Idea, 2006, originally originally 2006, Neighbor? (Big Idea, My You Are

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Make a camp lei Saying goodbye key words Play a game that reviews the week’s Pray for peaceful hearts Share a gift with others DESCRIPTION InsideOut: DAILY ACTIVITIES DAILY Day 7: Aloha Aloha 7: Day SERVE

Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily LEARN CREATE LEARN PLAY PRAY CREATE TYPE John 14:25–27

John 14:27

Loving God, thank you for this week. Thank you for giving us the Holy Spirit, who is always with Loving God, thank you for this week. Thank you for giving us the Learn that Jesus’ peace is with them now and always. Learn that Jesus’ peace is with them help them with their fears as they walk the way of peace at home Come to know that Jesus’ peace will and in the world. Aloha Again TITLE Later Dude Spaces Trading Prayer Peaceful Place Peace Scripture Passage: Scripture Focus: will… campers Today, • • Theological Summary: even though he is leaving, he will send the Holy Jesus is reassuring his friends that Spirit, which will be with them always. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your “Peace I leave with you; my peace them be afraid.” hearts be troubled, and do not let Prayer: Prayer: inside of us so that love you. Help us to listen to your voice us, like a friend who will never leave us. We we can do the things you want us to do. There is no narrative story in today’s scripture, which means the campers may have trouble There is no narrative story in today’s Leader Notes: at work in the world, and also talk grasping the idea of a Holy Spirit. Help them to see the Holy Spirit about what they might feel through the Holy Spirit. PRAY LEARN PLAY ) before starting. ® Paper, markers Paper,

everyone runs to find another place. You might want to keep aloha as You Instead of just writing down the campers’ Instead of just writing

BTW: shouts “unassigned” so that anytime someone “aloha,” this leads to the parachute falling on Usually, everyone, can lift the but occasionally a group parachute up high enough and get a few people back in place to catch edges. Peaceful Prayer Prayer Peaceful Help campers develop the habit of praying Why: for peace. Supplies: Have the campers draw a heart on a piece of How: Inside the heart, have them write ways that paper. they will show peace when they go home. Close with a prayer asking the Holy Spirit to help them show peace always. can come up with to say goodbye, and then and say goodbye, with to come up can about which Talk they are different. discuss how After be best for camp. goodbye might ways to say read goodbye phrases, have shared their campers campers how Jesus’ and ask the John 14:25–27 compares to theirs. goodbye BTW: could have them act them out, suggestions, you If different ways to each other. saying goodbye in you could before the activity, you have some time for “goodbye” in different print out the words with the campers. languages to share Spaces Trading themes by focusing on Review the week’s Why: the daily words. Supplies: Parachute or sheet the Have the campers gather around How: of the daily parachute. Assign each camper one camper may themes from camp. More than one be given the same theme, but try to make sure all campers to take the daily themes are used. Invite If a camper has turns calling out two daily themes. they should been assigned one of these themes, places with run under the parachute and switch themes. another camper who has one of those the daily may need to remind the campers of You themes from each day (aloha, ubuntu, shalom, agape, heiwa, sí se puede

LEARN CREATE Daily Activities Daily Construction paper strips 1 inch by 12 Construction paper aloha, since it is also a word of blessing If you still have a large paper chain, or the If you still have a large paper chain, Invite campers to brainstorm different Remind the campers how much they have Remind the campers This will lead the campers to consider how Help keep the idea of peace and serviceHelp keep the idea on

62 InsideOut: and sending. See how many different ways they things people say when they are leaving each and write these on a large sheet of paper. other, These can be something they might tell a friend, or something from a different or a family member, language or culture. Some families may even have traditions around parting ways. Be sure to include How: How: Large paper and marker, Bible Supplies: Large paper and marker, they leave, and what they communicate as they go. Later Dude Why: BTW: add these individual leis from Day 1, you could Another option new ones to make a longer chain. them to the is taking the leis home, or even giving as the campers people who pick the campers up welcome them to camp. How: How: and each other this week. If learned about peace Lei” activity from Day 1, you used the “Linking people they added to that lei, reflect back on the go share God’s and the opportunity they have to Assure campers love and peace with each of them. group goes that the love of each person in the a set of paper with them too. Each camper needs name on them. Have strips with each camper’s about them write something nice they learned finish, have each camper on the strips. After they and make them hand the strips to each other together as leis by stapling or taping the strips loops. As they make the loops, interconnected outside of the have them keep the writing on the loops. inches, tape or stapler Supplies: Supplies: campers’ minds as they leave campers’ minds as Aloha Again Why:

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Story Resources (Henry Holt and Co., 2008). A story a dog about (Henry Holt and Co., the joy of kittens. “Joy” is a who experiences always Spirit, but doesn’t big gift of the Holy it will. look like we think different Silly book about 2017). (Gibbs Smith, say goodbye. ways animals might Katie Loves the Kittens, b the Kittens, Katie Loves Meyers Kevin Meyers, Haily by Buffalo, Gotta Go, InsideOut: SERVE

CREATE This can be simplified by having names This can be simplified by having Some campers may have many things things many may have campers Some Write all the names of the group members all the names of the group members Write

BTW: a way they drawn, and campers sharing out loud when they go think that camper can show peace home. on separate slips of paper, and put them in a and put them of paper, on separate slips should pick out a name and bag. Each camper or card that shows the camp and create a drawing this week something special that they noticed They drew. about the person whose name they they think the should also draw or write one way get home. person could show peace when they the other Have them fold the paper and write name on the outside. Collect the papers camper’s cards before and tape them shut (previewing the kind and sealing them to make sure they are the campers to appropriate). Pass them out, telling home.. save the cards to open on the way How: Paper, markers Supplies: Paper, Campers encourage each other to be Campers encourage Why: peacemakers. Peace Place Peace to write, some may not want to write at all. to write at all. some may not want to write, will draw what they them to either Encourage of the to remind them their heart do, or decorate week. experienced this things they BTW: BTW: OLDER CHILDREN OLDER Handprint cloth for weeklong use Fun name game Community building Community prayer “Run off energy” game Learn the camp scavenger hunt DESCRIPTION

DAILY ACTIVITIES DAILY Day 1: Aloha Aloha 1: Day CREATE Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily

SERVE LEARN LEARN PLAY LEARN PLAY PRAY PLAY PLAY TYPE Luke 14:15–24

Lord, thank you for your camp table set for us with food, fun, and friends. Help us to be aware to Lord, thank you for your camp table set for us with food, fun, and

. Feel welcome in the spirit of aloha Know they are invited to this place. this week. Recognize the gift of being at camp people who are different. Recognize that the table is filled with TITLE Pineapple Tablecloth Excuse Factory Come Join Me! Were Wish You Here Lei Toss Set the Table

all week as we learn to live well together. Amen. share the spirit of aloha all week as we learn to live well together. 64 InsideOut: Scripture Passage: Prayer: Today, campers will… campers Today, • • • • may wonder about how Leader Notes: Older children are beginning to do some complex thinking. They if those originally invited might want to big the table is, or if there will be enough food. They may wonder with them as they imagine. Let them explore and walk come after they see everyone else at the party. Theological Summary we learn in scripture and it is vital to both : Hospitality is one of the core values camp. God welcomes us. God welcomes all people, and we echo that peacemaking and the first day of hospitality with each other. Luke 14:22 Scripture Focus: what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’” “And the slave said, ‘Sir,

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You can simplify the game by starting with You To make it harder, have each camper repeat have each camper repeat make it harder, To

just place names, and then doing more complex If the campers have a cards with situations later. hard time talking, put them in groups first, and then hand out the cards. Have groups do the first two stages of the game without moving, and then after the sharing of the three points have them all move to that which they would really want to do. Community Building Why: Supplies: Note cards, marker On note cards, write places and situations How: bathroom in a storm, (e.g., beach in winter, minivan on a road trip, nursery during church, on a holiday), then stack them Chuck E. Cheese’s lead the first face down. Choose two campers to each. Give both round. Have them select one card group to the campers 30 seconds to invite the everyoneplace on their card and convince they move to want to visit that. Now let the campers the place stand with the camper who described they want to go most. Everyone must choose one of the two. Then let each group come up with three points that they think might help others change their minds (to their place over the other place) and join them. Let campers change groups as they wish, then choose two more campers to select two more places and repeat. BTW: Invite campers to sit in a circle and share and in a circle to sit campers Invite How: around the circle Then go back their names. they their name, why each camper say and have be they would camp, and one thing came to other camp. Brainstorm they were not at doing if many and see how come to camp, reasons people can imagine. Go around the reasons the campers and ask each camper to say a third time circle an excuse for not coming their name and give with the first letter of their to camp that begins them to be as silly as possible. name. Encourage cannot come to camp because Example: Barbara Read Luke 14:15–24 she is making bubbles. their invite the campers to compare and together, in the story. excuses to those BTW: they share what the last two campers said before their excuse. Come Join Me! InsideOut: LEARN

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PLAY LEARN Daily Activities Daily Bibles Full-sized tablecloth in a solid color; Full-sized tablecloth If you have different-colored permanent Supplies: Supplies: This will help group members learn names Why: while getting into the scripture story. Excuse Factory Excuse Factory BTW: BTW: markers, choose one color to write your group’s names in. Then, as the week progresses, add names names of new friends in another color, of people they wish could be there with them and names of people they are in another color, thankful for making space for them in another and so on. color, On a flat surface, lay out newspaper at On a flat surface, lay out newspaper How: over the least two layers thick. Lay tablecloth to Plan with your group how they want paper. thing they decorate the cloth. Make sure one creation of a include in their decorating is the handprints. large pineapple shape, made with for Use orange and yellow on the handprints for the the body of the pineapple, and green make more leaves. If they want, campers can or just do random small pineapples as a border, While you are handprints to continue decorating. to the campers that the explain working together, pineapple is a symbol of aloha, and ask them what people. different ways they know of to welcome Let and water. When finished, clean up with soap camper and then label one of each the cloth dry, name with and counselor handprints with their This could be the group’s a permanent marker. a worship space, tablecloth for the week, hung in or shared in another common place. Supplies: Supplies: orange and green acrylic paint; six small yellow, access to soap and water; plates; six foam brushes; newspaper; permanent paper towels or rags; markers Tablecloth Pineapple create a group This will help campers Why: they are and help them to remember identity, charged to invite others to invited by God and come too. SERVE

PLAY If there are campers who are too timid to If there are campers

If you are doing this as a whole camp have something tossed at them, they can ask a have something camper to sub in for them. counselor or another time to do this in your regular have If you don’t consider using it as a welcome group gatherings, catches a ring to a meal, with each person who eat. going in to sit at a table, ready to Table Set the the layout This activity helps campers learn Why: of camp and set the table for dinner. forks, Supplies: Bibles, tablecloth, plates, knives, sign with spoons, napkins, centerpiece, welcome items campers group name, note cards, bags for collect Before campers arrive, set up a scavenger How: from one place to hunt with clues to get the group place an item another around camp. At each site, table. For that you will need to set your dinner to the place example, provide clues such as: “Go you are safe” where someone sits to make sure we gather to (lifeguard stand), or “Go to where starting the listen for God” (worship area). Before read Luke 14:15–24 together as a group activity, and ask the campers what things had to have been done in preparation for the meal. Explain that they will be going on a scavenger hunt to Campers can prepare for their own meal together. bring back all the collected items and use them for their next meal. Be sure to seal the items in bags, or wash them as needed before eating. BTW: make sure you color code the bags of activity, items so the correct group receives the correct supplies, and remind groups to only take their designated items. moving to catch the leis. The thrower must say must say thrower leis. The the to catch moving or throw, )” as they name of camper “Aloha! ______( three each person does not count. Give the toss of the go to the back before they or four throws caught the person who do land a lei, line. If they person table” and the “welcomed to the the lei is Keep becomes the catcher. who tossed the lei going until everyone has caught the lei, even if the activity easier as you go by you have to make something. moving closer or BTW:

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Pool noodles made into rings, or hula- Pool noodles made into rings, or This can happen in the cabin, or anywhere This can happen in the cabin, or Begin by telling campers that aloha is a word

66 InsideOut: How: of welcome and a blessing of peace that comes from Hawaiian culture, and another tradition of welcome is the sharing of a lei (necklace of flowers). Explain that this activity will be played as a group relay in which they all work together Have campers to put a giant lei over each camper. line up, and place a marker about 10 feet away. Stack the Have one camper stand on the marker. pool noodle rings next to the first camper in line. Have the campers, in turn, each try to toss leis so that they can be caught around the body of the The person being “lei-ed” can person 10 feet away. help by putting their arms above their head and hoops Supplies: Supplies: This game runs off camper’s excess energy. excess energy. This game runs off camper’s Why: Lei Toss Lei Toss at camp, even in the pool! Just circle the campers at camp, even in the pool! Just circle form could use the same prayer and do it! You of the theme, later in the week with other aspects to pray including those whom campers struggle to lift up. or issues they want for, BTW: BTW: Invite the campers to form a circle. Explain to form a circle. Invite the campers How: a ball to invite others to speak, that they will use Start the prayer so a prayer. and together form to do when they get the ball that all they have the person they are passing is say the name of that : “Lord, we are thankful the ball to. Example that Juan is are also thankful We you are with us. ball to Juan. Juan would then with us.” Pass the Sarah, repeating the same pass the ball to, say, a If you have time, go around sentences prayer. a favorite couple more times if you want, sharing wish was there food, or the name of someone they to camp. You or something they saw on the trip Prayer, or share one of can close with the Lord’s your own. Supplies: Ball Sometimes when we go to camp we leave to camp we leave when we go Sometimes Why: This is were with us. who we wish others behind of campers name come that will help an activity them. and pray for those people Wish You Were You Wish Here

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Story Resources – www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f7DZZgAPpY animated version of the parable Two-minute and modern imagery. with a blend of biblical “The Big 1995) Cook, C. (David Batchelor Illustrated (Lion Publishing). #273 Dinner Party” of stories provide and simplified versions story-telling.another voice for Parable of the Great Banquet. KidsHubTV. the Great Banquet. of Parable by Mary in 365 Stories, by Bible The Children’s OLDER CHILDREN OLDER Learn about connections Making words with friends Being a reflection of God Reminder that all are important Active prayer Fast-paced game for anywhere Prayer as service activity DESCRIPTION

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Day 2: Ubuntu Ubuntu 2: Day LEARN PRAY

CREATE Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily SERVE LEARN LEARN PLAY PLAY CREATE LEARN CREATE PLAY PRAY TYPE 1 Corinthians 12:1–27

ubuntu through shared joys and challenges. Not all children this age can name aloud what they are good at. Be aware they are just Not all children this age can name aloud what they are good at. Be Great and loving God, how smart you are to have given each of us a unique set of gifts to use in Great and loving God, how smart you are to have given each of us

Recognize value in themselves and others as children of God. Recognize value in themselves and Know they are interwoven members of the body of Christ. Commit to nurture their camp community. Connected TITLE Body Spelling Body Mirror Mirror, Group Color Group Community Prayer Community Balloon Racing Pray with Color Pray • • • • Experience this world. It helps us remember that you have the plan and that all we have to do is be who you made us this world. It helps us remember that you have the plan and that all to be and to give it all back to you. Amen. 68 InsideOut: Scripture Passage: will… campers Today, Our connections define us as much as our individuality, and our communal life Theological Summary: as our individuality, Our connections define us as much can celebrate everyone, we we are all lacking. while divided, celebrates our individual gifts. Together, For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are though many, many members, and all the members of the body, For just as the body is one and has so it is with Christ. one body, 1 Corinthians 12:12 Scripture Focus: Prayer: Leader Notes: is easier to say what they are not so learning to differentiate themselves from others in positive ways. It give, and what God calls them to do good at. Keeping this focused on what they can do, what they can and be is key.

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Dry-erase markers, mirrors around This would be a great place to take some This would be a Gather your group in a space with mirrors, Gather your group in a space with Before starting the game, read 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians read the game, starting Before How: to think about different and ask campers 12:4–27 communities. describe connected words that to using their bodies they will be Explain that give out words and similar words. Call spell out the them, laying on time to form the campers up. Have the campers spell: ground, or standing etc. If you comrade, family, team, class, friend, needs a challenge, go for bigger have a group that collective, or propinquity. words like generation, after talking about the meanings Spend some time and what they have in of the different words common. BTW: forming different words might pictures. Campers be camp promotion, or just go well in next year’s fun to share with families and congregations. Mirror Mirror, This creative reflection activity invites Why: in the campers to affirm their own value their community and remind others of importance. Supplies: camp How: pass around. or use some small hand mirrors to a bathroom in This may be in a bath house, or in of them is a one of your cabins. Explain that each of them is a part of the body of Christ, and each help everyone reflection of God in this world. To to use dry-erase invite campers markers remember, Staff mirror. to write words of affirmation on a may want to divide up mirrors around camp in try to write on advance, so multiple groups don’t you can use a After the activity, the same mirror. dry-erase marker to write “One Body” at the top of the mirrors so it is a visible reminder through the rest of camp. could adapt this for a worship activity, You BTW: starting with words that divide written in dry- erase, followed by the scripture reading, and ending with words of affirmation that unite while erasing written with permanent marker, will want a mirror that the “dividing” words. You need to be rehung for this, because it will won’t be covered in permanent marker writing at the end. InsideOut: LEARN LEARN

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Daily Activities Daily Ribbon or thick, soft yarn; scissors Ribbon or thick, Try doing a whole meal like this. Seasoning doing a whole meal Try

Supplies: Bible Body Spelling Body This fast-paced game helps campers further Why: explore their connections and closeness. food, making a salad, or just adding condiments could be a challenge. Be sure to have a plan for restroom breaks, and how to do that and then Some campers may have reenter the activity. issues with the tied connection. Allow these campers to either hold hands without being tied, or ask them to come up with another option that is more comfortable for them. BTW: Invite each camper to find another person Invite each camper How: they have at least one thing in the group whom As each pair shares their in common with. if there are others in the group common trait, see “hates Peanut who share that as well. It could be etc. Now ask campers or “loves to swim,” butter,” connected to, to find a different person they are Use the same without using the same trait twice. encouraging sharing process. Do this a third time, Once they are them to connect with new people. pairs’ wrists paired the third time, gently tie the can (Bandanas together with a ribbon or soft yarn. to pull out work too.) Make sure it is loose enough is more symbolic of without having to cut it off. It a task, such as than functional. Then give them or playing washing hands, gathering firewood, learned a game. After the task, ask what they all Accept other. about themselves and about each would be easy answers. Then imagine things that that would to do while connected, and things Challenge your group to do be much harder. connected. something with the whole group Supplies: Connected campers learn what it This activity helps Why: in concrete terms, and to means to be connected connections can be a blessing. imagine ways their PLAY Taking a picture of the final prayer center Taking

Balloon Racing your This fast-paced game will improve Why: teamwork and connection. group’s Supplies: Four balloons gather Blow up one balloon. Have the group How: around the group and pass the balloon in a circle do it again as fast as possible. Then have them it touch without grabbing the balloon or letting Then add another balloon. Have one the floor. and the other go the reverse balloon go one way, add how fast they can do it. Then direction. Time two more balloons so there are two going each direction. Have all four balloons race around the and then reverse and go around the other circle try and Then have the group widen the circle way. it in a line across a part of a field or it again. Try moving the balloons from one down a pathway, See if they can come up with a end to the other. challenge of their own. Spend some time after the game talking about what made the tasks difficult, Be sure to lift up the and what made them easier. gifts of each person in the group, and how people need each other. to find something that reminds them of God’s of God’s them reminds that something to find about them think that makes love, or something they find it, have God is. When how amazing bring whatever it is and a handful of them gather such as: ground rules, sure to set some it back. Be the size nothing over creatures or plants, no living nothing poisonous. Set any of their hand, and other necessary rules, based on your camp setting. have returned, let them share Once the campers Invite the group and why. what they brought or design using the collected to create a picture paper as a place to create items. Lay out the work, encourage campers their design. As they Share in a prayer at ideas. to include everyone’s God for the ways we are all the end, thanking and to creation. connected to each other, BTW: groups is a simple way to share what different could do this for various group are doing. You camp doesn’t projects through the week. If your shared after use technology on site, it could be outdoor camp through social media to promote ministry.

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CREATE LEARN If you have time, consider having giant If you have time, consider having 70 InsideOut: Explain to the campers that they are going How: First, invite the to pray individually and together. campers to go out into the surrounding area and Supplies: Large white sheet of poster paper or other light, solid-color background material, glue, tape This is an active prayer experience that Why: will remind campers of the connections between them, creation, and fellow campers. Community Prayer Prayer Community pages for the group to color together. Instead of Instead pages for the group to color together. together to sharing colors, they will have to work will fil in which decide what color things are, who can keep the silent coloring rule space, etc. You in effect to make the communication about the group project even more complicated. BTW: Beforehand, split the crayons evenly in the Beforehand, split How: a bag of crayons and a bags. Give each camper silence, they will Explain that in page to color. their page. They can share each need to color but must ask permission colors if they want, crayons. to use someone else’s (doing so quietly) house, they have to ask If they want a green green-shaded crayon. If they someone with a to ask the person with they need want a blue sky, their colors, the light blue. Campers can show Let them or keep them private. It is up to them. have finished, ask about and, when most color, how it went. Did everyone the colors they get Ask them to needed? Did anyone refuse to share? and, for everythen open their crayon bags again, something that crayon they have, have them state they like to they are good at or something that lay their crayons do. As they share, ask campers to out for everyone everyone to use. When has on the table shared, look at the colors you have draw together. and imagine what the group might Explain that when everyone shares their gifts, we can do in there are more possibilities for what the world. Large box of crayons; one per camper: of crayons; one Large box Supplies: sandwich bags coloring book pages, This activity allows campers to create while to create while allows campers This activity Why: that we are all important. learning Group Color Color Group

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Jane Cowen-Fletcher. by

Story Resources Set in a west African Press 1994. Set in a west African Scholastic village, this is a story of family and connection proverb. based on an African from a Japanese anime story, cartoon adapted and a new Netflix version. with a 1980s version from the is a giant robot created Voltron spaceships that look like combining of five lion has a personality of its giant lions. Each by a young hero. The storyown, and is piloted always proves is familiar to many campers, and coming the importance of cooperation and together to face problems. connected wisdom about the strength of being their own. and the vulnerability of anyone on Many versions of this storyare found in blogs: prize to An anthropologist offered a food to watch them children for winning a race only as a group. all cross the finish line together, the Upon questioning the children about he is confronted with ubuntu, as one behavior, us be happy if child responds, “How can one of the others are sad?” It Takes It Takes a Village, is a Voltron Legendary Defender.” “Voltron: Old The Bundle of Sticks.” Fables: “Aesop’s Diskin. credited to Lia Story,” “Anthropologist’s InsideOut: SERVE

PRAY We often do prayer partners with campers, We This is a great transitional game. Rather Rather game. transitional is a great This

theme, point to how a community ubuntu theme, point to BTW: each camper but this could be a chance to give the week. You a staff person to pray for through could expand this to people campers might not or bookkeeper. see, such as a registrar, is important. Invite the campers to think about is important. Invite have a good who all is at camp to make sure they etc. Talk camp experience. Lift up staff, volunteers, camper select about all the options, and have each of Pass out a sheet someone different to pray for. and ask them to fold their paper to each camper, in half again, paper in half, long ways, and then size for the the short way—making it the right a design or envelope. Invite the campers to color as they pray a picture on the front of the “card” front with for their person. Have them fill the On the inside, campers can write a prayer color. can be at for that person, or simply write, “We Campers can camp, because you are at camp.” write the name insert the cards into envelopes and the cards of the recipient on the outside. Deliver personally if you can. Remind campers that today’s scripture, that today’s Remind campers How: and 8x11 sheets of paper for each camper, for each camper, Supplies: 8x11 sheets of paper pencils, invitation-size crayons or colored envelopes Campers experience prayer as service Campers experience activity Why: Pray with Color Pray than just walking to dinner or other activity, or other activity, walking to dinner than just as a team, working pass a balloon have campers the environment additional challenges through by might create. others walking potentially, or, BTW: OLDER CHILDREN OLDER “Sharing Blessings” game Sharing and reflecting on blessing Explore brokenness and wholeness A conflict discussion card game Conflict creator reflection Active quiet prayer Fun-themed game DESCRIPTION

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Day 3: Shalom Shalom 3: Day PRAY PLAY PRAY Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily LEARN LEARN LEARN

is not a wish for a return to the past. It is hope for a restoration of a shalom is not a wish for a return to the past. It is hope for a restoration of 27:24 PLAY PLAY PRAY PRAY LEARN PLAY SERVE CREATE PLAY TYPE Genesis 27:1–26

Remember, Remember,

Lord, be with us today, and keep us at peace with one another; but, when conflict arises, show us and keep us at peace with one another; but, when conflict Lord, be with us today,

TITLE Capture the Blessing Bless You Puzzled Peace the Deal? What’s In Their Shoes Prayers Torn Jacob and Esau how to make peace with our brothers and sisters. Amen. 72 InsideOut: Today, campers will… campers Today, in all communities. Understand that conflict happens can lead to brokenness. Acknowledge the truth that conflict to shalom. Learn that we can move from brokenness and happens over time. Understand that peace requires effort Scripture Passage: can do our best to limit life. We Theological Summary: in everyone’s Conflict is something that happens we are called to try to work for peace. God calls us to face conflict with hope for it, but more importantly, peace. He [Isaac] said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He [Jacob] answered, “I am.” He [Isaac] said, “Are you really my Scripture Focus: Genesis Scripture Focus: Prayer: relationship that may look very different than the past. In fact, it can be better or stronger. relationship that may look very than the past. In fact, it can be better or stronger. different Leader Notes:

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There may be some campers uncomfortable There may be some Puzzled Peace Puzzled Peace While working on a puzzle together, Why: brokenness campers are encouraged to explore and wholeness. pieces Supplies: 50-100–piece puzzle with larger (can create your own from paper) flat surface. Gather group around a table or How: “Deal” puzzle pieces to each camper until all the pieces are gone. Explain that they can choose then invite them to share when they are ready, As they work, ask to put the puzzle together. about their past puzzle experiences, including how they like to start a puzzle and any process they use. What do they do first, and what is done last? What makes it easier? What makes a puzzle harder? Once the puzzle is finished, invite campers to think about Jacob and Esau’s relationship. Invite campers to think about the process for making peace. Ask them if there a good way to put the pieces of a friendship back together; Where does one start, and what comes last? Have them look at each other for 15 seconds for 15 seconds other at each them look Have partner prayer for their write a blessing and then the paper to are not to show They on the paper. as if it in their headband Just stick their partner. simple as, can be as Blessings feather. it were a “may or personal like keep you safe,” “may God shoes.” When the blessings are you find your lost have everyonein the headbands, switch partners Do this until everyoneand repeat the process. has blessed everyone in the group. Then give the go off by themselves to read the campers time to on their own. Base the time blessings and pray they have but make sure ability, on your group’s in private and reflect. enough time to read BTW: a sort of bag with the headband. If so, just make wrist. NOTE: with the bandana, and tie it to a time for The 15 seconds is important processing to focus and to many children. It gives them time time, consider think before they write. If you have think for 15 a discussion on how stopping to Sometimes seconds impacted their responses. is a first response. By silliness or even sarcasm and get more waiting, they can dig a little deeper peaceful and affirming responses. InsideOut: LEARN LEARN

Pray Pray PLAY Daily Activities Daily You can run this as an all-day activity, with can run this as an all-day activity, You Have each camper tie a bandana around How: their head like a headband. Give each camper a stack of cards or papers and a pen. Have them, in silence, choose a partner and stand face to face. Bandana for each camper, pens, 3x5 Supplies: Bandana for each camper, cards or paper scraps, You Bless A thoughtful prayer time affirmations Why: campers trying to give away blessings by clipping them to others, or trying to protect their own. You can adapt it based on the conversations you feel the group most needs to have. BTW: Read Genesis 27:1–27a, or tell the storyRead Genesis 27:1–27a, or tell the of Jacob in the storyand Esau. Ask the campers: Who How were received blessing? Who gave blessing? what they relationships changed? Ask the campers have helped learned in their activity that might and what would need to family, Jacob and Esau’s peace. happen in this family to bring about Ask campers to help each other place Ask campers to help How: sleeves and on the backs of clothespins on their campers stand in a wide circle their shirts. Have between them. length with at least an arm’s clothespins represent blessings, Explain that the to gather as many blessings as and the object is Make sure possible before the end of the game. a time limit. to set a boundary and, possibly, has the most After playing, count to see just who tried. Have and discuss what strategy campers this time, all campers reset to play again—but, they can reach the clothespins need to be where give away all them. The goal for this round is to to other of their clothespins by pinning them players’ backs or sleeves. Afterward, ask campers experience about strategies, teamwork, and their of the game. Spring-loaded wooden clothespins, Bible Supplies: Spring-loaded wooden Campers learn an important lesson as this lesson as this learn an important Campers Why: “everyone game becomes an for themselves” “everyone for everyone” game. Capture the Blessing the Blessing Capture PRAY PRAY

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If you have a mature group, you can If you have a mature group, you Torn Prayers Prayers Torn Active quiet prayer emphasizes that in Why: prayer God creates beautiful wholeness. glue, white Supplies: Scraps of colored paper, sheets of paper Their Shoes In campers to think encourages This activity Why: think or feel, how others and consider differently, tools for peacemaking important one piece of copy Supplies: Large piece of paper, marker paper, that shalom is a word Explain to campers How: and blessing in the Jewish used as a greeting the word together. Ask them to say community. story shows that Jacob and Esau’s Remind campers to say than us that shalom is sometimes easier campers to brainstorm names live out. Ask the they think cause conflict, and or types of people Explain make a list on a large sheet of paper. starts with that understanding conflict often think, feel, understanding the ways other people piece of paper or act. Have a camper stand on a the group what and trace their feet while you ask shoes,” else’s the expression, “to stand in someone of “conflict means. Now go through your list campers to creators,” and, for each, invite the as they do. think about why that person acts “because Encourage campers to think beyond suggestions, ask they are mean.” As campers have and share their them to stand on the shoe outline have to idea. Remind campers that they don’t sense. Also, agree with the idea, or think it makes excuses for bad this activity is not about making The goal is to think about other people’s behavior. end, say a motivation, fears, or feelings. At the creator list, prayer for each person on the conflict and for those trying to make peace with them. BTW: invite them to discuss who might see them as a and what they hope others would conflict creator, understand about them if they “stood in their shoes.” This could be an opportunity for self- reflection on the conflict we each create, and what motivates our choices.

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PLAY on three note cards, home on three, Some of these will hit fairly close to home You could use a black and white picture picture and white a black could use You in large print on three different Church school as far as the campers’ experience. Be aware of how they are reacting or not reacting. Be sensitive to emotions that may come up. A prayer time for those facing similar scenarios in the real world might be appropriate. BTW: etc.). This should give you a total of 15. Ask the etc.). This should give you a total the kind of campers to give you three ideas about place. Write conflict that might happen in each corresponding each idea down on the back of a cards, and give card. Pair up campers, shuffle the the group. If one card to each pair to act out for may trade it in like their card, they a pair doesn’t to act for one of the unused cards. Ask campers on a way to out the event of conflict, then add can invite others peacefully end the conflict. They After the to help them with the skit if needed. other campers end of each presentation, ask the from 0 to rate the level of conflict still remaining was completely to 5, with 0 being a conflict that still veryresolved, and 5 being one that is tense. can be Those that get a high conflict score revisited, in order to brainstorm more peaceful solutions. If you have some extra time, you can let campers act out the extra scenarios, or discuss why some might have chosen a different card at the beginning. 74 InsideOut: the words School, Home, Bus, Mall, Write How: and note card; note cards (only one word on each i.e., Fifteen 3x5 cards, marker, pen marker, Supplies: Fifteen 3x5 cards, Campers come up with helpful strategies for Campers come up Why: that arise in familiar places dealing with conflicts back home. What’s the Deal? What’s of Jacob and Esau, and simply cut it into various cut it into and Esau, and simply of Jacob color might help your puzzle. Campers shapes for try take it apart and then is put together, it once it the colors make about how it again. Talk to work a conversation practice. Have as does it easier, things we share and our about how the common make solving problems easier. practice in peace BTW:

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https://www. by by Wilcox, David

by Wendy Mass (Scholastic, 2010). 2010). Mass (Scholastic, Wendy by

Story Resources (Disney Pixar, 2017). Story of Miguel and 2017). Pixar, (Disney his journey into the past hurts of his family. As the past hurts of his family. his journey into is always in conflict with a young child who expectations for his future, his family and their who will understand Miguel seeks someone his ancestors, he unravels a him. Looking to conflict and mystery of his family’s at the heart of forgiveness. learns the importance . Storyyoutube.com/watch?v=wvJur79mJDk of who is hired to build a a traveling handyman but instead fence between two feuding farmers, builds a bridge between their farms. share a Short novel about two friends who celebrate birthday and, for the first time, will movie apart due to an argument. As in the one of the girls wakes up the Day, Groundhog the same next day to discover she is reliving As she tries different options with each day. herself and the power she learns about do-over, we each have to impact the world. https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=FzQE_6Gvg_U Ron and Harry brothers, but the function like makes the anger between weight of a horcrux is broken. them explode and their friendship see the importance of relationship and We larger reconciliation even when seemingly problems loom. Coco “Carpenter Story,” 11 Birthdays, Hallows Deathly and the Harry Potter InsideOut: PLAY This can be a fun game for the pool or lake

You may want these colorful creations to may want these colorful creations to You as long as you add a “no dunking” rule. BTW: Divide the group into two teams, or play Divide the group into two teams, How: boundarywith another small group. Set two lines behind a about 40 feet apart. Each team starts “safe zone.” boundary line. This is that team’s in the center Then have the two teams line up of the playing field, about 8 feet from each other with their backs to their own “safe zone.” One Esau. The other is Team Jacob, the side is Team leader will call out “Jacob forgives Esau,” or “Esau Forgives Jacob.” Those on the team of the forgiving brother (name called first) tries to tag everyone they can on the opposite team before retreat to their “safe zone.” If campers are tagged, they become new members of the other team. Play continues until all are on one team. Supplies: Boundary markers This is a fun game that reinforces the This is a fun game that reinforces Why: scripture story out lots of energy. while getting Jacob and Esau be private, or you may ask if anyone wants to be private, or you may ask if anyone force Don’t share. Each group will be different. with someone to share… After all, a conversation having may want to consider God is sacred. You sign, etc.) or some basic shapes (heart, dove, peace fill in with their outlines available for campers to pieces. BTW: Have the campers select a handful of paper of a handful select the campers Have How: a them to find various colors. Invite scraps in God quietly talk with themselves and to place to things sinned or done ways they have about the they help others. As others or did not that hurt into to tear up the paper God, ask them talk with about ½ inch to an inch even smaller pieces, seems they are done, give each in size. When it “In Jesus and glue and say, camper a clean sheet Invite campers to listen Christ you are forgiven.” the small bits of colored paper for God as they use or design by gluing the small to make a picture When the blank sheet of paper. bits of paper onto everyone call them together and has finished, close in prayer. OLDER CHILDREN OLDER Active exploration A fast-paced art activity Scripture and hygiene together A servant/leader game Agape exploration activity Clean craft Prayers that mimic the story DESCRIPTION

DAILY ACTIVITIES DAILY Day 4: Agape Agape 4: Day

Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily PLAY SERVE LEARN CREATE PLAY PLAY PLAY LEARN PLAY PRAY CREATE PRAY TYPE John 13:1–17

The focus of this day is on God making peace with us through grace and love. Humility is The focus of this day is on God making peace with us through grace

: God’s great love for us. great agape: God’s Lord, thank you for loving us so much that you were willing to become a servant.Lord, thank you for loving us so much that you were willing to become Make us

Come to believe that God’s peace with us can be seen in Jesus’ sacrificial love. Come to believe that God’s humble servant.Come to follow Jesus’ example as Big and Small TITLE Muddy Feet Art Muddy Love for Groomed and Middle Last, First, Meters Love Soap Putty Prayers Watery obedient servants who follow you well. Amen. 76 InsideOut: Scripture Passage: • Prayer: Today, campers will… campers Today, • Discover • Leader Notes: sake of being humble. Jesus’ but not just for the part of Jesus’ example. This is an example for us to follow, The next step beyond servinghumility shows how to set aside power for reconciliation and grace. others is important. God’s reconciling love is seen in Jesus’ humility and service reconciling to others. In Jesus’ Theological Summary: God’s service, as a path relationship with all people, and we are challenged to share love we see that God wants to peace. John 13:5 Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and began to wash the disciples’ feet he poured water into a basin and John 13:5 Then Scripture Focus: was tied around him. to wipe them with the towel that

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If your group has issues with competition, If your group has

Look at today’s scripture from the Look at today’s Why: perspective of our own boundary issues. markers, Bible Supplies: Large paper, the things Ask campers to make a list of all How: to go out with they do to get ready for school, or answers on a large piece of their friends. Write Add any other hygiene tasks they perform paper. Make sure they on themselves through the day. include everything hair to going from brushing done, invite to the bathroom. Once the list is would be the campers to name the people they tasks for comfortable having do any of those when them. Allow some time for conversation they disagree. Read John 13: 1–17 as a group, and talk about the response of the disciples to Jesus trying the campers to wash their feet. Ask how they might feel if someone were trying to clean them up. Go back through your list and ask campers to think of times in life people must trust others to help with these tasks. This can be babies, older adults, people with injuries, etc. Ask the campers about the love shown by those willing to do uncomfortable tasks for others and what that communicates. Remind them that Jesus was showing the disciples that God loves them enough to be part of the messy and personal parts of their life, and that God will love them, no matter what. you could set this up as a contest between the two you could set this up as a contest of the groups, then discuss how the motivation activity impacts the outcome. Love for Groomed other end, where they will have their feet cleaned. feet cleaned. their will have they end, where other until go on the paper person cannot The second Give feet cleaned. person has had their the first art to plan their several minutes the art group and hope to print what they piece, including across. when they walk accomplish what who will person will have one crossing Explain that each of the picture. Let the groups to “paint” their part put down a clean piece of switch places, and several moments to Give the second team paper. talk about what the activity, organize. After the Reflect on the experiences campers experienced. of creating and serving, and how conflicts were resolved. BTW: InsideOut: LEARN

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PLAY PLAY Daily Activities Daily It is important to allow children the space It is important to allow children the

All campers will take off their shoes and How: socks. Lay out the paper on a flat surface that can be walked on. At one end place the bowls or pans of paint or mud. At the other end, place clean water in pans, and towels. Divide the group into two. One group will be staffing the paint/mud end and the water/towel end. The second group will be the artists. They will, one at a time, step into the mud or paint and walk across the paper to the Two pieces of rolled paper or cloth Supplies: Two about 6 ft. long, three pans of mud or washable washcloths and towels, paint, buckets of water, two large pans for water Muddy Feet Art Muddy An art activity with strong connections to Why: the story to find their own way of answering difficult to find their own way of answering you trust them questions, and to let them know for an answer, to figure things out. If they ask you but give them time it is okay to share your answer, to share theirs too. BTW: Have the campers make a circle. Measure make a circle. Have the campers How: by running yarn around the size of your circle the length on the yarn the outside and marking to make the circle Then ask them with a marker. mark again. as small as they can. Measure and a footprint Then ask them to see just how small and everyonethe group can make on the ground ask them to still be standing. Measure again. Then Measure it again. Ask if they can make a big circle. larger and think of a way to make the footprint still have everyone Measure again. Then touching. such look at the yarn. Ask discussion questions do you measure as: “How ‘big’ is our group? How How do you the size of a group? How big is God? love?” Allow the group measure the size of God’s to wonder and to question. Light-colored ball of yarn, permanent Supplies: Light-colored ball marker Big and Small Big and active exploration of how This activity is an Why: love is. big God’s 1/4 1/4 CREATE This activity could also be done as a This activity could also be done as Give each camper a bowl and a spoon. Have Give each camper a bowl and a spoon. Have

Soap Putty This is a soapmaking craft in which campers Why: can have fun making something useful, and dive into the topic of forgiveness in a different way. liquid dish soap, food Supplies: Cornstarch, coloring, sealable plastic bags, bowls, wax paper, measuring cups, masking tape, permanent marker, tablespoons How: the following into their bowl: them measure 3 tablespoons of dish soap, and cup cornstarch, 2–3 drops of food coloring. Have them mix jumping. The lower their body, the less love they love they the less body, lower their The jumping. they while the higher be required, think would would be needed love they think are, the more thing someone Start with a small to forgive. such as forgiveness for, that they need might do up asking. Then move a cookie without sneaking situations, such as, “accidentally to more difficult on the toothbrush camper’s knocked another of differences in campers’ note Take floor.” go. Make sure they have time responses as you to each situation. Offer to physically respond situations, including common up 6–10 different as telling a lie to parents, hitting experiences such etc. Match your situations to someone, stealing, After you have done maturity level. your group’s and rest as you discuss let campers sit the activity, Introduce their different responses and opinions. the idea of agape as a love big enough to cover all hurts, and God as our primary example. Remind to each campers that people do hurtful things creation, but God still loves us. other and God’s closed and Invite campers to sit with their eyes feel bad about, think of a personal situation they love is big enough to make all and trust that God’s things right. BTW: the parachute game, with campers rippling all have to parachute at various heights (not the end, agree) to express their opinions. At you could have everyone run under and let the talk about how parachute cover them before you a love covers all our mistakes. If you have God’s conversation, group that needs to ease into deeper questions, such you can start with some opinion is better as: “Cheese pizza is the best.” or “Summer Just make sure you go deeper. than winter.”

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PLAY none For groups who are not yet ready to follow For groups who are not yet ready

78 InsideOut: Explain to campers that they will be living How: “love meters,” and will respond to statements by physically showing how much love they think would be needed to forgive each conflict. Campers can respond by sitting, squatting, standing or even Supplies: Supplies: Love Meters Meters Love Campers create visual expressions of God’s Why: love among us. BTW: “Servant fast direction changes, just use “Leader, and “Change” commands. Consider trying this in a pool or even with a group of canoes changing positions on a lake. Have the group line up. This game is like Have the group line up. This game How: with additional commands. but Follow the Leader, the person at “Leader” command means to follow the front of the line. “Servant” command means the person at the that the group turns and follows that the group back of the line. “Middle” means the middle and counts off from each end to find means get in divides into two groups. “Reform” campers who one line. “Change” means that the are the Servant are replaced by the and the Leader been either people in the middle who have not with slowly, before. Start out shouting commands gets going, space in-between. Then, as the game Spend some time talking call changes out faster. at different about the different roles people play when they times. Ask campers when they lead, and how those feel different. follow, Supplies: none Have fun while exploring the concepts of Have fun while Why: as different experiences “leading” and “following” of service. First, Last, and Middle and Middle Last, First, You could expand this conversation to conversation this could expand You BTW: other. they groom each and how include animals examples of primates can probably give Campers how animals lick or bugs off each other, that pick that help of animals Some may know their young. lines. Ask, “What across species even each other, us about care for each other, does creation tell even in very tell personal ways? What might that us about God?”

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by Dr. Seuss Dr. by by Richard Paul Evans (Aladdin, (Aladdin, Evans Paul Richard by

Story who wants to be great of a man Story Resources Ralph Milton (John Knox Press, 1997). 1997). Press, Knox Ralph Milton (John 2014). by looking down on and thinks that happens he learns that humility, way, others. Along the is the path to true and lifting up others, greatness. This story a self- of 1958). (Random House, shows the rise and fall of a aggrandizing leader turtle. turtle king who is opposed by a humble of “The The book also contains the stories Both extra Big Brag” and “Gertrude McFuzz.” Gertrude stories are about vanity and bragging. us while “The Big Brag” leaves learns humility, wondering if anyone learned anything. courage. to be king of the forest, but he needed the of Oz ran things behind The Wizard Both curtain, but was actually not a wizard. to be a wanted something they did not have: leader. The Family Story Bible, by Story Bible, The Family from Feet,” “Washing The Tower, and Other Stories, Turtle the Yertle The Lion wanted 1939). of Oz (MGM, Wizard The InsideOut: SERVE

PRAY This could also be used in worship for a You may want to make some extra soap may want to make some You

large group. Just make sure you have several stations to wash and dry hands. If you are using you could use the soap the “Soap Putty” activity, the campers make for the hand washing. BTW: Have the group gather in a wide circle so circle Have the group gather in a wide How: to reach out that each camper has enough room else. Place a their arms and not touch anyone the pitcher in large bowl or basin, the towel, and to campers that Explain the center of the circle. That is why we God loves us, but we often forget. each other of use symbols and rituals to remind love. Ask campers to turn around and face God’s how people away from the center to symbolize Provide a often do things to cause brokenness. up a personal moment for campers to silently lift to the center. prayer to God. Invite one camper and dry their hands, then send that camper Wash Have to invite another camper to the center. the first camper wash and dry the hands of the second. The first camper sits down next to you, while within the center and facing the center, the second camper goes to invite someone else. facing Continue this until all are back in the circle the center with clean hands. Then share a prayer agape. of thanksgiving for God’s Large bowl, a pitcher of water, a towel Supplies: Large bowl, a pitcher of water, Prayer experience reminds us of God’s love. God’s Prayer experience reminds us of Why: Watery Prayers Prayers Watery putty to use around camp, or to send home. putty to use around to make various colors. Campers may want again at a Consider making this activity available to make more. later craft time for those who want BTW: it, and then turn it out onto a sheet of waxed of waxed a sheet out onto turn it then it, and should mix and hands, they their With paper. in a mixed and it until it is fully play with use it, or they might can play with ball. They Store their hands. piece to wash a dime-size to and use the marker bags plastic in sealable the bags. As campers work, talk write names on make them feel clean. Ask, about things that that cannot be cleaned with “Are there things similarities and differences soap?” Discuss the clean and experiencing between feeling forgiveness. OLDER CHILDREN OLDER Scripture reflection on love eyes Seeing themselves in another’s Create a group heiwa song Fun challenge activity Noticing service from both sides Thanking God for each other “Fun anywhere” guessing game DESCRIPTION

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heiwa as they practice peace over competition. Lord of love, help us to notice the small, but important, sacrifices others make for us each day so Lord of love, help us to notice the small, but important, sacrifices

Discover that they are called to respect themselves as children of God Discover that they are called to respect Learn that every person deserves their love and respect. is not to be dependent on anything in return. Discover that their love of others TITLE Balancing Love Mirror Prayer Mirror Us! A Song for Balloon Carry Secret Servers Thanksgiving Prayer Laughing Gas that we have room to be happy in this world. Amen. 80 InsideOut: Scripture Passage: Scripture Focus: • • • Experience Self-sacrifice can help create unity for all, but must be balanced with self-care. for all, but must be balanced Self-sacrifice can help create unity Theological Summary: Loving God helps us find the balance. will… campers Today, • “The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater shall love your “The second is this, ‘You than these.” Prayer: This day is about balance. We only have so much energy and time. Taking time to love only have so much energy and time. Taking This day is about balance. We Leader Notes: focus on others. Finding our own ourselves helps us love others. Making time for God will lead us to balance can help us lead others to love and live more fully.

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You can discuss together what made it together what made can discuss You means, and have the group brainstorm heiwa means, and have the group brainstorm

Balloon Carry This is a challenge activity intended to Why: help the group explore winning through creative solutions, rather than through competition. Supplies: Balloons, bandanas Instruct campers to pair up and give each How: pair a bandana. Have campers hold on to two corners of the bandana and line up the pairs so consider to be their biggest strength and their their and strength their biggest to be consider hands the pair touch Then have biggest weakness. flat with their hands were mirror images as if they other. pray for each and have them on the glass, BTW: and what made it more easier to mirror someone, edition of this activity is difficult. An advanced stand in front of a mirror as to have the campers at themselves. Then have them a group and stare group—as they face the mirror— say aloud to the about who they are, or what one thing they love they can do. Us! A Song for heiwa, Dive deeper into the meaning of Why: while tapping into campers’ creativity. Supplies: Pens, paper campers Choose a simple tune that all your How: Boat,” “Peace Row Your Row, such as “Row, know, about short song. Talk or another Like a River,” what heiwa at moments when your group has displayed the tune you selected, work together to camp. To group and how write a song that tells about your can be heiwa is a part of your group culture. This a challenge, because heiwa calls people to each In the end, step back and make room for others. a song about heiwa will be about balance, rather balancing. than about the people doing the the group If you get stuck, brainstorm ways BTW: through the has succeeded in challenge activities review of week. This could actually be a good and what what lessons have been covered so far, experiences have been important to the campers. If you have time, see if you can come up with some harmony to go with the song, or do it in a round. InsideOut: PRAY LEARN Daily Activities Daily none

If you have more introverts, consider having If you have more introverts, consider

Pair campers. Have them stand facing each How: and choose one of the pair to lead. Have other, the lead camper make simple movements, while the partner mimics those movements as if they Switch leads image in a mirror. were the leader’s so each partner has a turn to lead. Then ask the partners to share with each other what they Supplies: Campers see themselves in another’s eyes. Campers see themselves in another’s Why: Prayer Mirror campers do these activities individually, each on campers do these activities individually, then comparing notes their own piece of paper, with a partner afterward. this can help Sometimes, can still invite You them process in a safer way. pairs to share insights with the rest of the group. BTW: Write the words heart, mind, and body soul, Write How: Read of a large piece of paper. in the four corners then ask the campers what they Mark 12: 28–31, on the paper mean, and think the four words the campers’ to love God. Write how we use them worry Don’t answers in the middle of the paper. they match. about putting them near the words draw a line dividing On a second sheet of paper, at the top of it into two columns, and write “self” Invite campers one and “neighbor” on the other. to “love to explain what they think it means from being yourself,” and how that is different ways to selfish. Ask them to brainstorm healthy writing their love themselves and love others, Compare the answers in the appropriate column. things that are on both lists, two lists and circle how loving self and invite campers to think about Ask campers and others can help them love God. love their how failing to love themselves or how loving neighbors might make God sad, and more fully can lead to peace. Two large pieces of paper, markers, Bible markers, Bible of paper, large pieces Supplies: Two Love Balancing the balance it scripture, and Explore today’s Why: to find. challenges the campers PLAY PRAY It might be fun to have a camper lie on It might be fun to have a camper

Laughing Gas This is a fun guessing game that can open Why: up conversation about balancing sadness or other emotions with joy. Supplies: none Select one Have the group sit in a circle. How: person to be “It.” Send them away so the group can plan. Then have the group pick a person to chooses to The Gas Valve be the “Gas Valve.” laugh loud or soft, or to “pass out” or to move in does, the odd ways; and, whatever the Gas Valve Invite the “It” back into whole group must follow. and say, They will stand in the circle the circle. Prayer Thanksgiving for each other. and thank God Celebrate Why: Supplies: Small cards, pens write words on different Have the campers How: they like and cards that are characteristics some of the other campers in appreciate about them write as many as possible, the group. Have face up on to the floor in the and then toss them Then invite the campers center of your circle. so everyoneto read off the cards knows what that they will be praying is available. Explain When a a prayer of thanks for each camper. other the name is called in prayer, camper’s you the cards campers are to snag and hand to Cards camper. that state good things about that several can be used over and over again for campers. begin the prayer, Then, starting around the circle, give thanks name: “We inserting the first camper’s you are the cards for ______, who is… (then read are blessed to handed),” and finish by saying, “We cards back in have you with us.” Then put all the on to the next and move the middle of the circle Continue until all saying the same prayer. camper, are prayed for. BTW: the words for them and to lay all the floor, so they can around their head and take a picture, remember how others affirmed them. days, consider not telling who partners are, and are, and partners who not telling consider days, time to guess. providing a structured not even

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82 InsideOut: BTW: with a different secret server each day partner for the last few days of camp. It could be a fun future conversation. For continuation of the day’s At the beginning of the day, have campers At the beginning of the day, How: draw names for “secret servers.” Explain that, campers will be serving each throughout the day, The goal will be to do little and big acts other. at the end of the and, of service for each other, can to guess who their secret server You was. day, getting suggest things, such as opening doors, supplies, letting them get in line first, writing notes of encouragement. It is okay for a secret server to ask someone else to do something for At the end of as a “decoy server.” their camper, let the campers guess, and then talk about the day, how this day might have been different because take a moment of the secret servers. Eventually, to talk about the experience of serving without getting credit, and how it feels to simply do things out of love. Slips of paper with campers’ names on Supplies: Slips of paper with campers’ names them Secret Servers Learn to notice service both sides from Why: campers who are not used to holding hands. This campers who are not used to holding can also be is important at this age. Bandanas together to manipulated by tying their corners form a sheet to carry As long as campers balloons. bandana, they are holding on to the corner of a are following the rules. BTW: they can pass a balloon in the air, all the way all the way air, in the a balloon can pass they a race, but a group line. This is not to a finish being all campers with the goal challenge, balloons without together to move working and without touch the ground letting them one test run with just on to them. Do a holding adding balloons till you have balloon, then start the activity to Time one balloon for every camper. can go. Afterwards,see how fast they talk about work together better or rearrange how they might Do it again and it go faster. themselves to make Campers may get see if their time improves. up with some really creative creative and come closer to the original design. solutions or stay

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Story Resources Simple book with beautiful art that 2017). Simple book with of mindfulness and expresses the concepts empathy. Photo and 2007). Book, Geographic Children’s peace that invites readers essay reflection on from around the world. to reflect on examples reflection show how everyEach photo and to peacemaking in big person can contribute and little ways. Eleanor Coerr hope, illness and the power of Story of a child’s and how peace and healing unfold community, over time. I Am Peace, Barbara Kerley by A Little Peace, Cranes, Thousand Paper and the Sadako InsideOut: You may have a camper who is may have a camper You

uncomfortable being “It.” Choose that person uncomfortable being with them. Doing the activity first, and be “It” a great way to ease nerves,with a partner is how we cooperate and make and also explore decisions together. BTW: “Go,” and then will have three guesses as to the as to the guesses three will have and then “Go,” the Gas Valve Then ask of the Gas Valve. identity the talking about Spend some time to be “It.” how it can impact and joy and laughter, power of other emotions. OLDER CHILDREN OLDER ® ® sí se puede modified spoons game Prayer and peace discussion First aid and the Samaritan Saving vs. supporting Imagination and judging Understanding Celebration banners DESCRIPTION

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Many people want to step up and help others, but what we often lack are people willing Many people want to step up and help others, but what we often

Lord, thank you for teaching us your peace and giving us the courage to act in ways that bring Lord, thank you for teaching us your peace and giving us the courage

Hear God’s call to work together to do good in the world. Hear God’s body empowers them to take risks as peacemakers. Discover that being part of Christ’s Learn the importance of, sí se puede “Peace Out” the News Out” “Peace Lending Aid And… Fallen, I’ve Face the Truth Podemos? Yes, We We Can! Yes, TITLE Samaritan Save peace to our communities and to the world. • • 84 InsideOut: Prayer: Leader Notes: who was once in need the to step up and stand with others. Standing side by side gives a person need saving, but instead need Sometimes people don’t confidence of a companion, or even a community. can be a different mentality from how relationships to support them as they work out their problems. This we often think of serving wrap their brains around the idea. others. Be patient as you help campers Scripture Passage: will… campers Today, • Theological Summary:happens, but a process that requires the Peace is not just something that and we pray that others will join us, or have to do our part to work for peace We participation of many. for peace. allow us to join them, as we all work “Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the “Which of these three, do you think, Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.” mercy.” robbers?” He said, “The one who showed him Luke 10:36–37 Scripture Focus:

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You may choose a time later in the day to You Most of your campers will read fairly well, Most of your campers will read fairly

do an emergency first aid drill. Have the campers “rescue” you and get you to help with a pretend broken leg. Lending Aid on Review first-aid basics while reflecting Why: someone else when to give help, and when to call to join the effort. Supplies: Bibles, first aid kit group. Read Luke 10:25–37 together as a How: might Ask the campers what skills the Samaritan helping. have had that made him feel comfortable in the woods, Ask campers to imagine being out their friend far from home with a friend, when falls and gets hurt. Discuss what they might do to help. Using volunteers, show them how to clean and bandage a wound, how to make a sling for a broken arm, and how to splint a broken about how we know leg or sprained ankle. Talk when to help, and when to call someone else for assistance. Ask campers if there is ever a time when helping someone might upset them. Reflect together on how the Samaritan knew what to do, and how the injured man might have felt about being cared for by a stranger. BTW: Have the campers go through the material the material through go the campers Have How: the papers or magazines out articles from and cut by changed or affected think could be that they be about what might Talk good peacemaking. the for those in might be a solution helpful or what might Have them consider news article. particular situation. They bring peace to that an article or two in which might even find already occurred. Then invite peacemaking has one situation or article, and each camper to select to a quiet place to pray for to take it with them article and the situation. When the people in the If you have all to pray together. they return, invite together and ask the time, read Luke 10:25–37 up with headlines for what the campers to come news would cover from that story. BTW: less proficient. but you may have some who are that gap. Use the photos in the articles to bridge articles may also wish to curate a selection of You that there for this project ahead of time to ensure . are child-appropriate topics and photos InsideOut: PLAY LEARN

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Place one spoon for each player in the center Place one spoon Supplies: Current newspapers or news magazines, or printouts of headlines from on-line news scissors (optional: sources, “Peace Out” the News the News Out” “Peace This activity connects campers to the larger Why: world and possible issues they might address as peacemakers. BTW: (instead of spoons) in the middle of the pool. Campers have to jump in and grab a noodle to stay in the game. The first person draws a card from the deck, The first person draws a card from one card to decides to use it or not, and discards another. the player on their left before drawing use that card or The player on their left decides to The play continues discard it to the next player. Once a player gets four of the around the circle. grab a spoon. same number or face card, they can and can be The Joker is the “Samaritan Card” If you played with any three matching cards. you do not see someone take a spoon, even if you can grab a have four of a kind in your hand, a spoon spoon. The person who ends up without invite you play, is the dealer for the next hand. As Samaritans” the campers to talk about the “good Who has who have shown up in their lives. to their helped them, been their friend, listened they were problems? Invite them to share times good Samaritans as well. of a table, minus one. If there are more than eight one. If there are more than eight of a table, minus deck to the game. Deal six players, add another is to The object of the game cards to each player. get four of the same numbered cards. How Deck of cards (including one joker), Supplies: Deck of cards (including minus one) camper, spoons (one per Save Samaritan game gives an This modified spoons Why: about today’s opportunity for conversation scripture.

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The campers may have their own stories The campers may have their own

we can!” Ask the campers to brainstorm issues today when people might be discouraged as they work for change. Give everyone note card and a pen, and invite each to write some ideas on their card. Collect the cards and read the issues. Invite opportunities we have to change the world. opportunities we have to change Supplies: note cards, pens a series Invite campers to accept or decline How: the of challenges. For each, you will describe explaining that challenge, then ask, “Podemos?” simple ones, it means, “Can we?” Start with some “peace,” or such as: use your bodies to spell out some bigger make a human pyramid. Then offer the camp, challenges, such as: sing a song for make a fire clean a bathroom in 5 minutes, or Let the group discuss without matches or a lighter. each challenge. If they are willing, they should “sí se puede answer, Podemos? Podemos? sí se puede Learn about Why: on the back of 20–30 pictures of people’s faces and and faces of people’s pictures of 20–30 back on the Invite at the faces. to take a look invite campers of the each character to assign a face to campers number from by writing the This is done story. on the paper. name under the character’s that face Once everyone look written their numbers, has between the selections. Spend for commonality about how faces were chosen some time talking a Ask the campers how for different characters. their willingness to appearance relates to person’s to imagine how someone help. Invite the campers their face to a character. else might have assigned seen them as a bandit? Ask the Who might have impacts the appearance campers how people’s our world today. help they get in BTW: that the of helping or not helping. Remember reflection and purpose of the activity is to invite experiences, sharing. If they start telling personal it. step beyond the activity and go with comes from a 1970s justice movement during which farmworkers organized to demand fair treatment, and, when things looked bad, leaders encouraged them by saying, “sí se puede You can let them make up some challenges of You their own, but be clear to them that you can edit Once the group has the suggestions for safety. explain that sí se puede done a couple challenges,

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PLAY 86 InsideOut: On a large piece of paper, write the primary On a large piece of paper, How: (Injured scripture reading characters from today’s Samaritan, Spiritual Leader, Man, Bandit, Minister, Innkeeper) at the tops of columns. Put numbers 20–30 pictures of people’s faces, large Supplies: 20–30 pictures of people’s and markers piece of paper, This is an imagination game that asks Why: campers to reflect on their own biases that might get in the way of serving and peacemaking. Face Face the Truth You could place yourself or another You BTW: your body counselor as the fallen friend. Make ever limp when campers try to lift you, but don’t more can even make it ask for their help. You rolling the wrong difficult for them to help you by about how direction, or whining and complaining their make it easy on one of they help. Eventually, attempts. This is a good starter for a conversation to attitudes impact our ability on how people’s help. Invite a volunteer to sit in the middle of Invite a volunteer How: that they have fallen on the group and explain the rest of the campers are a trail at camp as how many group Ask the campers walking by. are needed to help the fallen members they think reflect on how much Ask the campers to camper. be if everyoneeasier the task would helped. If can let campers tryyou have time, you helping of people, but only if the with various numbers being lifted. When you camper is comfortable why they have finished this, ask the campers rather than decided to pick the fallen friend up if they could ask them if they needed help, or sometimes stand on their own. Explain that where people need to be rescued from situations other times they cannot help themselves, and find strength people need to be supported as they examples of to face a challenge. Brainstorm some that seem to fall each, and discuss any suggestions campers to think somewhere in the middle. Invite in, and when to about how to know when to step stand beside in support. none Supplies: Explore the difference between rescuing and rescuing the difference between Explore Why: needed. when each is and think about supporting, I’ve Fallen, and… and… Fallen, I’ve

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Story Resources (Disney, 2016). Story of a young girl 2016). (Disney, Publishers, 2002). Funny story that helps show 2002). Publishers, make a big difference, since how little things to imagine that they can it is hard for campers the world. affect change in Jen Cullerton Johnson storyof Nobel Peace Prize winner 2010). True in Kenya Maathai, whose tree planting Wangari of working together to create shows the power change. save her seeking change for herself, and to change people. Moana learns that she cannot path the world on her own, and that the of to peace is filled with individual stories The courage of one redemption and discovery. a community can inspire the transformation of as they stand and grow together. 2003). Unhei is the new kid House Children’s, to the at school, having moved from Korea the class for United States. She decides to ask name, only suggestions for her new “American” her to to find a new friend who encourages class about claim her own name and teach the and her culture. They learn that friendship solidarity are powerful tools. Things, of Little The King World, Gift to the Wangari’s Seeds of Change: Moana The Name Jar, InsideOut: SERVE

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while making a banner to celebrate it. while making a If many campers respond to one or two campers respond If many These signs could be hung around camp or

® Yes, We We Can! Yes, for supplies and working By searching Why: practice the concept of sí se campers together, puede campers to express their personal concern or concern personal their to express campers by saying, “sí se puede support BTW: some want to spend issues, you might particular more detail. If larger those in time discussing on those issues, you resources bodies have church where to find them when they could tell campers addition to this activity could get home. Another on Cesar Chavez. be a short biography sent to congregations who are working on new projects, or to congregations in formation. Such a destination for the banner could help campers understand themselves as being part of a larger even though they all working together, “Church,” will never meet many of those involved. BTW: Explain that “Yes, we can!” means that Explain that “Yes, How: a goal we will work together to accomplish see the way before us. It is even when we don’t activity by a statement of faith. Introduce this to prove that we can, saying, “In this activity, seem to have everything even when we don’t Explain we need, we will be making banners.” be making banners that they will that, together, Can!” but that they will need more We “Yes, say, in nature supplies. Invite them to look around in their (taking nothing still alive), in recycling, be cut, glued, cabins for more supplies that can work. Once folded, or modified to make them newsprint they have returned with leaves, sticks, who they and other recyclables have each decide individual, will be giving their banner to: an share it or a group of people? Or might they make the in worship instead? Then have them layering or cutting leaves can banners. Remember, create some beautiful colors and shapes. As they work, talk about when people need courage to make something work. Share stories of times the campers made it work. Supplies: OLDER CHILDREN OLDER Passing of the peace Closing your space A game to choose how to meet fear A creative going-away blessing activity Active closing prayer DESCRIPTION

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PRAY Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily SERVICE PRAY LEARN PLAY PLAY PRAY PRAY PLAY CREATE PRAY TYPE John 14:25–27

Lord, hold my hand, lead me where you want me to go, and let me know your peace in all the Lord, hold my hand, lead me where you want me to go, and let me

Learn that Jesus’ peace is with them now and always. Learn that Jesus’ peace is with them help them with their fears as they walk the way of peace at home Come to know that Jesus’ peace will and in the world. TITLE You Be with Peace My Peace I Leave You I Leave My Peace Fear and Frenzy Aloha Flowers Passing Peace Passing places you lead. Amen. 88 InsideOut: Scripture Passage: will… campers Today, • Campers are going out into the world, with God’s blessing, as peacemakers. God’s blessing, as peacemakers. God’s Theological Summary: with God’s Campers are going out into the world, example of peace they find in Jesus. Spirit goes with them to share the • “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let “Peace I leave with you; my peace them be afraid.” hearts be troubled, and do not let John 14:27 Scripture Focus: Prayer: We know that peace takes a lot of work, and we also know that peace works—so we will know that peace takes a lot of work, and we also know that peace works—so we Leader Notes: We work for it, always.

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This is an appropriate time to recognize just This is an appropriate time to recognize Watch for natural leaders, and, if the group if the group and, leaders, for natural Watch

Aloha Flowers Aloha Flowers A creative going away blessing activity Why: paper cut in 6”x8” rectangles, Supplies: Tissue pipe cleaners Instruct the campers as follows, while How: leading by example: “Stack three or four layers of folded in an accordion pleat along tissue paper, a pipe-cleaner around the the short edge. Wrap and twist it around itself to middle of the paper, secure this “stem.” Then gently pull apart the does this really well, consider giving those leaders giving those really well, consider does this of the more reserved to make some a handicap who is hard for someone take the lead. It campers Let who do not. leads to trust those naturally to trust all kinds. them learn Fear and Frenzy campers to choose how to Game challenges Why: meet fear. per person to carrySupplies: Four small objects be pennies, rocks, small in their pockets (could pompoms, etc.) game that has the flavor This is a running How: playing, of rock/paper/scissors. Campers continue the game by changing partners each time. Begin a wide, level, having the campers running around near someone, open space. Whenever they come count to three they shout “Frenzy Battle,” then three options: before doing any of the following still like a tree, or spin stand Growl like a tiger, beat around screaming “Run! run!” “Growls” and “trees” “spinners,” “spinners” beat “trees,” the loser gives beat “growlers.” After each battle, Play the the winner one of their small objects. After you game until someone runs out of objects. people face fear have played, talk about the ways name some of in the world. Ask the campers to Remind the fears they might meet as peacemakers. matter how campers that God is with them, no they face their fears. BTW: all week. how strong these campers have been nerves, Mention times you saw them overcome make good choices, and handle new situations or challenges. BTW: InsideOut: PRAY PRAY

PLAY SERVE Daily Activities Daily If you have a lot of yarn, you can have If you have a lot of yarn, you can

Invite campers to look at what is left in How: your meeting area. Are there papers hanging, or supplies sitting around? Are there elements from some time to past activities still close by? Take remember the special moments your group has had, and the role the physical space played in any supplies back experience. Take your group’s where they belong, and return any part of nature to its rightful place. Put sticks, leaves, etc., that were used for activities back in the woods. See if you can make your space look as if no one were ever there. Once everyone has returned items and say a prayer of thanksgiving come back together, for the space. Supplies: Anything left in the meeting space You I Leave My Peace campers Close your gathering space, as the Why: been say “Aloha” to the piece of creation that has their host. those who pass the ball hold on to the yarn as those who pass the ball hold on to get those in the middle will it goes. Eventually, The tied up in the yarn as the game continues. connected the more peace that is shared, the more group becomes. BTW: Read John 14:25–27, then play a simple Read John 14:25–27, How: game with a ball of yarn. Play “Hot Potato”–style a song together as the ball some music or sing When the music stops, circle. goes around the ball steps into the center and the whoever has the be with you.” The camper in group says, “Peace you.” That the middle responds, “And also with play again. camper stays in the middle as you receives Each camper who comes to the middle camper is left in the blessing of peace till only one Everyone offers them peace, and the outer circle. pulls them into the middle with them. Supplies: Bible, ball of yarn You Be with Peace and prayer of blessing A passing game Why: by Jeff Brumbeau Jeff Brumbeau by Story Resources A wise and generous A wise and generous 2001). Inc., (Scholastic, with magic in her fingers and love quiltmaker, her heart, sews beautiful quilts for humanity in mentor to She becomes and gives them away. learns the most valuable a greedy king, who Under the quiltmaker’s lesson of his life. gives away his extravagant guidance, the king learns the true meaning of possessions, and joy to the lives of others. happiness by bringing The Quiltmaker’s Gift, The Quiltmaker’s

PRAY Prayers can be as informal or as formal as

90 InsideOut: you like. God hears them all, even the ones that are just conversations among friends, as God is always there. BTW: Invite the campers to “circle up,” and Invite the campers to “circle How: person to to gently begin to toss the ball from ball, they are person. When a camper catches the for this week to say one thing they are thankful at camp. Then, after everyone has had a turn, say, with campers “Amen.” Then do it again, this time or afraid sharing one thing they were concerned that now they about before coming to camp, but as spiders, or are okay with. It can be as simple Then say, making new friends. It is all acceptable. ball around for “Amen” again. Then just pass the and ask the campers the last round of the prayer, to. As each to share what they are headed home “Peace I leave with you; camper concludes, say, my peace I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.” Supplies: Ball This active closing prayer provides a closing This active closing prayer provides Why: one of the ritual for the week, and it will resemble welcome activities from Day 1. Peace Passing If you have time and enough paper, each each and enough paper, If you have time BTW: one flower per each other person camper can make pipe-cleaners can be used to in the group. Extra that everyoneconnect them so goes home with a flower lei. layers of the paper, fluffing them to make a flower a flower to make them fluffing paper, of the layers in the all the flowers campers place shape.” Have to remind of flowers, and form a circle middle to greeting to camp, that aloha was the the campers that campers Tell also a word of blessing. but it is they be peacemakers, back home to as they go of flowers and all they circle can remember the learned together.

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DESCRIPTION Name and communication game Exploring the Great Banquet Rainbow of names Play and learn about leis names Learn each other’s InsideOut:

DAILY ACTIVITIES DAILY Day 1: Aloha Aloha 1: Day

SERVE LEARN LEARN Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily TYPE PLAY PLAY LEARN CREATE PLAY PRAY Luke 14:15–24

Dear welcoming God, help us listen for your presence in nature this week. Teach us to be week. Teach Dear welcoming God, help us listen for your presence in nature this . Feel welcome in the spirit of aloha place. Know that they are invited to this this week. Recognize the gift of being at camp people who are different. Recognize that the table is filled with TITLE Way Get in the Words I’m Invited? Over the Rainbow Lei Tag Going Welcome the Keep Prayer: Prayer: with sisters and brothers everywhere, we can say yes to the Together, welcoming and loving to each other. amazing banquet you offer to everyone. Amen. Today’s activities are important to get campers off on the right foot, building a cohesive Today’s Leader Notes: group and setting the stage for treating each other with love and respect. Scripture Passage: Today, campers will… campers Today, • • • • Theological Summary: hospitality through parables. The kingdom of Jesus offers us examples of radical physical condition, or wealth or God is open to everyone, of social status, occupation, gender, regardless a party to which everyone is invited. lack thereof. It’s Luke 14:21b–23 CEB Luke 14:21b–23 Scripture Focus: crippled, blind and the poor, streets, the busy ones and the side streets, and bring “‘Go quickly to the city’s still room.’ The master your instructions have been followed and there is lame.’ The servant said, ‘Master, said to the servant, to come in so that my house will ‘Go to the highways and back alleys and urge people be filled.’” CREATE Younger youth have likely experienced the youth have likely experienced the Younger

Over the Rainbow positive This is an activity to illustrate that Why: of a qualities in people, just like the colors come together to make something rainbow, beautiful. large Supplies: Rainbow colors of sidewalk chalk, paved area they’ve Invite campers to reflect on times How: Explain that, in the seen a rainbow in the sky. 1960s, a rainbow flag symbolized the desire for so the rainbow is peace in many protest marches, still considered by many to be a symbol of peace. Provide various colors of chalk and invite each camper to write, on the pavement, the names of seven different people in their lives who always make them feel welcome or safe. Ask campers to and organize write each name in a different color, the writing so they all use the red in the same area, all the yellow in the same area, etc., so that can make a rainbow is formed by the writing. You this as big or small as you want. could play “Somewhere Over the You BTW: Rainbow” while the group creates their rainbow name mural. Consider taking a picture of the group with the mural when it is complete. the parable of the Great Dinner from Luke 14:15– from Dinner the Great of the parable feel on how it might campers to reflect 24. Invite generous invitation host and have your to be the to the were added and how those who rejected, host What would the might have felt. invite list feel really welcomed? to make them have to do benefit from such radical Discuss who might Are there students at school hospitality today: neighborhood families who who eat lunch alone, for nice clothes, or friends have money don’t at sports? How does the Church great who aren’t are different? After your welcome those who the campers paper and markers conversation, give to people or groups that to create invitations or they are welcome at Church, might not know even by God. BTW: being excluded disappointment that comes from gathering. from a birthday party or other social if they are Be mindful of these experiences and, other shared, be ready to talk about welcoming actions that youth rather than taking hurtful exclude.

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If you have campers or counselors who If you have campers or counselors

. Hand motions and body language hospitality. Hand motions and 92 InsideOut: Ask campers to describe the fanciest dinner How: they’ve ever attended, including details about decorations, the food served, and the people who attended. Ask campers what would lead them to Read turn down an invitation to a special party. Supplies: Bible or copies of the Luke 14 banquet markers paper, story, This activity is intended as an aid for Why: helping the youth to understand the banquet all-inclusive love. story as a metaphor of God’s I’m Invited? speak different languages, you could have you speak different languages, we are to a conversation about how willing Campers understand those who sound different. whose families speak more than one language might have great stories about communication challenges. BTW: Invite each camper to share their name Invite each camper How: about themself with one and tell something other than their own name, simple restriction: use the words: aloha, welcome, campers can only and meaning will have to be used to convey the them to tryof the words they use. Encourage what grade communicating where they are from, they are entering, and a favorite “something.” After everyone themselves, has tried to introduce allow campers remove the word restrictions and Spend to clarify what they were communicating. on how body a few minutes at the end reflecting impact language, eye contact, and tone can someone communication. Ask campers how if they can make them feel welcome, even understand the words. If you have time, don’t messages you might also discuss how negative and which are communicated without words, emotions are easiest to share nonverbally. Supplies: Words Get in the Way Way the Get in Words campers learn names This silly game helps Why: in the daily theme. and immerses them

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Story of some animals who feel they Story Resources Consider having campers celebrate their Consider having campers celebrate

how to say, “Hello,” in 20 languages. how to say, on youtube.com. This is a (1995). Available story song that tells about two very different students who show others what it means to share a table and welcome others. com/leitradition.aspx - This Hawaiian floral company does a great job of explaining the tradition of the lei and what it means today. 1998). have to one-up each other in a bragging contest, and the worm who humbled them. Pocketcultures.com – This website can show you of Friendship and Love, Table HawaiiFlowerLei.com - www.hawaiiflowerlei. Seuss Dr. by The Big Brag, Ask campers to think about what makes them feel them makes about what to think campers Ask they or how groups in a group, most comfortable camper best. Invite each a part of work have been one important thing their name, and to share Write in a group. them comfortable that makes poster pineapple-shaped on the large their answers encourage them to remember board cut-out, and so they will know how to make what others said, all week. Explain that each other feel welcome an important part of Hawaiian the pineapple is Ask the of hospitality. culture, and a symbol things the group will need to campers what other to make sure everyonedo during the week feels Add these to your pineapple welcomed and safe. the pineapple poster Invite campers to sign poster. to each other as a promise to show hospitality they have all week and to uphold the guidelines group, and a created. Close with a prayer for the blessing of their covenant together. BTW: Chunks group covenant by sharing a pineapple. or juice are to dip in caramel, grilled skewers, snack. You all simple ways to share a pineapple like could even roast pieces over the campfire marshmallows. InsideOut: SERVE LEARN

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In advance, cut out a large pineapple shape How: from poster board. Supplies: Poster board, scissors, marker In this activity, the campers will establish a In this activity, Why: covenant, or guidelines, for the week together. Keep the Welcome Going Welcome the Keep You might want to provide supplies for You BTW: can cut You making leis as a follow-up activity. get some pre- out construction paper flowers, or Pieces of cut. Plastic flowers are also an option. between drinking straw can be used as dividers Simply have to cut so many. flowers, so you don’t cut out and hole-punch flowers that have been straws. When run string through the flowers and campers sit in the leis have been completed, have made to the and each present the lei they a circle person on their right, with the greeting of their could also partner with another group choice. You and have campers exchange leis with someone from another group as a reminder of aloha’s hospitality. Supplies: as “It,” then let everyone Assign one camper How: they are tagged, they must link know that when with the person or people who arms or join hands continues until everyoneare “It,” The game is have played one round, stop included. After you of a lei as a symbol of and explain the tradition in the Peace resources can use the welcome. You explanation. Invite campers Packet for a detailed of people formed in the to think of the chain and finally game as a giant lei being created, If you have wrapped around the last person. the group time, play again. If not, simply ask might change to reflect on how this symbolism we want to join their goals in the game. Ask: “Do Do we want to in the giving of such a welcome? campers to be welcomed and celebrated?” Invite celebrate and brainstorm ways communities can stories of welcome people, or have them share times they felt welcomed and celebrated. This activity helps students understand helps students This activity Why: tradition of the of aloha and the the meaning old favorite game. lei through an Hawaiian Lei Tag Tag Lei YOUNGER YOUTH YOUNGER Connecting activity Problem solve and play together Finding common voice Connected and connecting Images of community Affirming gifts Simulated rainstorm DESCRIPTION

DAILY ACTIVITIES DAILY Day 2: Ubuntu Ubuntu 2: Day PLAY LEARN

Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily LEARN LEARN LEARN LEARN PLAY PLAY PLAY PRAY CREATE CREATE CREATE CREATE TYPE 1 Corinthians 12:1–27 1 Corinthians 12:1–27

ubuntu through shared joys and challenges. Loving God, thank you for this week’s camp community. Help me to listen for your voice, to learn camp community. Loving God, thank you for this week’s Recognize value in themselves and others as children of God. Recognize value in themselves and Know they are interwoven members of the body of Christ. Commit to nurture their camp community. Better Together TITLE Step by Step Step by Hive Mind CommUNITY We Go Together That’s That’s a Wrap Give Us a Hand 94 InsideOut: Scripture Passage: Today, campers will… campers Today, • • • • Experience Human beings are created to be in community. Adam and Eve handled being Theological Summary:in community. Human beings are created to be other ancient cities, as we together. Christians gathered in Corinth and expelled from the garden of Eden encourage and love—together. celebrate and pray, to worship and pray, do today, 1 Corinthians 12:13 1 Corinthians 12:13 Scripture Focus: all into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were For in the one Spirit we were all baptized made to drink of one Spirit. Prayer: Prayer: my neighbors and friends. about my gifts, and to discover how I can best share those gifts with The self-esteem of young people is enhanced by their participation in healthy communities. The self-esteem of young people is enhanced by their participation Leader Notes: of a student who has been struggling The camp experience can go a long way to bolstering the confidence with self-image.

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If your campers have done similar games If your campers have done similar

Hive Mind others’ This silly game helps campers learn Why: daily theme. names, and immerses them in the Supplies: Large sheet of paper with 10 words written on it, tape and ask each up a list of 10 words Tape How: about which camper to think really hard, silently, one word the rest of the group might choose. Invite campers to all shout out the word they think the group will choose on the count of three. Of course, they will not all shout the same allow any word. Have them try again, but don’t Simply conversation before repeating the activity. invite them to think harder about what one word then have they think everyone else is going to say, them call out in unison again. Keep repeating until they all get the same word. Then spend some time discussing how people influence each other, and the difference between leadership and forcing a decision. Ask campers how good communities When you are with the campers, explain that they that explain campers, with the you are When go from those who together and learn will work a they must find talking, Without before them. you the game leader, the grid. As path through remind and only to one who speaks, are the only is safe them if a space rules and inform them of “yes” or “no” will work. Before or not. A simple line up, single file, and starting, have campers that they will take turns going explain to them and if they step on a wrong through the grid, go to the back of the line. The square, they must everyonegame ends when has gotten across. they made it through safely, Once a camper has or return to their place in may stay at the end, the path again. After everyoneline to complete about the is through, spend some time talking mentors, and roles other people play as guides, learn from the supporters, and how communities past. BTW: game you can replace this with a simple recently, or expand the game and of “follow the leader,” (and make a giant grid with multiple groups leaders) trying at the same time. to navigate it want to For the expanded version, you may at different use different colors of chalk or tape keep the rows points to help leaders and campers straight. InsideOut: LEARN LEARN

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Daily Activity Daily You can use the information shared and the can use the information shared and You

Before campers arrive, mark out a simple How: grid on the sidewalk in chalk, at least 5” x 6” squares large enough to step in. A grid of 6” x 10” squares is much more challenging. Draw this same grid on a piece of paper and plot out a path through it that changes directions more than once. Supplies: Chalk or tape, sidewalk area, paper and pencil This activity will help campers learn to Why: communicate with each other and resolve issues together. Step by Step Step by times campers called out, “Same,” to add a layer times campers called out, “Same,” with Have campers form a circle to this activity. common with each person having something in Once campers the person on either side of them. see if circle, find their connections and form a any of the they can do it again without repeating Repeat as many connections from the first round. times as you can. BTW: Holding a ball of yarn in one hand, and the Holding a ball of How: and a share your name other, end of yarn in the as color of your house, fact about yourself—such or perhaps describe your sock favorite ice cream, the ball of yarn across the circle collection. Toss the camper who (holding on to the end), naming for other will catch it. If what is shared is true “Same!” campers, they respond by shouting, your actions. The camper you threw to repeats This continues until everyone has had several by a web of turns and the group is connected one last round, yarn. Then pass the yarn around they benefit asking each camper to name a way Close by reading 1 from being in community. Corinthians 12:1–27 together. Large ball of yarn, Bibles Supplies: Large ball of yarn, Better Together Better Together help campers become more This activity will Why: with each other while familiar and comfortable common connections. learning about their LEARN

CREATE That’s a Wrap a That’s campers This activity is designed to help Why: gifts that understand and appreciate the special God gives each of them. Supplies: Small boxes, gift wrap, scissors, tape, to wrap a markers, and ribbon for each camper 12 small gift; Bibles or copies of 1 Corinthians Ask campers to listen for the spiritual How: gifts discussed in 1 Corinthians 12, then read verses 7–10, emphasizing the gifts of wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, working miracles, discernment, speaking in tongues, and prophecy, youth about gifts they see with interpreting. Talk and how the gifts in themselves and each other, they share enhance the community around them. Each person will wrap a small gift to represent If you can, their own gifts to the community. leave these in your group space, with a small slot cut in each, allowing campers to drop notes that gifts into the boxes throughout affirm each other’s the week. Campers will eventually take these One ½ sheet of paper per camper, and per camper, of paper ½ sheet One Supplies: (or paint supplies) markers about what few minutes talking Spend a How: Ask looks like. and healthy community a strong what and think about to shut their eyes campers when they think about images come to mind them to share the Invite a strong community. of with the group. Give images they thought of paper and markers, and each camper a piece with an image of community. ask them to fill it pattern, or detailed picture. This can be a symbol, to use as much of the paper as Encourage them their design quickly who finish possible. Youth image, or encourage others in may do another the have done, is artwork the all When work. their art as panels in group decide how to assemble the on the back. a mural, and tape the seams together mural for the Find a place in camp to hang the rest of the week. can turn this into a larger craft project You BTW: more with paints on cardboard or another each group could permanent surface. The works of that is left be combined into a larger camp mural be added to by future or could for the summer, camps.

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PRAY CREATE You could bring multiple groups together multiple groups could bring You

96 InsideOut: This activity encourages campers to work Why: together to create their vision of community by combining their thoughts and images. We Go Together Together Go We These cards could be used in a camp BTW: worship service, lifting up the blessing of other people, or using the campers’ prayers as part of a longer sharing of thanksgiving. Puzzles from different groups could be connected like bigger puzzle pieces for a visual in worship. UBUNTU in large letters the word Write How: then cut across a large piece of poster board, everyoneit into puzzle piece shapes so that in pieces can be the group has a piece, and all the piece and a pen, reconnected. Give each camper a of people who and ask them to write the names Provide time have shaped who they are today. about one of for those campers willing to share prayer for the the people they have listed. Say a the campers to names on the pieces, then invite the up. Tape work the puzzle with the names side it over and talk about then flip pieces together, ubuntu. Explain that it means “our individual Ask campers humanity is tied to our community.” shaped by to share examples of how they are are impacted by others and reflect on how people previous generations or their surrounding cultural community. Large piece of poster board, marker, Supplies: Large piece of poster board, marker, scissors, pens, tape CommUNITY the campers to explore This activity allows Why: of and the importance the meaning of ubuntu others in our life. after they have played on their own and see their own and see have played on after they are large scale. There works out on a how this communities, but we all are communities within collective. Spend some part of a larger human time afterward is talking about how community on the size, and how we find different depending common ground. BTW: make decisions, and what role past experience can past experience what role and decisions, make play.

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Story together of a community coming Collections of stories and traditions from Collections of stories and traditions Story Resources version of the story, we hear this poem about we hear version of the story, law of the jungle, “Now this is the community, And the wolf that as the sky, as old and as true but the wolf that prosper, shall keep it may die. As the creeper that shall break it must the law runneth forwardgirdles the tree trunk, strength of the pack is the and back— For the of the wolf is the pack.” wolf, and the strength wrestles with how to share king whose nation its identity. its giftedness, and its fear of losing (who is Kings of the past guide the new king into the also a superhero) as he leads his people future. 1997). own. to create what none could on their 2005). 2005). Native American communities. In this CGI 2016). In this CGI (Disney, Book The Jungle 2018). Story of a (Disney/Marvel, Panther Black Stone Soup, All Our Relatives, InsideOut: PRAY

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Storms elicit a variety of responses and Storms elicit a variety of responses

BTW: emotions in people. If time allows, give campers the opportunity to talk about a time they were frightened by a thunderstorm or other weather event. Ask, “Are we less likely to be afraid if we’re alone or with a group of people, comforted by the can expand this strength of community?” You conversation to discuss how communities face natural disasters together. Practice the following motions with the Practice the following motions with How: snap fingers, campers first: rub hands together, of these slap thighs, stomp feet. (The intent simulate a progressively louder actions is to youth to be developing rainstorm.) Instructing actions, rub hands silent and to copy the leader’s through together for 10–20 seconds. Progress the motions above in intervals of the leaders’ ending with choosing, and then reverse the steps, A couple of practice softly rubbing hands together. rounds may be necessary to get the effect. Try watching the routine again, with half the group the sounds. quietly and the other half creating time, repeating. Then add one or two people at a Great Banquet, This simulated rainstorm, like the Offer becomes better with each added participant. of community. a prayer of thanks for the blessings Supplies: This activity encourages the campers to This activity encourages Why: a common goal, while it also work together for before a closing activity calms the group Give Us a Hand Give Us a Hand You could do a different version of different version could do a You BTW: and boxes as a group decorating this activity, Invite spiritual gift. each as a different designating names of people who have campers to insert them or used those gifts to shared that gift with build up the community. home, as reminders of the special people God has God people the special of as reminders home, to be. created them YOUNGER YOUTH YOUNGER Trust testing activity Trust Competing conversations Lies and the fallout Where is God in the story? Imagining better outcomes A world of concerns Meaning of shalom DESCRIPTION

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Day 3: Shalom Shalom 3: Day LEARN

PLAY PLAY LEARN Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily LEARN LEARN CREATE CREATE CREATE PRAY PRAY LEARN TYPE SERVE SERVE Genesis 27:1–26

Be aware that the Jacob and Esau story may bring emotional or angry responses from

God of peace, walk with us today, in the ways we play and the ways we pray. Help us be cheerful Help us be in the ways we play and the ways we pray. God of peace, walk with us today,

Understand that conflict happens in all communities. Understand that conflict happens can lead to brokenness. Acknowledge the truth that conflict to shalom. Learn that we can move from brokenness and happens over time. Understand that peace requires effort Defining Conflict Trail of Lies Trail Modern Family New Directions New Escalation What’s the Word? TITLE What I See? See You Do beacons of peace and love in your world. Shalom. Prayer: Leader Notes: campers name their own Help youth who feel that siblings in their own family are not treated equally. experiences and how they relate to the story. 98 InsideOut: Scripture Passage: Today, campers will… campers Today, • • • • Theological Summary: actions, and service Campers will learn that their relationships, others make a to within themselves and in the world. difference in working toward peace, Genesis 27:23–24 Scripture Focus: hands; so he blessed him. his hands were hairyHe did not recognize him, because like his brother Esau’s He answered, “I am.” He said, “Are you really my son Esau?”

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Consider letting campers fill in the blanks If you have time, consider brainstorming a brainstorming time, consider If you have BTW: can act hidden. Campers conflict was list of times or triads. in pairs out the scenarios of Lies Trail to help campers This activity is intended Why: of the word shalom and understand the meaning for peace as people of God. Christians’ desire Bibles, Jacob & Esau Supplies: Paper and pens, story page 102 handout from think of a time when they Invite campers to How: truth to get something they lied or told a partial to share. Give wanted. Allow any who are willing pen, and ask each person a piece of paper and on their own them to create a “trail of lies” based Have them experience or a hypothetical situation. of the paper start by writing the lie in the middle have them with a box around it. Above the lie, lie, putting backtrack the events that led to the them a box around each event and connecting to write with a line. Below the lie, ask campers lies told in the consequences, including other Spend some response or to cover up the first lie. trust breaks time talking about the way broken it is to repair. down community and how hard create a “Trail Read Genesis 27:1–26 together and can either use the Jacob You of Lies” for the story. & Esau story the rest of the story handout to share affirm that or tell the rest yourself. Be sure to lies were wrong, even though some might Jacob’s they also notice see them as successful. Make sure not telling his father about lack of honesty, Esau’s his agreement with Jacob when his father prepares to bless him. From the system of playing favorites, to lots of questionable choices by individuals, this without some really have anyone story doesn’t level of responsibility. BTW: of Lies” with some “Trail on Jacob and Esau’s creative story telling. Ask, “What other events made it so bad between them? How much did Isaac play favorites? What was the fallout at home when Jacob left?” Let them be creative InsideOut: PLAY

LEARN SERVE Comply/Cooperate; Rival/Enemy; Daily Activity Daily none Neglect/Independence. Once everyone has shared, ask the campers if a community can be considered “peaceful” just because there are no public conflicts. Ask campers to describe times when they’ve How: been part of communities in which every member wore matching uniforms, then brainstorm other ways groups show their unity or act in unison. schools, choirs, These could involve teams, family, etc. Reflect on how it feels to fit in or conform, and what challenges it creates. Have campers pair up and discuss the following pairs of words, then share their thoughts with the larger group: Individuality/Rebel; Supplies: Supplies: This activity should help campers reflect on This activity should help campers Why: community. the many challenges of living in Defining Conflict This would be a great activity to run at a This would be a great activity to BTW: could meal. Those who are without blindfolds see, but randomly bring food to those who can’t from the table. change seats as they come and go Pair campers, and blindfold one of each Pair campers, and How: the blindfold will The partner not wearing pair. a previously defined area, lead the other around can change by the arm. You guiding them gently if some are uncomfortable with roles of campers are in place, being blindfolded. Once blindfolds their partners switch the guides around without through can switch again part way knowing. You the activity if you want. Afterward, ask those who if they noticed were blindfolded how they felt and time talking the change in guides. Spend some Ask campers about trust, and feelings of security. good care of how having a different guide take were tricked in them changed the fact that they the first place. Blindfolds (one per everySupplies: Blindfolds (one two campers) Do You See What I See? See You Do help each other when circumstances can We Why: hard to find. make peace seem LEARN

PRAY group to come up with three ways the story ways the three up with to come group could come each team has Once differently. have ended have believe would some scenarios they up with them time to present provide made a difference, After as a comic strip. skit, or draw it out one as a stories campers to share present, invite the groups in which they can imagine from their own lives better endings. invite campers to present If you have time, BTW: lives that they would love conflicts from their Groups could each take a some input on solving. up with an alternative ending. scenario and come Escalation conflicts This activity takes a look at how Why: community grow beyond individuals to include hurts. marker Supplies: Slips of paper, below— Beforehand, write the issues listed How: and any others you want to include—separately on slips of paper and fold them up. Domestic Issues to include: High School Dropouts, Abuse, DrugPolitical Division, Climate Addiction, Threats Change, Bullying, Terrorist the words Let campers take turns acting out using any on the slips, charades style, without them all, go words. Once campers have guessed campers back through each issue and ask the play in the to brainstorm what role individuals be resolved issues and what conflicts need to back look Finally, before the problem can be fixed. to reflect on over each issue and ask the campers what personal role they might play in any of the problems. Some will be applicable, while others will not. Be aware that some campers may blame themselves for specific issues at home that are not Name these as it is appropriate their responsibility. and affirm the responsibility of adults in care roles. When you are done, give each camper one of the slips of paper and ask them to lift up a silent prayer for shalom related to the issue on Close with a verbal prayer for peace their paper. for all people. If you want to dive deeper on any issues, BTW: you might consider taking an untruth people tell

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100 InsideOut: Review the story from of Jacob and Esau How: so that youth remember the scripture, today’s series of events that led to the discord between the twins. Divide campers into teams of three or pass out paper and pens, and instruct each four, Supplies: Bible, paper and pens New Directions New This activity is designed to help campers Why: imagine paths to peace and see how choices make a difference. differences in family dynamics between the storydifferences in family dynamics between very The role of women was and our world today. role in the story might different, and Rebekah’s in history. sound different at different points power in Invite the campers to reflect on how relationships changes based on the time in history in which we live. BTW: Ask a volunteer to read the scripture for Ask a volunteer How: volunteer to list horizontally, today and another the characters the paper, across the top of should include Isaac, Esau, involved. The list (If campers come up with Rebecca, and Jacob. is fine, and shows thinking “God” as well, that push don’t “outside of the box.” However, noticing or them to come up with it, as their involvement can be a later overlooking of God’s discussion point—see below.) As a group, list some then story, basic traits of each character in the four and ask divide the campers into teams of them to reenact the story a modern context. in each character Remind them to keep the traits of team share their in mind, but be creative. Let each Afterward,modern telling with the full group. God plays in spend some talking about the role this story and how each group represented or omitted God as a character. Bible, large paper, markers Supplies: Bible, large paper, Youth will learn that the only behavior they that the only behavior will learn Youth Why: own, but God is still with can control is their relationships are broken. them, even when Modern Family Family Modern and see if personal experiences are shared as they as they are shared experiences see if personal and hypothesize.

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Story Resources Story around the events that made the centers so mean. Sibling rivalryQueen of Hearts and part of many characters’ family conflict are is the hope of all. stories, and healing of the This musical version 1982). (Rice/Weber, Genesis story brings the characters to life and what happens after the helps youth understand birthright is stolen. 2016). Glass (Disney, the Looking Through Alice Dreamcoat Technicolor Joseph and the Amazing InsideOut: LEARN This could be a total camp activity in This could be a total camp activity

which the letters are written very large on a primary gathering space and different groups take letters. There turns adding words next to the giant letter as there are could be as many words for each a picture from a distance or above groups. Taking on social would create a great image to share media. BTW: in large block the word SHALOM Write How: writing surface (pavement letters across the to students that shalom is or paper). Explain “peace, harmony, a Hebrew word meaning welfare, and wholeness, completeness, as a greeting—to mean It can be used tranquility.” youth to consider both “hello” and “farewell.” Ask using the word when they might feel comfortable in place of customary greetings, such as “hi” or create an acrostic of the “goodbye.” Together, letters in shalom, allowing volunteers to use each meaning, letter to start a word that has a related Security, writing the words in chalk (for example: etc.) for each of the six letters. Prepare Hospitality, campers are a list of words in advance in case all harmony, stumped by any of the letters (serenity, love, offering, morning, etc.). Depart for the together, “Shalom!” next activity by bidding each other: Colored chalk and sidewalk area, or Supplies: Colored chalk and large paper and markers and learn and learn the meaning of shalom, Explore Why: conversation. how to use it in What’s the Word? Word? the What’s about that issue and using the directions in the in the directions using the and that issue about to map it out. of Lies” activity “Trail

By Lee Yates so bad that family claimed the It was other. Jacob and Esau were at each From the beginning, have Jacob grabbing Esau’s womb! Other family stories in their mother’s twins were wrestling the brothers forged born, still tryingheel as they were first race. As they grew, to win their very the Jacob preferred to work around Esau loved the outdoors and different identities. to feud. they continued house. As they grew, and knew his brother had overdone from the fields, exhausted. Jacob Esau came in One day, begged Jacob for some food and Jacob just happened was about to pass out. Esau desperately the moment and offered Esau food and drink Jacob seized to have made a really great stew. traditional blessing and inheritance of the firstborn child. in exchange for his birthright—the but over time he resented Jacob for taking advantage of Esau agreed to the deal and ate well, him. the time came for the blessing to be given. Esau had When their father was old and blind, She heard with Jacob, but somehow their mother knew. not told his father about the deal bring him a meal and then be ready to receive his blessing. old Isaac tell Esau to go hunt and Isaac and get the blessing intended for Esau. The trick Jacob worked with his mom to fool bolted before Esau could find him. worked—Jacob got the blessing—then relatives and new friends on his journey. connecting with other Jacob made his own way, but still managed to do well for himself. trickery, he was the victim of others’ Along the way, and even some joy, He had moments of sadness, anger, Jacob grew up a lot over the years. was missing was peace with Esau. Jacob longed for powerful religious experiences. What he used to call home. shalom, and started heading toward the place and moved out to greet him, but all Jacob knew was that Esau heard that Jacob was coming Jacob men at his command. Assuming Esau would be angry, Esau was coming and had lots of family so if Esau attacked, some would survive.sent gifts and then divided his large What sounds strange to us seemed to make perfect sense for fear-filled Jacob. like it. He woke up in The night before he was to see Esau, Jacob had a dream—or something really don’t it Esau? We it God? Was it an angel? Was it a vision? Was a wrestling match. Was blessing and a limp from his know for sure, but we know that Jacob left with the opponent’s earned rather than stolen. blessing was hip. For the first time, Jacob’s fell into a giant hug. Finally at peace with his past, Jacob went to meet Esau, and the brothers No one was trying was trying to win. No one to get ahead. Esau asked about the gifts, and both Esau assured him of the forgiveness—the peace—thy Jacob confessed his guilt and fear. discussed the future. felt. The brothers spent a lot of time talking, catching up, and even of past hurts and act in Things were never perfect for the brothers. They struggled to let go but they managed to live new ways, but they tried. Things were never perfect for the brothers, shalom, and they meant in peace. They greeted and departed from each other with the word it. Trail of Lies of Trail to Shalom Journey Esau’s Jacob and 102 InsideOut:

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Water activity Water Bubble foot washing Agape is a different love Forgiveness and agape Actions as call for love Love for God and Earth Pray for a better world DESCRIPTION InsideOut:

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Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily PRAY PRAY CREATE LEARN LEARN SERVE CREATE TYPE PLAY PLAY John 13:1–17

, God’s great love for us. great agape, God’s Loving God, thank you for your amazing example of love with no limits. Help us learn to love as Loving God, thank you for your amazing example of love with no

Come to believe that God’s peace with us is seen in Jesus’ sacrificial love. Come to believe that God’s a humble servant.Come to follow Jesus’ example as limits. love without Thrive within in the blanket of God’s Walk This Way Walk Word A Four Letter Love: Foe to Friend Worker Miracle Planting Seeds of Love Pieces of Peace TITLE Brigade Bucket you do, to think of others before ourselves, and to be Christ’s hands and feet in the world. Amen. you do, to think of others before ourselves, and to be Christ’s Prayer: Being outdoors can give campers a vast and tangible example of God’s unlimited love. Leader Notes: Being outdoors can give campers a vast and tangible example of God’s and the beauty of camp surroundings is often awe- presence in nature, often experience God’s Youth big God is. inspiring. Let creation be your partner in reminding campers how Scripture Passage: • Today, campers will campers Today, • Discover • • Jesus, as our human example of God’s love, gives us a glimpse into the depth of love, gives Theological Summary:God’s Jesus, as our human example of can keep trying short. to love like Jesus and know that we are forgiven whenever we fall agape. We John 13:15–16 Scripture Focus: I tell you, truly, you also should do just as I have done to you. Very “For I have set you an example, that who sent them.” nor are messengers greater than the one servants their master, are not greater than

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Word A Four-Letter Love: This activity offers students an opportunity Why: a word we to gain a deeper understanding of throw around casually every day. pens Supplies: Paper, Hand out paper and pens, and ask each How: camper to list three foods they love, followed by the names of three people they love, and three things they love to do in their free time. Ask the campers why the English language only has one word for such a broad and varied emotion. Explain that the Greek language has different words for various types of love—including eros (romantic love), philia (brotherly or platonic love), and agape (unselfish love for all) which we them: “Agape is God actively know from God. Tell making peace with us and forgiving us, setting Walk This Way Way This Walk to have some allows campers This activity Why: of new understanding offering them a fun while reconciling love. God’s bubble solution, water, Supplies: Bibles, bottle of towel their shoes and Ask campers to remove How: campers Tell 13:1–17 together. socks. Read John feet might have been, how dirty the disciples’ have regular access didn’t since they probably and likely wore sandals and to soap and water, on dusty roads. Invite walked great distances equivalent hygiene acts campers to brainstorm rinse feet, camper’s Blow bubbles on each today. with water and dry with a towel. Once you have around feet, pass the bubbles “washed” everyone’s bubbles and invite each camper to blow some who have as a prayer of thanksgiving for those love. personally shown them sacrificial BTW: on each could invite campers to blow bubbles feet, serving the person next to them. other’s Consider This could even be a worship activity. and drivers revisiting this activity as parents end of camp. show up to pick up campers at the of each person Imagine campers washing the feet for their who shows up for pick-up as a thank-you service.

PLAY Daily Activities Daily 104 InsideOut: This could be done as an all-camp activity BTW: might also with lots of teams racing at once. You consider requiring campers to constantly keep some level of water in the cup, creating more spills, slowing down the pace of the race, and of water making them more aware of the scarcity could even poke in the un-refilled bucket. You holes in their cups to make it more challenging. Teams will continue in this way, trying to fill the will continue in this way, Teams to fill their empty containers, and the first one Continue to refill container will be the winner. keeping the bucket closest to the water source, to the other it close to full. Add no extra water is a winner, bucket. End the activity when there of one or when a team rebels over the unfairness draw from. group having an endless bucket to love keeps God’s Spend some time discussing how and even flowing, even when we make mistakes Ask campers to think of if we feel unworthy. what they conflicts in which people argue over believe to be a limited amount of love (parent playing favorites, jealousy in relationships, lack of attention, etc.), and how the assurance of unending love could change perspectives. Fill two large containers with water and Fill two large containers How: leaving the the water source, set one away from to it. Set up a relay race with two other right next a good distance away from the empty containers teams, lined up first two. Divide campers into two explain that by each of the full containers. Then at a time, from each team member will race, one filled from their starting spot with a cup in hand, directly empty container to the their container, the cup, ahead of them. Once a camper empties pass the now- they must return to their team, and their turn. empty cup to the next camper for Water source, four large containers, two four large containers, source, Supplies: Water small cups, towels Bucket Brigade Bucket to remind campers This activity is intended Why: dry.” love “never goes that God’s

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Planting Seeds of Love Planting Seeds of Love can experience the fun and pride of Youth Why: creation in this hands-on perpetuating of God’s activity. small shovel or digging Supplies: Seeds, water, tool Ask campers to brainstorm different types How: of seeds that various plants use to reproduce. Ask: “Where are the seeds found? How are they protected? How do they get from the plant to a potential growing spot?” Invite campers to look agape a prayerful, but with conflicts, famous these outcome. Worker Miracle learn about will help campers This activity Why: in the world. perpetuating love pens or paper, Supplies: Large newsprint-type markers to write the word “Miracle” Ask a volunteer How: newsprint. Have campers across the top of they consider miracles brainstorm things writes those words on the while the volunteer from author Marianne page. Share this quote of the miracle worker “The way Williamson: of two is to see all human behavior as one Divide the things: either love, or a call for love.” page” in half backside of the “miracle newsprint left drawing a line down it. Label the vertically, side “Love.” side “Call for Love” and the right in the lives of younger youth List circumstances love (bullying, that could be considered a call for in school, substance abuse, family issues, difficulty list loving shoplifting, etc.). On the right side, in those responses that could make a difference name Have campers difficult circumstances. are thankful in “miracle workers” for whom they discussing the their own lives. Spend some time role of service response to people’s and sacrifice in “calls for love.” could adapt this to a worship You BTW: “calls for experience by having campers share a “statement of love,” while others respond with mixed could include biblical examples, love.” You in with current world and personal examples brainstormed by campers. InsideOut: CREATE

LEARN agape. Consider asking youth to brainstorm BTW: famous fictional conflicts and imagine characters praying for each other in hopes of a peaceful outcome. How might this change the course of a story? to act out If you have time, invite teams Divide campers into pairs or teams of three and Divide campers into pairs or teams and pens to draw hand each team a slip, paper, minutes a scenario. Ask teams to spend 5–10 scenarios. brainstorming how to act out their endings, with Each mini-play should have two one being continued conflict and the other a reconciliation. After all the groups have shared, ask campers: “Where might God have been at work? How does faith change the way we approach conflict?” Invite campers to reflect on how praying for others might improve the outcome of conflicts. Ask campers how the reconciliation skills that work between people might translate beyond individuals to national conflicts, and even aid countries at war to find reconciliation. Beforehand, write conflicts teens might find Beforehand, write conflicts teens How: some kind of themselves experiencing (such as parents, with an argument with a sibling, with on slips of a friend, or with a teacher) separately paper. Slips of paper, sheets of paper, pens sheets of paper, Supplies: Slips of paper, This activity provides an opportunity for This activity provides an opportunity Why: power of campers to experience the reconciling agape. Foe to Friend the standard for peace and reconciliation.” Then Then and reconciliation.” for peace the standard in pairs doing simple to take turns ask campers as can only use “love” in which they role plays say “good” or “fine”) expression (can’t a positive only or “sad”) as the say “bad” (can’t and “hate” them a few simple expression. Give negative things or frustrating issues, scenes about favorite it felt to be limited in language then debrief how limit ourselves. Afterward,and how often we how intentional use of language, ask the campers “love,” might teach others especially concerning about amend their language for Invite campers to BTW: of words such as avoiding extreme uses the day, them stupid, etc. Check with love, hate, amazing, later to see how often they were challenged. by Yankowski Michael by by Margery Williams (Playfilm Productions, 1962). Film 1962). Productions, (Playfilm Story Resources This nearly 100-year-old 2014). This nearly 100-year-old (Doubleday, journey toward story follows a stuffed toy’s of its owner. becoming real because of the love Hellen biography about the blind and deaf Annie Sullivan. Keller and her teacher, Streets of America, personal The author’s 2005). (Multnomah, to understand the sacrifice and determination America will help readers find homeless crisis in service.their own path to Miracle Worker Worker Miracle could contribute to with each group providing a group providing each to with contribute could a larger picture. piece of on the of Faith A Journey Under the Overpass: The Velveteen Rabbit,

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Challenge your competition reflex Learn to really listen Self-care helps others by not competing Winning Practice patience and kindness to love connection Commandments Ten Guided meditation about neighbors DESCRIPTION InsideOut:

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PLAY PLAY PLAY CREATE Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily CREATE CREATE LEARN SERVE LEARN LEARN LEARN PRAY PLAY PLAY TYPE a Japanese word for peace, probably doesn’t have a counterpart in the English a Japanese word for peace, probably doesn’t Mark 12:28–31

heiwa by practicing peace over competition.

Dear fair and loving God, help me remember that my neighbor is also your child. Help me learn Dear fair and loving God, help me remember that my neighbor is

Learn that they should respect themselves as children of God Learn that they should respect themselves Learn that every person deserves their love and respect. dependent on anything in return. Discover that love of others isn’t Can You Hear Me? You Can What a Load! Feel the Tension All about Me Same or Different? Future Peaceful TITLE Towers from your loving example and to take good care of myself so I can also care for others. Amen. from your loving example and to take good care of myself so I can Prayer: Leader Notes: Heiwa, Leader Notes: each other toward success while not competing encouraging about people living in harmony, language. It’s lead them to “one-up” Focus on interactions that bring campers together rather than against each other. each other. Scripture Passage: Today, campers will… campers Today, • • • • Experience Jesus affirms that how we love is the heart of the law. The balance of loving God, Theological Summary: the heart of the law. Jesus affirms that how we love is center they are all interrelated. Balance and boundaries help us find our self, and neighbor is difficult, and and live in love. Mark 12:31a Scripture Focus: shall love your neighbor as yourself.” “You SERVE If you have time, you could do a second set If you have time, Ask for a volunteer to put on the backpack Ask for a volunteer to put on the

Stress the importance of self-care as we serve Stress the importance of self-care Why: our neighbors. for Supplies: Backpack or bag, one heavy object each camper How: or carry the bag, and give each remaining the group participant one heavy object. Have have the start walking uphill. One at a time, the backpack campers add their heavy objects to to carrywhile the same volunteer continues it. hill. redistribute Finish the climb to the top of the repeat the the objects and go back down; then Debrief by scenario with another volunteer. having those who carried the bag or backpack How did the task change talk about the journey. as weight shifted from one camper to another? Compare walking uphill with a heavy load to traveling through life, bearing challenges and facing difficult times. Ask campers when they have seen people struggle to carry others’ burdens without first dealing with their own business. Ask, “How can our own struggles make us less capable of helping a neighbor?” Brainstorm ways campers can take care of themselves and make them better able to serve others. This could be a broader activity for your BTW: group time, stopping along your journey for other activities. Campers could also name the “heavy of three facts, but with bad or distracted listening. with bad or distracted listening. of three facts, but them talk in a crowded Play music or have of another space—maybe even do it in the middle could even create a quiz to see which You activity. way made it easier to remember later. What a Load! things that help with effective listening, listing listing listening, effective with that help things Make paper for all to see. a large sheet of them on such as looking the include things sure they speaker on what the the eye, focusing speaker in while about a response and not thinking is saying, and ask teams of two Divide youth into listening. three facts about themselves. them each to share share this information with Partners will then entire group practicing good the group, with the really paying attention to each listening skills. By about students will learn new information other, day. even though this is the fifth each other, BTW:

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108 InsideOut: Have the campers sit in a circle. Start out Have the campers sit in a circle. How: in which one playing the game of “Telephone,” person whispers a sentence to the person beside them and it makes its way around the circle, in a very until it returns to its originator (usually, garbled, humorous condition). Invite campers to brainstorm reasons it is hard to pass the correct message all the way around, lifting up things such as not speaking clearly or not really listening to Next, invite campers to brainstorm each other. paper, marker Supplies: paper, Hear Me? You Can campers will practice In this activity, Why: listening skills to help them give the people in their lives the respect and attention they deserve. type of resources for making sure all have extras for making sure type of resources higher if they of things others need. All will build their resources. share even better, trade—or, BTW: Divide campers into teams and explain Divide campers How: that they will try to stack their items as high as tell them to trypossible. Do not to stack higher or that you want to see who than another team, them to stack can stack the highest. Simply ask sure teams the items as high as they can. Make and set a time can see each other while working, start the timer and limit. Once you are ready, observe how the teams interact. Once the timer add the goes off, measure all the towers and then celebrate heights together for a grand total, Spend some the work of the collective teams. matched your time discussing how the outcome impacted directions, and how their assumptions Explain that heiwa challenges people the activity. and think to look at the world in new ways unnecessaryabout the roles they play in creating conflict. Something to stack (for example: blocks, Supplies: Something to stack rocks, crayons, etc.) Towers Towers our cultural assumptions Activity challenges Why: about competition.

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name in place of the word “love” their name in place of Using coloring and doodling as a form Using coloring and doodling as a

Same or Different? Same or Different? in the Discover the roots of Jesus’ teaching Why: Commandments. Ten markers Supplies: Bibles, large piece of paper, Make two columns on a large piece of How: “Love God” on the top of one side, Write paper. Read Exodus and “Love Neighbor” on the other. 20:1–7 together and ask the campers to decide which column each commandment best fits. Take time for discussion when campers disagree, or to clarify what a commandment is really about. name in vain” is For example, “using the Lord’s more about speaking for God in destructive ways than any list of taboo words. Not all campers are Commandments, so take familiar with the Ten your time working through the list and answer questions or have conversation as needed. There are 613 total laws in the collection BTW: given to Moses, but only the first 10 get special weddings; however, when Paul wrote this letter this letter Paul wrote when however, weddings; to the he was referring of Corinth, to the people talking other rather than treat each way Christians their campers to close love. Ask about romantic 13:4–7. 1 Corinthians listen as you read eyes and it, and as you reread each to listen again Ask them imagine place of “It” in verses 5–7. On in verse 4 and in verse ask each camper to write one their paper, inserted as described above. Then with their name for campers to draw some provide some time their names. Ask campers to decorations around letting each person add pass their pages around, Remind them not to totally to the decorations. will still have room to page, so others fill anyone’s are passing their While they add their creativity. phrase feels the pages, ask campers to share which and which most natural to use their name with, to carryone will be a challenge for them out. BTW: might You of prayer has become very popular. allowing campers to create expand this activity, inserting the visual prayers of thanksgiving by them love and names of others who have shown doodles and then decorating those pages with to describe shapes. Campers can write in words also shared that person, or list others who have the art. love and make their names part of InsideOut: PLAY

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LEARN LEARN Distribute supplies so each camper has a How: Bible or copy of the scripture passage, paper, and writing tools. Explain that 1 Corinthians 13 is called the “love chapter” and is often read at Supplies: Bibles or copies of 1 Corinthians 13:4–7, paper and pens (or markers) This activity helps the campers put God’s This activity helps the campers put God’s Why: word in a personal perspective and teaches them to choose actions that serve others. All about Me This could be done on a larger scale This could be done on a larger scale BTW: paper by covering a hula-hoop with butcher would and connecting lots of strings. This could You accommodate a large group activity. also replace the plate by drilling holes in a Frisbee, attaching string, and having group members take turns stacking blocks on the Frisbee while the rest keep the balance. Invite campers to hold the strands of yarn and Invite campers to hold the strands parallel to the work together to hold the plate flat, can let campers take turns trying or ground. You string. You have multiple campers holding each or other items can then place leaves, small rocks, keep them on the plate to see if the group can more to the there. Continue adding more and weight that it plate. Be careful not to add so much to walk around rips the plate. Challenge the group on the plate. If camp while balancing something the strings will rip out they do not work together, spend some time of the holes. After the activity, this activity and discussing the difference between Invite the group to reflect on what a tug-of-war. was necessary to keep balance. Beforehand, punch holes in four to six Beforehand, punch How: edge of a paper plate. String places around the through each hole and long strands of yarn get tangled. so they don’t stretch them out Paper plate (more than one if your Supplies: Paper plate (more punch, yarn, scissors group is large), hole This activity explores the power of This activity explores Why: to competition. cooperation compared Feel the Tension burdens” they carry they burdens” the in At this point share. or this sharing at will be comfortable week, many level. Downloadable

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110 InsideOut: BTW: including simple clearing of the mind. While Speak slowly and clearly enough to be heard, Speak slowly and clearly enough entering but not too loud. Ask youth to imagine and exiting an elevator that represents today, day of school. the elevator at the upcoming first fulfill Say: “Think about how you will study, and enjoy your responsibilities in your family, sports. Focus extracurricular activities—clubs or your thoughts on ways you will take care of yourself to reduce stress. When you feel calm, rested, and confident, consider how you might eat with the student at school who sits alone, help walk well, or older and doesn’t a neighbor who’s be patient with your little brother when he gets annoying.” Repeat the elevator scenario as time permits, asking campers to picture themselves at the end of high school, or when they are older and have their own families. Close in a prayer during which with a popcorn prayer, circle each youth offers a short word of thanks for an example of servanthood in their lives. Begin with relaxation techniques that help Begin with relaxation techniques How: to close youth focus their thoughts. Ask them position, their eyes, lie or sit in a comfortable times. Have and inhale and exhale slowly three hold, and then campers flex muscles in their legs, torso, arms, relax. Proceed similarly through their draw three hands, neck, and face. Have them while keeping more deep breaths, and exhaling, eyes shut. Quiet setting where youth will not be Supplies: Quiet setting where youth will not distracted Peaceful Future Peaceful to offer campers the This activity is intended Why: guided meditation that opportunity to experience imagined future of peaceful leads them into an service toward a faithful life in which to others, rather than compete against people work together each other. attention. The others are applied differently in in differently are applied others The attention. By looking through faith communities. different campers and inviting and Deuteronomy Leviticus God” or “Love Neighbor” the same “Love to apply great conversation could have a sorting, you how important and those rules were about why follow) them today. (or don’t Christians follow

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Causes of chaos Lessons through stories Discern when more help is needed Many are stronger than one Making plans with God Best ways to help Working together is the goal Working DESCRIPTION InsideOut:

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God of radical hospitality, show us how to love those we meet in every circumstance, to truly show us how to love those we meet in every circumstance, God of radical hospitality,

Hear God’s call to work together to do good in the world. Hear God’s body empowers them to take risks as peacemakers. Discover that being part of Christ’s being greater than any individual contribution. Experience the value of the whole Learn the importance of sí se puede Heaven! from Pennies Give Me a Hand = Action + Stay Pray a Dilemma Diagnose Roots Parable with Personality Parable Pass the Baton Pass TITLE

be their neighbors. As your hands and feet in the world, we are called to be involved and take peaceful be their neighbors. As your hands and feet in the world, we are called action. Amen. • • • Prayer: Younger youth often mimic the political and social views of their parents. They still live in a youth often mimic the political and social views of their parents. Younger Leader Notes: situations are not always a direct mostly black-and-white world, but they are starting to learn that people’s to listen and guide conversations as reflection of their personal choices. Leaders have a sacred opportunity youth begin to develop their own beliefs. Scripture Passage: Today, campers will… campers Today, • The adjective “good” was added to the Samaritan after the fact. Samaritans did not The adjective “good” was added to Theological Summary: to but the rescuer in the parable changed that. Campers will be exposed have a positive public reputation, difference in the outcome of a story. too, can make a the blessed reality that they, Luke 10:36–37 Scripture Focus: was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” “Which of these three, do you think, Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.” mercy.” He said, “The one who showed him PLAY

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One or two rolls of pennies, timer, tape One or two rolls of pennies, timer, Bibles or copies of Luke 10:25–37, large large 10:25–37, of Luke or copies Bibles

You could do some deeper reflection You Have one camper stand in the middle of Read Luke 10:25–37. Explain that a parable that a parable 10:25–37. Explain Read Luke Help youth reflect on how and when to help Help youth reflect on how and when

Heaven! from Pennies Why: with a situation. Supplies: How: the group. Give them the pennies and invite them to drop them all around without moving. their friend has dropped the campers that Tell their pennies and invite them to help. Don’t use the words: “pick up.” Keep the invitation broad. Before they start, ask each camper to pick a number between 1 and 5, and hold that number up with their fingers. Explain that this is the number of fingers they will be allowed to Use tape to connect the other use for the activity. fingers so campers have their selected number of digits available. Now remind them that their Supplies: markers butcher paper and piece of How: is a story used to teach; layers, often with multiple to listen asking campers the story, Then reread actions of each character: the specifically for the the the robbers, the priest, the Levite, traveler, Discuss what is innkeeper. Samaritan, and the and which character the story, most surprising in about. Make a list of they are most curious about each character, unanswered questions through Talk butcher paper. writing them on what their motivation might each character and Remind campers that story. have been in the did not typically get along to Samaritans and Jews Invite campers help them dive into motivations. questions to imagine answers to their unanswered an identity, as they give the characters more of of this storythen ask them what a modern telling might sound like. BTW: TV”-style on each character with a “reality play a character “confessional,” in which campers from the story—butof acting it out, instead how they simply talk to the audience about be done live experienced the events. This could in which or on video. Imagine a reenactment of view of the scene freezes to get the point some fun each character as it goes along. Have up the story. exploring the people who populate

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112 InsideOut: Why: with Personality Parable You could jazz this activity up by making You BTW: it an “Olympic” experience. Let teams make a flag for an imaginary country and celebrate the could even add some extra Olympic ideals. You events, or join together with some other groups to compete. Be sure to talk about sportsmanship and how athletics can connect us rather than divide. Have youth line up in a prescribed order, such order, Have youth line up in a prescribed two digits of as by birth date, shoe size, or last Ask them to get in this their phone number. to using only a display of fingers order silently, This method mixes share their date or number. fun rather up relationships and sets a tone of begins, talk than competition. Before the relay each other, about how campers will encourage no negativity and make clear that there is to be reads from a slip or criticism. The first participant and performs pulled from a bowl, takes the baton, (around an the action for the length of the course the baton to the endpoint and back), handing off a slip. When second person—who then chooses everyone has had a turn, the group enjoys a prize about Spend some time talking or treats together. comfortable which activities were more or less the encouragement impacted and how the group’s experience. In advance, cut slips of paper and write In advance, cut How: slip) such as: crab walk, hop actions (one per walk, be on one leg, walk sideways, scissor blindfolded, etc. Relay baton, blindfold, slips of paper, slips of paper, Supplies: Relay baton, blindfold, or treats for completion of event pen, bowl, prizes (one per person) Pass the Baton the Baton Pass the value of Campers will experience Why: as a team and encouraging each working together other. with a focus on the possible personalities involved.

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using a marker, divide a poster divide a poster using a marker,

Poster board, markers, easel (or other easel (or markers, board, Poster

This could become a larger conversation on This could become a larger conversation Offer some scenarios for campers to discuss Beforehand,

Diagnose a Dilemma Diagnose This activity asks campers to explore some Why: complicated scenarios of helping others. How: and come up with a “best” solution to resolve. Here are some scenarios to start with: Person stranded on a deserted island; hurricane has caused a is being bullied to leak; person is homeless; person roof at school; loved one just died. If you have a larger group, consider dividing into groups of three or four campers for conversation. Remind them to look at short term and long- Supplies: poster board) completed way to display How: as there of rectangles the same number board into big each rectangle in the group, with are youth to six words. (If the group is large, enough for four use two poster boards.) ways youth volunteer Begin by brainstorming group members Direct their time and energy. each in silent prayer, to spend three minutes or charities they care discerning two agencies prayer time, ask each camper about helping. After their name and their two to come up and put the boxes on the poster board. causes in one of list. Ask Then talk together about the completed way they can each youth to consider a specific serve they return home, a selected agency after (talk to parents, and what they would need to do etc.) in order fill out a form, shift their schedule, to serve. Remind them that a person doesn’t to servehave to have a lot of money or expertise asking each others. Close with a sentence prayer, of people to participant to pray for the group whom they wish to be in service. BTW: face. specific issues that the campers’ communities hometown has a different story and Each person’s holding up one needs. If you have time, consider stories about their community’s to two camper’s ways to needs and brainstorm about helpful out ways empower others in that setting. Point harmful to that good intentions might also be growth. A mature group could a community’s dive into issues of gentrification and learned helplessness. InsideOut: SERVE

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When the mural is complete, you can take a Have each camper trace one of their own Have each camper trace one of their

Allow campers to pray for causes they’re Why: passionate about, and consider how they might volunteer for those causes when they get home. Pray + Stay = Action + Stay Pray BTW: media, social picture to share through the camp’s or print a copy for each camper to take home with them. How: paper and label hands on a piece of construction they can each of their five fingers with a way serve others. Service opportunities could be within school, neighborhood, community, their family, their hands or the world. Ask them to cut out about unity. and work together to create a mural or other This can be done on a table, pavement, flat surface. Invite them to draw extra images on scraps of paper or with chalk on the surface (if pavement) around the hands. Their mural can be a combination of words and pictures. Supplies: paper per person Think about hands as symbols of our ability Think about hands as symbols of Why: to work together and serve others Give Me a Hand If you can get several types of gloves If you can get several types of gloves BTW: even more and mittens, this activity could be a sense of complicated, with campers lacking touch to help them pick up pennies. friend needs help and give them 1 minute to 1 minute give them help and needs friend many off, discuss how the timer goes help. After will by who. Some were picked up and pennies who others. The one up more than have picked have may or may not their pennies” “dropped need role of those in all. Discuss the helped at better and how we can in making their lives feel less capable. Be sure to empower those who direction to pick up pennies discuss the lack of have helped their friend and how they could for them. Ask, “What are other without doing it and what are the positives and ways we can help, scripture Reflect on today’s negatives to each?” have felt limited, powerless, and how some might a difference. or all alone in making (Free Story

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Lessons and stories about building 1983). Lessons and stories about building Spirit, positive character traits. training). scenarios (Boy Scout merit badge Selma, Alabama, march and how the civil rights Selma, Alabama, march diversity and movement gained power through community. who a Pakistani-born girl of Malala Yousafzai, rights, especially has spoken out for women’s was verythe right to education, since she young. who old man becomes the good Samaritan beaten and takes in a neighbor who has been with an provides medical care for a poor family ill child. Boyslife.org (Image Nation, 2014). He Named Me Malala (Image Nation, 1997). As Good as It Gets (Gracie Films, For? Stand You What Do the pictures over and give thanks for those who those who for give thanks over and the pictures and up their community building work together, positive roots. planting BTW: sheet. or an old bed on large paper group project injustice could fill an outline of Different forms of of different roots branching the trunk, with lots cover up the root causes by off. Campers could actions in a different, darker writing their positive color. Selma

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This could easily be turned into a role play This could easily Campers will learn about the roots of Campers will learn about the roots

114 InsideOut: Give each camper a piece of paper and a Give each camper a piece of paper How: draw a tree trunk with pen. On your own paper, campers to think some roots at the bottom. Invite any one issue of about how different issues impact one issue to use injustice. Ask the group to choose in the trunk as an example and write that word contribute to of your tree. Brainstorm issues that next to) each that injustice and write one in (or to create root on your drawing. Invite campers can work alone, their own “injustice trees.” They who want or in groups of two to four campers them draw to focus on the same injustice. Have contributing their trunk and roots, filling in the with the issues, then share their reflections group. Now ask campers to flip their paper over, and for each “root cause” of the injustice, draw a root and write something that can be done to make a difference. Encourage them to write them on the exact opposite side, so the positives cover the imprint made by the negative. Spend some time talking about what might grow out of such positive steps, and ask campers to now draw a trunk from those positive roots, and to write these words up the trunk, and even add some branches as they think of positive outcomes of the positive roots they have listed. Place all the trees, injustice side up, in the middle of your group and offer a prayer for those who experience these issues. Flip Supplies: injustice and the importance of addressing the injustice and the importance of addressing the results. cause of a problem as well as treating Why: Roots with a creative group, acting out what to do and with a creative group, someone is in need. Acting what not to do when people receiving unhelpful gifts out examples of be a lot of fun. from others could BTW: term needs and consequences. In each situation, situation, In each consequences. needs and term the the following to only offer one of they can $20, new skill, a friend, need: food, one person in talk through scenarios, tarp. After you or a large on how other options time discussing spend some not as appreciated, but have been the list might what we typically offer those in helpful. Reflect on what they really need. need compared to

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aloha—farewell to friends Enjoy fun together with hula hoops Thinking about transition together Thinking about transition together Peace—and play—thrive on teamwork Closing DESCRIPTION InsideOut: DAILY ACTIVITIES DAILY Day 7: Aloha Aloha 7: Day SERVE PRAY Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily

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John 14:27

If your role as group leader includes contact with parents on the day of departure, make If your role as group leader includes contact with parents on the day

God of relationships, thank you for this amazing week in your creation. We take with us memories, take with We God of relationships, thank you for this amazing week in your creation.

Learn that Jesus’ peace is with them now and always. Learn that Jesus’ peace is with them help them with their fears as they walk the way of peace at home Come to know that Jesus’ peace will and in the world. in the human family. Be reminded that they are all connected found in saying goodbye. Experience the blessing and the difficulty Circle of Life Circle TITLE Top 10 Lists Top Building Bridges Pass the Pineapple Pass On the Road smiles, and plans to carry into the world. Amen. your peace Scripture Passage: Scripture Focus: will… campers Today, • • • • Jesus’ words in John tell us that the Holy Spirit will help us do Christ’s work in the work Theological Summary:the Holy Spirit will help us do Christ’s Jesus’ words in John tell us that peace goes with us wherever we go. world and that God’s “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let “Peace I leave with you; my peace them be afraid.” hearts be troubled, and do not let Prayer: Leader Notes: week. camper’s sure you have a positive comment to share with them about their PLAY SERVE

build a CREATE helps connect Days 1 through 7 Ball of yarn, scissors Popsicle sticks, glue, thin-tipped markers Popsicle sticks, glue,

If you have a bridge on site at your camp, If you have a bridge on site at your Remind campers that the theme on Day 1 Ask each camper to write their name on as Ask each camper This activity campers will In this activity,

Pass the Pineapple Pass Why: Building Bridges Why: prayer for campers as they try as for campers prayer and to remember their hopes. live out of the lists and making copies Consider BTW: pray a copy so they can campers to take inviting working for peace. efforts, other’s for each reminder of their connection and a symbol of reminder of their going out. Supplies: by recalling how the campers started. Supplies: How: was also aloha. Start by holding one end of a ball of yarn and tossing the rest of the ball across the to one of the campers, saying their name. circle As they receive it, invite them to share something they learned about peace, or simply share their favorite daily theme. Have them continue tossing the yarn until every named person has been and given the opportunity to share. The last How: are members of the group. many sticks are there signed person’s Each camper receives one of each sticks. Once everyone has a full set, ask them and write to turn the sticks to the blank side stick. each of the daily themes on a different to create a Next, provide glue and time for them be as simple as bridge out of their sticks. This can being glued on choosing two bottoms and the rest if campers want perpendicular to them, or fancier additional sticks to be creative. Feel free to provide the bridges as for them to decorate and expand time allows. BTW: about the consider visiting that space and talk or rite of symbolism of a bridge as a milestone, is moving passage—a way to recognize someone part of their from one time or reality into a new can invite campers to walk the bridge life. You for them as while they consider what comes next peacemakers in the world.

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Assure campers that, as they head home Ask campers to stand in a circle, and remind in a circle, Ask campers to stand Leaving camp after growing comfortable Leaving camp after growing comfortable Have fun playing with circles and with circles Have fun playing

116 InsideOut: Supplies: How: today—back to their families and everyday life— you’ll be thinking of them and the time you Remind them that God goes shared together. with them. As they prepare to go, invite them to generate some “top 10” lists. This can be done as individuals and shared, or as a group project. The three “top 10” lists are: “Things they learned about peace, God, or themselves”; “Concerns about heading home or returning to the world beyond camp”; “Things you will do different after then offer a camp.” Reflect on the lists together, with the people and surroundings can be tough. with the people and surroundings by putting This activity eases the transition home words to those concerns. Why: Top 10 Lists Top Providing hula-hoops in a variety of sizes Providing hula-hoops in a variety BTW: could You increases the challenge of each game. with a also make it a big challenge by playing of rope. large circle How: are symbols of unity because they them: “Circles always connected.” Invite them remind us we are a group challenge to see how to participate in become and have some fun connected they have Have the campers join hands on their last day. around the arm of with a hula-hoop in the circle they are to pass one of the campers. Explain that letting go of without the hoop around the circle ever hands, and without letting the hula-hoop always have two touch the ground; also, it should have to don’t limbs in it (arms or legs), but they Debrief afterward, reflecting be the same person’s. grown over on how the group has changed and the week. Supplies: remembering we are all connected. remembering we Circle of Life Life of Circle Why:

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Story Resources king’s coming of age and the circle of life that coming of age and the circle king’s surrounds him. This eBook shows how-to This eBook shows 2016). published, bridge, and gives scientific build a popsicle stick etc. limit, capacity, details such as load (Disney, 1994). Story lion of a 1994). King (Disney, The Lion Bridge, Stick Popsicle InsideOut: PRAY one small candle per camper plus one small candle per camper plus Bible,

Consider using battery-operated, non-flame Keep in mind what the rest of the camp is Keep in mind what Gather campers in a circle, and place small and Gather campers in a circle, Participate in a closing prayer ritual.

BTW: candles if the camp area has fire restrictions. Otherwise,are extinguished make sure all candles at the end of the activity. How: around the larger candle lit candles in a circle Start by picking up a small candle, in the center. placing it back lighting it from the larger one and God has shaped Briefly share how in the circle. camp. Offer you for the work of peace while at a candle each camper the opportunity to light has prepared and, if they wish, share how God the prayer for them to work for peace. Close with peace from John 14:27. one larger candle, lighter Supplies: On the Road Why: doing and any closing traditions. You don’t want don’t traditions. You doing and any closing of yarn as a group if that to give them pieces larger closing time with the full will be done in a a wall where thumb tacks are camp. If there is be a fun challenge to move appropriate, it might space without letting go of the the group to that their web 90 degrees to pin it yarn web, and turn up as a piece of art. BTW: toss should be back to you. Point out the web of the web out you. Point back to should be toss ball of formed with the that has been connection in this space as leave the web can either yarn. You or invite campers clean it up later), they go (and as to wear as bracelets pieces of the yarn to cut off they go. OLDER YOUTH OLDER The perfect invitation Questions with a twist Working together to make art Working What is hospitality? Flip the tarp! Reminder to pray for and serve others DESCRIPTION

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, God! Thanks for inviting us to camp this week. Help us to find your radical hospitality Aloha, God! Thanks for inviting us to camp this week. Help us to find your . Feel welcome in the spirit of aloha place. Know that they are invited to this this week. Recognize the gift of being at camp people who are different. Recognize that the table is filled with Accept or Decline Pineapple Mosaic If I Were the Host Were If I Tablecloth Turn Tablecloth Bands Prayer TITLE Are Invited You Prayer: Prayer: within ourselves. Sometimes, this scripture passage is hard to hear because those who were originally invited Sometimes, this scripture passage is hard to hear because those who Leader Notes: accept it. but to need to learn not only to extend hospitality, are completely “disinvited” at the end. We 118 InsideOut: Scripture Passage: Today, campers will… campers Today, • • • • Theological Summary: In this passage, Jesus tells the storyhospitality to his of a host who extends radical a hospitality out of the ordinary. community, Luke 14:16 Scripture Focus: gave a great dinner and invited many.” Then Jesus said to him, “Someone

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Campers will create a visual reminder of the Campers will create If I Were the Host Were If I This allows campers to dive deeper into the Why: story means. and discuss what hospitality sheets of Supplies: Bible, large sheet of paper, paper in various colors, markers, scissors, tape Read Luke 14:15–24 aloud. Ask campers How: about what kinds of preparations they might Explain that the make before hosting a big dinner. Pineapple Mosaic Pineapple Mosaic Why: form a community. ways we all help scissors, Supplies: Poster board, yellow paper, markers, glue sticks on the Ahead of time, draw a pineapple How: picture of a poster board or simply provide a to draw pineapple for the campers to copy, cut yellow themselves on the poster board. Also, to form paper into squares that can be overlapped the pineapple. their names and Let campers use markers to write squares before something about themselves on the Draw on a stem and gluing them to the poster. a starting leaves at the beginning to give campers point, or afterward to complete the pineapple share the image. If you have time, let campers This could things they wrote with the group. in gluing create a structured way to take turns pieces together. chip” This could also be done with “paint BTW: cards from a hardware store. Once the collage of squares dries, you can cut it out and combine it with pineapples from other groups to create a “field of pineapples” in the dining hall or other common space. Here are some suggestions for questions: What What questions: for suggestions are some Here most song are you dessert? What is your favorite class you ever What was the hardest tired of? hate the most? chore do you took? What using, this activity by can simplify You BTW: and a permanent marker. instead, a large ball on the ball and have Simply write questions When someone catches campers pass it around. their name and answer the the ball, they share to their right thumb. question closest InsideOut: PLAY CREATE Daily Activities Daily Before campers arrive, write some questions How: on mock invitations, and ask each camper to pick one. They can either accept the “invitation” and answer the question, or make up an excuse as to answer and pass it to someone why they can’t else. The catch is, everyone an who declines invitation must be willing to do a silly song If or dance together at the end of the activity. someone declines an invitation and passes it to someone else, that next person is compelled to answer that question. Supplies: Papers folded like invitations, marker Accept or Decline Accept or Decline This will help campers start getting to know Why: each other. You could make this more specific to camp, could make this more specific to camp, You BTW: invitation asking campers to imagine the camp up quickly that would make them want to sign keeping and pay any amount to attend. Consider You these as ideas for future camp promotions. of the week to could also revisit these at the end spent together. see how ideals change after a week Give each camper a piece of paper and Give each camper How: the perfect invitation to invite them to create are to imagine the greatest meal themselves. They to, including who is hosting, they could be invited menu, etc. Then they use the occasion, location, (from the paper to create the perfect invitation they Remember, the imagined host) for this event. they have are not inviting, but imagining that been invited. Once everyone imagines their event to share what and creates an invitation, ask them Draw camper. they have imagined with another everyone back together to share just the basics imagining with the full group. Have some fun these events and who else might be showing up to great to one who might avoid them. What sounds camper may sound horrible to another. Paper, pens or markers Supplies: Paper, You Are Invited Are Invited You getting to know each Help campers start Why: other. (Universal Pictures, 2012). The 2012). Pictures, (Universal Story Resources You can make these more permanent by can make these more You

scene in which the bishop welcomes Jean scene in which the bishop welcomes into his home brilliantly illustrates the Valjean theme. radical hospitality of today’s Cindy Lou Who 2000). Pictures, (Universal even wants the Grinch included in Christmas, smelly and mean. though he’s Les Miserables Stole Christmas the Grinch How Seuss’ Dr. Give each camper a strip of paper, and strip of paper, a each camper Give How: in their of the others write the names have them fasten Have them then it with markers. group on to form a wristband. together with tape the ends as prayer prompts them to use these Encourage of names the see they When the week. throughout they can offer a quick prayer their fellow campers, and find a way to be hospitable for those people to them. BTW: in packing tape, or getting fully wrapping them wristbands are very Tyvek pre-made wrist bands. could also bought in bulk. You cheap and can be at the end of the week— do a second wristband written on it, so it becomes a with daily themes prayer prompt as they go home.

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A further challenge is to fold the sheet into A further challenge is to fold the

120 InsideOut: Supplies: Paper strips, markers, tape (or pre-made paper bracelets) Prayer Bands Prayer This provides campers with a visual Why: reminder to pray for and serve other. each quarters, and then unfold it again without getting off the sheet. If you want to add some story you can pretend the background to the activity, campers are enchanted table settings (salt, pepper, candlesticks, etc.) and there is a stain on their fancy tablecloth that must be hidden before the guest arrives. BTW: Lay out a large sheet of fabric or tarp and Lay out a large sheet of fabric or How: invite campers to stand so everyone is on the sheet. Everyone on the sheet at all must remain with a large X times. Mark one side of the sheet Campers must start with with tape or a marker. letting any the X facing up and, then, without off the body part of anyone touch the ground end up with the sheet, they must turn it over and X on the underside. Fabric or tarp (about 5’ X 8’), tape or Supplies: Fabric or tarp (about 5’ X 8’), tape marker This requires campers to work together to This requires campers to work together Why: accomplish a goal. Tablecloth Turn Turn Tablecloth If it’s possible, pick up your paper table possible, pick up your If it’s BTW: place it over an and take it to the dining hall and actual table for your next meal. Once the table is ready, talk about how it would talk ready, Once the table is How do the efforts rebuffed. feel to have one’s the hospitality offered by the campers feel about What difference does it host of this banquet? the dinner? What is the make who is enjoying hospitality as well as importance of accepting extending it? large paper is the table, and that they are each to are each they and that the table, paper is large to add colored papers out of the make something Do ready for guests. so that they’re to the table drink, decorations? invitations, food, they need as elaborate and make the table Have them as possible. inviting

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Work together to get untangled Work Examine interconnectedness together to make trail mix Work associations Observe nature’s Our gifts combine to create strength Experiment with building a pyramid Everyone adds something to the prayer DESCRIPTION InsideOut: DAILY ACTIVITIES DAILY Day 2: Ubuntu Ubuntu 2: Day CREATE PLAY

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LEARN SERVE PRAY LEARN PLAY PRAY PLAY PLAY TYPE 1 Corinthians 12:1–27

Although interconnectedness means we can rely on others, it also means others rely on us. means we can rely on others, Although interconnectedness

ubuntu through shared joys and challenges. Loving God, knit us together in ubuntu. Show us how to celebrate our gifts and to use them to

Recognize value in themselves and others as children of God. Recognize value in themselves and Know they are interwoven members of the body of Christ. Commit to nurture their camp community. T! E! A! M! Mix It Up! of Life Web Together Stronger Cup Stack Up Prayer Pop TITLE A Knotty Situation support one another. Prayer: Leader Notes: must use our individual gifts for the common good. We Scripture Passage: Today, campers will… campers Today, • • • • Experience Archbishop Desmond Tutu explains other ubuntu as: “a person is a person through Desmond Tutu Archbishop Theological Summary: need each other to express the lessons about the body of Christ, and how we persons.” This echoes Paul’s full vision of God. 1 Corinthians 12:14 Scripture Focus: of one member but of many. Indeed, the body does not consist SERVE Be aware of food allergies If you can, divide up into teams and tryIf you can, divide up into teams and Mix It Up! of each Campers experience the importance Why: contributions as they create a snack, each person’s contributing an ingredient. Supplies: Large bowl, trail mix ingredients (possibilities include: nuts, seeds, dried fruit, dried cereal, popcorn, pretzels, M&Ms, mini- marshmallows, chocolate or peanut butter chips, salt, spices), scoops or spoons, snack- or sandwich- sized zipper bags (NOTE: or preferences ahead of time) Have campers wash their hands first or use How: gloves. Assign one camper to each ingredient. Explain that they need to come up with the name of a positive quality or gift that starts with the same letter as the ingredient. (So for raisins, they for almonds, they could choose “respect,” or, could choose “admiration.”) Then have them one by one add a scoop or spoonful of their ingredient to the bowl while explaining what they’re adding summary to explain uncomfortable are too if you campers that the own. Explain to it on your in be seen at work of ubuntu can often principle that of teams campers for examples teams. Ask they have watched, part of or that they’ve been everyone sports teams. Give especially of a piece and ask them to list the different paper and a pen Invite for that sport or activity. roles or positions their work and explain how each campers to share the others to accomplish their position supports goal. design a new team sport that Have the campers Start with a few play. they could realistically involve a ball? What kind? questions: Does it How many teams? How is it How many players? offense and scored? What are the positions for the playing area defense (if applicable)? What does is the game look like? What are the rules? How that goal? won, and how do the players support them to write Provide a large sheet of paper for out the rules to their new game. BTW: group might invite another playing the game. You activity in to play with you, or have an all-camp The degree which the various games are played. to write of difficulty goes up if campers have their game. directions for another group to play

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LEARN Daily Activities Daily balls, goals, bats, racquets, or sticks) Depending on their situation, when they Depending on their situation, when

Depending on how large the group is, you

might want to split into smaller teams. BTW: get untangled, not everyone will be facing inside and that is OK. It is most important the circle, that they get untangled. 122 InsideOut: Talk about the meaning of ubuntu and about the meaning Talk How: see what campers think about the idea of and Use the “Biblical interconnectedness. daily theme or read the Theological Resources,” Supplies: Paper and pens, large sheet of paper (optional: Examine the meaning of ubuntu to see how Why: it relates to teamwork. T! E! A! M! NOTE: The group must get “untangled” from the “knot” The group must get “untangled” hand in circle so that they are standing in a large hand. Once everyone above, is joined as described allowed to instruct campers that they are not release hands. Then have each person reach out their left hand Then have each person reach out in the circle. and grab the hand of another person person They cannot grab the hand of either cannot grab the standing next to them, and they joined with hand of the same person they are using their right hand. Have each person reach out their right hand and Have each person They someone else in the circle. grab the hand of the hand of the person grab cannot, however, or left. standing next to them on the right Have the campers get into a circle, standing get into a circle, Have the campers How: facing the inside of the up shoulder to shoulder circle. Supplies: none A Knotty Situation A Knotty to get untangled Campers work together Why: while staying connected.

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Try building a more elaborate stack! Try Campers work together to build a pyramid Campers work together to build a

Pop Up Prayer Up Prayer Pop Every creating camper gets to contribute to Why: a prayer. Explain that you’ll be going around the How: The leader will start with group to create a prayer. on their sticks, and then have the campers begin begin the campers have and then sticks, on their of the in the center their sticks together stacking rotating directions them three across, group. Lay of is a visual representation The result each layer. as one. Next, work together all of our gifts the way to to work together invite the campers you can ways to stack the sticks that come up with other more fun, or a better higher, will make the tower you end, Before personality. symbol of the group’s talk about how the strengths of take some time to and build on each other. the group complement blocks for can substitute Jenga-style You BTW: then the campers can play a the popsicle sticks, of the game when they are personalized version set can be in your group space done stacking. The gathering, and all week to be played as people are of camp. pieces can go home as reminders Cup Stack Why: of cups. group, Supplies: Paper cups, one rubber band per string cut into 2-foot lengths of 5–6 This activity is best done in groups How: enough strings to the rubber band campers. Tie The challenge so that each camper has one string. out of the is for the group to build a pyramid two in the paper cups (three on the bottom, can be adjusted middle, one on the top—but this touch for more cups). Group members cannot other parts of the cups with their hands or any or on the their bodies, even if a cup falls over Each person holds onto one of the strings floor. that are attached to the rubber band and they use this device to pick up the cups and place them on top of each other (by pulling the rubber band apart and then bringing it back together over the cups). Debrief by asking about how it felt to work it hard to learn to together on the task. Ask, “Was adjust to how others were working?” BTW: InsideOut: PLAY PRAY

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Popsicle sticks, markers This could be a longer nature walk or hike. This could be a longer nature walk If you want to make it more personal, to make it more If you want Take the campers to a quiet spot where they Take Join the strengths of the campers together in Spend time in God’s great creation, great creation, Spend time in God’s

Pass out markers and popsicle sticks to each How: Invite them to write a different word or camper. symbol on each stick that describes a gift or talent that they offer to the camp and/or the church. Invite each participant to share what is written Supplies: Supplies: a tower, then have fun dismantling it. a tower, Why: Why: Stronger Together Together Stronger BTW: BTW: the last can bring along your trail mix from You or combine the two and have campers activity, carry their ingredients with them. Every time a camper wants a handful, everyone can stop and pour a little into a cup or bag for them. This is verybut a great example of inefficient, connectedness. can sit and look at the creation around them. can sit and look at the creation around Challenge them to look for the interconnection notes about of parts of nature. Have them make do can You what they see on their note cards. stops along a this in one location, or two or three a brief prayer nature walk. Invite campers to write they saw—for thanking God for the associations pollinate example: “I thank God for bees that God for creating snakes “Thank you flowers,” or, to keep the rodent population down.” How: How: Supplies: Note cards, pens or pencils Why: Why: observing how each part of it contributes to the whole. Web of Life of Life Web campers can contribute to individual bags, each campers can contribute while asking for the offering their ingredient are offering. Be sure to have ingredients others hands first or use gloves if you them wash their Consider doing this activity use this adaptation. on a hike or nature walk. before setting out BTW: by using the name of the gift or quality. Once Once or quality. the gift name of the by using the bowl, mix them are in all the ingredients the trail put some of and let each camper together the hike. a bag to take on mix into Story

(Walt Disney Pictures, 1993). Pictures, Disney (Walt (Walt Disney Pictures, 1998). A 1998). Pictures, Disney (Walt Intertwined stories 2009). Intertwined Bros., (Warner Story Resources of the Jamaican bobsled team overcoming their their team overcoming of the Jamaican bobsled and discovering own individual limitations, the eyes of each other. their strength through together, colony of ants find their strength outsiders. while also making room for misfit they could They become more together than their have apart, while individually discovering personal strengths. from South Africa of Nelson Mandela forming from South Africa administration and the a new government into a unifying evolution national rugby team’s Powerful story of peacemaking and force. interconnection. Life A Bug’s Invictus Cool Runnings

You might have a prayer started by one might have a prayer You 124 InsideOut: BTW: BTW: up and added to by group that gets picked the prayer is passed, person another group. As to group, the entire camp to person, then group that can be used in a contributes to a prayer or evening worship. closing circle, one word, and each person will add one word word add one will each person word, and one what some ideas about Suggest to the prayer. can be so that campers might address the prayer want to contribute. about what they thinking everyoneExplain that but add one word, should group through the can continue going that you might want are expressed. You until all thoughts can use either to indicate to have a signal campers continue or that they want to that they want to stop.

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Where do you belong? Examining privilege Making different choices Become an instrument of peace Learn to apologize and forgive Damage becomes design Living out shalom DESCRIPTION InsideOut: DAILY ACTIVITIES DAILY Day 3: Shalom Shalom 3: Day

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Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily LEARN CREATE PRAY LEARN PLAY PRAY TYPE PLAY PLAY Genesis 27:1–26

Because of Jacob’s importance in Israel’s story, Rebekah and Jacob’s deception might be seen Rebekah and Jacob’s story, importance in Israel’s Because of Jacob’s

Loving God, we know that our desires put us in conflict with one another. May we seek to heal the May another. Loving God, we know that our desires put us in conflict with one

Understand that conflict happens in all communities. Understand that conflict happens can lead to brokenness. Acknowledge the truth that conflict to shalom. Learn that we can move from brokenness and happens over time. Understand that peace requires effort Who Is Deserving? Ending A Different Peace Personal Do It Right Brokenness Beauty from You Be with Peace TITLE Categories brokenness and find your shalom in our relationships. Prayer: Leader Notes: dream is for people to live in peace. At this point in the week, campers by God, but God’s as orchestrated a way to shalom. may be experiencing conflict among themselves, and need to find Scripture Passage: Today, campers will… campers Today, • • • • Our human desire for more puts us in conflict and moves us away from God’s Theological Summary: us in conflict and moves us away from God’s Our human desire for more puts from conflict. campers find ways to heal the brokenness resulting dream. Today, Genesis 27:19 Scripture Focus: and eat of my “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me; now sit up Jacob said to his father, game, so that you may bless me.” CREATE 29). Ask campers to brainstorm things 29). Ask campers If campers had disagreements and you If campers had disagreements and Turn the story of Jacob and Esau into a Turn Read Genesis 27:1–26 as a group. Point out a group. Point out 27:1–26 as Read Genesis A Different Ending A Different the This activity helps campers examine Why: turning points in the story consider how and changing them changes the outcome. Supplies: (optional: pen or pencil, paper) How: Own Adventure.” Have campers “Choose Your and suggest identify the turning points that occur, other ways that the story could have turned out. For example, Jacob could have rejected Rebekah’s suggestion, or Isaac could have trusted his instinct that it was not Esau who brought him the meal. If you wish, write the story down with the new naming endings. This can be a simple activity, points in the story have gone when things could different, or—if you have time—follow one new storyit could play and imagine different ways out based on the personalities involved. Remind have to be campers that shalom, or peace, doesn’t utopian, in which everything is perfect. Instead, Bible, large sheet of paper and marker paper and of large sheet Bible, Supplies: How: the was that time, the expectation that, at that of his a blessing as part would receive eldest son as received the blessing When Jacob inheritance. got power over Esau plan, he a result of Rebekah’s (Gen. 27:27-­ make a person deservingour culture believes (e.g., completing college, of blessing or power racial or ethnic group, being being of a certain possessing certain talents). an authority figure, expectations create conflict, Discuss how these do, as individuals and as a and what we can Consider which of to reduce the conflict. society, control under an individual’s these categories are and which are not. which groups Be prepared for disagreements over are more deserving, if campers come especially groups. from different racial, ethnic, or economic impact Ask campers how they might personally assumptions. our culture’s BTW: their have time, let them discuss and debate worry about the content of disagreements. Don’t they treated the conversation, but debrief on how each other in the midst of disagreement.

PLAY LEARN Daily Activities Daily Invite players to ask or write a few of Examine the storymore about to understand

126 InsideOut: society’s expectations of who should get ahead, in expectations society’s ours. time and Isaac’s Why: Why: Who Is Deserving? the questions and consider writing some more challenging questions, such as, “Have you ever “Have you ever been bullied someone?” or, bullied?” BTW: This is a familiar camp game. For today’s camp game. For today’s This is a familiar How: is on the debriefing as much lesson, the focus Before campers arrive, make as the game itself. a list of 10 to 15 “yes or no,” or multiple-choice such as: questions. Make some of them concrete, ever broken a “Are you an only child? Have you questions bone?” Then move on to more abstract Is your school such as: “Is peace on earth possible? campers safe?” As the leader asks the questions, their answer; for move to specific spaces based on to the leader’s example, “yes” responses might go right. If a left, and “no” responses to the leader’s they answer, player is truly uncertain about the should could stay between the groups. Players keep the game respond as quickly as possible to enough moving fast, but make sure you allow time for campers to move. Once everyone to the next has responded, quickly move on of may want to pause after some question. You they responded the questions to ask players why “yes/no” the way that they did. After all the the game with questions have been asked, discuss there any questions that the campers. Ask: “Were everyone Did someone answered the same way? always end up with the majority or minority? How did that feel? Did you learn anything new about your fellow campers?” An area large enough for campers to Supplies: An area large enough groups clearly separate into Categories Categories help campers learn about This activity can Why: groups they belong to, each other and the consciously or unconsciously.

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Construction paper (one piece for each Construction paper (one piece for If you have time, campers could offer some If you have time, Pieces of broken pottery or plates from a Give each camper a sheet of construction Give each camper a sheet of construction Once conflict occurs, things will never be Once conflict occurs, things will used these tips to reduce the tension in their tension the to reduce these tips used family. flip the apology side, have covered the Once you that Explain and talk about forgiveness. handout extending forgiveness, of apology is the flip side is offered or not. Reflect on whether an apology on the handout. the tips for forgiveness campers, using the same scenarios these steps with as with the apology. BTW: to practice apologizing, real-world scenarios conversation on how to go followed with some in those situations. Be sensitive about forgiveness and emotions campers to the powerful stories might be sharing with the group. Brokenness Beauty from Why: shows that the same as they were. This activity things have beauty is still possible, even after come apart. Supplies: plus extra), magazines, old greeting cards, camper, or twigs), junk mail, found items (such as leaves thrift-store glue or glue sticks, scissors (optional: thick cloth, flower pots or plates, beads, hammer, wood pieces, hot glue or tacky glue) How: Allow everyone access to the other paper. or tear the materials. Encourage campers to cut and then have other materials into smaller pieces, onto their paper each camper select pieces to glue to create a design that expresses peace to them. This can be a symbol, or an abstract scene, or letters of a word. Spend some time talking about how beauty can be made when we put broken Point out that the pieces are pieces back together. not “like they used to be” and ask campers how attempting to recreate past memories could keep us from making peace. BTW: thrift store could also be used. Break the plates by placing them inside thick cloth and hitting with a Careful of flying shards and sharp edges. hammer. could begin by challenging the group to put You it back together as it was, then (if it looks similar to its original or they gave up) see if they can make it into something new and beautiful. InsideOut: PRAY CREATE

LEARN The prayer has been set to music and The prayer has been set to music The new storyThe new be shared with could The “Peace Prayer” has been used for over The “Peace Prayer” has been used “Sorry, not sorry” is a popular saying, but it’s not sorry” it’s is a popular saying, but “Sorry,

Explain that much research has been done has been Explain that much research How: on apologies, and share the “Apology Steps” and Talk handout with campers. “Forgiveness Tips” through the apology steps and ask how campers have experienced these apology practices in their own lives. Do some role playing, using Jacob and how they might have and imagine story, Esau’s Supplies: One copy of the “Apology Steps” and per handout from page 129 “Forgiveness Tips” each camper not a very effective way to apologize. This activity helps campers learn what to say in a sincere and also how to extend forgiveness. apology, Do It Right Why: performed by numerous artists, including Sarah performed by numerous artists, including play it might find a version and McLachlan. You for the campers. BTW: a century the world. Have the by people all over or provide copies of campers copy the prayer, to reflect on the handout. Give them some time and then open a discussion the prayer silently, it into on how they can go about incorporating “sow love” (or their daily lives. How might they classrooms, pardon, or faith, etc.) in their families, the prayer and friend groups? Close by praying together. How: How: paper, pens or pencils; or copies of the pens or pencils; Supplies: paper, prayer from page 129 This provides a simple, memorable way of This provides a simple, Why: pursuing peace on a personal level. Personal Peace Peace Personal the whole camp in worship or another large or another large camp in worship the whole acted out, allowing It could also be gathering. for which way the storythe audience to vote could also improve many will continue. Campers outcomes to each decision possible different each moment over and over, point, replaying to see how many ways they while using a timer scene in one minute. could change the BTW: peace is a process in which people respect each each respect which people in is a process peace the path to wholeness. other on

) sung by Sarah sung by Scar’s killing of Scar’s 1994). (Disney, by Dr. Seuss (Random House, 1953). 1953). Seuss (Random House, Dr. by Story Resources The Peace Prayer sung by Sarah McLachlan and her students. Mufasa and manipulation of Simba provide Mufasa and manipulation and Esau story—thea parallel to the Jacob leads to bad behavior and desire for power brokenness. Story stubborn beings who refuse to of two whole world goes The other. give way to each while they pout and refuse to on around them budge. (http://www.youtube.com/ McLachlan. watch?v=agPnMxp5Occ The Lion King The Lion The Zax, “Peace Prayer”

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“was intact PRAY meaning refers to a state of affairs refers to “was safe.” is a blessing, a manifestation of divine a manifestation is a blessing, meaning, You could provide paper and pens so that could provide paper and pens so that You Spend some time discussing today’s discussing today’s Spend some time

each camper could write a prayer for peace based each camper could write a prayer Consider on their personal conflict or concern. for the week, collecting these in a box or envelope the end of camp then look back over them toward to see how what camper have learned might impact these prayers. BTW: Brainstorm conflicts, starting with the scripture Brainstorm conflicts, starting with in which and expanding to the world today, or safe. Invite something is no longer complete that impacts each camper to think of a conflict This can be in the world or them personally. them to keep among their family and friends. Ask around the that in mind as they “pass the peace” shaking group. This is done by walking around, hands and saying, “Shalom! Peace be with you,” that the greeting to each person. Remind campers discussion on is also a prayer of support. Invite help us move how the support of others might brokenness to situations, or our own hearts, from completeness and wholeness. 128 InsideOut: or was complete.” It is related to the Arabic word or was complete.” salima How: How: of is a Jewish word theme word. Shalom as “peace,” that can mean greeting, translated welfare,” and it comes “completeness, soundness, shalam, from the stem word Supplies: none grace. In the Bible, shalom In the Bible, Why: and security. prosperity, tranquility, of well-being, Shalom You with Be Peace

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insulted me.”] me angry/sad/humiliated.”] the bad feelings anymore. While offering apologies and extending forgiveness can be a healing process for both parties, it is not necessarily guaranteed to repair brokenness. are not Sometimes apologies or forgiveness accepted; we should still extend them. was Forgiveness is not a free pass; harm been said that resentment done. But it’s for the is like taking poison and waiting bring other person to die; forgiveness can peace to the person who was harmed. harm, Forgiveness is not forgetting. Some like physical or sexual abuse, should not be forgotten, and steps should be taken to can avoid anyone causing that harm. You forgive, and have safe boundaries. Forgiveness Tips Forgiveness Steps to Forgiveness happened [e.g., “You Acknowledge what feelings [e.g., “That made Experience your forgive. Say you want to want to carry you don’t Forgive – say that Let it go – ask God for help. Some Things to Think About: forgiveness, The flip side of apology is extending even if an apology is not offered. * * * * InsideOut: Apology Steps Steps to Sharing an Apology Call them by name “I am sorry” Say, harm Name the action that caused them Claim your motivation Acknowledge hurt Explain what you will do differently Repeat, “I am sorry” Ask for forgiveness might follow: Here is a Script you I am very sorry for [action that caused harm]. I felt behave the way I should [emotion], but I didn’t have, and I know that I messed up. I feel unhappy to feel this want about the situation and I don’t way anymore, so I hope you accept my apology. Next time I’m [emotion], I will remember to [better Please forgive action]. I’m sorry for my behavior. me. Personal Peace Personal Prayer The Peace instrument of your peace Lord, make me an let me sow love Where there is hatred, pardon Where there is injury, faith Where there is doubt, hope Where there is despair, light Where there is darkness, is sadness, joy And where there grant that I may O divine master as to console not so much seek to be consoled to be understood as to understand be loved as to love To For it is in giving that we receive it is in pardoning that we are pardoned to eternal life And it is in dying that we are born Amen OLDER YOUTH OLDER Fun moving items in pairs Experiment in sacrifice Why is foot washing such a big deal? Think about how Greeks viewed love Is our compassion limited? Serving others with grace prayers Use water to mingle the group’s DESCRIPTION

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Day 4: Agape Agape 4: Day PLAY PRAY SERVE Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily

PLAY PLAY LEARN LEARN CREATE LEARN PRAY TYPE John 13:1–17

We are called to serve we will and love others as Jesus did, but this is not something that We

: God’s great love for us. great agape: God’s Loving God, Jesus shows us the agape love that we are to extend to all, even those we are in

Come to believe that God’s peace with us can be seen in Jesus’ sacrificial love. Come to believe that God’s humble servant.Come to follow Jesus’ example as TITLE Two by Two Replacement Tag Getting Clean Need Is Love You All Compassion Charades Turning the Tables Prayers Watery conflict with. Give us courage and strength to love selflessly, as Jesus did. conflict with. Give us courage and strength to love selflessly, 130 InsideOut: Prayer: Leader Notes: work toward it. must continually always (or ever can) completely achieve. We Scripture Passage: • Today, campers will… campers Today, • Discover • Theological Summary: feet, even those who will betray and deny him. Jesus humbly washes the disciples’ the love that is agape. see the forgiveness, grace, and reconciliation of We John 13:14 Scripture Focus: feet.” to wash one another’s have washed your feet, you also ought and Teacher, “So if I, your Lord

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agape You can add a learning component to this can add a learning component You Christians have lots of different practices Have campers divide into two groups, Have campers divide into two groups,

All You Need Is Love Need Is Love You All This will help the campers discover how Why: ancient Greeks thought about love, and how God’s when it was done for selfish reasons. Spend some Spend some selfish reasons. done for it was when to Jesus’ willingness these acts time comparing to serve for to stand up and risk himself others on the difference Reflect lacked power. those who sacrificial servicebetween who serve and those benefit. of some with expectations BTW: scriptures about Jesus speaking game by reading servingout for others and others, inviting the “freeze” when they see a campers to shout “steps in” for another person. point where Jesus include stories of Zacchaeus, the Examples might or Jesus healing on adultery, woman accused of the Sabbath. Getting Clean washing Explore the implications of Jesus’ Why: tradition of the disciples’ feet by discussing the the Church. foot washing in the Bible and in Supplies: How: and the having one group read Genesis 18:1–5, to reflect on other Exodus 30:17–21. Ask them else was why people were washing, and what to read and happening. After they have had time they found discuss, have the groups share what of washing for with each other and discuss the use in worship. hospitality and as a symbol of purity use water is Invite them to reflect on how we Then together similar or different ways today. Jesus’ actions read John 13:1–17 and discuss how scriptures. Ask might reflect both of these older washing the the campers what they think Jesus’ disciples feet tells us about God. BTW: around baptism. This could be a good opportunity to discuss what your tradition teachers, and how can have a visitor with some it is practiced. You expertise sit in if counselors are uncomfortable leading the conversation. Discuss what the practices are, and what theological claims your tradition makes through those practices. InsideOut: PLAY PLAY

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This is like traditional “freeze tag” with one How: important change: any camper who is not frozen may trade places with someone who is. This means that camper chooses to become frozen, so the other person can take their place in the game. Since some older youth will choose to be frozen rather than have to run around, you might want to add an incentive for those who are not Notice that, by frozen after two minutes of play. these rules, the person who is “It” could also take the place of a frozen person. If this happens, you can allow it the first couple times, then tighten the rules to keep it from continuing. After the debrief, asking: “How did it feel to have activity, someone trade places, or step in for you?” Reflect on when this was done to help someone, and Supplies: Open space sacrifice for others Why: Why: Replacement Tag Replacement Tag moving items needed for another activity (paper moving items needed for another for and markers for drawing, or equipment recreation). BTW: Two campers carry campers an object down a path Two How: using designated body between themselves, their backs). parts (such as a tennis ball between and items and body parts, keeping it safe Vary shoulders, chins, knees, elbows, appropriate. Try Spend fingers, palms, foreheads, hips, heads. of working some time reflecting on the challenges and boundaries together and how personal space Discuss the difference complicate the activity. someone between working together and “helping else.” A selection of items for campers to Supplies: A selection of items pillows, balls of various sizes, move (suggestions: pencils) sheets of paper, Two by Two Two byTwo cooperation activity that This is an active Why: explore themes of working will help campers others. together and helping SERVE

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If the camp servesleaders cafeteria-style, Some of the compassion actions actions compassion of the Some Try this for a break during a hike or outdoor this for a break during Try Campers have fun changing expectations Campers have fun

brainstormed may be appropriate for the camp for the may be appropriate brainstormed by expand this conversation can setting. You “serviceassigning are easiest tasks that points”: those that are harder points, and earn a couple points. Challenge receive more proportionally many servicecampers to see how can points they After they report of the day. earn before the end debrief the idea of servingtheir experiences, as a how that impacted their efforts. competition and Tables the Turning Why: about service to others. Supplies: plates, cups, note cards, pencils How: Spread the ground cloths and put food activity. and leaders and tableware on one. Have campers cards, each sit around the others. On the note the person to person will take a food order from each person their right. Starting with a leader, the Have them present gets up to fill the order. as possible. The snacks as graciously and joyfully graciously recipient must also accept the food As each person receives their snacks, and joyfully. taken, again they get up and fill the order they’ve on John presenting them with grace. Reflect they think 13:1–17, asking campers what mood everyone had as they were servedor while serving. of “good Invite campers to share experiences service” and “bad service” at restaurants or other impact settings. Debrief the things that might mood as they serve and how people someone’s us when we are serving them. might perceive BTW: could choose one meal and take orders from campers and deliver meals to them. If the camp uses a buffet style, campers could take orders from others and do their best to get everything meal. Encourage needed for that camper’s campers to ask for help if they need something, rather than getting it for themselves. This could be a great experiment on servingand receiving this will gifts of service from others. Remember, take longer than a regular meal service, so plan accordingly. BTW:

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CREATE philia (sexual passion); agape. Pass out a small stack of sticky notes to each sticky notes to each a small stack of Pass out 132 InsideOut: Invite campers to act out various ways How: can do people give or receive compassion. You this charades style, with them creating their own clues. Be sure to write some ideas on slips of paper in advance so everyone can participate, even if ideas. own their with up come to able not are they Afterward, on which spend some time reflecting acts of service are most difficult to offer others While this could easily get and which are easy. focused on which ones were easy to act out in the game, focus on how things are in the real world. Invite campers to think about the limits to their endless compassion. Remind campers of God’s and compassion, even in times of disappointment, the challenge of sharing agape. Supplies: Slips of paper and a pen This will lead the campers to reflect on the This will lead the campers to reflect Why: role of service as care givers. and our limitations Compassion Charades camper, along with a pen or pencil. Have them a pen or pencil. along with camper, or or someone, name of something write the they love, on each note. Explain some experience Greek, a was written in that the New Testament multiple words that we translate language that has columns across the large sheet as “love.” Make six types of love that Label them for the of paper. eros the Greeks identified: How: How: family); ludus (playful love, (love of parents or joking with friends); pragma such as flirting or philautia (love of self); and (long-standing love); agape (love for everyone—selfless love). Have their sticky campers come up and put each of notes under the category they think it belongs if there are in. Discuss the results, especially that might be, empty categories. Reflect on why categories. and discuss what could go into those really belong Are there sticky notes that don’t love, which anywhere? End by focusing on agape list under agape God has for all of us. Expand the people they by having campers write names of to the agape struggle to love, then adding them prayer list, lifting column. Use these additions as a thanks for up those we struggle to love, giving God’s Large sheet of paper, markers, sticky sticky markers, of paper, sheet Large Supplies: or pencils notes, pens

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Story Resources Mike and his friend Sam Mike and his friend 2005). (Multnomah, faith to the test by living put their Christian in six U.S. cities. alongside the homeless ): www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEmYhD90Lp0 A shout out to the people who are tryingA shout out to the to of over footage for the better, change the world Peru. a mission trip to in 1935, this film shows in the rural South of racial tensions along with the injustice everyoneeconomics. The movie ends with in Those receiving communion. pews at church, hurt each receiving include those who have and even those who betrayed each other, other, those still have killed each other (the dead and house. alive)—all sitting together in God’s Mike Yankoski Overpass, byUnder the Mike Yankoski Mikeschair. World,” Changing the “Keep (TriStar Pictures, 1984). Set 1984). Pictures, Places in the Heart (TriStar InsideOut: PRAY Campers will use water to mingle their will use water to Campers You could take the next step and use the could take the next step and use the You BTW: as a group, same water to do a foot washing their bowls or have multiple groups combine together in a worship service and either do a foot washing or a remembrance of baptism. Fill a cup with water for each camper. Invite for each camper. Fill a cup with water How: about those they love, and those campers to think Need If you did the “All You they struggle to love. have already written then they Is Love” activity, campers to take turns pouring some down. Invite pouring a small amount for water into the bowl, they are praying They can say what each prayer. the prayers silent. Invite the for out loud, or keep Jesus praying for each disciple campers to imagine feet, or even praying for the as he washed their to love. people that disciple loved or struggled Pitcher, cups, large bowl, and water large bowl, and cups, Pitcher, Supplies: Why: Why: others’ prayers. prayers with Prayers Watery • OLDER YOUTH OLDER heiwa Paper folding Crosswords about peace Group similarities and differences Introduce Reflections on Romans 12:9–18 of the scriptures Tone Active listening skills Identify those who need prayer DESCRIPTION

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Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily TYPE LEARN PLAY PLAY LEARN PLAY PRAY LEARN LEARN PRAY Mark 12:28–31

heiwa as they practice peace over competition. Loving God, guide us to see our neighbors and ourselves as reflections of you. Help us make time Loving God, guide us to see our neighbors and ourselves as reflections Discover that they are called to respect themselves as children of God. Discover that they are called to respect Learn that every person deserves their love and respect. dependent on anything in return. isn’t Discover that their love of others TITLE Cranes Peace Scrabble Relay Scrabble Common and Unique Competing Agendas Silent Reflection Walk My Motivation? What’s Hear Me Now? You Can Who Is My Neighbor? 134 InsideOut:

Scripture Passage: Prayer: and space for others while also tending to our own hearts. Today, campers will… campers Today, • • • • Experience Jesus says to love ourselves (in a Sometimes we have trouble loving ourselves. However, Leader Notes: and boundaries. healthy way) as well as others. Be mindful of your own self-care habits Theological Summary: and ourselves as made in the image of God, While loving God, we must see others and a balance of these brings peace to impacts the way we do the other, worthy of love and respect. Each our hearts and minds. Mark 12:31a Scripture Focus: neighbor as yourself.’” shall love your “The second is this, ‘You

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This could be a great all-camp activity, all-camp activity, This could be a great

or made more difficult with a scavenger hunt or made more difficult same debriefing works well, component. The sharing of clues and not seeing reflecting on how could have helped. other groups as competitors Unique Common and what they hold in Campers will celebrate Why: unique. common, and also how they are Supplies: Paper and pens to five. Divide campers into groups of four How: paper to each Hand out pens and two sheets of a list of the group. Have each group compile order for it to things they have in common. In to everyonemake the list, an item must apply in avoid writing the group. Explain that they should things that people can see (e.g., “everyone has to get are all wearing clothes”). Try “we or, hair,” have After about five minutes, them to dig deeper. their list. a spokesperson from each group read rotate Then either have half of each subgroup to another group, or leave everyone in the same have them group. On the second sheet of paper, each item record “uniquities,” meaning that group. The applies to only one person in the for each group tries to find at least two uniquities person. After five to seven minutes, you can have each person say one of their uniquities, or have someone read them one by one, having members of other groups try was. (Again, to guess who it avoiding you want to go beyond the superficial, those things that people can readily see.) Reflect on some of the surprising things they and ask campers to learned about each other, think about which they are most aware of: their own uniqueness or how much they share in common with others? allow a little time for teams to finish, and then and then finish, teams to time for a little allow created. Spend some the words they review all the level of the game and the flow time discussing more how many Ask the campers of competition. were if the teams have been made words could competing. together rather than working BTW:

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LEARN Daily Activities Daily Place the letters face down in the center Teams work together to build words. Teams The campers will gain insight by learning The campers will How: How: of the area. Divide campers into four teams. in which the first The game is played as a relay, player from each team runs down, picks up a card without looking at it, and brings it to the team. When that player returns, the next player goes and does the same thing. While the runners are retrieving letters, the other team members work together to create words from the letters, Scrabble style. Every player must take turns retrieving and making words. When all the letters are gone, A set of Scrabble letters, either from Supplies: A set of Scrabble letters, either from cards (the the game or written on cut-up note distribution of letters is: 2 blanks, 12-E, 9-A,I, 4-L,S,U,D, 3-G, 2-B,C,M,P,F,H,V,W,Y, 8-O, 6-N,R,T, 1-K,J,X,Q,Z) Why: Why: Scrabble Relay Relay Scrabble Cranes may be included in worship Cranes may be included in worship BTW: resources activities, and the Peace Packet includes international for exchanging your cranes with lots of cranes partners. Others may want to make after camp or and decorate local congregations exhibit. make them part of a traveling camp Use the directions (printed or video) in Use the directions How: Packet file of the curriculum the Peace Partner The Peace Packet also for detailed instructions. includes a brief story of Sadako, and how the Campers may crane became a symbol of peace. be able to tell the story without communally Invite campers your having to read it with them. it to remind to make a crane, and either keep requires, or themselves of the hard work peace thankful is gift it to someone else who they are working for peace. Supplies: Paper squares how the paper crane became a symbol of peace, how the paper crane to make them. while learning how Peace Cranes Cranes Peace Why: • PRAY LEARN Paper and pen for each camper, cones or cones each camper, Paper and pen for One path could be set up for multiple One path could be set up for multiple Read Mark 12:28–34, then read Luke 10:25– This is an opportunity for campers to be opportunity for This is an What’s My Motivation? My Motivation? What’s This helps campers explore the great Why: commandment, and how our agendas get in the way of love. markers Supplies: Bible, large paper, How: 29. Invite the campers to reflect on the differences name it, in the two versions, and if they don’t invite them to think about the motivation of the person asking. Ask the campers to think of examples in which people have “loved their neighbor” to justify themselves rather than out brainstorm a list of people Together, of sincerity. Silent Reflection Walk Reflection Silent Why: around them while to the creation attentive is part of heiwa. the harmony that exploring Supplies: pieces space markers, cardboard a path for campers Ahead of time, designate How: some of the natural beauty to walk that includes path should be long enough so of the camp. This multiple stations for reflection. that you can have on the walk with a cone or Designate each stop other marker. and pens, then explain Give campers paper the course, that they will walk silently through Invite them stopping at each station to reflect. and to focus on ways they see competition around them. cooperation in nature and the world might also add another unique question You you will at each stop. Decide how many places path is easy have them stop and make sure you can leave some or well explained. You to follow, something cardboard at each stop, so they have consider might for backing when they write. You on the path, starting campers at different places much foot traffic so they are not distracted by too around them. BTW: If you the day. groups to walk over the course of prayer have a labyrinth, peace pole, or other them in the spaces, this is a great way to include activities. week’s

PLAY none 136 InsideOut: This could be a total camp activity. Maybe This could be a total camp activity. BTW: divide up by grades, having different classes be The natural competition of bunched together. ages could contribute. Be mindful of campers with special needs or physical disabilities. This activity could feel exclusionary moment or be a powerful of inclusion if other campers will step back to help them succeed. Supplies: Supplies: stand close to each other Invite campers to How: that each will stand on Explain in a small circle. possible, and that this will be one leg as long as being compared time timed, with the winner’s other groups of campers (it to the winners from are actually doing the matter if others doesn’t see which group has the best activity or not) to campers that everyone must be in arm’s time. Tell camper as long as they are still reach of another leg, they may on one leg. Once they drop their the circle. stay standing in that spot, or sit outside others. Campers might ask if they can bump rules, but that Explain that it is not against the best choice. the group must decide if that is the Be very clear about all these rules, then start the If everyone the last competes hard to be activity. over quickly. standing, the activity will likely be camper in an If they cooperate to support one them after attempt to defeat other groups, stop a long time a few minutes (or this could go on the campers if they cooperate) to debrief. Ask to share what to repeat the rules, then ask them Spend they think was the goal of the activity. in our some time discussing the role of “winning” from achieving culture and how that can keep us Introduce heiwa and the concept things together. stepping back to of peace that comes from people to reflect make room for others. Invite campers on how the activity might have been different if winning were more or less of a goal, and how a goal of heiwa would have impacted the outcome. The next step in the conversation, if you have time, is to reflect on how to practice heiwa in their daily lives and personal relationships. This activity leads campers to explore heiwa leads campers This activity Why: for our competitive hard it might be and how practice. culture to Competing AgendasCompeting

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You might consider giving campers a few You You might include a round of brainstorming might include a round You Campers define the neighbors they are Campers define the neighbors they things that keep them from being active listeners: them from being active listeners: things that keep their own problems, technology distractions, etc. Campers with the speaker, unresolved feelings these ways to overcome can also brainstorm distractions. Who Is My Neighbor? Why: called to love. markers large sheets of paper, Supplies: Two different Invite campers to create a list of How: of paper. types of neighbors on a large sheet add a kind Have them come up one by one to that the of neighbor to the list. Emphasize that characteristics should embody something to love—maybe they or our society often struggle have or “mentally ill.” When campers “angry,” 12:31a, finished, join together to recite Mark made. followed by the list that they have but with negative things Next, repeat the activity, or others have the campers say about themselves, “Jesus calls us said about them. Close by saying, and then to love ourselves, even when we are…” unison or with read the list. This can be done in personally each person reading the things they want to affirm as challenges to their self-esteem. Close in prayer for neighbors the campers struggle to love, and the ways we often struggle to love ourselves. BTW: minutes of silent reflection after this to think about the ways they care for their own hearts, and of the times they struggle to love themselves. While this is not an issue for all campers, it is for many and deserves some time. when they talk, and share these tips for “active “active tips for share these and they talk, when withhold judgment, pay attention, listening”: to understanding them what you are reflect back understand. clarify or better ask questions to say, what they have and what other tips Ask campers are being heard. feel like they makes them BTW: InsideOut: PLAY

LEARN none There is often a tension between loving There is often a tension Take half the group outside the room and Take How: ask those in the room to think of a topic they are really passionate about (such as sports or vacation). Those outside the room then come back inside and pair up with members of the group that stayed in the room, to listen actively you have instructed the However, to the story. outside group to stop listening and act distracted after about 30 seconds and see what happens. Afterward, not to be discuss what is feels like listened to and invite campers to share times they have felt dismissed when sharing something important. Explain that one of the ways we show respect for others is to truly listen to them Supplies: Supplies: This activity allows the campers to have This activity allows the campers Why: their active some fun practicing while practicing listening skills. Can You Hear Me Now? Hear Me Now? You Can BTW: BTW: ourselves. In issues of neighbors and protecting can run high. As emotions security and safety, up on your list, consider putting such issues come subtle mark, a star next to them, or some other the end and so you can come back to them at issues. Invite dive deeper into those particular , and see campers to apply the concept of heiwa responses. how it might challenge their reflexive of faith Ask campers to consider how people than the might be called to set different priorities don’t You general public, or even elected leaders. push a particular have to come to a conclusion, or with difficult agenda, but peacemaking must start place to conversations, and there is no better difficult topics practice safe conversations about than camp. whom campers or your community struggle to to struggle community or your campers whom them in one column love, and write sincerely on For each person sheet of paper. on a large would love “We the statement, the list, finish list of these answers and make a them, but…” if there are common column. See in a second second column, and what responses in the be behind these answers. Discuss emotions might of scarcity competition, anger, what role fear, insecurity play in our and personal resources, neighbor. struggle to love our

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Based on the true Based on the true 1987). (Puffin, (Disney, 2007): Remy the rat and (Disney, Story Resources These ancient writings These ancient writings Tzu. Lao teacher . e . c . b Eleanor Coerr storyJapanese girl who contracts of a young of the atom bomb that was leukemia as a result Sadako Sasaki decides dropped on Hiroshima. paper cranes while she is to fold one thousand the cranes come to symbolize hospitalized, and peace. speak of harmony and balance in all things. speak of harmony This is the primary religious text for Taoism, and has influenced many other religious short traditions, artists, and cultures. These strongly verses and poems are beautiful and celebrate in reflect the principles of peace we heiwa. Atticus Finch demonstrates love 2002). Harper, accused of of neighbor by defending a man and Scout, to rape. He guides his children, Jem see others’ lives from a different perspective. unlikely Linguini the garbage boy form an and become partnership to support one another successful. A story about accepting others even if they are not like you. 138 InsideOut: Tao Te Writings credited to sixth-century Te Ching: Tao Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, by Thousand Paper the and Sadako To Kill a Mockingbird, by Kill a Mockingbird, To Ratatouille

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DESCRIPTION Finding common ground Identifying real injustices Examine motivations in the story A balanced approach to injustice Tackle a maze with help Tackle Encompass the world in prayer action with others Taking InsideOut: DAILY ACTIVITIES DAILY PRAY ” is a cry of the many, not just the one, to show solidarity, despite not just the one, to show solidarity, ” is a cry of the many, putting their love for others into action. putting their love for others into

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LEARN Day 6: Sí Se Puede Sí Se 6: Day Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily TYPE PLAY LEARN PLAY CREATE PLAY PRAY PRAY PRAY SERVE Luke 10:25–37

Help campers look beyond the surface of the story, looking at the hurts, needs, gifts, and looking at the hurts, Help campers look beyond the surface of the story,

Loving God, we know that it is hard to stand with others as our neighbors. Show us the strength Loving God, we know that it is hard to stand with others as our neighbors.

Learn the importance of sí se puede Hear God’s call to work together to do good in the world. Hear God’s body empowers us to take risks as peacemakers. Discover that being part of Christ’s TITLE All Together Now Inconvenience of Injustice? Inconvenience Look Deeper Both Feet on the Ground With a Little Help Pray Around the World the Around Pray Mapping Justice and courage to put our love into action. Prayer: the things that others assume would divide. Scripture Passage: Today, campers will… campers Today, • Theological Summary: as “other” or different from us, we move away When we see our fellow humans are on the margins or are excluded, working for peace are called to stand with those who from peace. We together. Luke 10:36–37 Scripture Focus: was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” “Which of these three, do you think, Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.” mercy.” He said, “The one who showed him Leader Notes: “Sí se puede struggles of each character. • • LEARN

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This activity forces the campers to take a the campers to This activity forces Why: more in-depth look at the Bible story and think about the motivations of the characters. Supplies: Look Deeper constitutes an inconvenience or an injustice. An or an injustice. inconvenience an constitutes harm to or permanent is a long-standing injustice when or an instance person or group, a particular on their identity. is targeted based someone columns make six sheet of paper, On the large Harm?,” “Targeted titled: “Issue,” “Permanent Solution by People?,” “Would Behavior?,” “Caused “Injustice?” Help Group?,” and of issues, and ask the campers Consider a number meets the criteria: (1) Does whether or not each or permanent harm to an it cause long-standing (2) Is it targeted at a group individual or group? religion, race, sexual ideology, or person based on affiliation, or nationality? (3) orientation, political (4) Would Is the situation created by other people? group to solving the problem help the targeted than two “yes” better realize their potential? More an injustice. answers indicate that it’s are being Some suggested issues: disabled students in class, bullied, cell phones are not allowed get better fire people on the richer side of town got an F on the test, service than others, Taylor Jamie’s shampoo costs more than men’s, women’s dance, not allowed to go to the homecoming road to Jericho. there are bandits operating on the that may want to think about current events You whether are portrayed as injustices and decide issues and they are or not. Ask campers to suggest controversial rate them. Be prepared to talk about to see any issues; some campers may be unwilling issues as injustices and others may view many being unjust. could set this up as debates, with some You BTW: being more absurd than others. One person or pair argues that an item is an injustice, while just an inconvenience. The another argues it’s This way rest of the group can be the jury. of approaching the activity allows for some but also opens the door for humor to creativity, help the campers deal with real injustice. Be sure to debrief and talk about the real harms done.

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theme while ® PLAY Daily Activities Daily none (yes, we can!) as the daily theme. Reflect (yes, we can!) as the daily theme. ® This starts as a traditional partner exercise, partner exercise, This starts as a traditional In this activity, campers will examine In this activity, How: How: sit back to back with a partner in which campers They have to use and try up together. to stand can come up as a team. You equal pressure to let them try as well. After it in groups of 3–4 with their this, have the group stand in a circle palm to palms out to their sides, connecting to always palm. Instruct them not to talk, but to link fingers, stay connected. Instruct them not palms for their but only push on each other’s you around connection. Have the group follow make this, the camp. The more complicated you doors is a great more fun it will be. Going through Just make challenge, as are hills or dense woods. sure everyone stays safe. Afterward, introduce sí se puede Supplies: Supplies: having some fun working together. having some fun This would be a terrific opportunity to This would be a terrific opportunity BTW: justice introduce Cesar Chavez as an historical Some parts of the country are not very leader. familiar with his work organizing farm workers who were horribly mistreated. Chavez didn’t rescue the people, but pulled them together to could go a long make a difference. A little research way in celebrating an American hero. on the importance of keeping communities on the importance of keeping communities connected and everyone a role to play. having communities Ask campers where they have seen or make a come together to do something special, difference. various scenarios and decide whether each 140 InsideOut: How: How: Large sheet of paper, marker Supplies: Large sheet of paper, Examine why some situations that seem Why: “unfair” are really just inconveniences, while some indeed show injustice. Inconvenience or Injustice? Inconvenience All Together Now Now Together All the campers focus on the This activity helps Why: of the sí se puede communal concept

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This same approach is a fantastic way to This same approach Set up a maze or obstacle course for campers Set up a maze or obstacle course for With a Little Help like to it’s this helps the campers see what Why: like to have it’s rely on others for help, and what to provide that help. Supplies: Blindfold, items for creating a maze logs, stones, or obstacle course (such as chairs, markers cones), paper, How: with to navigate. This could be done indoors could You chairs, or outdoors with logs or stones. arrows drawn even just have pieces of paper with on them to indicate the turns to take. Consider ways to make it challenging. (Alter the course a little before each group attempts it.) Divide the campers into groups of three. Blindfold one of the campers, and have the other two walk with that one in front and one in back, with hands camper, shoulders. Explain that the one on each other’s in front cannot speak but can point. The one in the back can speak, but only say what the person it again with the in the front communicates. Try sighted campers not touching the blindfolded partner but both able to fully communicate. The object is for all the campers to navigate the course If time allows, let campers try various roles. safely. Spend some time discussing what it felt like to be reexamine today’s scripture. The issues of crime scripture. reexamine today’s often ignored as we focus on the and violence are to the hypocrisy of the faith leaders compared the can invite campers to explore Samaritan. You day issues; scripture, then expand into modern look back and or do the current events first, then and see how remember that injustice is not new Jesus taught about justice. left and one right, as big as you can make can make big as you right, as one left and other justice” and the one “social them). Label consider the campers to acts.” Now ask “charitable world—childhood of injustices in the a variety care, inequitable heath homelessness, hunger, what issue, think about consider each etc. As you taken either for social justice actions could be acts. List these actions in the or for charitable Ask the campers whether they appropriate foot. in “social justice” or “charitable would put prayer prayer could make a difference acts.” Discuss how in the world. in solving injustice BTW: InsideOut: PRAY

LEARN Large sheet of paper, markers Large sheet of paper, In this activity, campers will examine the the will examine campers activity, In this Explain that most injustice needs to be How: solved through long-term, society-wide changes, but those usually take a long time to implement. In the meantime, people are still hurting, and we can do things to alleviate their suffering. Long- term solutions that attack the root causes and improve the structure of society are often called “social justice,” and immediate actions that meet needs are often called “charitable basic people’s draw two large feet (one acts.” On the paper, Supplies: Supplies: Demonstrate a two-pronged approach to Demonstrate a two-pronged approach Why: dealing with injustice. Campers learn to address systemic causes of injustice while alleviating the results of injustice evident today. Both Feet on the Ground Both Feet on the Ground You could expand this role play into a full could expand this role play into a full You BTW: of the day newscast. How might the weather impact the story? story What sports might have around distracted viewers from the problems that day? them? What else made the headlines How: How: in of the characters and motivations attitudes the the story (the traveler, of the good Samaritan the the Samaritan, the priest, the Levite, robbers, about talk a little Before you begin, innkeeper). and priests, and views of Samaritans, the roles of Jesus’ time. Samaritans were Levites in the Israel because, after the end of the considered heretics to worship at a different place Exile, they chose John 4:9, we learn, “Jews do than Jerusalem. (In in common with Samaritans.”) not share things in the both had responsibilities Priests and Levites sacrifices, and Levites temple: priests performed among other things. They sang or played music, had to observecarry ritual purity laws in order to prohibited out their duties, and one of those facts affect being near corpses. How might these Assign the the motivations of the characters? assign one roles listed above to campers. Then Read or more other campers to be “reporters.” interview then have the reporters the Bible story, What was the each character about the incident. one? What motivation for the actions of each they acted? How qualms did they have about how influence did the way their society was structured their actions? PRAY

SERVE Sometimes injustices are right in front of Invite campers to pick an injustice and focus Invite campers to Mapping Justice Justice Mapping issues of campers to address Empower Why: lives by exploring who their injustice in their and praying for them and the partners might be, issue. for each camper Supplies: paper and pens (optional: colored pencils) How: in relation make a difference on how they might to pick something that to it. Encourage them home, or that is an issue they impacts them at paper and can directly address. Give each camper issue in a small a pen, and ask them to write their the Right around box on the center of their paper. of people they box, have them write the names in the issue think could make a big difference out from those each name. Further and circle whose help names, ask campers to think about they resources those people might need, or what write those will need to do the job. Have them them, drawing and circle names and resources the person it is and a line between the resource have the campers imagine supporting. Finally, then draw a where they fit into this plan, and the project plan shape with their name in it onto time, allow map they have created. If there is to show the campers who are comfortable sharing opportunity group their plans. This could be an forget to pray to simply pray for each plan (don’t ways for those not shared too), or brainstorm creativity to improve each plan as the group’s plan for justice. supports each camper’s BTW: us. If your camp or community is dealing with an injustice, you could use this activity to create an action plan to address the concern. Maybe the camp is just one piece of a larger justice issue the is trying to deal with. Campers could help Church create a plan, or imagine how they fit into the plans to create justice together existing Church’s see ourselves can impact our understanding of understanding our can impact see ourselves justice.

PRAY The Gall-Peters Projection map is becoming This could be expanded into a larger This could be expanded Post the map where everyone can see it. 142 InsideOut: BTW: BTW: the new standard in global education. It puts land masses in a more accurate perspective to each other compared to other common maps that make Europe and North America look larger. This has been lifted up as a justice issue by many, supporting a colonization era assumption about the importance of these places. Show campers the Gall-Peters map from the Peace Packet and ask them how it looks different and how the way we How: How: parts of Spend some time focusing on different issues or the world and ask the campers: “What people who live concerns do you know about that of issues that here face?” Remind them to think make can impact the creation and people. You to represent a list, or put some dots on the map your way across each continent, concerns. Work were missed. then ask if there are other issues that the people and Use your list, or dots, to pray for can let each concerns around the world. You camper read a concern, leave an open prayer for campers to lift concerns, or have one person lead a prayer for the group. Large world map (the Peace Packet has Supplies: Large world map (the Peace Packet for each one on page 259) and tape (or printouts camper), paper and pen (or marker) Pray Around the World World the Around Pray broad This activity reminds campers how Why: the word neighbor really is, as they pray for all people and the creation. God’s BTW: BTW: experiment by lengthening experiential learning some “good Samaritan” the path and adding Place some litter the way. opportunities along maybe have a staff member near the path, and a twisted ankle just off the course. pretend to have it realistic so the campers Be creative, but keep choice to make about following have an authentic task, or caring for creation and directions in their their neighbors. the one led, and what it was like to be the one the one like to be it was and what led, the one we feel about times Invite conversations guiding. better need might be and how those in helpless, servedopposed to them—as when we empower things for them. simply doing

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InsideOut: (UFW, (UFW, Available at https://youtu.be/ Available Story Resources (Columbia Pictures, 1982). The story of Pictures, (Columbia 2008). 2008). e7GCCBIgFaQ Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who used Mohandas Karamchand for social, political, and nonviolence to fight in India. economic justice 2013). The and Co., Brown Lamb (Little, recipient of the Nobel memoir of the youngest believed in, and stood up Peace Prize. Malala almost right to an education, but she her for, price. paid the ultimate Commons. More accurate map of the world, land masses showing accurate proportions of common (size of counties) compared to more file. can find this in the Peace Packet maps. You Malala Yousafzai and Christina and Christina Yousafzai I Am Malala, by Malala – Creative Map” Projection “Gall-Peters Embrace the Legacy” “Cesar Chavez: Gandhi OLDER YOUTH OLDER Who excels in the unusual? Review the week and look ahead Have fun making memories Get feedback from campers Pray in ever-increasing groups DESCRIPTION

DAILY ACTIVITIES DAILY Day 7: Aloha Aloha 7: Day PLAY SERVE Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily

PLAY LEARN CREATE SERVE PRAY TYPE John 14:25–37

Loving God, thank you for the opportunity to spend a week studying your ways of peace. As we go Loving God, thank you for the opportunity to spend a week studying Learn that Jesus’ peace is with them now and always. Learn that Jesus’ peace is with them help them with their fears as they walk the way of peace at home Come to know that Jesus’ peace will and in the world. Who’s the Best? Who’s TITLE Advocating for Peace for Advocating Hunt Photo Scavenger Take It or Leave It It or Leave Take Prayers of the People Prayers 144 InsideOut: Scripture Passage: Today, campers will… campers Today, • • Jesus tells the disciples that they will have help from the Holy Spirit when he is Jesus tells the disciples that they Theological Summary: work has just begun. gone, but also warns them that their John 14:27 Scripture Focus: I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your Peace I leave with you; my peace them be afraid. hearts be troubled, and do not let

Prayer: Prayer: back into the world, help us find and share that peace with others. The last day of camp is about packing up and leaving, but the campers also need to take The last day of camp is about packing up and leaving, but the campers Leader Notes: inventory them and what they want to see change in the world. Help them get of what has changed for of peace. beyond “missing friends” to empowering each other to do the work

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none Checklist of items to find, and a digital Checklist of items

Campers might want to take home a might want to take Campers If you have photo-release permission If you have photo-release permission Using the daily theme words and scriptures as and scriptures Using the daily theme words Remind campers that some parts of camp to find items and together to find items and Campers will work

reminder of these suggestions. Consider having Consider having of these suggestions. reminder on their cellphones, if them put reminders possible. live those keywords out when they return home. home. they return when out those keywords live words introduce these each camper to Challenge home. when they get and friends to their family BTW: Take It or Leave It It or Leave Take feedback This activity is designed to generate Why: from the campers about their experience. Supplies: How: and other things might be quickly are spectacular, forgotten. Invite campers to share “things they want to take home” and “things they will leave behind” as they leave camp. Let the conversation flow without interruption. If people offer things that have really bothered them, follow up with group discussion on how these issues can be improved. Photo Scavenger Hunt Photo Scavenger Why: with the group, providing great photograph them way to preserve camp memories. Supplies: camera/smartphone How: six unique to create inspiration, challenge the group in six separate group poses that include the entire or the theme should reflect locations. Each picture of that day in some way that the campers scripture the pictures can explain. Gather back to look through Find a way to make the images sharable together. If campers gave up phones when they for the group. the images as they check-out of arrived, they can share camp. BTW: a powerful for all the campers, this could be opportunity to tell the story of camp to families challenges and congregations. One of the biggest receive a camper is equipping those back home to be a great way to whose faith is on fire. This could peace. invite a post-camp conversation about InsideOut: PLAY SERVE

LEARN Daily Activities Daily Six sheets of paper, markers Six sheets of paper, Have the campers circulate the sheets and Have the campers circulate . This could be done as a gathering of groups This could be done as a gathering

® write something memorable about that theme’s write something memorable about that theme’s there an activity they Was day on each paper. liked, or a meaningful thing they learned? Once had a chance to contribute, go through everyone’s the days one by one, reading the comments, discussing and elaborating on the learning if (Refer to the bullet points for each necessary. day for help.) Ask for suggestions on how they’ll Start by reminding campers about the week’s Start by reminding campers about the week’s How: daily themes. Label sheets of paper with the themes: Aloha, Ubuntu, Shalom, Agape, Heiwa, Sí Se Puede Supplies: Supplies: Advocating for Peace Peace for Advocating campers This activity is intended to help Why: learning and to empower consolidate the week’s them to put it into action. or cabins, with each sending a representative to or cabins, with each sending a representative categories so compete. Make sure to have enough that every their group once. camper can represent BTW: Divide into teams of two or three. Explain Divide into teams How: announcing a general contest that you will be category for each round of the game (for example, Each group needs to select one “The Tallest…”). category. person who they think will win the Reveal the specific action or measurement the (for example, selected people have to do to win thumb”). The person with the best “The Tallest… are some action or measurement wins. Here “The suggestions: “The Fastest...Crab Walker”; “The Highest…Jumper”; “The Longest...Stare”; “The Smallest... Song Singer”; Fastest...Alphabet Shoe Size.” Any items on the list that you might Supplies: Any items on the airplanes, bubble gum, paper need (such as paper on the contest categories cups, coin), depending you come up with Who’s the Best? the Best? Who’s the obvious in this Campers look beyond Why: game. Story Resources (Universal Pictures, 1982). Great farewell 1982). Pictures, (Universal scene when the alien leaves to return to his scene when the alien that those who home planet. A reminder continue to live on in our have touched us memories. (https://www.teenlife.com/ Volunteers” Teen blogs/50-community-service-ideas-teen- can contribute volunteers): A list of ways youth broken down by how to their communities, much time they have available. Seuss story invites us 1960 ). Classic Dr. House, just tried. to imagine what we could do, if we back This is a great message for the journey they might “home,” as campers imagine what do different. E.T. Service Opportunities “50 Community for Seuss (Random Dr. by and Ham, Green Eggs

PRAY Ending in This could be adapted to a full camp This could be adapted to a full camp Sometimes evaluations are done at a are done evaluations Sometimes

146 InsideOut: or even a camp closing circle. activity, prayer can help campers keep the focus on God, along with their new friendships. BTW: Next, have them join with someone sitting near Next, have them join with someone pray for them, share their prayer cards, and Next, each group of those concerns together. a group of two joins with another group to make Continue the process until the entire group four. and close with a is sitting together in a circle, communal prayer. Have campers sit by themselves somewhere in Have campers sit by themselves somewhere for several the worship space and pray silently minutes for whatever is on their card. Give each camper an index card and a Give each camper an index card How: Have them write a prayer request related marker. to the camp theme on their card. Supplies: Index cards, markers Prayers of the People of the People Prayers to This gives campers a final opportunity Why: concerns. pray for one another’s last meal, or as a post-camp e-mail. Doing the e-mail. Doing or as a post-camp last meal, give groups might process in smaller evaluation to glean more and allow staff more context alone. a generic form from campers than insights is notes on what have leaders take Be sure to instance when you will be shared. This is one said in group. Be sure to let sharing what was can share their ideas and campers know you using their names. Offer the concerns without evaluation or post camp e-mail traditional written not comfortable sharing in a option too, for those group. BTW: BTW:

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Stringing flowers for a lovely name tag Stringing flowers for a lovely name Sidewalk chalk “table” game Creating a reminder of welcome Musical chairs with a creative twist Colorful prayer tool DESCRIPTION InsideOut: DAILY ACTIVITIES DAILY Day 1: Aloha Aloha 1: Day

SERVE SERVE Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily CREATE LEARN PRAY CREATE CREATE PLAY PLAY CREATE PLAY PLAY PRAY TYPE Luke 14:15–24

As some campers will have been to camp before, and others may be new, welcoming welcoming new, As some campers will have been to camp before, and others may be

Creator God, thank you for the blessing of such beautiful surroundings and welcoming each one of Creator God, thank you for the blessing of such beautiful surroundings Feel welcome in the spirit of aloha. Know they are invited to this place. this week. Recognize the gift of being at camp people who are different. Recognize that the table is filled with Name Lei TITLE Table Upset Table A Special Place A Place for You A Place for Prayer Beads Prayer Scripture Passage: Today, campers will… campers Today, • • • • Theological Summary: of us to the table; yet this invitation is to more God invites and welcomes each one us a radical love, challenging our everydaythan a meal. This parable teaches us to live lives as it pushes a place not just for us—but for everyone.into the truth that God has prepared Luke 14:15 Scripture Focus: this, said to him, “Blessed is anyone who will eat bread in the One of the dinner guests, on hearing kingdom of God!” Prayer: Prayer: are always open and welcome to us, and us as a child of God. May we know that your arms and your table all of your children. Aloha, Amen! Leader Notes: everyone is essential. Be conscious that some campers may feel anxiety over with hospitality and kindness them and getting campers warmly, not knowing what to expect, or if they will be welcome. Welcoming to help alleviate some of that anxiety. involved in welcoming others through art and play are quick ways SERVE

CREATE For family group members who might For family group members who might Read Luke 14:15–24 together, then ask the Read Luke 14:15–24 together, Draw a large banquet table on the ground the ground table on banquet a large Draw

A Special Place Having a space is an important part of Why: belonging to a group, and making space for others is an important part of welcoming. Supplies: Bibles, empty toilet paper rolls (pre-cut in 2-inch rings), ribbon, glue, markers, plastic flowers or fabric scraps How: campers to imagine what might have been on the fancy table, beside food. What decoration or How: How: enough you’d like. Mark elaborate as in chalk—as for everyone plates or chairs places with the in everyonegroup. Invite with a place at the table, to will be Explain that you at a special spot. yourself group then tell the favorite foods, talking about that, after someone shares your favorite. Explain they will say “table upset” and their favorite food, has eaten that food has to find anyone else who table. Whoever ends up at the a new spot at the share their favorite food next. special spot will sat at the special spot, they Once a person has If the only person without a spot may not return. they may invite anyone has already sat there, that seat. Repeat till everyonewho has not to fill then read Luke has been in the special spot, and 14:15–24. original spots, Then invite campers to go back to to personalize and hand out chalk for them to use discussion by their own personal space. Prompt as: “I wonder using “I wonder” questions, such table felt when how those who finally came to the it feels that they finally sat to eat? I wonder how I wonder you always have a place at this table? to this what might have kept you from coming feels to have table this week? I wonder how it I wonder what know? people at the table we don’t table together helps us to learn? coming to God’s BTW: chairs, or even need to sit this can be done with paper cover inside at a real table using a white the group to and markers. If there is time, invite their own chalk help decorate the chalk table with favorite foods drawings. Campers can draw their onto the table as they go, even if that means a lot of pizza pictures.

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LEARN CREATE Daily Activities Daily Instead of a flower for the name, you could (Decide, ahead of time, how much (Decide, ahead of 148 InsideOut: Supplies: Chalk, Bible Playing this game helps campers connect Why: with one another and introduces the themes of scripture. the day’s Upset Table BTW: BTW: use a picture or cut-out shape of a pineapple, or have different shapes for various family groups. might have younger campers and adult You partners use matching symbols, or even make “Name Lei.” each other’s Then allow campers time to decorate the flowers Then allow campers time to decorate names any way they choose. Just make sure remain visible. “Cut a piece of yarn to make a long necklace. “Cut a piece of yarn to make a long cut flowers from Using the flower shape, trace and your name on one Write various colors of paper. center of the of the flowers. Punch a hole in the then string flowers. Cut straws into 2-inch pieces, through the “flowers” and straw pieces halfway of one flower the string. Cut two slits into the top and back. and push string from behind through strand and The flower will be the center of your name on it. will be the one with the camper’s and straws. Finish stringing the rest of the flowers the necklace.” to complete Tie How: How: will do, and how much you will preparation you Invite campers to make their leave to campers.) youngest own lei-themed nametags. Pair the to do the campers up with youth or adults cutting. Offer these instructions: Small flower shape, colored paper, colored paper, Supplies: Small flower shape, straws, scissors, yarn, scissors, hole punch, markers. Name Lei Name Lei names is an Learning one another’s Why: building relationships. important part of

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String, colored beads (yellow, purple, purple, beads (yellow, String, colored “sí se puede You could stretch this activity out through could stretch this activity out through You Explain to campers that people pray in Explain to campers Beads Prayer our minds help focus reminders Tangible Why: prayers. and our Supplies: orange, and red) black, blue, green, How: Some people walk and pray, many different ways. verysome people pray early in the morning, out loud with others, and some people pray tools such as prayer beads to some people use to make prayer Invite campers help them pray. that they will add one color to beads, explaining of each day: aloha (yellow); represent the theme shalom (black); agape (blue); heiwa ubuntu (purple); (green); each camper a string with a knot big enough to each camper a string with a knot string the beads block beads on one end. Let them Remind as you share each of the daily themes. strange them that these words that may sound God, with each will teach them about peace and create might also day being a great adventure. You the incorporating a sentence prayer for each day, recite some daily theme. Campers could all help holding simple, repetitive lines each day while beads are their prayer beads. After all of the a large knot strung, have the campers either tie Be together. in the other end, or tie the two ends who might sure to watch for any younger campers adult campers be having trouble with this, having available to offer assistance if necessary. BTW: bead in the morning, the week, giving each day’s If adult and adding a knot to keep it in place. partners are in group with the campers, they can help tie the string off after each bead, so none are lost. InsideOut: PRAY

PLAY Instead of chairs, this activity can be done If your dining situation allows, you can If your dining situation

with hula hoops on the ground outside, floor pillows or “sit-upons,” or any other place marker. Spice it up by using various styles of music, or calling out different dance moves! BTW: BTW: Place enough chairs for everyone in two How: on the end. Tie rows, back to back, with one chair Play music and have a ribbon on the end chair. sitting down campers walk around the chairs, prayer together when the music stops. Say a short chair!” (the for the person who is in the “prayer “God, thank one with the ribbon). For example, you for bringing ______to camp.” Or “God bless ______, and our time at camp together.” Make sure everyone gets a turn in the prayer chair. can set a rule that once you have been in the You chair once or twice, someone else has to get it. Supplies: Chairs for everyone music, in the group, a ribbon A Place for You You A Place for for Creating intentional times and ways Why: strengthens community to play and pray together relationships in everyday life. find creative ways to use these napkin holders to find creative ways at one table, or between change up seating—either elaborate can make this a more several tables. You yarn. Foam craft by having campers wrap it with the user’s letters would be a good way to include initials. BTW: other items might have been on the table? Invite Invite on the table? been have items might other know they don’t to pair up with someone campers very their names, favorite Have them share well. supplies Then hand out foods, etc. colors, favorite new holder for their to make a napkin for them (in toilet paper rolls out pre-cut friend. Hand markers, and provide fabric 2-inch rings), glue, other materials for decorating. scraps, ribbon, or use markers. Encourage could also simply just You and maybe to include the campers to be creative, who the napkin holder is for, name of the camper letter of their name. or at least the first

Remy the rat dreams of Remy the rat dreams

by Mary Ann McCabe by (Pixar Animated Studios with Walt Walt with Studios (Pixar Animated Story Resources by Susan Muto Susan by Recipes), Reflections, (Stories, Susan Muto shares 2014). (Franciscan Media, and parenting, stories of her own Italian family, and inviting cooking all while sharing her faith are a great readers to the table. Her reflections parents modern way for campers, especially how spiritual and grandparents, to understand their table growth and sharing a meal around are connected today. Uhles and Mary Reaves Riehle (Author) 2015). A children’s (Illustrator) (Sleeping Bear, a group book (ages 5–8) telling the tale of Table.” of young kids at the “Little Kids’ illustrations and amusing rhymes Wonderful all ages. make this book fun for campers of Sharing a story like this can help kids think about connections between their own table table. experiences and God’s becoming a great chef, even though his family becoming a great his brother at his side, approve. With doesn’t in the kitchen of his chef Remy finds himself adventures and antics in the hero in Paris. His of all ages that food kitchen remind audiences from this can help Clips brings people together. connect with the storyyoung children to of or provide a backup rain/ the Great Banquet, weather option! Disney Pictures, 2007). Pictures, Disney 150 InsideOut: Table, The Little Kids’ Table of Plenty: Good Food for Body and Spirit Body Good Food for of Plenty: Table Ratatouille

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“Rock, Paper, Scissors” game that grows Scissors” “Rock, Paper, A circle game of follow the leader A circle Chalk body outlines Making puzzle trees Snack making Teamwork and sharing activity and sharing Teamwork Cool, connected prayer DESCRIPTION

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LEARN Day 2: Ubuntu Ubuntu 2: Day PLAY PLAY LEARN LEARN PRAY PLAY PLAY PRAY TYPE Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily 1 Corinthians 12:1–27

Today’s passage is a familiar passage to many, and yet fairly long and complicated for very passage is a familiar passage to many, Today’s

ubuntu through shared joys and challenges. Creator God, we stand before you as your beloved children, each created in your image and gifted Creator God, we stand before you as your beloved children, each created

Recognize value in themselves and others as children of God. Recognize value in themselves and Know they are interwoven members of the body of Christ. Commit to nurture their camp community. Scissors Paper, Epic Rock, TITLE Rhythm Leader Rhythm Outlines Peaceful Pieces Peaceful Recipe for Ubuntu Recipe for Collective Knowledge Surfer Prayer Surfer by your Holy Spirit. Help us to claim our gifts and use them as a part of this community to bring joy and by your Holy Spirit. Help us to claim our gifts and use them as a part peace to all. Amen. Scripture Passage: Today, campers will… campers Today, • • • • Experience Theological Summary: we are each known and valued as a child of As members of the body of Christ, we are Christ is called to live in community with others, knowing that God. Each member of the body of gifts of others. all missing something without the 1 Corinthians 12:12 1 Corinthians 12:12 Scripture Focus: are though many, many members, and all the members of the body, For just as the body is one and has so it is with Christ. one body, Prayer: Leader Notes: people are diverse and different. Be sure to focus on the ways that faith brings us young campers. God’s divide. together as the body of Christ, rather than on beliefs or practices that LEARN LEARN

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Instead of sidewalk and chalk, butcher Instead of sidewalk and chalk, butcher

Create a piece of art to take home and Why: continue to celebrate the covenant of community. Supplies: Paint and paintbrushes, markers, glue, cardstock or thick strong paper (8" x 11" or larger) Peaceful Pieces Peaceful Outlines scripture, the exploration of today’s guide To Why: chalk outlines of their bodies. campers will make Supplies: Chalk, Bible take turns outlining each Invite campers to How: 12:1–27 out other in chalk. Read Corinthians chalk drawing, have loud. Inside each camper’s has, or other campers write gifts that camper person. These things that are special about that adult campers, can be generated by the group, or being creative depending on your setting. Suggest parts and tying some of these gifts to different of the body—such as “caring heart,” or “helpful different hands.” Invite campers to look across the see in drawings and name what things they the word ubuntu between two common, Write that outlines, connecting them, and explain are ubuntu is an African word that means, “We around us.” each who we are because of those ubuntu Invite campers to take turns writing connected. between other outlines, until all are BTW: as well. You paper and markers would work just trycan even cut the outlines out and to connect them like puzzle pieces to explain ubuntu. If you use chalk drawings you might consider taking silly or letting pictures with them after the activity, campers decorate the area with fun designs to fill could also shrink this activity down in gaps. You by simply drawing body shapes on 8.5" x 11" paper. quickly to keep younger children’s attention and attention children’s younger to keep quickly to try as possible get as many campers ensure that roles. different with rhythm also be played This could BTW: own even make their Campers could instruments. sticks, etc. These could be out of pie tins, blocks, throughout the week. used in worship

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152 InsideOut: Have campers form a circle. Ask them to do Ask them Have campers form a circle. How: what you do. Lead them through simple actions— such as clapping, stomping, hopping, etc. Practice changing the rhythm without telling them. Have the group choose one person to be a guesser. Send them far enough away (with a guard) so Then have the group, silently if hear. they can’t Clap to possible, choose a new “rhythm leader.” bring the guesser back and follow the new leader. The guesser gets three chances to figure out who the leader is. Then play again! Keep rounds going Supplies: none As we seek to live lives of bringing the As we seek to live lives of bringing Why: we must work most good to ourselves and others, how together with others. This game illustrates together in we can be good followers and join community. Rhythm Leader Leader Rhythm to reach others’ shoulders. Encourage them to to reach others’ shoulders. Encourage linking arms to connect through holding hands or keep the new team together. BTW: Explain that you will be playing “rock, Explain that you How: scissors”—and make sure everyone knows paper, campers to pair up Begin by inviting how to play. that no matter Assure campers and play together. they are still important to the what the outcome, As campers lose, they join the winner’s activity. are linked by putting members team. Team shoulders with each new hands on each other’s the line. Team team member joining the back of the front of members cheer for whoever is in the line of their team. Once everyone is joined now includes into one line, let the team (which everyone) take a victory the play lap around rounds. space. If you have time, play a few Supplies: none Epic Rock, Paper, Scissors Scissors Paper, Epic Rock, most effective ways to Play is one of the Why: and get to know one another. break down barriers

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Remember to revisit this activity at Remember to revisit In preparation, draw simple pictures on In preparation, draw simple pictures This activity is intended to help campers This activity is intended to help campers

Collective Knowledge Collective Knowledge Why: and the see the importance of working together, power of shared knowledge. Supplies: Note cards, markers How: and need one card per camper, note cards. You (for each card should have an exact duplicate etc.). Mix example: two hearts, two pineapples, up the cards and number them on the backs. Assign each camper a number so that every card is assigned to someone. If you have an odd number of campers, you or another leader can participate. Place all the cards, picture side down, in front of the group. One at a time, allow each camper to look at the card with their number without saying the group knows anything. Explain that, together, everything to match it needs to know in order Now invite the cards without flipping them over. the group to work together to place the cards into pairs without looking at the pictures. Once the cards have been paired, flip them over to reveal the pictures. Spend some time talking about how and other times in the group worked together, appropriate times in the week, such as setting out in the week, such as setting out appropriate times or working together to clean up. food for a meal, individuals work together as a Name times that help name celebrate ubuntu. To community and adding some these moments, you might consider name Ask campers to ritual to the original activity. them, such as, “I the gifts of others as they receive pretzels and am thankful.” This sets an see Tanya’s “I see Desmond example for later actions, such as, Adult setting out the napkins and I’m thankful.” time or other campers can model this in cabin shared moments. and think about the different pieces that make make pieces that different the think about and simple wondering Use home church. up their who is the heart? such as, “I wonder questions, follow up by asking, Be sure to Or the Brain?” time, If you have as campers answer. “Why?” about schools, same conversation invite the or other groups. At the end neighborhoods, teams, campers to participate in a of your snack, invite God for saying “thank you” to popcorn prayer, up their community. the pieces that make BTW: InsideOut: PRAY

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Bibles, plastic bags, serving gloves, This could be a good opportunity for the This could be a good opportunity Begin by brainstorming things that are Ahead of time, cut up enough pieces of pieces enough cut up of time, Ahead

While sharing the snack together, invite campers While sharing the snack together, to reflect on or read 1 Corinthians 12:1–27 How: How: mixed together to make a special food, but without changing the individual pieces (for example: salad, pico de gallo, etc.). Remind campers: “Ubuntu calls us to each be a special, unique person while also remembering we are Give each camper part of something bigger.” an ingredient or supply for making trail mix. Help them figure out the best way to share their for everyone. to make a snack individual resources After all the ingredients have been doled out, have then sit down to enjoy the “fruits of their labor.” Supplies: Supplies: mix napkins, brown lunch bags, and trail raisins, ingredients of your choice (peanuts, pretzels, cheerios, cheese crackers, etc. M&M’s, Keep in mind any food allegies.) Explore food as a symbol of connection, Explore food as a symbol of connection, Why: then share some together Ubuntu Recipe for telling of family stories. Invite adult campers telling of family stories. Invite adult or a to share a memory about their genealogy, story about how the family is connected. If some be careful campers are not with biological family, with how you approach this. BTW: Family members can work together, or on their or on their together, can work Family members Give each camper a puzzle tree. own to create cardstock that look like 5–10 pieces cut from them to paint their pieces, puzzle pieces. Invite which will serve the as leaves for their tree. While each group a full piece give puzzles pieces dry, invite them to draw or paint of cardstock, and painted will take the dry, a tree. Next, campers onto the paper like leaves pieces and glue them to think of people they feel on a tree. Ask campers to put the first letter of their connected to, and If family members are working name on a “leaf.” invite them to write names of family together, If campers want members they feel connected to. than green, the to paint their leaves other colors pieces can hang like fruit. How: How: each pieces so that into puzzle-shaped cardstock have 5–10 pieces. camper can (Halo, (Halo, Zandi guides readers through the Zandi guides readers Story Resources 2016). 2016). African countryside around her home, making the natural world around connections about This story campers put the word can help her. African term, while ubuntu into context as an to achieve ubuntu in life. also exploring how mislabeled 2015). A blue crayon is (Greenwillow, funny and insightful struggles as red, leading to friends, and family. teacher, with the crayon’s discovers the help of “Scissors,” “Blue” With are what readers have always known—they them Use this book with campers to help “red!” see it. don’t recognize their value, even if others ever notices Brian feels invisible, as if no one they are him. When Justin moves to his school, them both paired on a class project that helps and Brian finally feel known. grow, ) . Based on an ancient youtu.be/7mGVOekKMRs story about hunger and sharing, this animated Family, video is part of Caritas’ “One Human short Food for All” campaign. This one-minute of ubuntu. provides a great visual representation Campers could even try the parable! to replicate Ubuntu, Zandi Finds Trent Tereria by Hall Michael by Story, A Crayon’s Red: 2015). (Knopf, Ludwig Trudy by Boy, The Invisible (https:// YouTube, “Allegory of the Long Spoons,”

PRAY Try having the group pray out loud all at Try You can make this more intricate by using more intricate can make this You Have campers make a circle. Ask each to put Ask Have campers make a circle.

154 InsideOut: the same time—first for the person on their right, then on their left! BTW: BTW: Begin leading the prayer, giving thanks to God Begin leading the prayer, and for for bringing all of the campers together, space for the gift of creation around you. Give campers to share their own joyful prayers, or prayers of concern. Close the prayer when they are finished. their arms out like a surfer—but with one palm their arms out like a surfer—but with a group, have up, and one palm down. Then, as their campers place their open palms together, to their left, their left underneath the person’s to their right. Explain: right on top of the person’s we and pray, “When we join our hands like this hand facing are each letting things go with our we are supported by and supporting down. Yet, by the hands holding one represented one other, another up.” How: How: Supplies: none Surfer Prayer Prayer Surfer pull in Adding physicality to prayers helps Why: connections younger campers and provide unique to one another and to God. two cardstock copies of the same picture and same picture and copies of the two cardstock pieces with numbers into identical cutting them campers find their pairs and on the back. After See if the the pieces back over. reveal them, flip knowledge of what the pieces group can use their both copies like a puzzle, looked like to assemble at the picture side. Use tape to without looking before flipping to reveal the hold them together images. BTW: life when the knowledge or wisdom of others can others of or wisdom knowledge the life when help us.

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SERVE PLAY Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily LEARN LEARN PRAY PRAY LEARN PRAY PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY CREATE CREATE PLAY PLAY TYPE Genesis 27:19

Today’s story is one piece of a larger story. Don’t forget the larger process of forgiveness, or Don’t story is one piece of a larger story. Today’s

Scribes , grant us today your peace. Open our hearts to learn and see the conflict and Holy God of shalom, grant us today your peace. Open our hearts to learn and see the conflict

or peace, comes as we seek to heal brokenness and God brings about wholeness in our lives, our shalom, or peace, comes as we seek to heal Understand that conflict happens in all communities. Understand that conflict happens can lead to brokenness. Acknowledge the truth that conflict to shalom. Learn that they can move from brokenness and happens over time. Understand that peace requires effort, World of Prayer World Family Drama Family No Buts! to Beautiful Broken Signs of Peace Shalom Peace-filled Yoga Peace-filled TITLE brokenness of the world, that we may work to bring peace. Amen. brokenness of the world, that we may work to bring peace. Amen. Prayer: Leader Notes: the struggle of living in tense relationships. Shalom is something Jacob and Esau find, each in their own leaves us longing for shalom. Our scripture and not in this story. but it is not resolved quickly, way, • • • Today, campers will… campers Today, • communities, and our world. Theological Summary: Through the story The process of Jacob and Esau, we see conflict and brokenness. Theological Summary: of Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me; now sit up and eat of my “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me; now sit up Jacob said to his father, game, so that you may bless me.” Scripture Focus: Scripture Passage: Genesis 27:1–27a Scripture Passage: LEARN PLAY You might want to go through the You Role-playing games bring an opportunity to Role-playing games bring an opportunity No Buts! Why: share lots of practice important social skills and listening skills laughs! Use this game to develop conflict. and prepare peaceful responses to Supplies: none in a circle. Have campers sit theater style, or How: when someone Invite them to share how they feel campers: “It listening to them. Share with isn’t is important it is to affirm what others say to should always try to say ‘yes.’ This helps us. We support one another—especially if there is conflict between us.” Ask for two volunteers to start the game up front, The first person is going to say or in the center. something they like to do (for example: “I like to go to the campfire”), and the second person and…” (even if they don’t “Yes, is going to say, agree), then add something they appreciate about what was shared, such as: “The mosquitoes can’t bite us when we are dancing to the silly songs!” Remind campers that sometimes we want to say sharing, “but” when we respond to someone else’s and how it often sounds like we are in conflict. wondering questions one character at a time. Each wondering questions one character person in the story has a unique experience. How to the might each character respond differently questions? pausing after bolded words to give actors time to time give actors words to bolded after pausing and lines. Encourage their movements complete react to the story. the audience to actors and all campers to wonder call, invite After a curtain liked character you “I wonder which together: character caused the most best? I wonder which how this family felt different trouble? I wonder of this storyat the beginning than the end? I has ever had conflict, or wonder if your family people wanted different a time when different I wonder what kinds of things things to happen? is a conflict?” If you have you do when there set up the drama again. This time, have campers ad lib the lines, experimenting time, let characters add shalom, but yelling, with ways they could a new line or “cut” (like a director), and adding decision. BTW:

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156 InsideOut: How: How: make a “tent.” Ask the group for four volunteers for a drama: Rebecca, Isaac, Jacob, and Esau. they will narrate the story, them that as you Tell act it out. Give them each a piece of fabric for a costume, and props—sunglasses for Isaac, bowl and spoon for Rebecca, felt and string to attach to Jacob. Have Isaac take his place in the tent as you read dramatically “Genesis Family Drama,” bowl and spoon for Rebecca, dark sunglasses for Isaac, four pieces of fabric for quick costumes, two string pieces of felt for “fur,” Supplies: Supplies: Family Drama Family Seeing the story acted out in a humorous Why: all ages to relate way will help family members of to their own conflicts, and desire family harmony. poses to the prayer. They can create their own They can create their own poses to the prayer. they want. positions, and add whatever words BTW: Welcome campers and ask them to stand campers and ask them Welcome How: enough room between them to with in a circle with them lift their arms out to the side. Share word is shalom, which is said when that today’s as “hello” you meet someone, and can be used “peace.” or “goodbye,” and that it also means Invite them to try some basic yoga positions with to follow and you to focus on peace. Ask campers as they are repeat your actions and your words, beside them able. They may need to use a chair Yoga” for balance. Have copies of the “Peace-filled when they handout to send with the campers prayer on their leave, allowing them to repeat the own time. Supplies: Supplies: Peace-filled Yoga Peace-filled idea of shalom with actions Introducing the Why: connection to it. This will strengthen campers’ helps campers of all ages open up centering prayer whole selves to encounter God’s and prepare their word.

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sticks, printed copies of the Hebrew sticks, printed copies of the Hebrew none

This activity could be extended into an This activity could you can use take this activity indoors, To Sit together in a sandy place, or where Sit together in a sandy place, or where

Shalom Scribes conflict. Connecting with others helps avoid Why: deeper into the Learn some Hebrew while diving theme. Supplies: letters for shalom of Peace Signs look like while what peace might Imagine Why: of peace. about a symbol learning Supplies: their arms and pretend Have campers raise How: a symbol of about how a dove is to be doves. Talk to imagine they are “Peace peace. Invite campers looking for places that Doves,” flying around, campers to take turns saying, need peace. Ask the and I see _____. Maybe if I “I’m the Peace Dove be better.” ______, things will BTW: immediate service opportunity. things they “fly” around the camp and imagine could hang up could do for others. Perhaps they or straighten the wet towel of a fellow camper, time might spend some up the craft cabin. You be even at camp, there can talking about how, conflict and it can be necessary to work for peace. How: to share other there is loose dirt. Invite campers Share with them that languages they know. look shalom is a Hebrew word, and Hebrew letters Hebrew is a little different than English letters. also written from right to left. Give each camper a stick. Invite them to practice the Hebrew letters together: “I wonder in the sand/dirt. Wonder what these letters remind you of? I wonder what letter is your favorite? I wonder if you know how to make any other signs of peace? I wonder how tracing in the sand makes you feel?” BTW: sand (natural or craft sand) or salt in trays, or in pencil boxes, especially for younger campers. You might make this activity available for campers to revisit during quiet or free time, or even use it as a prayer station for worship. For an extra-colorful surprise, place a picture of a rainbow underneath See if campers find the hidden the sand in a tray. symbol as they draw the letters. InsideOut: CREATE If you need a low-cost version of this, You can have a challenge round in which can have a challenge You is Shalom is not a wish or hope, shalom If using breakable material, go ahead If using breakable material, go ahead

simply use paper scraps. Pieces left over from another project would add some extra symbolism. can go the other way and make this a fancier You craft project, using pie-tins and plaster to hold suggest could also pottery pieces or craft glass. You that a camper incorporate a symbol of their the first letter of their name, or a sign for family, peace to remember camp. BTW: How: How: allow adult and bust into pieces in advance, or to name campers to handle this part. Ask campers or broken times they have broken a promise, things right trust. Brainstorm ways they can make their feelings. with others when they have hurt to create a On a paper plate, invite each camper the peace design with broken pieces to symbolize everyone make peace wants, or what it takes to with others. Once they have created a design, have them use glue to attach the pieces in place on the plate. Mosaic supplies (old CDs, pottery, tile, Supplies: Mosaic supplies (old CDs, pottery, etc.), glue, paper plates to Beautiful Broken Why: have to We the process and the work of peace. and conflict acknowledge that there is brokenness end of the in our lives, and yet that is not the and work for God calls us to be cocreators story. peace together. you say things that you know campers will you say things that you respond to all their disagree with, and “but,” while asking them to only statements with “yes,” and…” See if they can respond to you with keep their positivity. BTW: Let campers take turns in the middle, sharing and sharing middle, in the take turns Let campers of how often someone Keep a count responding. Once instead of “and.” and uses a “but” messes up to things they get this down, switch campers to stay positive see if it is harder like and don’t For being negative. someone who is or affirm with the meatloaf is nasty,” example, “I think and we are perhaps, “Yes, second person saying, is always available.” all thankful PB&J (Sesame Street and (Sesame Story Resources A series of videos that 1986). A series of videos Sumsum, Rechov and provide a window explore Hebrew letters and Israel. into Jewish culture Chiara Fedele (Kar-Ben, Gilani-Williams, storybook two about A children’s 2015). is Jewish, and Fatima, who young girls—Yaffa, beautiful retelling of how who is Muslim. A can help each other and the different cultures importance of friendship. storybook A children’s 2015). (Random House, in Israel, shalom is with examples of how, most used to say “hello,” “goodbye,” and, “peace.” importantly, Shalom Sesame Series Shalom Fawzia Salaam, by Shalom, and Fatima: Yaffa Kimmelman A. Leslie by Shalom, Says Everybody

PRAY If you are able to draw a large map or 158 InsideOut: purchase a wall-size map, the entire camp could purchase do this activity in a common space, such as a chapel or dining area. The Gall-Peters Projection map is becoming the new standard in global education. It puts land masses in a more accurate perspective to each other compared to other common maps that make Europe and North This has been lifted up as a America look larger. supporting a colonization justice issue by many, era assumption about the importance of these places. Show campers the Gall-Peters map from the Peace Packet and ask them how it looks different and how the way we see ourselves can impact our understanding of justice. BTW: BTW: Print out a world map and either tack it to Print out a world How: or piece of cardboard so campers a bulletin board and yarn. Provide small slips can add thumbtacks campers to think of places of paper and invite know are dealing with conflict in the world they For each place, someone and could use peace. campers to can push a pin into the map. Invite even if this is simply write prayers on their paper, writing the word peace or shalom. Invite them it with to roll up their prayer and then wrap extra string to yarn and tie a knot with enough then hang or dangle it from a pin. Campers can for which they connect their prayers to the place be aware of are praying. Some campers may not may have conflicts far from home, and others The far away. family there, or have visited places of pins majority of prayers may be on a couple can help near your home state. Adult campers around expand the pins out to other countries in creation itself. forget conflict the world. Don’t Oceans might even deservea pin if people have counselors prayers for them. Adult campers and tie. After can help children write, roll, and take some campers have added all their prayers, conflicts time to pray for each pin and the represented. Gall-Peters Projection map from page Supplies: Gall-Peters Projection map, tape, thumb tacks, 161 or other world pencils small slips of paper, cardboard, yarn, Help campers think about needs around think about Help campers Why: they have for and name concerns the world own. beyond their communities Prayer of World

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“Shalom friends” friends” “Shalom “Shalom sun” “Shalom trees” “Shalom God” “Shalom birds”

InsideOut: Words______Words______Put your feet together, lift your arms in a Y position palms up in a Y position lift your arms feet together, Put your Peace-filled Yoga Peace-filled Action Bring your hands together, palms touching, above your head palms touching, together, Bring your hands calf your foot as it fits along your Lift one leg, placing palms up and hands out in front, Bring feet together, lean forward,Lift one leg back, palms down and place arms out time using the words: this again, to do the motions with you campers Invite God is with us. God brought us together. God gives us strength. God teaches us love. flows out to all. love God’s Repeat this once or twice more. Shalom Scribes Then Ask the group for four volunteers for a for four volunteers Ask the group

Adapted reading of Genesis 27:1-26 , by Rev. Erin Simmons Adapted reading of Genesis 27:1-26 , by Rev. Genesis Family Drama Script Drama Family Genesis Take a sheet and drape it over two chairs to make a tent. chairs to make drape it over two a sheet and Take “Here I am.” “My son”; and Esau answered, , and he drank. him wine it to him, and he ate; and Jacob brought Jacob brought drama: Rebecca, Isaac, Jacob, and Esau. As you narrate the story, they will act it out. Give them each a piece them each a will act it out. Give they narrate the story, and Esau. As you Isaac, Jacob, drama: Rebecca, “Genesis dramatically tent and read his place in the Have Isaac take their props. for a costume, and of fabric They complete their movements and lines. to give actors time to after bolded words Family Drama”. Pause fun with it! of their lines. Have and repetition may need some encouragement, (Isaac starts sitting or lying in the tent.) son Esau to he could not see, he called his elder old and his eyes were dim so that When Isaac was him, your take then, (pause for repeat) Now death. of my the day I do not know I am old; “See, Isaac said, (pause) me. and hunt game for and go out to the field, bow, quiver and your your weapons, I before you bless so that I may bring it to me to eat, and as I like, such food, me savory prepare for die.” So when Esau went to the field to Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his son Esau. brother to your father say your said to her son Jacob, “I heard hunt for game and bring it, Rebekah the Lord before you bless that I may to eat, food me savory for and prepare ‘Bring me game, Esau, Go to the as I command you. word my obey son, my therefore, She told Jacob, “Now I die.’ before father, your for food them savory prepare from I may so that goats, choice and get me two flock, he before you bless he may so that father to eat, to your shall take it and you as he likes; such dies.” of and I am a man Esau is a hairy man, brother my “Look, But Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, and bring a curse him, mocking and I shall seem to be me, father will feel my Perhaps smooth skin. and not a blessing.” on myself get them and go, word, my obey only son; my be on me, curse His mother said to him, “Let your them to his mother; and his mother prepared savory So he went and got them and brought me.” for , such as his father loved. food of her elder son Esau, which were with her in the house, Then Rebekah took the best garments his hands and on son Jacob; and she put the skins of the goats on and put them on her younger , and the bread that she had food . Then she handed Jacob the savory the smooth part of his neck prepared. my who are you, “My father”; and Isaac said, “Here I am; So Jacob went in to his father, and said, sit up and now me; told done as you I have firstborn. “I am Esau your son?” Jacob said to his father, found have is it that you “How But Isaac said to his son, me.” bless may so that you game, eat of my success.” God granted me your son?” Jacob answered, “Because the Lord my it so quickly, are really you whether to know son, my you, feel that I may Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near, is So Jacob went up to his father Isaac, who felt him and said, “The voice son Esau or not.” my He did not recognize him, because his hands Esau.” the hands are the hands of but voice, Jacob’s him. so he blessed hands; were hairy like his brother Esau’s “I answered, Jacob am.” son Esau?” my really Isaac said, “Are you you.” and bless game son’s eat of my that I may Then Isaac said, “Bring it to me, So son.” my Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come near and kiss me, Prepare: Family Drama: Drama: Family 160 InsideOut:

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World of Prayer of World INTERGENERATIONAL Decorative list of ways we can love Mementos to leave at acts of kindness A never-ending tag game Chalk course with footprints Bookmark of love, for Bibles on the classic paper chain Twist balloon toss at chalk feet Water DESCRIPTION

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Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily CREATE CREATE PLAY PLAY CREATE PRAY PLAY SERVE PLAY PLAY TYPE John 13:1–17

Jesus, as teacher, is in a position of power over the disciples. This passage is about more Jesus, as teacher,

—God’s great love for us. agape—God’s Holy God of love, you call us to follow your example and serve one another with kindness and

Come to believe that God’s peace with us can be seen in Jesus’ sacrificial love. Come to believe that God’s humble servant.Come to follow Jesus’ example as Yarn Hearts Yarn Follow God’s Footsteps God’s Follow Agape Bookmarks Chain Heart Prayer Washing Extreme “Foot” List Bunting Love You’re It! You’re TITLE love. Open our eyes so that we may see others as you see them. Open our hands that we may servelove. Open our eyes so that we may see others as you see them. Open others. Open our hearts that we may follow your path. Amen. Prayer: Leader Notes: and expectations Agape is a love that sets aside status, power, than simply teaching us to serve one another. today. to bring peace and reconciliation. Look for ways to exemplify this 162 InsideOut: Scripture Passage: • Today, campers will… campers Today, • Discover • Theological Summary:how we are to be peacemakers by humbling Jesus set a powerful example for deep and unique himself and serving of love reveals God’s his disciples. This special and surprising display love for each and every one of us. John 13:14 Scripture Focus: feet.” another’s have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one “So if I, your Lord and Teacher,

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Bibles, cardstock, scissors, glue, old Bibles, cardstock, Spice up the chalk course for older campers Spice up the chalk older campers, challenge them to do With Beforehand, cut cardstock into identical Beforehand, cut cardstock into identical In this activity, campers create a reminder campers create In this activity, agape on their bookmarks, and to decorate follow the steps? I wonder if there are some things some things there are if I wonder the steps? follow why I wonder better at than others? you were own steps? I wonder we make up our sometimes way we I wonder if the to follow Jesus? if it is easy for everyone?”has to look the same see God BTW: prints, animal noises to with different animal the bubbles—the sky’s make, spots for pictures, help you add to it. limit! Have campers Agape Bookmarks Why: ways they can love. about the different Supplies: fabric scraps or scrapbook paper scraps How: each camper to bookmark size shapes (enough for per camper) have two) and cut fabric scraps (one to just a bit smaller. then give Let campers choose one of the scraps, On one each person two pieces of cardstock. then cut it out piece, have them draw a heart and campers can so there is a heart-shaped hole (older have them help children with the cutting). Then behind the hole, line up the other cardstock piece Next have them with the fabric scrap in-between. campers glue together the three layers. While is one Greek work, share with campers that agape love they know word for love. Ask what kinds of for a pet, “love” (family love, love for friends, love the Greeks had of a color/toy/place). Explain that love, and that different words for those kinds of agape was a word used by early Christians to talk about the special kind of love that people share with God and their neighbors when they care Invite campers to for each other unconditionally. write the cardstock with markers. Once the bookmarks are done, read John 13:1–17 and ask the campers how Jesus showed agape. Invite them to put their bookmarks in their Bibles to mark this passage so they can read it again later. BTW: several hearts on the bookmark and label them with other Greek words for love, such as: phileo (love for friends), storge (love for family), and eros (romantic or passionate love).

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Daily Activities Daily Chalk, a hardtop outdoor area to draw Chalk, a hardtop outdoor area to This game could be played in a large field, This game could be played in a large Beforehand, draw a chalk course for the Set boundaries for a game of tag, explaining Set boundaries for Simple game of tag illustrates that there is Simple game of tag

After giving campers time to play on the course, spend some time talking about the difference between following directions and following Debrief with wondering example. someone’s questions: “I wonder if it was easy for you to How: How: Start with big footprints that campers to follow. kids can jump on, one foot to the other; then making lots of draw a line for them to follow, curves, large boxes for turns, and swirls; then draw them to hop on, one to the next; then start the pattern again with more footprints. End with a around, go back!” box that tells them: “Turn and play on Supplies: Supplies: Following a path is an introduction to Following a path is an introduction Why: exploring how we follow Jesus’ example. Follow God’s Footsteps God’s Follow BTW: or a very is no room to tight space where there with There it would move quickly, run away. and doing campers squatting, high-fiving, tagging, it all over again. to campers that, when tagged, they have to sit to campers that, Let campers know that or kneel on the ground. hand up, anyone can come by if they put their bringing them back into and give a high-five, let them know that everyone the game. Finally, there is no is “It.” Once campers start to realize out of energy, end to the game, or after they run God never spend some time talking about how more chances leaves anyone out, and always gives much love to grow and love. Ask campers how out. Ask, “I they could give away before running love?” wonder if God can ever run out of How: How: Supplies: none plenty of love to share. plenty of love to You’re It! You’re Why: CREATE

SERVE Instead of water balloons, you could use Instead of water balloons, you could Beforehand, cut large triangles out of Beforehand, cut large triangles out Love List Bunting List Bunting Love on a string) Making this “bunting” (triangles Why: brainstorming lets campers work together while ways they can serve others at camp. Supplies: Bible, construction paper prepared with two ahead of time cut in large triangles plus a camper, holes punched on the top (two per couple in reserve), ribbon/string, pencils, cut-out triangles), box, paper hearts (same as number of glue stick (optional: heart stickers) How: and hearts out of paper. construction paper, Read John 13:1–17, and write “washing feet” on a Hand out two paper large triangle piece of paper. Remind triangles and pencil to each camper. campers that Jesus showed agape for his disciples by serving together of them. Brainstorm ideas ways the campers can serve each other and the Have them collectively write camp community. these on their bunting triangles (one idea per triangle). When all the ideas are written down, have campers string them together and hang in a place campers can see. Place a box with paper When someone hearts and a glue stick nearby. does one of the ideas, have them glue a heart over the writing. Have campers divide up into equal groups of four of equal groups up into divide campers Have time people that in Jesus’ campers or five. Tell to walk most places, cars, so they had have didn’t it was very Explain that feet dirty. getting their a servantnormal for the feet of guests to wash it was verybut that to wash strange for Jesus Invite campers to brainstorm his followers’ feet. by whom they feel it would be names of people feet washed, and names of strange to have their might feel comfortable. Tell those by whom it be participating in an activity campers they will about Jesus’ act of love, where to remind them wash the footprints off of the they will have to balloons! All balloons must blacktop with water their team hula hoop, and each be thrown from at a time. Each team may only throw one balloon equal number camper on a team must throw an time. The first of balloons, taking turns, one at a team to “wash” their feet wins! BTW: sponges and buckets with soap.

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Water balloons, chalk, hula hoops Water If there is a common worship space, put If there is a common worship space, Beforehand, draw footprints on a blacktop/ Give each camper a few paper strips and Give each camper Have fun with campers of all ages while

How: How: paved area with chalk. Draw three sets for each team (each team will be made up of four or five campers), one set about 2 feet from where they will stand, then 5 feet, and finally 8 feet. Set a standing spot. hula hoop on each team’s 164 InsideOut: Supplies: Supplies: focusing on the images of feet and water. focusing on the images of feet and water. Why: Why: Extreme “Foot” Washing Washing Extreme “Foot” the prayer chain up and leave extra paper for the prayer chain up and leave extra the rest campers to add to the chain throughout might want to provide different of camp. You of responses, colors of paper for different types afterward.then connect them all randomly This could create a rainbow affect, or you could just use different shades of red or pink. BTW: something to write with. Explain: “In today’s with. Explain: “In today’s something to write to serve Jesus shows us how others with story, “Praying can remind love.” Then tell campers to write Invite campers us to love one another.” they love on some paper strips. names of people the strips in half, then give Ask campers to fold the strips by curvingthem to you. Connect the make a heart. open ends of one strip inward to between the Place the folded end of another strip the bottoms curved ends and staple. In this way, the curvesof each heart will be connected to of to write the one before it. Next, invite campers can show love down other kinds of people they invite campers to to. Add these to the chain. Then time loving. write down people they have a tough feet, even Remind them that Jesus washed Judas’ him. Add these knowing that Judas would betray with each camper to the chain. End with a prayer, to help you holding onto the chain, asking God follow Jesus’ example and love everyone. How: How: Paper strips, pencils/crayons/pens, Supplies: Paper strips, pencils/crayons/pens, stapler Tangible objects provide a different prayer provide a different objects Tangible Why: in us feel more confident and can help experience God. talking to Heart Prayer Chain Heart Prayer

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Story Resources The children and families and families The children 1983). (Jalmar, think after a mean witch know what to don’t there might not be enough convinces them Cold everyonewarm fuzzies for to be happy. the same, but they are not! pricklies may look to explore with campers of Use this classic book of giving love without the fear all ages the idea be enough for everyone.that there may not Belec Glynis by Feet, Peter’s Washes edition). 2013) (multilingual (Concordia, book retelling Spanish/English children’s the story of Jesus washing the disciples’ feet through poems and beautiful illustrations. 2009). Lessons on love from one (WaterBrook, Focuses generation of polar bears to the next. and how on loving others we struggle to love, love sets the example for us all. God’s suffer a Mackenzie Phillips and his family As Mac struggles devastating family tragedy. God to make sense of it all, he encounters A great love in a very unusual way. and God’s movie night option for a parents/grandparents out with camp after young campers are in bed / staff. Tale, Fuzzy Warm The Original discípulos/Jesus los pies a sus Jesús Lava Us Love, God Gave PG-13). 2017, (Summit Entertainment, The Shack InsideOut: SERVE

CREATE Instead of cardboard, you could use red Instead of cardboard, you could use If you have time, you could let campers campers could let you have time, If you Beforehand, for each camper cut a piece of Beforehand, for each paper plates. Consider cutting a large heart out paper plates. Consider cutting a large a hole punch to outline and using of the center, can lace yarn the heart left in the plate. Campers across the open through the holes, back and forth space to fill the heart shape. BTW: BTW: Give campers cardboard hearts, and let them Give campers cardboard hearts, and the end of yarn to choose a color of yarn. Tape yarn around the the heart. Have camper wrap the Have them heart until it is completely covered. “tail” to tuck cut the yarn off, leaving enough it off. Then they can cut and knot the end under, can leave off any excess that still exists. Campers performing hearts for others to find (maybe after or keep them to a secret act of kindness for them) take home as a reminder to love others. How: How: heart shape. cardboard into a Different colored skeins of yarn, Supplies: Different colored tape cardboard, scissors, Hearts Yarn from gross young campers benefit Very Why: and these small mementos motor skill practice, to love God and love each can be great reminders other. select some favorite triangles from the bunting, from the bunting, favorite triangles select some version own miniature them on their and recreate after camp. with them to take home BTW: BTW: INTERGENERATIONAL Practicing giving and receiving respect Active scripture reading String of paper doves Creating natural symmetrical designs Design a collection of story stones A listening and drawing game Body language charades DESCRIPTION

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PRAY PLAY PLAY PLAY Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily LEARN SERVE LEARN

LEARN LEARN CREATE PLAY PLAY CREATE CREATE PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY TYPE Mark 12:28–31

Mark 12:31

is about harmony that comes from each person stepping back to make room for Heiwa is about harmony that comes from each person stepping back to

heiwa as they practice peace over competition. God our creator, our savior, and our guide, you created us to live together in unity. Open our eyes and our guide, you created us to live together in unity. our savior, God our creator, Discover that they are called to respect themselves as children of God. Discover that they are called to respect Learn that every person deserves their love and respect. dependent on anything in return. isn’t Discover that their love of others Respect Circles TITLE Follow the Reader! Follow Crane Chain Nature Designs Heiwa Stones Smooth Over Name That Feeling 166 InsideOut: Scripture Passage: Scripture Focus: will… campers Today, • • • • Experience Theological Summary: important ways to live, Jesus calls us to love God, When challenged as to the most God, With easy. love ourselves. Loving others and loving ourselves is not always and love our neighbor, help, we can find the balance. and one another’s “The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater shall love your “The second is this, ‘You than these.” . Prayer: Prayer: expectation, and open our minds to to the connections between us, open our hands to freely give without Amen. seek paths of peace together. Leader Notes: of creation is part of every The natural balance others while finding their own place in the community. great partners in exploring Both can be camp curriculum, just like the importance of the full community. theme. today’s

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Paper squares, crane folding Have the entire camp choose one prayer This passage is short enough to do this more This passage is short enough to do Invite campers to help you with a Bible Invite campers to

concern to pray for as a community—perhaps a recent natural disaster or relevant concern. Chain all campers’ cranes together and hang them in a common space, such as a chapel, throughout the Cranes are an international symbol of peace. Cranes are an international symbol Why: while There is a Japanese tradition of praying who is ill folding 1,000 paper cranes for someone or injured. Supplies: instructions, needle, thread, string Have campers write a prayer request How: Use the origami folding on squares of paper. with instructions in the Peace Packet provided their own the curriculum to help campers make when cranes. This can be a frustrating process practice a few people are learning, so be sure to times ahead of time before doing it with campers. Provide a few unfolded cranes to show the folding lines. While they are folding, tell them how cranes are a symbol of hope and peace. Once campers have folded their cranes, use a needle and thread to connect the cranes together to hang. Campers may want to make a second crane to take with Close together them, so have lots of extra paper. with a prayer for the concerns the cranes hold. BTW: the Reader! Follow scripture fun reading today’s Have some Why: together. Bible Supplies: How: ask them to “Follow leader, Like follow the story. young campers, practice a the Reader!” With to prepare campers. Read few words or phrases and with exaggerated Mark 12:28–31 slowly “One of the scribes” (say actions. For example: to read a book), “heard them while pretending wagging), “Jesus answered, ‘The disputing” (finger finger up at first). first is…’” (pointer BTW: to lead a than once. Invite one of the campers come up with second time, or see if campers can more motions of their own. Crane Chain InsideOut: PLAY

LEARN Daily Activities Daily You could make this activity even more could make this activity even more You It is important to model respectful behavior model respectful behavior It is important to

BTW: intricate by showing some pictures or doing instead of showing a trick for the inside circle might switch the circles the lesson words. You out and do something different and see if the younger campers show concern for the left-out older campers. Have younger campers sit in a large circle. sit in a large circle. Have younger campers How: in to sit in a tighter circle Invite older campers with the older the inner circle the middle. Sit in a piece of paper with the campers, and place for Everyone”words, “Peace = Love and Respect everyoneon the ground in the middle. Ask in campers the group if they agree. As younger see, give them complain about not being able to inner circle permission to ask someone in the if some to trade places with them. It is okay and make refuse to trade. Hold up the paper then ask sure everyone sees it, in both circles, or challenges how the group activity supports Explain that heiwa is a the lesson on the paper. us to Japanese word for peace that challenges without step back and make room for others talking about being asked. Spend a few minutes or outside the experience of being on the inside times that Ask campers to brainstorm circle. not included, people might feel like they were new at school loved, or respected. For example: with stepfamily, youngest child, new or church, an ethnic a different generational group, being list on a large minority in a group, etc. Make a then look at each example and piece of paper, in each instance, they could ask campers how, make room for others without them having to ask. Lift up the importance of noticing others, and of giving up opportunities if others can’t share them. Paper, marker, large paper marker, Supplies: Paper, Respect Circles Circles Respect Why: help them learn and practice for children and offers that. This activity with one another. SERVE

PLAY Sticks Smooth small rocks (about 1–2 inches inches 1–2 rocks (about small Smooth This can be a partner project between This can be a partner project between Have campers divide up into pairs, and Smooth Over about Practice active listening and think Why: how listening can be an act of service. Supplies: How: choose a place to sit where they can draw in sand or on the ground with a stick. Partners choose who will be the “artist” and who will be the “watcher” first. Explain to campers that listening to one another is a way they can show respect and love, and even be a way they serve each other. then a line, Invite the first artist to draw a circle, and finally a squiggle. They can choose where to draw them and how they look. Invite the artist to make up a story for the about their drawing Supplies: Supplies: paper, markers, per camper), permanent wide, six brown paper bag pencils, a small rocks, camper six smooth Give each How: the Share pencil. a and bag, paper a paper, of piece smooth, and (“hei” meaning meaning of heiwa with campers as they “wa” meaning harmony) in their fingers. Campers feel the smooth stone use then on their paper, can trace the stones pencil to plan out six simple the paper and the on the rocks. Provide a few pictures to draw as a sun, a smile, or a peace sign. examples—such markers so campers can now Hand out permanent onto the rocks. Finished rocks draw their designs bag, labeled with the camper’s can go in the paper name. When the heiwa stones are finished, use One camper pulls out a stone, them to tell a story. and starts to tell a story the picture. The using their bag, and next camper pulls out a stone from Continue until the story ends, adds to the story. telling some or you have used all the stones. After some time talking about spend stories together, how the storytelling everyone required to listen to room for someone else to and to leave each other, add on to the story. BTW: use could also younger and older campers. You and the paint to make the stones more colorful time, but pictures easier to see. This takes more camp. could be a fun take-home craft from

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PLAY CREATE This could be done on a nature walk, and Pair campers up to make a nature collage. Pair campers up

168 InsideOut: Explore the balance of sharing, creating, and Why: listening as you create stories together. Heiwa Stones BTW: is a good opportunity for a lesson on dangerous plants or the types of vegetation that grow at your camp. Campers could collect similar items with their partner as they walk and learn, then make their collage after returning to your meeting space. Explain that they will be working together to Explain that they will be working (found on collect natural objects such as leaves pick anything the ground—make sure they do not a collage on still alive), bark, or rocks to make will take turns the ground. Campers in each pair with their placing items on half of the collage, partner trying the other side. As to mirror it on to find similar campers collect items, they need balance. You looking items, so they can keep the the middle can give each pair a string to mark of their collage. Once everyone knows what is for items, being made, allow them to go look turns picking one at a time, with partners taking to be respectful and placing items. Remind them or break off of nature and not pull up any roots items, remind branches. As campers bring back places an them that when the selecting partner object, the other partner will try to mirror it on and their side. Remind them to stay together lead. Help campers who need follow each other’s help with the mirror concept as they place items. How: How: String, items from nature (found on the Supplies: String, items from ground) Nature Designs Nature Designs campers to the natural Open the eyes of Why: harmony of creation. length of the camp, or of your camping season to season camping of your camp, or of the length could of prayers. You the sheer amount illustrate organization that the cranes to an even send You at the end of camp. that concern works with another with children in exchange cranes can also country the Project. See the Peace Crane with for more information. Peace Partner Packet

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Story Resources Chickens. Count Your Kollenu” children’s Electronic Siddur (Holyland (Holyland Siddur Electronic children’s Kollenu” for Jewish prayer book 2014). Souvenir, “press and say” buttons on children, with the share the Jewish concept of the side. As you from a multicultural Shema, as well as peace can help expose resource perspective, this Jewish prayers. campers to foundational ages 4 and up). players, four to two Kingdom, to get all the owls back Players work together up. Fantastic in their nest before the sun comes family. noncompetitive game for the whole Other games to consider: Friends and Neighbors and 1987). Story of a Japanese girl Coerr (Puffin, “atom who had leukemia, known as the cranes, bomb disease.” She begins folding the one who remembering an old legend that and even can do so will be granted a wish, wellness. The story includes her death, but also and how shares the hope she inspired in others, strength in others rallied around her and found her story. Jewish Prayerbook Heb Israel Sidor “Shema Heb Israel Sidor Prayerbook Jewish Peaceable game by Hoot Owl Hoot (board Cranes, and the 1,000 Paper Sadako InsideOut: LEARN

PLAY Pieces of paper (two per camper), Pieces of paper (two per camper), To build a sense of “challenge,” have To This can also be done in intergenerational This can also be Give each camper two small pieces of paper Give each camper two small pieces Practice identifying emotions in others and Practice identifying emotions in others BTW: BTW: campers set a time-based goal. For example, try add more rounds to get 10 right in 5 minutes. To with older campers, try not using any body language, describe the feeling like a robot, or play a round with just one-word clues. How: How: (or draw) a and a pencil and have them write and place them feeling. Have them fold the papers picking a in a bowl. Have campers take turns it out, without feeling out of the bowl and acting some time words, for the group to guess. Spend the talking about how people can recognize to reflect emotions others are having. Ask campers the emotions changes on how knowing someone’s way people treat each other. pencils/crayons, bowl Supplies: Supplies: building empathy. building empathy. Name That Feeling Name Why: BTW: BTW: a good natural space, this pairs. If there is not with dry-erasecould also be done markers on a board. watcher. When they are finished, have them have them finished, they are When watcher. together and change over the drawing smooth adding new back and forth, can switch roles. You when you back together Come to draw. symbols it felt “I wonder how Ask the group: are finished. how to you? I wonder partner to listen for your adding to the drawing or it felt to listen without story? you liked smoothing over the I wonder if I wonder who listens to you? I drawing together? ways that we can help make wonder if there are peace through listening?” INTERGENERATIONAL ® Silly opposite game Color along with the scripture Storytelling and illustrating Brainstorming change Cut-out people chain A game of power and pull Praying for the robber DESCRIPTION

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putting their love for others into action. putting their love for others into , ® PRAY CREATE LEARN Day 6: Sí Se Puede Sí Se 6: Day Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily LEARN PLAY PLAY LEARN LEARN CREATE SERVE CREATE PLAY PLAY PRAY TYPE Luke 10:25–37

In our politically charged climate, campers will come with different ideas about how to do In our politically charged climate, campers will come with different

Holy God of all creation, open our hands this day to reach out, doing the work of peace in your Holy God of all creation, open our hands this day to reach out, doing Hear God’s call to work together to do good in the world. Hear God’s body empowers them to take risks as peacemakers. Discover that being part of Christ’s Learn the importance of sí se puede TITLE Down Up, Up, Parable Pals Parable Neighbor Stories We Can Yes, People Peace Four-Way Tug-of-War Four-Way Bandit Prayer • • 170 InsideOut: Scripture Passage: Today, campers will… campers Today, • As members of the body of Christ, we are called to do the work of peace as Jesus As members of the body of Christ, Theological Summary: especially with showing love and working for peace together, modeled—through building relationships those who are poor or marginalized. Luke 10:36–37 Scripture Focus: was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” “Which of these three, do you think, Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.” mercy.” He said, “The one who showed him Prayer: Prayer: and kindness to others. Amen. name. Help us to follow you and to share your love through our mercy Leader Notes: on your similarities, not differences. God faithful peace and justice work. Intentionally focus conversations kinds of work—compassion-based, equips us all to do the work of peace, and we may be called to various justice-based, or both.

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Large paper and markers Paper, crayons or colored pencils Paper, Share drawings “gallery drawings Share having style” by setting, This could be done within a group Brainstorm a list of concerns campers and invite campers to think about changing the world. Supplies: How: of all ages have for the world, and for their to combine things into communities at home. Try broader topics. Go back through the list and ask campers if they know anyone who has tried to make change around each concern, and how it worked out. Ask them to imagine what they could do to address the problems. Go back through Yes, We Can We Yes, Introduce the concept behind sí se puede Why: BTW: BTW: were, where they leave their drawings campers to the right. around the circle and shifting art.” at each “piece of pause to look Have them to their are back moving until campers Continue place. Neighbor Stories of “community” beyond Bring the concept Why: the scripture, and into our boundaries, out of activity. world by using this Supplies: younger campers pair up, Have older and How: campers to tell younger campers inviting the older who worked to about a person or group of people their neighbors. change things for themselves and something This could be a civil rights story, or a personal story from their own from history, of Give each younger camper a piece community. and ask them paper and something to draw with to create an illustration for the story they heard. group to share Bring the pairs back together as a comfortable. drawings and stories, as people are all ages to If the group has energy for it, invite younger imagine what stories of change the day. campers might be able to tell one BTW: back, or done taking some time away and coming or even as a devotion time. on a walk together, and bring back Campers could do it at free time of a It could also be the focus their sharing later. thanks for prayer time, with the full group giving the examples others have set. InsideOut: LEARN

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PLAY LEARN Daily Activities Daily If campers are doing really well with If campers are doing really well with Invite campers to take a sheet of paper and

How: How: Ask them to draw a few crayons and sit in a circle. ask them five stick persons. As you read the story, to label each person as one of the characters and add facial expressions or other details. Slowly read Luke 10:25–37. Give campers a few moments to finish, and invite anyone to share their art. Bible, blank paper, crayons Supplies: Bible, blank paper, Share the Bible story and let campers Why: respond with creativity. Parable Pals Pals Parable the four words, add more such as “forward,”the four words, add more such as could “yell,” etc. You “backward,” “whisper,” do opposite also have each generation of camper direction with one following the game rules and another following the actual words. BTW: Explain to campers that they will be Explain to campers How: game while walking slowly playing a listening Explain that there are four in a designated area. primary “Up” means they squat action words. jump up in while moving around. “Down” means “Go” means then start walking normally. the air, move at all. “Stop” means to start freeze and don’t practice walking around the space. Have campers campers that if they make a each action. Tell the edge of the mistake, they must stand around if someone play space, but may come back in “Stop,” to gives them a high-five. Begin by saying minutes, helping start the walking. Play for several mistakes and campers call themselves out on their they are ready. bringing each other back in when Review afterwards, asking: “I wonder how it feels how you’ve to do something differently than know if we did always done it? I wonder how we do things something right? I wonder if others but not wrong?” differently, Supplies: none Up, Up, Down Down Up, Up, ways to learn is by One of the strongest Why: the campers with this game to doing. Challenge this silly game. think deeper after

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Bibles, large paper, markers Bibles, large paper, You might use an extra chain from the You After group has processed the experience, After group has processed the experience, Invite conversation and compassion around Invite conversation and compassion Help campers explore the importance of explore the Help campers

“Peace People” activity, and invite campers to “Peace People” activity, designate them as different people who cause terrorist, etc. abuser, harm, such as: a bully, Invite campers to pray for them, and think about Bandit Prayer Bandit Prayer Why: the hurts of others. Supplies: then ask the Read Luke 10:25–37 together, How: campers why they think the bandits attacked the their answers on a large sheet of Write traveler. Ask the campers if they think any of the paper. possible reasons still lead people to hurt others might keep people love and how God’s today, from hurting each other in the future. Remind campers that those listening to Jesus assumed bad things about the Samaritan, as they might assume bad things about the bandits. Invite campers to as they name people they would like to pray for, challenge to love everyone. remember God’s BTW: Four-Way Tug-of-War Tug-of-War Four-Way Why: rather than against each other. working together at a central point Supplies: Four ropes attached into four teams of equal Split the campers How: them up on the ropes. In the strength, and line and mark a 2’ x 2’ area on the ground center, to pull the knot out onto challenge campers is virtually impossible unless their “side.” This as three pulling equally two teams join together, counterbalance for much creates too much time movement. After playing, spend some Ask campers: “How do discussing the activity. how it feels to you feel about winning? I wonder does it feel lose so someone else can win? How has helped to help someone else succeed? Who where people you succeed in your life? I wonder difference in our helping each other could make a world?” BTW: allow them to try out different combinations of teams or directions. pick one or two people on the chain to help when to help when chain on the people one or two pick home. they get

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172 InsideOut: BTW: the different people campers selected and issues they face. Remember that adults will have more understanding of world events, but younger let campers will have great compassion. Just don’t it go over younger ones’ heads for too long. Adult campers could also work with younger campers to to fold their papers in an accordion style, tracing to fold their papers in an accordion them time to the pattern on the top panel. Give can help carefully cut out the lines (older campers difficulties, or younger ones with this if they have a paper chain are too young for scissors) to create a list of people linked by their hands. Brainstorm as different. of people who are sometimes treated Ask each camper to write or draw on their paper people who represent some of these neighbors that they want to pray for or try to help. Invite those who are willing to come up and share their work, and close with a prayer that includes a moment of silence, for campers to think about the people their papers represent. How: How: sheets of 8” x 11” paper, scissors, cut- Supplies: sheets of 8” x 11” paper, handout from out copies of the paper-doll pattern pencils page 174 (one per camper), colored In this activity, campers will create a visual In this activity, Why: are and how reminder of who their neighbors they can help each other. Peace People People Peace the list, and for each concern they can imagine a imagine they can concern for each and the list, Can!” We should, “Yes, ask them to way to help, Afterward, did a group of farmers explain that a and worked together in the 1970s similar activity sure everyoneto make feed their families could sí se puede Introduce for the community. and care camper to write down an issue concerning which camper to write down others, and a couple ideas the they want to help could say a for change. You group came up with for each camper as they think prayer of blessing their plan happen when they about how to make be a great conversation with get home. This could make a plan older and younger campers as they together. BTW: (Yes, we can) and invite the campers to shout it a we can) and invite (Yes, few times together.

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Nagara Nagara Innosanta by (Two Lions, 2012). Story of a 2012). Lions, (Two Story Resources for being a civil rights leader, and this story for being a civil rights leader, with poetic tells his rise from child to leader language and beautiful art. 2018). Press, (Sky Pony to save the to imagine flying all over the earth This environment and help others in need. storycould be used for rest time, or another time. 2015). Square, (Triangle ways that board book (ages 1–5) highlighting This is a great communities work together. for campers with small children. resource 2012). Consider Press, (The New West Cornel having this book in a small library for older who are campers. This is a great read for adults and seeking to work for peace by understanding addressing the racial injustice of the American justice system. Sarah Warren to understand why her teacher who wants and is inspired to challenge students struggle young learners face everythe injustices her day. 2003). Kathleen Krull (HMH, by Julian Lennon and Bart Lennon Davis Julian by Heal the Earth, Counting on Community, and Alexander Michelle Jim Crow, The New Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers, by Workers, to Migrant A Hero Dolores Huerta: by The Story of Cesar Chavez, Harvesting Hope: how receiving love might change those people’s people’s those change love might receiving how and we love them?” Ask campers, “Can behaviors. of, “sí se puede invite a response 7 folds 11"W

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Fun chalk path to reflect on the week at camp Fun chalk path to reflect on the week Interactive scripture reading Bring campers together through dots of paint Bring campers together through dots Share well wishes for one another on flowers Share well wishes for one another Bless each camper with prayers DESCRIPTION InsideOut: DAILY ACTIVITIES DAILY Day 7: Aloha Aloha 7: Day

Daily Quick Reference Guide Reference Quick Daily LEARN LEARN CREATE SERVE PRAY TYPE John 14:25–27

The last day, especially with families, is full of busyness and the logistics of packing. Help especially with families, is full of busyness and the logistics of packing. The last day,

, you call us to your feast table and go with us as we leave. Bless our time together and God of aloha, you call us to your feast table and go with us as we leave. Bless our Learn that Jesus’ peace is with them now and always. Learn that Jesus’ peace is with them help them with their fears as they walk the way of peace at home Come to know that Jesus’ peace will and in the world. TITLE Aloha Walk Scripture Says Dots Dove Blessing Blossoms Aloha Blessing Scripture Passage: Today, campers will… campers Today, • • Theological Summary: the work of peace after he is gone. God does not Jesus prepares his disciples to do peace and presence in the Holy Spirit, but the given the gift of God’s leave us alone, for we have been work has just begun. John 14:27 Scripture Focus: your I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let “Peace I leave with you; my peace them be afraid.” hearts be troubled, and do not let Prayer: Prayer: hearts and minds as we leave here today our time apart. May the lessons you taught us this week be on our to be. Amen. to walk the way of peace in all of the places and spaces you call us Leader Notes: being verysupport campers by being a calm presence, having activities prepared, and guiding organized, reflection on their time at camp.

SERVE CREATE Pencils, cut-out construction paper Pencils, cut-out construction paper Dove Dots handout, markers, scissors Dove Dots handout, If you have time, you can give each camper If you have time, you can give each Print out the Dove Dots handout on page Print out the Dove Blessing Blossoms as you Affirm the beauty of each person Why: bless and send them out. Supplies: paper flower shapes (several for each camper), bags Beforehand, cut enough 1–2" flower shapes How: from construction paper so that each camper can give one to all the campers in the group. Hand out a paper bag, enough paper flower Invite cutouts, and a pencil to each camper. each to write their name on the paper bag, then use the paper flower cutouts to write notes of encouragement for others. These can be simply or “kind,” or a longer a word like “friendly,” statement. Campers place the flowers in each all have been passed out, give bags. After other’s campers a few minutes to look through their bags and receive the words of blessing. Remind Dots Dove of the ways we physical reminder Create a Why: work together as we and working are connected for peace. Supplies: How: cardstock. Let each camper 178, preferably on color of marker to represent choose their own the campers write Have all them in the activity. back side of the Dove Dots their names on the front side, take turns putting handout. On the of the dove till it is mostly dots inside the outline filled. Everyone goes once before anyone goes get faster as they work together. again. They will the Keep taking turns till the group decides you can cut it picture is complete. Once complete, can take a piece into puzzle pieces, so each person of the picture home. BTW: decorate. They their own copy of the handout to doves, or simply could put dots in each other’s let If you want to color theirs in their own way. they can lay them them do dots for each other, around the out around a table, then keep walking table.

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Daily Activities Daily Pictures of symbols of each daily theme Pictures of symbols Depending on the group, feel free to add or You could add an extra stop to the end You Invite campers to practice the following Invite campers to practice the following

176 InsideOut: subtract words, or encourage the campers to come up with their own actions. BTW: How: How: “Said”— actions when they hear these words: move hand from mouth as if speaking; “Remind”—point to head; “Peace”—put two pointer finger to chest; fingers up; “You”—place “Heart”—bring fingers together to make a heart shape; “Afraid”—make a scared face. After practicing the actions, read John 14:25–27 to them once or twice, having them do the actions where appropriate. Supplies: Bible Engaging with scripture through actions Engaging with scripture through Why: strengthens memory and learning. Scripture Says Scripture Says BTW: BTW: Asking of this activity for camp evaluations. about the campers to fill out a form after thinking lead to a highlights and lessons of camp might more thoughtful evaluation. Prepare a path before campers arrive, with Prepare a path before How: and a picture to represent a stop for each day can use the each stop. You the daily theme at the curriculum, or a picture to daily icons from At each symbol, invite represent the scripture. each camper to talk with their intergenerational what they will partner or another camper about Encourage them to try remember from that day. lesson to share. to think of one fun thing and one God could even post the words, “How did You station. teach me peace on this day?” at each Supplies: Supplies: Aloha Walk Aloha Walk take a walk and reflect Allow campers to Why: together.

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Story Resources A sweet book about a A sweet book about 2005). and Company, a pen pal with a young boy who becomes This story provides inspiration friend far away. to stay in touch with to children and families reach out one another after camp as well as to other families around the world—building bridges and creating peace. Bernardo book about children’s A beautifully illustrated This is a great book to read saying goodbye. have made good friendships with campers who emotional about leaving. at camp and are Moon Hugs, Sun Kisses, Max, for Pal A Pen

InsideOut: PRAY none If you collected the flowers to make leis If you collected the flowers to make Another option is to skip the bags and Another option is Pray for each other as you prepare to depart. Pray for each other as you prepare

BTW: BTW: effective way to for the campers, this could be an in a small group present them. This could be done time or in worship with the full camp. Call campers up one at a time and offer Call campers up one at a time and How: goes with a blessing, saying, “Know that God for peace.” you out into the world as you work by saying, Have the rest of the campers respond “Aloha!” Supplies: Supplies: Why: Why: Aloha Blessing Aloha Blessing string the flowers into a flower and straw lei, just string the flowers be placed on These could like the Day 1 activity. before they leave as a form of each camper just can then read the flowers on blessing. Campers their way home. BTW: campers how, at the beginning of camp, they of camp, the beginning at how, campers that Aloha,” and explain other with “ greeted each wish bless people and word is used to the same have a lei If campers journey. them a peaceful string flowers to it, they can add these nametag, in lei, or keep them into a new them together at when they get home. their bag to look

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its own challenges and gifts when it comes to Introduction planning. Lean into the blessings of your camp and find ways for personal gifts to become a gift Services at camp offer a unique opportunity to of worship. connect campers and creation in worship. The resources in this section are designed to help you Daily Worship resources will provide you with a and your campers express your faith and give simple structure for planning, but you can also thanks to God. You will find cabin devotions use the various pieces in your own way. You and song recommendations, as well as outdoor can mix and match – pick and choose. They are worship resources that are age appropriate. arranged in a suggested order of: Song Recommendations: Remember that we Opening Prayers / Litany are simply giving some suggestions, and our list Prayers of the People should not be considered the definitive list for the Scripture Sharing themes. The goal is to provide you with a starting place for music selection, while also providing Celebrating and Centering Responses some recommendations from different genres or Stewardship generations you might not have thought about. Communion Some music will be great for sing-along, while other is best used for reflection or as a response Benediction/Blessing to scripture. Singing is a powerful community We hope these resources will help you create builder. Be sure to provide enough time for worship services that allow campers to express campers to learn songs by singing them more their faith, creation to sing God’s praise, and than once, while teaching new songs to engage the community to feel the Spirit move. However the various tastes and preferences of your camp. it might look to others, we know that when Cabin Devotions: We recommend doing devotions creation, Christ, and community come together, in cabins before bed. This is a good time to let worship is happening! campers reflect on their day and connect with one another. Showers and getting ready for bed can Parts of the Service be a chaotic time that is particularly difficult for Opening Prayers or Litany: This is intended to center younger campers and those who are homesick. It the camp for worship in a way that connects with can also be a time when community is challenged the scripture or daily theme. You might want to by teasing or the insecure posturing of peers. A write words for any responses on posters if you devotion to end the night can put things back are worshiping outside. If you have technology in on track or help keep community norms in your services, these can be projected. the forefront of camper’s minds. Versions for Youth and Children/Intergenerational cabins are Prayers of the People: Each day’s prayer experience provided. is different, but each invites campers to be connected in prayer. Some are more reflecting and Planning Worship: We recommend having some more expressive, but all are a good way to campers plan worship. While they will need pray through the daily themes or in connection help, camp provides an opportunity for campers with the day’s scripture reading. to step into roles normally played by adults. There is also some creative freedom not found Scripture Sharing: Some scriptures work well as a in the local congregation. Campers can be loud, skit. Some lack a narrative but can be shared in silly, angry, excited, joyful, or thankful as they other creative ways. This section is provided to share their hearts with God. Each age group has help you present the scriptures to campers in a creative way while still being true to the text.

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Celebrating and Centering Responses: You probably want to pick one of the two or put them at different parts of your service. Celebrating responses are more active, while centering tries to create a calmer mood in the service. You might want to use these as described, or use them as a jumping off point for the creativity of your campers.

Stewardship: More than “giving,” stewardship is about being responsible for what God has put in our care and working as partners with God for the care of all creation. At camp, we might take an offering for a special project, mission, or even to support camp scholarships, but we can also talk about care for the earth, and how to use our blessings to care for others.

Communion: This curriculum is created by representatives of many church traditions, and all celebrate communion in different ways. The communion resources provided are intended to be an “introduction” or “invitation” to the table that can be used with liturgy and prayers specific to your tradition. These resources also assume the table is open to everyone present. If this is not the case for your tradition, remember that these are just resources and you are free to edit or use other resources that reflect your beliefs and practices.

Benediction/Blessing: A closing prayer is often called a benediction. It is a blessing and sending out. Remember that worship has moods, and how you leave worship can impact the rest of your day. Think about what comes next. Do you need campers upbeat, or do you need them calm and attentive? Will you make announcements after the benediction or before? We recommend making the benediction the last thing as often as you can so that in your gathering time, the last words are either to or from God.

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RESPONDING TO TO RESPONDING SCRIPTURE Welcome Warm people Invite campers to think about the How: or times who make them feel most welcome, in a new place. they have felt the most welcome and their face Ask them to focus on one person Great Banquet and imagine them standing at the that warm as host. Ask them to imagine how Ask in the party. welcome might make a difference campers to imagine themselves as the host of the party and how they might be able to make others asking feel welcome. Close with a short prayer, God to help everyone share a warm welcome to everyone week. who comes to camp this Stewardship Before worship, make a list of all the ways camp practices stewardship, for example: recycling, short showers, composting, food share, protecting each of these on a piece of nature, etc. Write paper and trim it to the shape of a pineapple. Have someone explain all the ways the camp will be practicing stewardship while campers hold up the different pineapple signs. Go back through Creation Welcome that we are Explain to the campers How: by staff, leaders, and even welcomed to camp creation but that even God’s by other campers, them to think about how it welcomes us. Invite were welcomed by different would sound if they common at your camp. What creatures that are welcome sound like? How would a squirrel’s Campers can would a frog welcome you to camp? make animal use real works in a funny voice or Invite sounds and imagine it means “welcome.” everyone to turn and greet someone else in one of yet introduced their favorite ways. If you have not to close aloha as the daily theme, you might want people say by explaining that it is a way many campers to repeat “hello” and “welcome,” inviting everyone.the word with you as a greeting to InsideOut: DAY1 Daily Worship - Children & Intergenerational - Children Worship Daily Aloha! Aloha! Aloha! Read Luke 14:15–24 out loud, then say, “I Read Luke 14:15–24 out loud, then say, wonder what it would sound like today?” Have some counselors act out the story using more modern excuses, maybe even silly ones. They can pull up random campers to be “extras” in the reenactment. Scripture Sharing We welcome them // into our lives // and we We promise // to help them lead // by praying for // Amen. them // and working together. Dear God // Bless our leaders // Help them lead us Dear God // Bless our leaders // Help // Help us hear them Prayers of the People Prayers to help your Use this repeat and answer prayer lead them at campers “bless” the staff that will around their camp. Have campers form a circle their hands out group or cabin leaders and reach as a sign of blessing. All: All: One: Jesus reminds us that every person is part of “Welcome!” And so, we say, family. God’s All: All: All: All: God for One: When we worship, we thank “love.” And so, we say, bringing us together. One: Camp has invited us here this week. And so, us here this week. And so, One: Camp has invited “Hello!” we say, Opening Litany has not yet been introduced, of the day If the word a moment explaining aloha’s consider spending multiple meanings. CELEBRATING

RESPONDING TO RESPONDING TO SCRIPTURE One – hold up one finger and repeat the word. One – hold up one finger and repeat “Ooh, Ah” and do “jazz hands.” Spirit – say, Body – shake your body all over. God – put hands over heart. Scripture Sharing reading of 1 Invite campers to participate in the to words with Corinthians 12:1–27 by responding a little will need to read particular responses. You Here are some slower to allow them to respond. more of your suggested cues, but you can create own: Being the Body tempera paint, marker, Supplies: Butcher paper, paper plates, hand wipes, markers, trash bag Before the service, body trace a life-sized How: on a large roll of paper lying on a table in the Pour several center of the space or on the floor. colors of slightly watered-down tempera paint on paper plates. In the service, invite each camper Ask them to gently to come to the sheet of paper. Worshipers respond. respond. Worshipers God, gifts to worship can use all of our One: We together: and we say Praise the Lord! All: of the People Prayers find a partner with whom Invite campers to concern. Each of them tells to share a prayer they want to lift to God. the other one thing they or concerns. Together These can be joys Campers then try “ubuntu,” then link arms. say, others by sharing a prayer and to connect with Once connected, campers then linking arms. As you go, pairs each other. cannot divide from and so on till everyone is become groups of four, left at connected. There should be two campers You a circle. the end who share a prayer to form prayer of might want to close in a communal thanks for all the connections made.

aloha! camp, DAY2 One: And some of us would rather learn math or science. 182 InsideOut: Worshipers respond. Worshipers One: Some of us like to learn by reading or writing... Worshipers respond. Worshipers One: And some of us like music or making things with our hands. Worshipers respond. Worshipers One: All of us have different gifts. Some of us like playing sports... Invite worshipers to respond to each statement Invite worshipers to respond to each cheering, or that applies to them with clapping, by doing some other celebratory sign. Opening Litany Read by camper or counselor: God, thank you for welcome one welcoming us to this place. Help us us learn,another and make new friends. Help grow, an amazing week together with you. and share play, Amen. Benediction I wonder if you have ever wished an invitation I wonder if you have never did. Maybe an would show up that an invitation to sit Maybe invitation to a party. Maybe an invitation to and eat with someone. There are some invitations that attend Hogwarts. but we know that one invitation will never come, up. God is always inviting us never stops showing love. Like the host of the Great to live together in all of us, and there is always Banquet, God invites to table. Welcome at God’s room for more people and this special meal where everyone is family, everyone is invited! Aloha Communion each way again and invite the campers to shout to shout campers the and invite way again each to be partners if they are willing aloha after each projects. in those

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Benediction link arms. and Ask campers to form a circle lots of fun Remind them that we will be sharing deep thinking times at camp and even doing some how Ask campers to look around and see together. they can get to they are all connected and see if to them know as many of the people connected “God, may Say, as possible before the week is over. in your all connected as we are ubuntu be our reality and teach each love. Help us get to know each other other about your love. Amen.” Opening Litany One: Sometimes, like Jacob and Esau, people don’t get along. It can be hard when our feelings are feelings. hurt, or when we hurt someone else’s But God reminds us that we can say we’re sorry and forgive other people when they do. One way “The peace to act out that forgiveness is to say, of Christ be with you.” As we come to worship turn to someone next to you and say, together, the other way “peace be with you.” (Pause.) Turn and say it to someone else—“peace be with you.” (Pause.) Let us worship God! Communion It’s piece in a puzzle? ever had a missing Have you a new puzzle and it’s Sometimes really frustrating. – or maybe around somewhere lying it’s we know and we an old puzzle it’s ate it. Sometimes the dog When a worry piece got lost along the way. that a see a picture, it is frustrating. We piece is missing, As we celebrate not all that it could be. but it’s remember that, like a puzzle, our communion, we much better when we have all community is so a puzzle, we always have room the pieces. Unlike There are no straight edges. Our for more pieces. growing and growing, as can just keep church on their pieces. As we celebrate more people add are thankful for the people to communion, we puzzle and invited us to share our piece of the we are. We those who remind us how special Jesus is with know that when we come together, us.

InsideOut: CENTERING Remind campers that we are all part of one body, Remind campers that we are all part of one body, Explain an important part. and that each person’s plate” we often pass an “offering that at church, but that in this service we will be for money, offering the gift of ourselves, and the things we can do for others. When the plate or basket comes to them, invite the campers to place their hand in the space where money might be placed, and say a silent prayer to God about what they can do might give You to support the camp community. some examples, like sharing or cleaning up, or making a new friend. Stewardship Parts of Me Parts Invite campers to think through the different Invite campers to think through How: made them people who have shaped them and simple guided the people they are today with this comfortable reflection. Ask campers to get in a and then position, then think about their brain, Invite them people who have helped them learn. campers to to whisper the names to God. Ask who have think about their arms and then people campers to either carried or lifted them. Invite campers to think whisper their names to God. Ask people who love about their heart and think about names to them. Invite campers to whisper their their feet and God. Ask campers to think about or look up think about people who already follow their names to them. Invite campers to whisper reach up high to God. Ask campers to stand and fingertips, to as you remind them that from their the people who their feet, they can remember all are connected and care for them. At the end of the painting time, note how each of painting time, note how each of At the end of the like we are all one in this body, us contributed to different colors, different sizes, the body of Christ: want to play some may You and different gifts. are moving and painting. music while campers worship space or other can hang this in your You it dries. common area after dip the palm-side down of their hand in a color in a color hand of their down palm-side dip the of inside the outline and then place it of paint to write the name an adult helper Ask the body. Have the hand. underneath/around of the camper this the hand after available to clean hand wipes activity. CENTERING Stewardship Share a vague story you care about something to fill about and invite campers to ask questions or that doesn’t in anything they are curious about thank them make sense. As they ask questions, for asking and then share more details. Once the story campers for is fully understood, thank the listening well enough to ask good questions and remind them that listening is a gift we can give others. Close with a prayer for all the stories that might be heard by our good listening. Communion When you were really little, did you ever throw a temper tantrum at a meal and refuse to eat? At some point we all probably have. What were we thinking? In the end, we still end up in trouble which makes us even – and we end up hungry, crankier! Sometimes a bad mood just keeps getting worse. Jesus shared a meal with his disciples at a Pieces Peace pencil, glue, Supplies: Dark-colored poster, basket scissors, white paper, draw the outline of a Before worship, How: Put paper poster. dove on a large dark-colored focus table in the front of and scissors on a and invite campers to come your worship space forward play some appropriate music. while you As they come forward, campers think about times hurtful to someone or did they said something feelings. Let each something to hurt someone’s however they person cut up a piece of paper, sorry “I’m pray, want. Encourage them to silently sad or mad.” for things I’ve done to make others While campers Collect all the pieces in a basket. dove. Place are cutting, spread glue all over the spread pieces the poster on the focus table and the dove of the paper cuttings across it to cover to add more shape. Spread extra glue as needed need to use it all, just won’t You pieces of paper. asking God Close with a prayer, enough to cover. are part of the to lead us to peace, even when we problem. peace. They can make one print for each problem problem for each one print can make They peace. finished Hold up the are thinking about. that they for peace. share a prayer piece and

CELEBRATING RESPONDING TO RESPONDING TO SCRIPTURE 184 InsideOut: Draw an outline of a peace sign on the How: poster board, filling the poster as much as possible. Set out a table with the ink pads next might want to place the poster You to the poster. on the ground or on a lower table for access. Tell the campers that each one of them is a person of peace who can offer hope to any situation. Ask them about tough situations/places of conflict that they might have back home. Invite the campers to place their fingerprint inside the peace symbol outline and as they do, to pray to work for White poster, washable ink pads, hand Supplies: White poster, wipes, trash bag Sign of Peace This is also a great scripture to act out with a This is also a great scripture to act can do a modern version or let them You narrator. have come up reenact the scripture. Campers may and the story, with skits in their group time to tell those with the this would be a great time to share full camp. You may want to use the “Genesis Family Drama” may want to use the “Genesis Family You to supplement script from page 160 in place of or for can use the handout the scripture reading. You or just tell the parts before and after the scripture, the story from the handout. Forgive us, God, for the times we hurt others or Forgive us, God, to others when they needed pay attention didn’t us. Amen. Scripture Sharing God, we know we have been mean to… God, we know we God, we know we get stubborn about… God, we know we God, we know we get angryGod, we know we when… God, we know we get cranky when… God, we know we Explain to the campers that “confession” is a word “confession” the campers that Explain to and could do better the times we for admitting in a simple confession to participate invite them your a response to saying or thinking prayer by statements. Prayers of the People of Prayers

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RESPONDING TO RESPONDING TO SCRIPTURE White paper, colored paper, pencils, paper, colored Supplies: White paper, crayons, scissors, tape and Before worship, cut out enough arm How: for each hand silhouettes out of white paper the outside of person. Set up a few tables around colors of paper your worship space with various will choose a and pencils. In worship, campers and hand color of paper and trace their forearm Ask campers on it with their fingers together. their fingers to put straight lines to show where and would be, and then cut out the outline one of the along the finger lines. Give campers and invite them silhouettes cut from white paper This love. God’s to decorate it in a way that shows could be words, colors, or pictures. Campers will connect this hand with their own by weaving the fingers together in a basic basket weave. Foot Washing Supplies: towels, Footwashing”, plastic bins, warm water, chairs, pillows or pads. Invite campers to take turns washing one How: This can take a while, so you may feet. another’s want to play some music or sing some songs while they participate. Start with some staff to set the example, or maybe some peer leaders. The person who gets their feet washed then kneels and Scripture Sharing Scripture the in Peace Works, scriptures used Of all the story the best disciples’ feet is washing the of Jesus in a but not a dramatic presentation, suited to acting skills, this have staff with If you silly way. could use campers them. You is the place to use disciples, but those playing or others as the other to be well prepared. They Jesus and Peter need the storyneed to read over and reenact it in their to share it with the camp. own words well enough storyThe power of this is found in the context a the temptation to do Avoid and relationships. so that the could end up silly, reenactment that tension can be felt. power shift and relationship Agape Practice InsideOut: DAY4 All: God is good! All: One: Let’s worship God, saying thank you for that One: Let’s love. of the People Prayers Place a large mirror in the front of the worship space and invite campers to come up and use dry-erase markers to draw a symbol or write a word that reminds them of something they feel sorrythanksgiving about. Say a short prayer of for God seeing through our mistakes and loving wipe off the mirror and draw us. While you pray, Hold up the mirror a large heart in the center. so some the campers can see their reflection and the heart. Invite them to hold up their hands to make a heart, and look through their hand heart, matching that shape with the one on the mirror. asking God to help us see others Say a prayer, through eyes of love, sharing agape. All: God is good! All: One: God’s love for us shows us how to love one One: God’s another. All: God is good! All: One: Jesus shows us just how much God loves us. One: Jesus shows us just how much Opening Litany Can be read by a camper or counselor: Say, camper or counselor: Say, Can be read by a help us share or cranky, angry, “God, when we are make others angry or that don’t our feelings in ways sad or upset. are Help us listen when people cranky. shalom with each as we share Be with us this week Amen.” other. Benediction time he was very he was time many so were and emotional, cranky. and some were They were tired, of them. and ate with all of them sat down and Still, Jesus we they were. Today, them how loved reminded us meal that reminds communion, a celebrate peace us to live in we are. God wants how loved us while we work on it. Maybe and keeps loving us to work for peace. this meal will inspire [Worshipers place [Worshipers [Worshipers make [Worshipers [Worshipers point to their [Worshipers DAY5 remember on your heart) remember us (put your hands love! Help us remember that your live agape love! Help us remember Prayers of the People Prayers Share a breath prayer as a community to help campers focus on their own feelings and their neighbors’ needs. Encourage them to sit comfortably with eyes open and looking down distract them. Invite at something that won’t campers to slowly take deep breaths in and out on your cues. Invite campers to think about things they do to take care of themselves. This might include showers, eating right, going to school and learning, or getting rest when they need it. It might include doing things they love and bring Invite campers to think about things them joy. memories that we can pass on – all to remind us remind – all to pass on we can that memories us. will be, with has been, and always that God Benediction hands heart with their to make a Invite campers above their heads. Ask them and hold them high “Thank you God for Say, to follow your motions. your apart so your arms is bigger (move your hands mistake. or than any problem are stretched wide) Help wide like (Spread your arms it your love and share a hug) with everyone.preparing to give Amen.” Opening Litany that we love One: As we come to worship we say God with our hearts and souls. our heartsWith and souls! All: their hands on their heart.] love God with our minds. One: We our minds! With All: heads.] our strength One: And we love God with all of all of our strength! With All: arms strong gesture.] One: Let us worship God!

186 InsideOut: We eat in lots of different places. Sometimes it is We it is a snacks with a group of friends. Sometimes a favorite special family meal. Some of us have meal. Some of us may remember having a special plate at grandparents’ houses when we were something happens. little. When we eat together, listen more. Lots of special talk more. We We memories seem to happen around food. I wonder what special memories this makes you think about. On the day Jesus washed his disciples’ feet, he also shared a meal with them, remembering special moments in their past – how God had been with all their families. In the future, the disciples and others who followed Jesus would share a meal like it to remember how special Jesus was and that he would always be with them and we share a meal their families in the future. Today, like that one – where we remember and make new Communion Stewardship coloring to Fill cups with water and use food filter on provide various colors. Place a coffee to protect the a table (with something under it a time someone table) and ask campers to think of to come up and showed them love. Invite campers dip their choose a color to represent that memory, gently touch their finger then finger in that water, they Provide some wet-wipes so to the coffee filter. back to their can clean their finger on the way the end to show seats. Hold up the coffee filter at created by the diversity of colors and the beauty a large camp, so many acts of love. If you have could connect you may need multiple filters and them into the shape of a heart. If you have technology as part of your If you have technology BTW: service, might want to begin this time in you Live Love” “Foot Washing worship after watching on YouTube. washes the next person’s feet. Encourage campers campers Encourage feet. person’s the next washes wash of their way to spots or go out not to trade follow Jesus’ example a friend but to the feet of a sign of feet as to wash anyone’s and be willing service love. Be encouraging and unconditional servant to take on the want doesn’t if someone ready to step in and assist if role, but have a leader someone is uncomfortable.

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Benediction Invite campers to mirror your motions. too wound up (Stand up “God, when we are Say, tall), help us settle down (Squat). (grab your knees and sad or scared When we are shake), give us courage to rise up (jump up). (point thinking only about ourselves When we are (point us about others’ needs thumbs to self), remind thumbs outward to those next to you) and how much you love us (hug self). Amen.” Stewardship “Here is the the traditional, Show campers them hand poem. Ask the steeple” here’s Church, contribute one hand and each to get a partner as they try campers with you. Remind to recite made up of people who show up is that Church worship, to help each other, for one another—in or just hang out. Invite them to listen or share, their presence (just showing to think about how and how others doing Church up) is a gift to the to them. Close with a prayer of the same is a gift all the people who help form the thanksgiving for Church. Communion how we all want to outgrow our nap, funny It’s you start to really look then as you get older, forward to nap. I’m not sure when we get too we get old old for naps, and I’m not sure when know it can be enough to need naps again. I do have We hard for all of us to stop sometimes. have games we want things we want to do. We have people we want to connect We to play. that taking with. Sometimes it is easy to forget time for God is a break is important. Taking as we share communion, let’s important. Today, try and spirits. Let’s to calm our bodies, minds, try time and place, and to be focused just on this important, silly, trust that God has plenty of fun, us to do in challenging, and busy things for take time to love God, let’s the future. For now, at loving one knowing that will help us be better another. InsideOut: CENTERING CELEBRATING RESPONDING TO RESPONDING TO SCRIPTURE Supplies: Copy of Sadako and the 1,000 Paper Cranes, or storytellerto share familiar and ready the story. Share the story of Sadako and the 1,000 How: Paper Cranes with the campers and affirm that it If campers is both a sad and an inspiring story. have made cranes in group or study times, this is a great time to present them in worship. If you are participating in the Peace Crane Project, this is a great time to bless your cranes before sending them. Sadako’s Story Sadako’s Balanced Care arms out Ask campers to stand up with their How: name things wide and lean one direction as you them to lean that we do to care for ourselves. Ask things that the other direction when you name with an example we do to care for others. Practice again, leaning of each, so they will be straight up to center for one way for a “me” and coming back of each, an “other” action. Give some examples as you do. having campers sway back and forth to end with most even. Try to keep them fairly Try Remind them campers balanced out, straight up. and have that we are also called to love God, campers that them reach their hands up. Remind we care for when we care for ourselves, and when others, we are caring for things God created and loves, so we are also showing our love for God. This is a short reading and veryThis is a short reading to understandable to add some energy and might want all ages. You by having two campers meaning to the reading them stand back to Have or staff read together. squat so they are supporting back, link arms, and read. Because their arms will be each other as they you will need two the elbow, locked together at to hold the Bibles for them. other volunteers Scripture Sharing they do to care for others. This could be chores be chores could This for others. do to care they or caring for service at church, to help family, God by thanking this experience friends. Close for we have to care that for the opportunities and others. ourselves

CENTERING .” ® ® ® ® Form a large circle and have one volunteer and Form a large circle Can we really share God’s love with others? love with others? Can we really share God’s Sí se puede table? Can we really be invited to sit at God’s Sí se puede Stewardship of yarn with Give each camper a small circle give money Cheerios on it. Explain that we can in the or other gifts to help make a difference yarn ring world. Invite campers to hang their or bird might on a tree branch where a squirrel can also use enjoy a snack and explain that birds prayer of thanks the string for nests. Close with a for all the different things people give to support others. Communion I want you to help me get us ready for communion. When I say a line, you respond, with him) or Malala Yousafzai (whose family family (whose Yousafzai Malala him) or with Explain up for others. her), who stood supported us others who need also stand with that we can need us when we others to stand with and ask your important to some justice issues help. List shout, to stand up and and invite them campers want to affirm. stand to help!” for those they “We hearing our thanking God for Close with a prayer, for justice and for those tryingshouts as prayers to make a difference. Stand By Me How: step forwardname something they need help and who was next to them in the with. Ask a person as a sign of support. to step up next to them circle they need That person then shares something next to them help with and the person who was This continues steps up as a sign of their support. or a It is best to have staff all around the circle. part of the first couple of strong peer leaders be a end back in a few participants. The activity should The people who started it can take complete circle. put their hand the hand of the last one sharing or on their shoulder to affirm their need. “Sí se puede Can we really make a difference in the world? Sí se puede

CELEBRATING .” Close with a prayer for ® DAY6 RESPONDING TO RESPONDING TO SCRIPTURE the issues read and those that God knows even the issues read and those that God get read. though they didn’t 188 InsideOut: I’ll Stand With... With... Stand I’ll Remind campers that all the people whom How: they have learned about at school or in stories who helped make important changes have had can give examples campers will know help. You of, like Martin Luther King (thousands marched Scripture Sharing for This is another scripture that is great do a modern reenacting, or inviting campers to want to do it as a skit, you retelling. If you don’t for different could have audience direction cards reads the sounds and hold them up as someone Campers could “gasp” at the robbers and story. say “Boo!” or shout, “Shame on you!” to those would also be help. Signs for applause who didn’t good. One: With courage and kindness, let’s worship and kindness, let’s courage One: With God. of the People Prayers and ask Give campers slips of paper and pencils would like them to write down something they be a personal to change in the world. This can not need to concern or a justice issue. They do slips and draw put their name on it. Collect the we talk to God some of them to read saying, “Can the campers about (insert issue from slip)?” Ask to respond, “Sí se puede All: Praise the Lord! Lord! Praise the All: One: When we follow the Samaritan’s example the Samaritan’s One: When we follow who need it, we show what we and help people actions. believe through our All: Praise the Lord! Lord! Praise the All: One: Worshiping together is a chance for us to say is a chance for together One: Worshiping out loud. what we believe Opening Litany Opening

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RESPONDING TO TO RESPONDING SCRIPTURE Stewardship Bring back out the pineapples with stewardship ideas on them from the first day of worship. Go through each stewardship task and invite campers to raise their hand and shout “Aloha!” Recognizing Aloha Supplies: Leis to get in their the campers In your space, ask How: leader has a small groups. Make sure each group their group. Ask package of leis for the number in member of their with each them to sit in a circle small group. When everyone them of the is seated, remind sharing importance of going out in the world, service, and a spirit of welcome love, peace, unity, with everyone they meet. Also share that each camper here has demonstrated an act of welcome in our time together at camp. Ask each group leader to then place a lei on the camper and say their name and state one example of how they have lived out aloha, love, or an act of service. reading on your last day of camp, but this simple this simple but day of camp, last on your reading have scripture to allows a beautiful adaptation lifts out” that impact as a “sending even deeper the week. from earlier in up themes Up Memories Bubble mix (or small Supplies: Bubble wands, bubble for each camper) bottles of bubbles Go Ask everyone in a large circle. to stand How: the daily themes and ask campers through each of they learned or remember to shout out things Each time they say something, from each day. invite them to blow a bubble. If everyone has affirm the their own bubbles, invite them to me too” “Yes, answers of others, or echo express, Close by by blowing some bubbles in response. as a prayer of asking God to receive the bubbles take with thanksgiving for all the campers will peace. them from camp as they work for InsideOut: DAY7 ® Sí se puede Jesus reminds us that everyperson is part of When we worship, we celebrate the peace When we worship, we celebrate the Scripture Sharing Instead of reading the word “peace” in John may 14:25–27, substitute shalom or heiwa. You not have a lot of time for a creative scripture All: Aloha! All: of the People Prayers Invite campers to say aloha to various parts of camp that have been important to them. This could be physical locations at camp, things in the schedule, or friends. Begin by saying, “God we come to say goodbye, or aloha, to (singing prayers before meals). Aloha! What else do we say goodbye to?” Respond to each with “Aloha!” Close with a short prayer of thanks to God for all the things listed. One: One: “Welcome!” And so, we say, family. God’s All: Aloha! All: One: One: so, And God gives us to share with one another. “love.” we say, All: Aloha! All: As we leave today, we’re saying goodbye for we’re saying goodbye for One: As we leave today, now. Opening Litany meanings might be helpful A review of aloha’s before you begin. Benediction “God, a camper or counselor: Say, Can be ready by help people who feel alone. Help help us be brave and people who feel sad. Help us be us be kind and love tryingfaithful and to keep even to make a difference, give up. Amen.” when we want to Yes, there is! Join your neighbors and friends as your neighbors there is! Join Yes, this special meal. we share Can there really be room for everyone at God’s everyone for be room there really Can God’s at table?

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RESPONDING TO RESPONDING TO SCRIPTURE Come to the Party party Supplies: Party invitations (one per person), cookies, hats, decorations (like streamers, cake, getting people horns, etc.), music that focuses on together. singing/dancing for In advance, prepare party invitations How: each person coming to camp. Personalize them and have group leaders hand out the invitations before moving to worship. remind each After reading the scripture story, camper that they have been invited to a special party! Begin handing out party items and asking the campers what things people do during a Then turn up the music, make sure fun party. everyone an impromptu has party items, and have dance party in worship! This is a fun way to get people talking to one another the first day of camp and breaking down barriers. Keep it light and fun and just a few songs. If you are doing communion the first night, BTW: you could cut cake for your bread. culture. Use five recruited volunteers, assigning culture. Use five one the role of Assistant, one the role of Host, of Friends to act out the story, and three the roles with these directions. with a narrator leading letting from Luke 14:15–24, Read the scripture it out. Pause to allow time for the volunteers act the Assistant take “invitations” movements. Have to the Friends. Instead of (the three notecards) in the Bible, have the three reading the excuses good excuses on their cards. Friends read the then seem right,” “That doesn’t Pause and say, the bad excuses. redo the scene with them reading seem right,” “That still doesn’t Pause and say, the excuses then repeat the scene again, reading the scripture, from scripture. Continue on with of invites, and when you get to the next rounds be part of the bring unsuspecting campers up to story. InsideOut: Daily Worship Daily Worship - Youth DAY1 In advance, write one good excuse and one bad excuse on three notecards. These can be directly from the scripture if they still work in today’s Help us live in a spirit of aloha! Amen. Scripture Sharing The Great Banquet is a storylends itself to that reenactment, but since parables are not historic events, are intended to be interpreted, you can do some storytelling of its layers and some exploring all at the same time. God, we give thanks for those who helped prepare and lead camp: God, we give thanks for those who helped us get God, we give thanks for those who to camp: God, we lift up those who are often left out: God, we lift up those who are often God, we give thanks for those who make us feel God, we give thanks for those who welcomed and loved: Invite campers to call out names or groups of Invite campers to call out names that you people for each of the prayer prompts with some share. Use the following prompts reflection. silence in between for sharing and Reader 2: Let’s join together praising God. Reader 2: Let’s of the People Prayers Reader 1: Whether you are here often or here for Reader 1: Whether you are here often the very first time, Reader 2: There is space at God’s table for all of us. Reader 2: There is space at God’s Reader 1: God welcomes to worship everyoneReader 1: God welcomes who or nervousis excited to be here, to be here, or not really sure how they feel about being here. Reader 2: There is space at God’s table for all of us. space at God’s Reader 2: There is Opening Litany to worship everyoneReader 1: God invites who or out of place. has felt overlooked Benediction Read by camper or counselor: God found a way to invite us to camp and we showed up. God invited us to worship and we showed up. God invites us to live in community all week long – will we show up? Are we ready to be the community God calls we show we show up to listen? Will us to be? Will will we show up to be part of the up to share? We even if we are tired? If you are ready community, to show up all week, for God and one another, ). God, bless us shout “Aloha!” (pause for response as we live in the spirit of aloha and help us make everyone welcome, each and every day of camp! Aloha! Communion have experienced a meal with a Some of you may table.” Others and a “children’s “grown-ups” table where you sit at particular tables may go to school those who are or spaces based on your grade with are lots of older holding the prime space. There in some rituals around meals, and some people table” a rite of places make “having a place at the passage – something to look forward to or even to earn. no seat you At this meal, in this space, there is will “one day” earn. Instead, every seat at this no test no waiting. There’s table is open. There’s us all to claim or initiation required. God invites meal. God the grace and love celebrated in this Sure, it invites us to feast and be transformed. we share today, may be a small symbolic portion we dine with but the presence of God and those are You provide all the sustenance we need. do is sit are invited! All you have to welcome. You down and enjoy the meal. Invite campers to think about what others gifts gifts what others about to think campers Invite them to Invite to the community. they bring camp contribute to the they will write something it as and return on their pineapple community is passed again. They as the basket an offering basket. If campers drop pencils in the can also gifts to share, they can simply think of other can’t on their pineapple by commit to the challenge basket. Say a prayer of blessing placing it in the in the basket to close. for the gifts represented

CENTERING 192 InsideOut: Before worship, cut out enough small pineapple Before worship, cut out enough small shapes for every things on camper and write them that campers can help care for at camp, or do to be good stewards at camp. For example: water preservation, trash pick-up, wasted food, animals, insects, plants, paths and trails, recycling, waterfront, etc. Place the pineapples in a basket along with some pencils, and ask each camper to take a pineapple and a pencil as the basket is passed. Invite each camper to think about how they might be an advocate for the issue on their while resources pineapple, and a steward of God’s at camp. This does not put them in charge of this issue (not picking up trash all week), but challenges them to be an advocate for that issue. Stewardship In the service, hold out their ask campers to others object and compare it with the objects think about around them selected. Ask them to rough, some how different each one is; some are are round, and are smooth, some are long, some like their object, so on. Remind campers that just they are also unique. Invite campers to bring their items forward them on the table, and place forming a collage. It would be easiest to have an etc., outline of a heart, peace sign, pineapple, campers on the table for them to fill in. Remind and that their that God accepts and loves them, Invite them family. unique beauty adds to God’s might have to imagine how friends and family the collage chosen to represent themselves in for all the and say a silent prayer of thanksgiving tables. people whom God gathers at our In advance, set up a table with a white In advance, set up How: the way to worship, invite covering, and on short walk and select something campers to take a Remind or a leaf. a seed, flower, from nature like anything that is growing them not to disturb ask them to choose might even or is alive. You them. Ask them to something that represents with them into the worship bring their item space. A white sheet, table, room to move sheet, table, room A white Supplies: and fauna (or a among the flora outdoors etc.) of twigs, leaves, collection Wild Wild Collage Tablescape

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RESPONDING TO TO RESPONDING SCRIPTURE Finding Our Place Supplies: Markers, tape, large sheets of paper of paper Before worship, hang the sheets How: can even labeled as follows (one per page—you the poster): add an image of each body part to think, and help through Brain: I like to study, reading. up to and share Nose: I like to sense what God is it. need and make Eyes: I like to see where there is a it happen. around me and Ears: I like to listen for the needs up for the the voice of God asking us to show world. with people, Mouth: I like to speak prayers, share and talk about my faith. Heart: I like to share about my life and my faith with joy and passion. Hands: I like to roll up my sleeves and get to work helping people. Feed: I like to go places and meet people who are different than I am, as I share my faith. After the scripture, invite campers to consider likes/dislikes, and talents. their personality, Remind them that everyone to the represents Ask them to look at body. world a part of Christ’s the posters around the room and find the body part that best represents them or their gifts. Invite campers to write their name on the matching of the worship space with the number cards you cards you number with the space worship of the each 1 and prompt Start with verse have made. don’t This way they read their verse. camper to You they are on. what verse have to remember taking to this reading by another wrinkle can add be is supposed to of the campers who out one group run into the problem reading, and let the voice. After a bit of confusion of having a missing or even nervousness,in bring the camper back community can now function and applaud as the the scripture to the end. together again. Continue InsideOut: DAY2 Scripture Sharing Print out each verse of the scripture on its own keeping the verse numbers, or slip of paper, Write writing them on the back to easily identify. and numbers numbers 0–9 on half sheets of paper, 1–7 on another set of half sheets. This will allow you to hold up one or two pieces to form any of the verse numbers. Give one slip of paper any campers who to 27 different campers. Tell do not have a paper that their job is to visually communicate what is being said through gestures and body language. Have campers form a large so everyone in the front can see or stand circle All: Together as one, let us worship God! let us worship as one, Together All: and tryAsk the campers to look at their fingers to something think of one person who has shared some Allow significant with them for each finger. to look at silence for reflection. Ask the campers imagine who the gaps between their fingers and Allow else will impact their life in the future. campers some silence for reflection. Ask the imagine five to look at their fingers again and made a different people for whom they have reflection. Ask difference. Allow some silence for their the campers to look at the gaps between will allow them fingers and imagine who else God to sing might want to impact in the future. You of reflection. a chorus of a song between rounds for all the Close with a prayer of thanksgiving grown and ways our community is shaped and the role we are called to play. One: We are all unique members of the body of are all unique members of One: We Christ. of the People Prayers All: May we use them to worship God. to worship we use them May All: One: Gifts of artistic talent, academic intelligence, talent, academic intelligence, One: Gifts of artistic strong voices, and senses of listening hearts, adventure. All: May we use them to worship God. to worship we use them May All: One: We come to this place bringing gifts that bringing gifts come to this place One: We God has given us. Opening Litany Opening DAY3 Prayers of the People of the People Prayers (Ice cubes needed) Invite campers to take an ice cube from bowls being passed and think about the ways they are stubborn or hardheaded. As they hold the cube, ask them to think about the things that cause them to change, or become more open to others and their feelings. Remind campers that we all have times we become cold to others or put up emotional walls to keep from dealing with issues. Offer a time of reflection as they hold the melting ice, allowing each camper to think about the things that melt their hearts, and allow asking Close with a prayer, compassion to flow. God to help us all be less closed off, and more open to others, even when it is uncomfortable. Benediction campers to hold then invite a circle, Move into fingers spread apart. up with their their hands circle see around the the fingers they Explain that the gifts of everyrepresent space person, and the the ways we impact between them represents lives. Ask everyone to join hands, one another’s holding their hands up high. linking fingers, and – connected we are how may we remember “Lord Say, – to those those who came before to one another – to us – and to you who has been who will follow after Amen.” and always will be. Opening Litany firsthand, One: When we live through conflict go quite as planned, and things don’t God gives us peace. All: and recovering One: When our hearts are scarred, feels a little too hard, God gives us peace. All: let us always One: As we worship together, remember, to peace. us a way God shows All:

CENTERING 194 InsideOut: Communion that flies with The sankofa is a bird in west Africa might think this its head looking backward. You The legend says I’m sure it looks silly. sounds silly. that sankofa birds fly with an eye on the past to remember who they are and where they come from. By remembering where they came from, they know where they are and trust the direction are not the first people to they are going. We are connected to generations follow Jesus. We before us, and their wisdom is found in scripture, traditions we pass on, and in the in the Church relationships we have with mentors and friends. By looking at how God led them, we can see celebrate communion— God directing us. We we are looking back—to remember Jesus and to remember who we are, and we trust that God will lead us into the future together. Stewardship they have Ask campers to think of something that they been taught, or some piece of wisdom or future would want to pass on to their children scripture, or a generations. It can be a saying, a wisdom with quote. Invite them to share their time, invite someone next to them. If you have heard from campers to share something they particularly their partner that they thought was them could even have them write insightful. You Close with down and turn them in if you want. from previous a prayer for the wisdom we receive campers, as the generations and a blessing on the they pass it on. keepers of generational wisdom, as Invite campers to close their eyes and take eyes and take to close their Invite campers How: Ask them to tryslow deep breaths. to match their next to them, breathing speed with the person As out slowly together. in deep and breathing them that we are all a connected they do, remind influencing and with each person community, by everyonebeing influenced else. Ask the it is the Holy Spirit blowing in campers to imagine can with each breath. You and out of each person explanation of ubuntu, a prayer, close with a brief a song. or maybe go into Breathe with Me Breathe poster and give thanks to God for their gift to the gift to for their to God thanks and give poster and the world. community

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shalom, offering others grace when they are Communion where Do you remember the Snickers commercials people who were random celebrities played cranky hungry? they were back After they ate a Snickers, to their normal, happy (and not celebrity) selves. We all have times when we are tired or cranky. We all have had bad moments where being “hangry” have or caused us to say something we shouldn’t act out in other ways. As we take communion, we remember that God understands all of our can bring our We emotions and loves us anyway. also remember that Jesus feelings to God. We set us an example to reach out and heal what is broken. This meal reminds us we are loved, even and it also challenges us to work when cranky, for at their worst. God invites us all – gathering us as one at this table. May it lead us to shalom. Seeking Shalom and markers Supplies: Large pieces of paper Friends, Church, the words Family, Write How: of paper on separate sheets and World Community, the worship space. After and hang them around invite campers to visit each the scripture reading, conflict they wish could find page and write a own experience or shalom. It can be from their Play some soft music in the others they know. background as they move. Stewardship and not Explain that listening can be a gift, Invite listening is often the cause of conflict. share one thing campers to turn to a partner and they worry about. Ask the listener to ask a follow- attention up question to show they were paying to the question, and care. After getting an answer so does God.” the listener says, “I hear you, and Invite everyone in unison, sharing to shout out Close their personal worry as a communal cry. the passion and with a prayer of thanksgiving for listening ear. compassion shared and for God’s Before campers leave, invite them to take a stone take a stone to invite them leave, campers Before the have dropped for whomever might and pray them represents. Remind the conflict it stone and us to and challenges releases all we hold that God seek peace. InsideOut:

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RESPONDING TO TO RESPONDING SCRIPTURE Foot Washing Foot Washing Supplies: chairs, towels, plastic bins, warm water, Washing”, pillows or pads. Invite campers to take turns washing one How: This can take a while, so you may feet. another’s want to play some music or sing some songs while they participate. Start with some staff to set the example, or maybe some peer leaders. From there, the person who gets their feet washed then kneels feet. Encourage and washes the next person’s campers not to trade spots or go out of their way to wash the feet of a friend but to follow Jesus’ as a sign example and be willing to wash anyone’s of service Be encouraging and unconditional love. want to take the servant role if someone doesn’t but have a leader ready to step in and assist if someone is uncomfortable. don’t want to make too silly. If you are going to are going If you silly. too to make want don’t in worship, consider washing activity do a foot as act out the scripture few peer leaders having a the feet the ones washing then become it is ready, to application moving from scripture of others, other Campers become much of a stop. without in the room, having their feet disciples of Jesus passing on the example. washed too, and Service Loving large jars/baskets pens, Supplies: Slips of paper, Explain that agape is not a feeling but a How: free to choose motivation for action that we are about some act or reject. Invite campers to think of service they can do in the next 24 hours at examples like camp for someone else. (Give some hold door for everyone in my small group, let take someone’s someone go in front of me in line, tray at lunch.) Give everyone a slip of paper and and place in a ask them to write this action down pass the basket basket. Once they are all collected, back around and ask everyone to draw a task. to accept or Remind them that they can choose always choose reject the challenge, but God will . to actively love them—this is agape

DAY4 196 InsideOut: Today’s story can easily be acted out, but Today’s remember that it is also a powerful story that you Scripture Sharing All: Thanks be to God! All: Show campers a basic heart shape with your Invite hands, matching the daily icon for today. them to make the shape with their hands. For this prayer time, invite them to complete the sentence, “I see love when…” Ask them to make a heart hand and lift it up to God for each prayer. Campers can share as many statements as they want. Close with a communal prayer for the abundant love in the lives of all campers. One: In Jesus we see just how big God’s love for us love for God’s One: In Jesus we see just how big is. of the People Prayers All: His love shows us how to love one another. one another. to love us how shows His love All: One: Jesus gathered together with his disciples; we One: Jesus gathered together with gather here with friends. All: His love shows us how to love one another. one another. to love us how shows His love All: One: Jesus did more than just talk; he led by One: Jesus did more than just talk; example. Opening Litany Say: “Dear God, angryWhen we are … stubborn…When we are When we struggle to forgive… own way… When we want our and cranky… tired really When we are Each day of camp, Lord… Amen.” The statements can be read by a camper or by a camper or can be read The statements counselor. Invite campers to respond to each statement with to each statement to respond Invite campers shalom.” “Help us seek the words, Benediction

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Scripture Sharing Invite campers to follow your motions as the may want to repeat a scripture is read. You few times keeping, creating a prayerful reading experience. Prayers of the People Prayers sway to the Invite campers to reach up high and prompts for left or right with you as you give opportunities prayers. Explain that you will offer and then to name a need or prayer for yourself, and that you a need or prayer of someone else, will offer multiple prayers for both, going back and forth. Ask the campers to bend to their left and call out a prayer concern for themselves, then after a moment of silence, ask campers to bend to their right and call out a prayer for someone else. “Hear Ask campers to reach straight up and say, our prayers, God.” Repeat this pattern four to five If you have time, times without being in a hurry. consider mixing in some basic yoga poses before involving the full body. and after this prayer, Benediction “God, or counselor: Say, by a camper Can be read us serve like you love. Help help us love like Jesus served. and you call us to be, us be the people Help fall short,when we your amazing us again of remind agape love! Amen.” Opening Litany Love yourself. Love your Reader 1: Love God. neighbor. way easier said than done Reader 2: That’s sometimes. Love your Reader 3: Love God. Love yourself. neighbor. might be Reader 1: Imagine the peace that possible! Love your Reader 2: Love God. Love yourself. neighbor. shows us how. All Readers: Let us praise God, who InsideOut: Communion you? Is Is there anyone who tries to overfeed tryingthere a grandparent who is always to offer Is there you more, even when you are stuffed? who is always encouraging a person at church kids you to have a donut or slips the younger and shared candy when no one is looking? Meals another – a food are often a gift from one to a family or way of expressing our love and being When Jesus washed the disciples’ community. feet, they were gathering for a special meal that love. Jesus reminded the community of God’s went a step further by washing their feet as they came in. Can you imagine the emotions in that room? I wonder what you are feeling for the people around you tonight? I wonder if you are feeling how much God loves you? As we share this communion – bread and cup – know that you are always loved and claimed as part of God’s Even when we are full of crankiness or family. doubt, God feeds us love and keeps on feeding us. Come on, eat up! Stewardship our and that in Explain that memory has power, memory can preserve we things. By remembering, we have received or what we we pass on what each camper a small rock and have known. Give scripture is filled with people remind them that presence in places. name God’s stacking rocks to take a moment of silence to Invite campers to when someone reminded think about a moment lovable. Ask them to think them that they are to them as about that person who reflected love they come forward their rock on a table and place of blessing on the rocks, Share a prayer or altar. love represented. giving God thanks for the acts of them and Invite campers to take a rock with they pass place it in a natural place (not indoors) that spot, they regularly at camp so when the pass called to love will remember they are loved and others. If you have technology as part of your of your as part technology have If you BTW: service, time in to begin this you might want Live Love” Washing after watching “Foot worship on YouTube. Benediction “God, Can be read by a camper or counselor: Say, Help us find our balance. help us find our center. When we too wound up, settle us down. When we are too apathetic, set our hearts When we are are on fire. us of others’ needs. When we are remind self-centered, us how precious of ourselves, remind not taking care be just two of May loving ourselves and others we are. the things we do to show our love for you. Amen.” Stewardship is that not giving to think of times Ask campers of paper each one on a piece Write a good thing. low holes punched it in a tin can with and drop is done, Once the brainstorming on the sides. can of times we there are lots that campers remind people a hard time, not giving help by not giving competing with them. Lift our opinion, or not the group listed. Use a lighter up other examples and let the smoke lift up to burn the suggestions need to give” as a prayer to God. “what we do not Communion Somehow, self – Love neighbor. Love God – Love these. It can be we are supposed to balance all of occasion, even hard. People can be difficult. On God sounds we can be difficult, right? Loving but doing that things that show we love easy, a meal is a God gets complicated. Maybe sharing know how else good place to start when we don’t we offer a to keep the balance. Sometimes when something person food, or sit and share a meal, Sometimes happens that brings us together. enough to let when we are eating, we stop long each other. our hearts and minds catch up with meal, the Sometimes when we are sharing a us away from divisions and expectations that pull suddenly room each other fall away and there is this time of for us to notice God with us. May and communion help us set aside distractions in our heart divisions, making room for others and God in our midst.

CENTERING CELEBRATING neighbor. neighbor. RESPONDING TO TO RESPONDING SCRIPTURE 198 InsideOut: In advance, place some mirror titles on a How: focus table with some dry-erase markers. Invite campers to look into one of the provided mirrors and think about the following questions: What does God love about you the most, and what is love to others? one way you can reflect God’s Invite campers to reflect on their answers, then write one with a marker on the mirrored tiles. Supplies: Different kinds of mirrors (hand, mirror tiles, mirrors on stands, etc.), dry-erase markers, separate mirror tiles Mirroring God’s Love Love God’s Mirroring It is easy to not think of people as our neighbors. It is easy to not think of people as moment. Who Think about your own town for a you are is a “neighbor” who needs love? When You come forward and offer your prayer. ready, or just pray can write their name and adjective, silently. Love thy addicted “Love thy ______“Love thy ______being sure to leave the blank line so it Neighbor,” or two as an can be filled in. Fill in the first one example such as: Love thy worried Prep for this encounter by writing over and Prep for this encounter by writing How: over: Love Thy Neighbor Thy Love Supplies: Large whiteboard and markers or markers chalkboard and chalk or paper and Reach your hands up high at “There is no…” Reach your hands Hold your right hand out wide at “as yourself.” Hold your right hand Hold your left hand out wide at “love your at “love your left hand out wide Hold your neighbor…” Hold your hands to your heart at “You shall love shall love heart at “You hands to your Hold your the Lord…” Reach your hands up high at “Hear, O Israel…” “Hear, high at up your hands Reach

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RESPONDING TO TO RESPONDING SCRIPTURE Stewardship Ask campers to think of a cause they care about and imagine what people might need, other than to make a difference with that issue. money, Large self-adhesive bandages (one for Supplies: Large self-adhesive bandages (one clips. each person), markers, string, paper * This activity is done in two parts. The first would be then it is and a part the day, time earlier in of group worship. concluded in group How: to Ask them bandage and marker to each camper. that hurts. You think about something about life being bullied; might need to give an example (I’m the hurt I’m sad a lot, etc.) Ask them to write to you. This on the bandage and then return it After group share activity. should be a silent/don’t time, bring the bandages to the worship space. Before service, string up a line in the space. Take each bandage and clip them one at a time to the line. During worship, invite the campers to come know about and view the hurts that we didn’t Ask them to prayerfully take one and one another. place the bandage on their arm, as we hold one another with our pains. Pray for this person. Play an appropriate song to give some intentional background music for this prayerful activity. in Action Peace sticks, tape, markers Supplies: Poster boards, paint work together to design Invite campers to How: a cause, protest an injustice, a sign to celebrate beliefs. Encourage them to or advocate for their that are easy to chant. be clever or use words their signs to the front of the Ask them to bring they can all be seen. Choose a worship space so invite theme and Peace Works few that echo the Remind campers them together. campers to chant and that that these signs are prayers to God, work. Close being an advocate can be spiritual work for “We by inviting campers to pray loudly, peace because peace works!” Bandages of Hope InsideOut: DAY6 done! can! we can! can be Yes we Yes All: It All: One: Sometimes society makes it seem like peace One: Sometimes is impossible. God says, and action. One: Let us worship our God of hope Scripture Sharing scripture would be a good opportunity Today’s to lift up the reading in multiple languages. You could also do a “tag-team” reading where campers take turns reading, with one taking over for the others as they go and reading a few overlapping words as they transition. This could be a few Readers could also change readers, or many. languages as they go, as long as the next person knows where to start. Remind campers that God hears our prayers, and Remind campers that God hears our another’s that we are often the answer to one community to prayers. God can work through a stops to change lives, and when a community we are already participating in the outcome. pray, issues or prayer Invite campers to call out justice “What do concerns. After each, ask the question, have campers we need to start a response?” and out that “Just us” and “Just us!” Point answer, we are called “Justice” sound a lot alike, and that prayers of by God to be the answer to the justice and have a those who need help. Invite sharing to model the staff member or peer leader ready call response as you start the prayer time. Prayers of the People Prayers All: One: Sometimes classmates make it feel like other classmates make it feel like other One: Sometimes important thing opinions are the most people’s risk our reputations to shouldn’t we have, that we God says, help a stranger. Yes All: One: Sometimes the world tells us we can’t take tells us we can’t the world One: Sometimes still protect ourselves. God says, care of others and Opening Litany Opening

CELEBRATING God, ready to make to ready God, we belong. believing leave RESPONDING TO RESPONDING TO SCRIPTURE Tools Work Peace note marker, Supplies: Large sheets of paper, roll of tape, tape measure, wire cards, hammer, cutters, wrench Scripture Sharing images and scripture has some powerful Today’s might want to have extra voices phrases. You highlighting chime in on those words or phrases, they know a copy of the scripture for them so in the could also read it when to jump in. You round—having people start at the beginning after other readers have already started. This would be loud and chaotic by the end, but a nod to cause tendency to both Pentecost and the Spirit’s peace. and calm chaos as we bring about God’s We All: we worship, wherever welcomes us to One: God were. others. to welcome promising leave We All: us a way toward peace and One: God shows compassion. join together praising We All: it happen. of the People Prayers markers needed) (popsicle sticks and of popsicle sticks and Place a large number or pass them markers around the worship space to think out as campers arrive. Invite campers for peace when about things they can do to work these on the they get home. Campers can write popsicle sticks, then bring them forward and place of the worship them side by side down the center At the end, space like a wooden plank bridge. as a bridge name the symbol you have created imagines from where we are to the future God all the gifts the for us. Ask a prayer of blessing on the work that campers have to share at home and will be done beyond camp.

!’. Amen.” ® DAY7 Come, eat! And when others have the Come, eat! And when others have ® same feelings, and we see them struggling alone, same feelings, and we see them struggling them to the we stand with them, and even invite you can. saying, “Yes, Table Lord’s 200 InsideOut: One: God invites to this place everyone who has felt out. Opening Litany Lord, “Lord, Can be read by a camper or counselor: Say, you have given us each amazing gifts and even powerfulmore is the way we use them together as a Give us the courage to face the challenges community. in our own the problems of our world and confront and friends us grant up, giving like feel we When lives. community who will shout, ‘Si se puede Benediction Jesus’ disciples didn’t know if they could manage Jesus’ disciples didn’t know the details, They didn’t what was coming. soon. but Jesus kept talking like it was coming happen, but He tried to warn them what would real. This last want it to be maybe they didn’t time as Jesus supper together was an important when times encouraged them to remember him we do the same thing. We were hard. Today, ourselves that celebrate communion to remind things. When God empowers us to do amazing you be loved, Jesus says, “Yes, we feel like we can’t the overcome can.” When we feel like we can’t you can.” When fears around us, Jesus says, “Yes, take our can’t we feel like we are not worthy and Sí you can.” place at this table, Jesus says, “Yes, se puede. Communion Invite them to think about what they might have might have they about what to think them Invite would family that or in their church at home shout invite campers to are willing, help. If they they have to contribute, cause and what out their is needed that their cause and what or share knows another camper provide. If they can’t could fill that need, they or their community Close with can do that.” “We they can respond, in for all the resources a prayer of thanksgiving the ways we can help one the community and another.

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Benediction the campers to When you point to them, invite daily themes of answer your statements with the camp. “God, Say, us in the spirit of… (Aloha!) welcome You us and connected us in… (Ubuntu!) gathered You us how much we need… (Shalom!) taught You us to show… (Agape!) reminded You us to seek the balance of… (Heiwa) invited You you if we could be peacemakers, When we wondered said… (Sí se puede! Say a prayer of blessing for all the stewards and and the stewards for all of blessing prayer Say a of their practice campers to continue encourage they are at home. with them when stewardship Communion his disciples hung out in the After Jesus died, they had celebrated his last upper room where know what to do They didn’t meal with them. how to go back to the know next. They didn’t we get ready to leave As to know. world they used have some similar feelings. How camp, we might after the experiences we do we go back home in that room with his have had? Jesus appeared them not to be afraid and assured friends and told Spirit would guide them. As them that the Holy that same we share communion, we remember us to guide promise—the Holy Spirit will be with The Spirit us, even as we make hard decisions. will be with us as we try changes in our to make also know that lives and the world around us. We this meal again when we forget, we can celebrate his love for and remember Jesus’ teachings and know but don’t stay, everyone. When we can’t of welcome is how to go—we remember this table us out. As Aloha! also a table of blessing that sends work for shalom, greeted us it also sends us out to to share agape, to find heiwa. aloha… table, imagine Jesus says, aloha! And Now we go with your Spirt, and with your blessing as we all say again… (Aloha!) InsideOut: CENTERING Stewardship Ask campers to bring the pineapples they received at the beginning of the week to worship with them. During the stewardship time, invite campers to share with the group how they fulfilled the good steward task on the pineapple or how they were challenged by it. they drew, After the scripture is shared, invite campers After the scripture is shared, invite How: reflect on their to look at each of the posters and a sentence about week. Read each daily theme and can even lift the word they learned about. You or memorable up special events from that day, allowing a moments. Go through each day, moment of silence after each for reflection. At the end, remind campers that aloha is a blessing as well as a welcome. Invite them to turn to those “Aloha, go work for peace.” around them and say, as We Go We Aloha as Supplies: Posters with each of the daily themes and scripture written on them. Invite campers to walk around and look at each Invite campers to walk around and to write their station and its questions. Ask them different items. answers on the paper around the moving and Play some music while campers are writing. Once everyone has had time to explore the responses the different stations, read some of all the work for from each and close in prayer for peace that is represented by the campers. Wrench: What do you need to hold onto tightly if What do Wrench: you are to work for peace? Wire Cutters: What needs to be cut off, let go of, Cutters: What Wire or eliminated to bring peace? Tape Measure: What needs to be measured, Measure: What needs to be measured, Tape to help bring peace? studied, or explored Roll of Tape: What or who needs to be held What or who needs Roll of Tape: of brokenness? together in the face Hammer: What barriers to peace still need to be Hammer: What barriers broken down? In advance, write the reflection question for question reflection write the In advance, How: Place on a note card. as shown below each tool around can walk tools where campers each of the large sheet of paper at them. Place a and look the corresponding tool along with under each note card. DAY 2: UBUNTU 2: DAY DAY 3: SHALOM 3: DAY Has there been a time this week when things to? go the way you wanted them didn’t Do good things ever come from times that does that start out seeming so good? How don’t happen? What was your favorite thing we did as a whole What was your favorite cabin today? to do something as a group? When is it better that is? Why do you think being a part of a group? What is hard about How is every person in a community important? Conversation Prompts Conversation • • Conversation Prompts Conversation • • • • and Have campers participate in call Prayer: the word of the day is the where response prayer, response. spending time Counselor: God, we thank you for together as a cabin. Campers: Ubuntu. person in our Counselor: May we feel how each cabin is important. Campers: Ubuntu. being important Counselor: May we feel ourselves in our cabin group. Campers: Ubuntu. know how Counselor: May we help one another we are connected while we are here. Campers: Ubuntu.

DAY 1: ALOHA 1: DAY Cabin Devotions – Children and Intergenerational and – Children Devotions Cabin What do you do for someone who comes to What do you do for someone who welcome? visit when you want them to feel everybodyHave you ever felt different than made it when you go somewhere new? What feel better? How do you think God welcomes? 202 InsideOut: Campers: Aloha. Counselor: May we appreciate what is the same and different about us. Campers: Aloha. Counselor: May we help others feel welcome too. Campers: Aloha. Counselor: May we feel welcome by everyone during our time. Campers: Aloha. Counselor: God, thanks for this time we will Counselor: God, thanks for this time spend together at camp. Conversation Prompts Conversation • • • and Have campers participate in call Prayer: the word of the day is the where response prayer, response These devotions are designed to be conversational, are designed to be conversational, These devotions prayer experience. They are followed by a brief before bed, but you could best used in cabins or even for a “Morning adapt them for mornings, divided into experience. Devotions are Watch” and “Prayer Suggestions.” “Conversation Prompts” best fit your campers but Use these as they intentionality and ability to remember that your for these devotions will be be completely present in engaging campers. the biggest factor

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DAY 6: SI SE PUEDE SI 6: DAY What’s something you did for someone who something What’s needed help that felt good to do? When is it hard to help other people in need? What it unique about you from everyoneWhat it unique about else in the cabin? campers in What do you respect about other the cabin? When did we all win this week? this week? What is the most peace you’ve felt Conversation Prompts Conversation • • Counselor: May we know people who show us show us who people we know May Counselor: of love. that kind Agape. Campers: worry. this love and not May we show Counselor: Campers: Agape. Prompts Conversation • • • • and Have campers participate in call Prayer: the word of the day is the where response prayer, response. for the way each Counselor: God, we are thankful one of us is our own thing. Campers: Heiwa thing, and we are Counselor: All of us are our own all loved. Campers: Heiwa all through the Counselor: May we feel that love day tomorrow. Campers: Heiwa Counselor: May we show this love without wanting anything back for it. Campers: Heiwa InsideOut: DAY 4: AGAPE 4: DAY Have you seen someone do something good for Have you seen someone do something have to do so another person when they didn’t this week? someone Why is it good to do something for get something out of it? even if you don’t feet? Who Why did Jesus wash his disciples’ would you do that for? What does it feel like when someone does have to? something for you that they didn’t What’s the best way to fix problems between between problems to fix best way the What’s broken? things seem people when Campers: Agape. Counselor: May we look for ways to do good easy. works, even when it isn’t Campers: Agape Counselor: God, we are thankful for big love that does great things. • • • Have campers participate in call and Prayer: where the word of the day is the response prayer, response. • Conversation Prompts Conversation Campers: Shalom. Counselor: May we see signs of you in each other Counselor: May we see signs of you and in ourselves. Campers: Shalom. Counselor: May we find ways to come together Counselor: May when life hurts us. Campers: Shalom. Counselor: May we still appreciate one another, we still appreciate one another, Counselor: May agree. even when we don’t Campers: Shalom. • be with us during our difficult Counselor: God, times. Have campers participate in call and participate Have campers Prayer: of the day is the where the word prayer, response response.

. . . . ® ® ® ® DAY 7: ALOHA AND BEYOND AND ALOHA 7: DAY Why is it good to help other people even when when people even other to help is it good Why it is tough? you like to help? Who would Campers: Si Se Puede Counselor: May we change the world and make it Counselor: May we change the world a better place for everyone. Campers: Si Se Puede Campers: Si Se Puede Counselor: May we always be looking for other Counselor: May people in need. need, help us Counselor: When we see people in not be too afraid to help. 204 InsideOut: Say a prayer of blessing over your campers and ask God to be with them as they continue their spiritual journey. Prayer Suggestion Prayer Conversation Prompts Conversation challenge Before saying goodbye to your campers, time. They can them to keep a nightly devotion as nightly simply repeat the themes of camp reflections to carry them through a week or come up with their own prayer play. Campers: Si Se Puede • we are thankful for the times you Counselor: God, need something. help us when we • in call and participate Have campers Prayer: of the day is the where the word prayer, response response.

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What are some conflicts in your life or the What are some conflicts in your life be fixed? bigger world that you wish would Have you ever had a big falling out with someone you really cared about? What happened? Did it get fixed? Have you seen any moments today where people had a chance to right some kind of wrong? Where should we be looking for those moments this week? What are some things that you think are true of What are some things all humans? felt most “at one” with a group When have you of people? God in those How have you experienced “at one” with a group? moments you felt Conversation Prompts Conversation • • • Suggestion: Set this prayer up as a prayer Prayer for peace. Have campers, one at a time, name peace people or situations they’d like to see God’s enter into. As each person or situation is named, have everyone say in unison, “Give it/them/ him/her peace.” As you close, consider repeating “shalom” multiple times. • • • Have everyone Suggestion: pray their Prayer all at once. Explain that when own prayer aloud, saying you begin, everyone else will say a prayer, Everyone will whatever they feel compelled to say. prayers everyone’s speak aloud, so as they pray, no one prayer will be heard, but at the same time feels put on will be focused on. So that no one finish, have the spot for being the last one to when they everyone repeat “Amen” over and over, finish, until everyone is saying “Amen” together. Consider This is a form of prayer as community. repeating “ubuntu” multiple times at the end of your prayer. InsideOut: Cabin Devotions – Youth – Devotions Cabin DAY 1: ALOHA 1: DAY DAY 2: UBUNTU 2: DAY When did you feel most together as a cabin today? Do you think people in general know how to Do you think people in general know welcome other people? most What place in the world do you feel place that welcomed? What is it about that makes you feel that? What would What has felt welcoming today? feel welcoming tomorrow? you imagine When you imagine God, how do God welcoming you? • Conversation Prompts Conversation • Conversation Prompts Conversation • • • of silence. a moment Suggestion: Take Prayer of God. Have your cabin imagine their image Imagine that image of God welcoming them to camp this week. Now have them imagine themselves doing that very same thing at camp. Finish by praying that we might receive and give aloha throughout the week. Consider repeating the word “aloha,” multiple times at the end of your prayer These devotions are designed to be conversational, are designed to be conversational, These devotions prayer experience. They followed by a brief before bed, but you are best used in cabins for mornings, or even for an could adapt them (printing experience Watch” individual “Morning each camper) that is self- out questions for are divided into “Conversation guided. Devotions Suggestions.” Use these as Prompts” and “Prayer campers but remember that your they best fit your ability to be completely present intentionality and factor in for these devotions will be the biggest engaging campers. ® .” Continue until ® DAY 6: SI SE PUEDE SE SI 6: DAY DAY 7: ALOHA AND BEYOND AND ALOHA 7: DAY Tell about a time you did something good for about a time you did something good Tell you. others that surprised in the world you feel What are some problems to work on? particularly drawn you have never worked with Who are people do you think it would be like before, and what to partner with them? in the you see changing of things do What sorts groups world because of the work that certain of people are doing? Conversation Prompts Conversation challenge Before saying goodbye to your campers, them to keep a nightly devotion time. They can simply repeat the themes of camp as nightly reflections to carry a week or come them through up with their own prayer play. Suggestion Prayer Say a prayer of blessing over your campers and ask God to be with them as they continue their spiritual journey. ” multiple times at the at the times heiwa, ” multiple word, “ the repeating prayer. end of your Prompts Conversation • • • • areas the different Suggestion: Take Prayer campers are mentioned in discussion to which where the feeling drawn. Do a call and response, movement in leader says “God, we hope to see .” The group camper feels drawn area then responds with “Si Se Puede every answer has been lifted up.

DAY 5: HEIWA 5: DAY DAY 4: AGAPE 4: DAY Think about someone you have a difficult time Think about someone you have a them that respecting. Think what it is about times is tough to respect. Now think about in your life when you have been guilty of How do you think of this something similar. person now? How do you think of yourself? Have you ever given a gift when you didn’t receive a gift back? Have you ever received a get a gift for? gift from someone you didn’t What does that feel like on both sides? In what ways could a situation like that be a good or beautiful thing? How do you think loving our neighbor as our self is similar to loving God? What are the hardest things about people to about people the hardest things What are love unconditionally? counselors, staff, or camp Have you seen any sort of task you felt was a leaders doing some humble task? love can be naïve? Do you think unconditional Why? choose to love this way? Why would Jesus 206 InsideOut: • • • a prayer in haiku (3 Suggestion: Write Prayer lines: first line 5 syllables, second line 7, third line 5) and repeat it together several times. Consider Conversation Prompts Conversation Conversation Prompts: Conversation • • • • light, or all : Use a candle, tea Suggestion Prayer the cabin. Instruct the cabin the flashlights in the prayer that all lights will be turned off when “God please begins. Begin the prayer by saying, love to even bring the light of your unconditional light or turn the darkest times.” After that is said, the phrase with on one light. Continue to repeat time, until all one new light lit or turned on each again and close are lit. Then have all lights go out even in the saying, “God, may we feel your love ” multiple times dark.” Consider repeating, “agape, as you close.

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Music is an important part of camp, and much of • “Children Welcome” (David Edwards, 2015) singing is communal. It helps create community and builds a “soundtrack” for the week. Repeating Day 2 songs each day makes everyone feel connected, • “Weave” (Hymn) and even those who are not big singers can fall into familiar tunes and lyrics, even if it is • “One in the Spirit” (Hymn) only in their head. The following songs are • “If We Are the Body” (Casting Crowns, 2003) recommendations to match the daily themes. • “One Bread, One Body” (Hymn) Some match up theologically, while others are • “Come Together” (Beatles, 1969) explicitly connected to the scripture. Some will work better in worship or a campfire. Others • “Get Together” (Youngbloods, 1967) are better for background music in a worship • “All the People Said Amen” (Matt Maher, 2013) experience. The age of your campers also impacts • “We’re All in This Together” (Cast of High School song selection. Have other suggestions? Let us Musical, 2006) know and we can share them online to help everyone’s camp experiences better. If you have • “One Love” (Bob Marley and the Wailers, 1965) video of your camp singing any of these, please • “Turn the World Around” (Harry Bellefonte, share those too. We love to celebrate what God is 1977) up to in your camps! • “Kids’ Peace Song” (Peter Alsop, 2015) Peace Works • “We Are the World” (USA for Africa, 1985) • “Over the Rainbow/Wonderful World” (Israel Kamakawiwo,1993) Day 3 • “I’ve Got Peace Like a River” (Traditional) • “These I Lay Down” (Hymn) • “Peace Train” (Cat Stevens, 1971) • “We Can Work It Out” (Beatles,1965) • “I Can Only Imagine” (Mercy Me, 1999) • “Peaceful World” (John Mellencamp, 2001) • “Let there Be Peace on Earth” (Hymn) • “Peace Love & Understanding” (Elvis Costello, 1979) • “Give Peace A Chance” (Plastic Ono, 1969) • “Belleau Wood” (Garth Brooks, 1997) • “Imagine” (John Lennon, 1971) • “Kum Ba Ya” (Traditional) Day 1 • “Shalom My Friends” (Hymn) • “A Part of the Family” (Hymn) • “Lift Every Voice and Sing” (Hymn) • “Table” (Andra Moran and Josh Elson, 2001) • “We Shall Overcome” (Hymn) • “The Welcome Table” (Hymn) • “You Can Do this Hard Thing” (Carrie • “Grab Another Hand” (Traditional) Newcomer, 2016) • “Table of Friendship and Love” (Bryan Sirchio, • “Long Hard Road” (Nathan Brooks, 2010) 1995) • “My Life Flows On” (Hymn) • “Be Our Guest” (Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, • “Take My Hand” (Hymn) 1991) • “Lead on O Cloud of Presence” (Hymn) • “Big House” (Audio Adrenaline, 1993) • “We Didn’t Start the Fire” (Billy Joel, 1989) • “Come in, Come in and Sit Down” (Hymn)

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Day 4 • “With a Little Help from My Friends” (Beatles, 1967) • “Sister, Let Me Be Your servant” (Hymn) • “He Ain’t Heavy; He’s My Brother” (The Hollies, • “Jesu, Jesu” (Hymn) 1969) • “Dream God’s Dream” (Bryan Sirchio,1995) • “I Can” (Nas, 2002) • “New Song (Number 40)” (Andra Moran and • “Glory” (John Legend, 2015) Josh Elson, 2001) • “If I Had a Hammer” (The Weavers, 1950) • “Heavy” (Birdtalker, 2016) • “Marching to Zion” (Hymn) • “Love Rescue Me” (Bob Dylan/U2, 1988) • “Pure” (Supercheck, 2010) Day 7 • “The Greatest Love of All” (Whitney Houston, • “We Are Walking in the Light of God 1986) (Siyahamba)” (Hymn) • “Bridge over Troubled Waters” (Simon and • “Step by Step” (Rich Mullins, 1991) Garfunkel, 1970) • “Day and Night” (Andra Moran and Josh Elson, 2001) • “Where Were You?” (Alan Jackson, 2002) • “Trading my Sorrows” (Darrell Evans, 1998)

Day 5 • “Come and Find a Quiet Center” (Hymn) • “The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow” (Hymn) • “Sanctuary” (Carrie Newomer, 2016) • “Sanctuary” (Traditional) • “Amazing Grace/Peaceful Easy Feeling” (John Newton/Eagles) • “Jesus Calls Us o’er the Tumult (Hymn) • “Brave” (Sara Bareilles, 2013) • “She Used to Be Mine” (Sara Bareilles, 2015) • “Video” (India Arie, 2001) • “This Is Me” (Keala Settle in The Greatest Showman, 2017) • “Thankful” (Kelly Clarkson, 2003) • “Man in the Mirror” (Michael Jackson, 1987) • “Greet the Day” (Amy Grant, 2013)

Day 6 • “If I Could Change the World” (Eric Clapton, 1996) • “Lean on Me” (Bill Withers, 1972) • “Talkin’ bout a Revolution” (Tracy Chapman, 2005)

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How: Clean off the pine cones (you can get rid of Arts and Crafts bugs by putting them into the oven at 350 degrees for about 10-15 minutes and letting them cool). Coat the pine cone with yellow paint. You just Peace Pals Art Contest need to paint the outside tips of the pine cone. Set Anytime before the end of June (to meet contest aside the painted pine cones to dry. deadline) Cut the green construction paper into grasslike Why: Connect campers (ages 5 – 16) to an strips. Using a small straw, start curling in the tips international art contest that they can participate of the leaves. Making the leaves different heights in again from home, and even involve their will make it more interesting. Bunch your leaves congregation. together so they curve outward from the center and use clear tape to hold the bunch together. Supplies: 5" x 7" pieces of paper or canvas, Insert the green paper in the top of the dried pine various art supplies depending on the interests of cone. It may be necessary to hot glue it. the campers, camera and Internet access to submit campers’ work for review Paper Plate Dove How: Use the information in the Peace Partner Best for Day 3 Packet to help campers create a work of art to enter in the Peace Pals International Art Contest. Why: The use of a dove and olive branch as The message, “May Peace Prevail on Earth” should a symbol of peace originated with the early be visible on the page. Visit their website for this Christians, who portrayed the act of baptism year’s unique theme. See the Peace Partner Packet accompanied by a dove holding an olive branch for direct website links and other information. in its beak. A dove is also a symbol of the Holy Spirit as it appeared at Jesus’ baptism.

Pine Cone Pineapples Supplies: Cheap white paper plates, markers, Best for Day 1 scissors, tape, string or ribbon

Why: The pineapple has a long history as a How: Cut the plate into thirds with the outside symbol of hospitality. When the sea captains of pieces becoming the wings, and the middle New England returned to the colonies, they would becoming the body of the dove. On the back of unload their cargo and then would go home, the center part, draw the dove’s body. The easiest stopping outside their homes to spear a pineapple way to draw it is to make a shape like a snowman on a fence post, indicating a safe return from the with a small top circle (head), a larger middle sea. The pineapple was an invitation for friends to circle (body), and instead of a third circle, you visit, share food and drink, and listen to tales of can simply extend two lines outward to the edge the voyage. The pineapple is grown abundantly to form tail feathers. Cut on your lines, and then in Hawaii, where our word for the day, aloha, assemble like a dove with one of the big wings originates. on each side. Secure the wings on the back of the dove with tape. Draw on some simple feet, a beak, Supplies: Pine cones, yellow acrylic paint, and eyes with markers. Tape a piece of string or paintbrush/sponge, green construction paper, ribbon on the back of each wing so you can hang scissors, small straw or other tool to curl the your dove. You can also use googly-eyes or other construction paper, tape, hot glue (optional) creative additions.

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Lots of Knots Friendship Bracelet BTW: Although it would make quite a thick bracelet, you could use one color for each keyword Best for Days 2 and 5 (aloha, ubuntu, etc.) Why: Friendship bracelets are made to share with friends and remind us of our connection to other Stained-Glass Cookies people. Best for Day 3

Supplies: Multiple colors of embroidery floss, Why: Broken candies becomes beautiful cookies. safety pin Supplies: Rolling pins, cookie sheets, aluminum How: Grab three or four (or more) colors of foil, cooking spray, colored sugar candies, sealable embroidery floss. (The more colors you choose the plastic bags, hammer, sugar cookie dough, oven, thicker your bracelet will be.) For each color, cut cookie cutters, knives, spatulas a length of string about two to three arm lengths long. Gather all of your strings together. Find the How: Let campers help unwrap and divide middle of the strings and fold in half. candies, placing each color in its own plastic bag. Tie a knot to make a loop. Make sure your loop Seal the bags and then crush the candy with a is big enough for your strings to go back through hammer. Save the crushed candy for later. Roll later. This is the loop you’ll send your strings back cookie dough out to 1/8- to ¼-inch thick. Cut through to tie it onto your wrist when you’re out larger cookie shape and then cut out a small finished. Slip the loop onto a safety pin. Fasten shape inside the cookie so that the cookie has a the safety pin to a stable surface. Tip: To take hole in the center. You could do hearts, doves, your project outside or on the road, pin it to your peace signs, or other simple shapes. Move cookie pants! to a cookie sheet that already has a layer of aluminum foil that has been lightly sprayed with Gather all but one of your strings together in one cooking spray. Once all of one group’s cookies hand. Keep one string off to the side. are on a cookie sheet have them fill the holes in A - Create a loop with your single string off to one the cookies with crushed candy pieces. Bake the side. cookies for 6-8 minutes till golden brown. Allow B - Pull the end of the same string around the to cool and remove from the foil. Place in bags to other strings and through the loop. be given to other campers at the next meal. C - Pull your string tight. D - Holding all of the other strings taut, pull the As the cookies bake, ask the campers what had to single string upward until your knot reaches the be broken in order to make these cookies. Invite top. them to wonder about brokenness and how it can Repeat steps A-D over and over again. When be a good thing. you’re ready to change colors, simply return your single string to the other strings. Pull out a single Make Your Own Mezuzah string of the next color you’d like to use and Best for Days 5 and 6 continue tying knots (following steps A-D). Check the length as you go to decide how long you want Why: Most Jewish homes have a mezuzah on their your bracelet to be. doorpost. These are boxes containing scrolls with the Shema, Judaism’s central prayer, written on When you’re finished, tie a knot at the end using them. A mezuzah is hung on the right side of the all of the strings. Leave a few inches of string doorpost and is there to remind the inhabitants at the end and cut off the excess. Remove the that the home is a holy place. The Shema includes bracelet from the safety pin. To tie, pull the excess the commandment that Jesus quotes in the string through the loop and tie a knot. scriptures for these days: Deuteronomy 6:5—You

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shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and this practice best fits your camp’s schedule and with all your soul, and with all your might. In this communal life. activity, campers make a mezuzah of their own that also includes the second commandment Jesus Peace Sign Dream Catcher gives in Mark 12:31—You shall love your neighbor as Best for any Day yourself. Why: The peace sign was designed in the 1950s for Supplies: Boxes or tubes for the mezuzah—jewelry a British peace movement group. In this activity, boxes (these can be ordered in quantity online), campers can make their own peace sign as a pill bottles, short lengths of PVC pipe, or anything reminder of their experience with the Peace Works that the scroll can fit into that is longer than it camp theme. is wide; materials to decorate the outside—paint, markers, colored tape, stickers; paper cut to size Supplies: Embroidery hoops or other metal or to fit rolled up into the mezuzah (parchment-look wood hoops, 5-8" in diameter (these could also be paper would be especially nice); pre-printed copies made from metal clothes hangers), sturdy wire, of the text for younger campers or those who have wire cutters, yarn, washi, or colored duct tape; difficulty writing; markers; scotch tape beads; feathers; ribbon

How: First, decorate the outside of the mezuzah. How: It might be helpful to cut wire to size ahead Make it as beautiful as possible. Traditionally, a of time: cut two pieces for each dream catcher the that are a little larger than the diameter of the ,(ש) mezuzah will have the Hebrew letter shin first letter of the Shema, on the outside, so you hoop. One will go across the center, and the might want to include this in the decorations. other will be bent in half to create the “legs” of Next, make the scroll. It is possible to include the the symbol. Attach the wire “legs” to the center Shema in Hebrew, but since the second part of our wire piece by twisting them around it or by using scroll, the quote from Mark, was not originally in duct tape. Attach the center wire piece and the Hebrew, you probably want to do it all in English. “legs” to the hoop using duct tape or twisting. Have students copy the verses onto their scrolls: Use the yarn or tape to wrap the hoop and the center symbol. This step will help to keep the You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, center symbol attached, so don’t be stingy! Once and with all your soul, and with all your might. You the entire hoop and symbol are wrapped, add shall love your neighbor as yourself. streamers at the bottom by tying ribbon or yarn to Have the campers roll the scrolls up and insert the bottom section, and attach beads or feathers. them into their mezuzah. If necessary, tape the container shut.

Origami Cranes Best for Day 5

Why: Teach campers how to create cranes, symbols of peace they can continue making and share with others

Supplies: Origami paper, or paper cut into squares

How: Use the directions in the Peace Packet to create your cranes. Multiple Daily Activities across the age groups include making cranes. See how

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Multi-Day Projects Supplies: Leather cord, colored beads How: Cut two strands of leather cord, long enough to go around each child’s wrist plus a bit Help your campers really connect to the theme by extra. Tie the two cords together at one end. Tape involving them in week-long activities designed to the knot to a table to make it easier to work with, support the theme of Peace Works. then choose the color bead for aloha (yellow). Have the child string the bead on one strand of Peace Cranes (or Doves) the cord, then slide the other strand through Why: Introduce the symbol of a peace crane to the the bead from the other side. It will make a loop campers and create a visual reminder of the theme around the bead. that everyone can see. Each day, add a different color bead. Suggestions Supplies: Paper, tree (real or drawn) would be (but use whatever color you like)

How: Create a tree full of peace cranes throughout Aloha – Yellow (you’ll need two per camper of this the week. Peace cranes can be made using origami bead) techniques or simple cut-outs from paper. The tree Ubuntu – Green could be a real tree, a branch secured in a pot or bucket, or even a tree mural on a large piece of Shalom – Blue paper. Watch as the tree grows as your campers Agape – Purple learn more about peace. This could be expanded to a summer-long project, and even be used as a Heiwa – Red camp promotion at church assemblies through the Sí Se Puede® – Orange year. See the Peace Packet’s links from The Peace Crane Project for options on folding cranes or At the end of the week, make a knot after the last doves. bead and then tie around camper’s wrists.

BTW: The Peace Crane Project will help you For a visual of the bracelet knotting, look at exchange cranes with international partners, https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Leather-Bracelets sending your camp’s cranes to another country in exchange for some made by their children. Prayer Mural

Peace Pole Why: Praying for one another is one way to promote peace. Scripture challenges us to pray for Why: A Peace Pole is an internationally recognized one another—even for those we don’t like. symbol of welcome and hope. Supplies: Clothesline, index cards, clips, cards, Supplies: See Peace Partner Packet files. pens, pencils, markers

How: Use the resources and directions in the Peace How: String a clothesline between two posts, Partner Packet to prepare the ground, install, and trees, or even pin it to a wall. Have index cards bless a new Peace Pole at your camp. (cut in half) and clips available (If you use a thin twine or ribbon, you can even use paperclips) Peace Bands Provide a station with the cards, pens, pencils, and markers for campers to write people, events, Why: Bracelet will remind campers of the themes or things they would like to pray for or about on of their week at Peace Works camp. the line. Each day, ask one group to pray for the

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Extras cards on the line, either by individually naming How: Peace works when we build bridges them or by lifting them all up to God. There are between people. In one area that can remain up a number of Daily Activity experiences where all week, give each group materials to build a campers are asked to pray for others. This can be bridge. Materials might include toothpicks and an extension of those experiences, or simply a marshmallows, building bricks or blocks, stones, stand-alone opportunity. clay, twigs, etc. Creativity is the key! Each group should have two small index card-sized signs. BTW: Consider using a hula-hoop and some thick One should read “Peace” and the other “Works”. cord to create a giant peace-sign shape. Hang it At the beginning of the week, they should select up in a central place and provide ribbons and what materials they would like to use, and mark a markers. Invite campers to write prayer concerns start point. At that start point, they should place on ribbons, then tie them to the peace sign. their “peace” sign. Lay a small piece of blue paper Peaceful Party to mark what the bridge should go over. Each group should make sure to work on their bridge Why: Give the camp an event to anticipate and each day, planning on finishing on Thursday. cooperate around all week long. Camp counselors should make sure each camper is included in some way in building the bridge. Suppplies: Depends on what the campers plan for When the bridge is finished, the ”Works” sign the party. should be added to the end of the bridge. Display How: Plan an end of the week celebration by the bridges so that all the campers can see how working all week to plan a party for your last creative peace-building can be. If possible, this meal together, or for a fun break at the end. would also make a great display to show parents. Give each group or cabin (or other portion of your camp structure) a part of the party to plan Blowing in the Wind and carry out. One group might be in charge Why: Build a simple wind chime decorated with of special placemats (from paper) for the tables. symbols of peace One group might make invitations, and another develop games. One group might come up with Supplies: At least two small terracotta pots for a skit about peace, another might learn a song to each camper (if they will chime by clapping into teach the others. Don’t forget decorations, set up, each other, they need to be able to nest), thick music, whatever your situation will allow for. The twine, large wooden beads (larger than the pot campers should be working on the goal a little bit drain hole), flat, large bead or pendant, outdoor- each day, so that when you have your “party” on rated acrylic paint, paint brushes the last or next to last day, they can see the results How: Paint the pots on the outside with the of everyone working together to celebrate the gift acrylic paint, using several coats. Encourage of peace. Food can either be your regular meal, or campers to include symbols for peace such as the perhaps popsicles on the grass. daily icons. Let them dry. Cut a piece of twine Bridges to about 50". Tie the large, flat bead or pendant to the end of the twine. Its size and shape catch Why: Create a visual reminder of the work the wind, causing your pots or beads to chime required to build peace. against one another. Tie on a wooden bead about 3" above the flat bead that will chime against Supplies: Index cards, pieces of blue paper or the bottom-most pot. About 2" to 4" above this blue index cards, bridge construction material bead, tie on another bead to support the pot. (i.e., toothpicks and marshmallows, toy building String on your pot through the hole in its base. blocks, stones, clay, twigs) If working with pots of the same size, include the

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Peace Charm Why: Give campers a peace bracelet to carry the message of peace home.

Supplies: Fimo or other polymer bake-able clay, embroidery cotton, bamboo skewers, small letter stamps, a list of all the key words for the week

How: Invite the campers to select their favorite word from this week and show them how to take different colors of clay and swirl them, make them into beads, skewer them on the bamboo skewer, and then stamp the letters of their favorite work in the beads. Then bake the clay and string the finished beads on cotton embroidery thread. Let them make several if they wish to give some away. Beads do not have to be round. Square blocks, oval, and longer beads work too.

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the heel of another youth, who then becomes Games “It.” To make sure the tagging of a heel is safer, require all campers to crawl on hands and knees. This puts heels within reach and slows everyone Pin the Party on the Pineapple down. Why: Emphasize hospitality and welcoming as symbolized by the pineapple. Building Bridges

Supplies: Large paper pineapple, tape, small and Why: Illustrate bringing people together for the colorful party decorations, blindfolds sake of peace.

How: Have each youth select a party decoration, Supplies: Set of any type building blocks— like a streamer or noisemaker. Blindfold students wooden blocks, Legos, Duplos, Lincoln Logs, one at a time, spin them around a couple of Tinker Toys, etc. times, and have them tape their decoration to the How: Instruct campers to determine which gifts pineapple. When everyone has had a turn, tell are needed among personnel to construct a real campers that the decorated pineapple represents bridge—engineer, surveyor, steelworker, general the Great Banquet, to which everyone is invited. contractor, etc. Campers decide together which camper plays each role, and then work with their Crane Game determined gifts to build a bridge that connects Why: Campers become familiar with traditional two points. Give them time to build their bridge, peace symbols. playing their various roles. Invite them to imagine two regions that have been at war with each other Supplies: none and what other roles and gifts might be needed to truly “bridge” that conflict. The group leader may How: Play this game like the traditional “rock, need to play the role of mediator if disagreements paper, scissors,” but instead, rainbow (arms occur. touching in a circle overhead) is above crane (fly like a bird), which flies over peace sign (index and Let U B U middle fingers in a V). To lessen the competition, play so that no one loses or is eliminated but Why: Build community by working together. instead moves to a different part of the room based on their peace symbol designation. Supplies: Space where youth can comfortably lie on the floor or ground BTW: Try the game once or twice in silence, other times allowing verbal communication and ask How: Campers work together to create human- youth which version feels more peaceful and why. formed words and symbols that represent peace, welcoming, and community, either by lying down Heel Tag or standing up. Have them try ubuntu, peace sign, aloha, agape, shalom, heiwa, sí se puede®, and any Why: Remind campers of the story of Jacob and others the group comes up with. Esau while they expend some energy. BTW: Body prayer can be a fun form of expression Supplies: none for younger youth. End this game with a body prayer for peace. How: Relay the Genesis 25 story of Jacob and Esau’s birth, with Jacob gripping Esau’s heel. In a confined area, have the student who is “It” touch

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Water Works Why: Practice teamwork and get wet on a hot day.

Supplies: Water source, rainbow-colored water balloons, bucket or tub to hold filled balloons, multicolored sidewalk chalk

How: Draw a rainbow arch on the pavement, about 10 feet from end to end. Divide campers into two teams, one team at each end of the rainbow. When members of both teams successfully throw a filled balloon back and forth, each person having one turn, everyone takes a step farther apart, and a larger rainbow is drawn. This continues until all balloons have been used. Once the game is over, have campers collect all the pieces of balloon, divide them by color, and use them to color a portion of the rainbow. You can take a picture of the rainbow at the end.

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Extras Group Building and What’s Your Part? Best with Day 2

Challenge Activities Why: Gets people sharing about their story and invites others to make connections. Every camp is different with a variety of challenge Supplies: One length or rope/cord, 15 to 16 feet course and group recreation tools available. long, tied in a circle, for each group This section is provided to help you apply the principles and practices we apply in low and high How: Start with everyone holding on to the ropes course work, even if it is expressed in a rope with both hands. Participants move people simple, grounded, activity. around so that the rope forms the outline of various body parts. You can let one person select a Name Ball part, then lead them, or you can assign the parts and see if the group can form it together. Best with Day 1 BTW: Encourage people to stay connected to the Why: Group building and name memory are rope as they create the map for each person’s important early in any week of camp. story. This helps group members feel connected Supplies: Two different colored lightweight to the story/place, even if they have never been balls and a mid-sized open area. Works best with there. groups of 10–15 people. Trust Rope Activity How: Group stands in a circle, facing in, with space between each person for tossing a ball. Each Best with Day 2 person learns the name of the player on their Why: Build a community of trust in a safe, fun left and right. Hand one of the balls to a player way. This challenge has a gradual progression to and instruct them to pass the “Right Ball” to it, modeling that trust building is a process rather the person on their right after/while calling out than an event. their name. Let the “Right Ball” pass around the circle a couple of times, then remove it. Repeat Supplies: One rope or webbing tied in a loop, this process with the other colored “Left Ball,” 15-16 feet long. This rope will be holding the except reverse the direction of passing. Now have weight of your whole group, so it needs to be everyone scramble around the circle and find strong. Activity needs to be in a level, obstacle- a new spot where they are not directly next to free space. either of their original partners. Put the “Right How: Invite the group members to grasp the rope Ball” into play. Players must locate the person with their hands and feet about shoulder width who used to be on their right, call out their name apart. Then invite the group to lean back slightly and toss them the ball. When the passing is well and balance the circle. Then reset; a “1, 2, 3, along, add the “Left Ball.” For a higher level of Up” command works well for this. Trust is built challenge, additional “Left” and “Right” balls may on the experience of past actions; therefore, it is be added. Make sure all “Left” and “Right” balls necessary to reset often. As you add in more steps, match in color. keep resetting, and the trust and excitement levels BTW: For a bit of fun, add in a rubber chicken or will continue to grow because each reset feels like other colored throwing object, which can only be a win for the group. Next, have the group lean passed to people who were NOT on your right or back, balance the circle, and then take a couple left in the original group, though you still must steps forward. Reset. Have the group lean back, call out names. balance the circle, take a couple steps forward,

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The final challenge is more difficult with younger Why: Help participants accept responsibility for campers. If you’ve reset often, you will have built their part in a conflict. up enough “wins” that the group can be allowed Supplies: Bowl full of water, towel to struggle a bit with this last challenge. It is best to ask the campers if they feel ready for a higher How: Recruit a volunteer, place the towel over challenge. Have the group lean back, balance the their shoulder, then hand them the bowl full circle, and then slowly bend their knees, lowering of water and ask them to hold it so the water the group almost to a sitting position, then slowly doesn’t slosh out. Give them a few seconds, then raise back up. gently tap or shake their arm so water sloshes everywhere. Ask the group, “Why did the water BTW: The final challenge feels awesome, so feel spill on the ground?” The answers will typically free to do it a couple of times! You can also revisit range from, “because you pushed him,” to this activity later in the week to refocus the group “because you’re a jerk.” Then challenge them with back on community and unity. this question, “If the bowl had been filled with popcorn, would it have spilled?” The obvious Blindfold High Ropes answer is, no, popcorn would not have spilled on Best with Day 2 and 3 the ground. So then, re-ask your original question, “Why did Andy spill water on the ground?” Why: High ropes activities impose a challenge The idea you are trying to guide them toward or conflict on the individual. In the context is, “Because there was water in the bowl.” In a of community and responding to conflict, conflict, we are quick to put all the blame on the encouragement and support from the community other person: “He made me angry.” In order for is very important for overcoming obstacles. there to be shalom, a restoration of relationship, we must accept responsibility for our part in Supplies: High ropes course and blindfolds the conflict: “You pushed me, and I responded How: Check with whoever oversees the high ropes in anger,” or “The anger was already there, and course for safety considerations. Blindfold the your pushing me merely ‘shook the bowl.’” high ropes participants so that the community Invite the campers to try to figure out how the must communicate and give support for there to volunteer could have done something different be success. If your course can accommodate two to have created a different outcome. The solution participants at the same time, consider having is wrapping the towel around the bowl, pulling one person blindfolded and the other not, so the it tight across the top. Ask campers how being partners must climb or traverse together. honest about the emotions and issues within us might impact our approach to conflict. BTW: If a participant is struggling with having everyone giving instructions, consider designating BTW: If you have time, walk through this process one person as the helper for them. with multiple emotions, brainstorming cause and response scenarios with the campers. For example: “Your friend’s new toy didn’t make you jealous; the jealousy was already there. Your friend’s new toy just shook the bowl.” Other possibilities include bitterness, lust, or impatience. All lead to conflict and must be addressed to achieve shalom.

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Helium Bar This is a fantastic team-building game that will let you draw lots of conclusions about verbal Best with Day 5 or 6 vs. nonverbal communication, the difference Why: Practicing peace over competition. between loud, vocal “leaders” and those who lead Achievement comes through working together. by example, and more. Have fun with this team- building activity! Supplies: A thin, lightweight pole, 8-10 feet long, for each group of 10-15. A collapsible pole from BTW: Less often, a group may appear to be an old tent or a dowel rod works great. It could succeeding too fast. In response, be particularly also be done with a hula hoop with the group in vigilant about fingers not touching the pole. a circle. Leader Hint: Synchronization is key. If they group is struggling, you can suggest they chant How: Have the group line up in two rows facing together something like “1, 2, 3, Down. 1, 2, …” each other. Ask participants to point their index to coordinate their efforts. fingers and hold their arms out about chest height, then lay the “Helium Bar” over the Marble Movers outstretched fingers. Every team member must keep both index fingers in constant contact Best with Day 5 with the Helium Bar at all times. If anyone loses Why: Using cooperation instead of competition to contact, the team must start over at chest height solve problems. again (enforce this at your discretion, especially with younger kids). The Helium Bar can only be Supplies: For each group member: a “Marble resting on the index fingers. Pinching or grabbing Mover” (a 3-foot-long dowel rod with a plastic the pole is not allowed—it must rest on top of spoon taped on the end) and a mid-size cup; one fingers. The goal is to lower the bar to the ground. Frisbee or Frisbee-like container (something with a low lip edge) for the group, filled with four or five Once the teams begin to touch the Helium Bar, marbles for each player. the challenge will present itself rather quickly. The bar is so light that the up-force from each of the How: Place the container of marbles on the fingers trying to stay in contact is greater than the ground or floor. Have the participants sit in a weight of the bar. The result? Immediately, the circle at a distance where they can just reach stick will begin to rise. Some participants will try the container with their Marble Movers. Have to coach the others by giving verbal instructions everyone place their cup next to the hip of the like, “No, go down!” When that doesn’t work, same side as the hand they will be holding the they usually get more vocal (because the problem Marble Mover with (i.e., if they are using their is that everyone just isn’t listening to the leader, left hand, the cup goes by their left hip). Tell right?), and they will shout, “Down! Down! the group, “The goal is for each person to get as Down!” After they struggle a while, take a break many marbles as they can in their cup. Marble and ask the team to form a plan based on their Movers must be held at the end of the stick, with experience. Eventually, the group will start to only one hand. The task is complete when all the figure out the secret to getting the activity to marbles in the container are gone.” work. It will be very difficult, if not impossible, for each player to drop marbles in their own cups. But they will surely try. Eventually the group will figure out that they need to cooperate and place marbles in the cups of other people.

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BTW: For most groups it is likely best to ensure there are an equal number of marbles for everyone (but don’t tell them this at the beginning; let them figure out the cooperation tactic on their own!). However, for an older group, you may consider purposefully putting in an unequal amount of marbles to see how the group handles it and draw out topics of inequality, justice, fairness, etc.

Share My Journey Best with Day 6

Why: Active peacemaking requires that we follow the example of the Good Samaritan and go out of our way to share in the journey of others. This activity helps us learn to do this.

Supplies: One section of rope/cord/tape about 15–20 feet long

How: Place the rope/cord/tape on the ground to represent a timeline. Based on the experiences of the group up to this point, you may decide to have the line represent a person’s whole life, their time at camp, the next five years, etc. The members of the group walk together along the line while one person shares their experience of the predetermined timeline. The person sharing sets the pace with everyone else walking alongside them, sharing the journey together. At the end of the rope, the group turns around and repeats the process with the next person. You may consider adding a zig-zag or bend in the rope to visually represent life moments that didn’t go according to plan.

BTW: This is a very “safe” activity for campers who are shy or reluctant to share in group. Everyone is walking side-by-side rather than staring at the speaker, and the speaker has control over how long they share by walking slower or faster.

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how conflict in nature is different from conflict Science and Nature in human relationships. There doesn’t have to be a clear answer or consensus. Invite the campers to name ways people create unnatural conflicts in Playing Defense nature by invading or changing ecosystems. Best with Day 2 or 5 Boiling Up Why: Reflect on how other living things take care of themselves and one another. Best with Day 3 or 6

Supplies: Paper and markers Why: Use a simple experiment to see how pressure impacts water and discuss how pressure in our How: Take a walk and invite campers to stop and lives can impact peace or conflict. see what defenses various plants have to protect themselves. This might include bark, thorns, thick Supplies: Room temperature water, large syringe branches, etc. Some might even be hazardous to with no needle, cap or something to seal the people. Ask the campers to think of ways that syringe animals protect themselves and their community. How: Practice this before trying with campers Write their answers on a piece of paper. Invite to make sure you have a feel for the amount of the campers to reflect on the ways people protect pressure needed and can hold the syringe still themselves and others and how this compares to enough to observe. When ready, draw the syringe the examples they have explored in nature. Focus about a third of the way full. Quickly pull the on the different roles animals play and how they plunger back to extract air and create pressure work together. For example, different colorings of in the tube. The water will start boiling because males and females can match the roles they play of the amount of pressure it is under. Let the in caring for eggs or children. With older campers, campers observe the reaction, then spend some you might want to spend some time talking about time talking about how it works. You can either how human “defenses” can become hurtful to enter a conversation about the things that put self and others. Reflect on how these observations pressure on us and create conflict in our lives, or match or challenge the daily scriptures for days 2 discuss how there is more than one way to solve a or 5. How is nature like “the Body of Christ? How problem. does nature show love of self, others, and God? Crystal Clear Love Circle of Life Best with Day 4 Best with Day 3 or 5 Why: Make a cool craft and talk about experiencing Why: Explore some of the conflicts in nature and what our eyes cannot see. reflect on what it can teach us. Supplies: pipe cleaners, string, popsicle sticks, Supplies: Paper and markers tape, borax, small containers (jars or plasticware), How: Invite campers to make a list of predators hot water, small sandwich bags. and prey in nature. Ask them to try and track a How: Invite campers to make a small heart out of food chain forward and backward from one of a pipe cleaner, then tie a string between it and a their pair so that plants are at the beginning and popsicle stick. You can use tape to make sure it a primary predator in that ecosystem is at the top. doesn’t slide on the stick. Boil 1 cup of water for You can also draw it as a cycle, with the predator every 3 tablespoons of borax powder. Stir them eventually returning to the ground after its death together and pour into small containers with a to strengthen the soil for plants. Ask the campers

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Waves of Change Best with Day 5 or 6

Why: Explore movement and waves of energy as a way to discuss the impact we have on the world around us.

Supplies: long length of rope or a metal slinky toy

How: Have one person hold the rope steady at one end and stand about 5 feet away from them with the other end. Raise and lower the rope quickly to send a visible wave through the rope. Do this at different levels of intensity to show campers how the motion will create a return wave coming back at you if you send a hard-enough wave to start. Spend some time talking about the things we want to change in the world and how hard we might have to work in order to see some benefit from our efforts. After this discussion, set up the experiment again, this time repeating a steady simple motion to create a “down and back” wave that will almost look like you are spinning the rope for jump rope. If you speed up the motion, you can create a double arch that almost looks

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Use these questions to prompt theme-related and fun discussion during mealtimes, downtimes, or as time fillers. Use the questions in whatever way best serves the needs of the group.

If the discussion goes down a different path, be open to that and allow the campers to be creative and explore ideas together.

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Younger and Older Children and Intergenerational DAY 1: Aloha

• What was the best part of your trip to camp?

Younger and Older Children and Intergenerational DAY 1: Aloha

• I wonder how many ways there are to say “hello.”

Younger and Older Children and Intergenerational DAY 1: Aloha

• Do you think it’s hard to share a meal with someone you don’t know? Younger and Older Children and Intergenerational DAY 2: Ubuntu

• What makes you happy?

Younger and Older Children and Intergenerational DAY 2: Ubuntu

• I wonder if you feel happy when other people are happy.

Younger and Older Children and Intergenerational DAY 2: Ubuntu

• I wonder who belongs to any groups or teams. Younger and Older Children and Intergenerational DAY 3: Shalom

• I wonder what a “blessing” is.

Younger and Older Children and Intergenerational DAY 3: Shalom

• I wonder what people argue about.

Younger and Older Children and Intergenerational DAY 3: Shalom

• I wonder what “peace” looks like. Younger and Older Children and Intergenerational DAY 4: Agape

•I wonder how you show love to someone.

Younger and Older Children and Intergenerational DAY 4: Agape

•I wonder if God’s love is different than human love.

Younger and Older Children and Intergenerational DAY 4: Agape

• I wonder how you know that someone loves you. Younger and Older Children and Intergenerational DAY 5: Heiwa

• I wonder where your favorite place is to spend time with God.

Younger and Older Children and Intergenerational DAY 5: Heiwa

• I wonder what you do to take care of yourself.

Younger and Older Children and Intergenerational DAY 5: Heiwa

• I wonder what you do to take care of others. Younger and Older Children and Intergenerational DAY 6: Sí Se Puede®

• I wonder what type of parent you would like to be.

Younger and Older Children and Intergenerational DAY 6: Sí Se Puede®

• I wonder what you would teach if you were a teacher.

Younger and Older Children and Intergenerational DAY 6: Sí Se Puede®

• I wonder what kids could teach adults about peace. Younger and Older Children and Intergenerational DAY 7: Aloha

• I wonder what you will miss most about camp.

Younger and Older Children and Intergenerational DAY 7: Aloha

• I wonder how you will remember what you have learned this week.

Younger and Older Children and Intergenerational DAY 7: Aloha

• I wonder what you will tell your family about camp. Younger and Older Youth & Adults DAY 1: Aloha

• How did you get to camp today? Who brought you? Did you make any pit stops on the way here? Did you have any snacks for the road?

Younger and Older Youth & Adults DAY 1: Aloha

• When did you feel most welcomed to a new place or group?

Younger and Older Youth & Adults DAY 1: Aloha

• What’s the most important thing for us you to do to make sure everyone feels welcome at camp this week? Younger and Older Youth & Adults DAY 2: Ubuntu

• What’s the weirdest or funniest experience you’ve ever had as part of a group?

Younger and Older Youth & Adults DAY 2: Ubuntu

• What’s the hardest part about being in community? What’s the best part?

Younger and Older Youth & Adults DAY 2: Ubuntu

• As part of the Body of Christ, what gift do you have to share that will make camp awesome this week? Younger and Older Youth & Adults DAY 3: Shalom

• What’s the biggest mess you’ve ever made? How hard was it to clean up?

Younger and Older Youth & Adults DAY 3: Shalom

• How do you feel when someone is upset or disappointed with you?

Younger and Older Youth & Adults DAY 3: Shalom

• What’s the most important thing we can do make peace? In our world? In our communities? Here at camp? Younger and Older Youth & Adults DAY 4: Agape

• What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever seen someone do for love?

Younger and Older Youth & Adults DAY 4: Agape

• Jesus shared bread and wine in the story of the last supper. What food and drink would you share with those you love?

Younger and Older Youth & Adults DAY 4: Agape

• How do you know that someone loves you? How do you show love to others? Younger and Older Youth & Adults DAY 5: Heiwa

• What’s the craziest question you’ve asked a teacher?

Younger and Older Youth & Adults DAY 5: Heiwa

• Who is the person you most respect? Who’s hard to respect?

Younger and Older Youth & Adults DAY 5: Heiwa

• Jesus told the scholars the most important rule: Love God and Love Others. Why do you think it is the most important rule? Younger and Older Youth & Adults DAY 6: Sí Se Puede®

• “Sí se puede®” is a chant used by many who work for peace and justice. What’s the chant or song that keeps you going?

Younger and Older Youth & Adults DAY 6: Sí Se Puede®

• Whom do you see working for peace in the world?

Younger and Older Youth & Adults DAY 6: Sí Se Puede®

• If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be? What would it take? Younger and Older Youth & Adults DAY 7: Aloha

• What’s the funniest thing that’s happened at camp this week?

Younger and Older Youth & Adults DAY 7: Aloha

• What’s the first thing you’re going to do when you get home?

Younger and Older Youth & Adults DAY 7: Aloha

• Is there someone you know who needs to learn some of the things we’ve experienced at camp this week? How can you share with them? Extras

Ferguson and Faith, by Leah Gunning Francis Story Resources (Chalice Press, 2015). Observations and (Movies, Books, and Links) reflections from clergy and young activist leaders who participated in the events that followed the death of Michael Brown in This section provides ideas for additional Ferguson, Missouri. Explores the role of faith storytelling resources along with some extra leaders in times of crisis and social justice tools for exploring daily themes. Some of these movements. are children’s storybooks or movies while others are recommended as tools for leaders. It is recommended that you read through the list and imagine how you might use any resource before DAY 1 making a purchase. InsideOut has no relationship with the publishers on this list other than the The Peace Book, by Todd Parr (Hachette Book one Chalice Press book listed. These are simply Group, 2010). A wonderful introduction to the recommendations from our writes and leadership many themes Peace Works will explore. team to help equip your camp. You will find age- The Little Kids’ Table, by Mary Ann McCabe specific recommendations from this list at the end Riehle (Sleeping Bear Press, 2015). A children’s of each day’s Daily Activities. book telling the tale of a group of young kids at the “Little Kids’ Table.” Wonderful illustrations Books and Resources for Staff: and amusing rhymes make this book fun for Jesus and Nonviolence: A Third Way, by campers of all ages. Sharing a story like this Walter Wink (Augsburg Fortress Press, can help kids think about connections between 2003). Powerful scriptural exploration of their own table experiences and God’s table. Jesus’ teachings on nonviolence and social Aloha Is, by Tammy Paikai (Island Heritage change. Great tool for camp staff and highly Publishing, 2006). Talks about the different recommended to those “keynoting” or meanings of the word aloha. Beautiful “preaching” at camp. illustrations and simple text make this a good Pilgrim Prayer: The New Ecumenical Prayer book for young children to learn about aloha Cycle, by World Council of Churches (WCC and Hawaiian culture. Publications, 2018). Information on faith Baby Honu’s Incredible Journey, by Tammy Yee communities around the world and prayers (Island Heritage Publishing, 1997). Story of a from Christians who live there. young turtle’s birth, growth, and discovery of The Witness of Religion in an Age of Fear, by the world around him. Michael Kinnamon (WJK, 2017). Significant Parable of the Great Banquet. (KidsHubTV) reflection on the power of faith in the face of https://www.youtube.com/ disproportional fears. Another great tool for watch?v=4f7DZZgAPpY . Two-minute animated all staff who want to better understand the version of the parable with a blend of biblical challenge of peacemaking. and modern imagery. The Little Book of Strategic Peacebuilding, by The Children’s Bible in 365 Stories, by Mary Lisa Schirch (Good Books, 2004). Part of Batchelor (David C. Cook, 1995) “The Big a series generated from Eastern Mennonite Dinner Party” #273. Illustrated and simplified University. This is a great introduction to the versions of stories provide another voice for tangible process of peacemaking. storytelling.

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Pocketcultures.com – How to Say Hello in 20 Red: A Crayon’s Story, by Michael Hall Languages. (Greenwillow, 20015). A blue crayon is “Table of Friendship and Love,” by Bryan Sirchio mislabeled as red, leading to funny and (Crosswind Music, 1995). Available on youtube. insightful struggles with the crayon’s teacher, com. This is a story song that tells about two friends, and family. With the help of Scissors, very different students who showed others what Blue discovers what readers have always it means to share a table and welcome others. known—they are Red! Use this book with HawaiiFloralLei.com – www.hawaiiflowerlei. campers to help them recognize their value, com/leitradition.aspx even if others don’t see it. The Big Brag, by Dr. Seuss (Random House, The Invisible Boy, by Trudy Ludwig (Knopf Books, 1998). Story of some animals who feel they 2013). Brian feels invisible, like no one ever have to one-up each other in a bragging contest notices him. When Justin moves to his school, and the worm who humbled them. they are paired on a class project that helps them both grow, and Brian finally feels known. Les Miserables (Universal Pictures, 2012). The scene in which the bishop welcomes Jean The “Allegory of the Long Spoons”, YouTube Valjean into his home brilliantly illustrates the (https://youtu.be/7mGVOekKMRs). Based on radical hospitality of today’s theme. an ancient story about hunger and sharing, this animated video is part of Caritas’s “One Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas Human Family, Food for All” campaign. This (Universal Pictures, 2000). Cindy Lou Who one-minute short provides a great visual wants the Grinch included in Christmas, even representation of ubuntu. Campers could even though he’s smelly and mean. try to replicate the parable! Ratatouille (Pixar Animated Studios with Walt Are You My Neighbor? /The Gourds Must Be Disney Pictures, 2007). Remy the rat dreams of Crazy (Big Idea Entertainment, 1984). A short becoming a great chef, even though his family VeggieTales video that talks about the different doesn’t approve. With his brother at his side, gifts people possess. Junior Asparagus must Remy finds himself in the kitchen of his chef help the USS Applepies when they lose power. hero in Paris. His adventures and antics in the It ends up that two of the “new guys” have the kitchen remind audiences of all ages that food skill needed to save the ship. This is one of two brings people together. Clips from this can help episodes on this video. The other one would be young children to connect with the story of the applicable to the Good Samaritan story. Great Banquet or provide a backup rain/weather option! It Takes a Village, by Jane Cowen-Fletcher (Scholastic Press, 1994). Set in a west African village, this is a story of family and connection based on an African proverb. DAY 2 Aesop’s Fables: “The Bundle of Sticks.” Old wisdom about the strength of being connected Zandi Finds Ubuntu, by Tereria Trent (Halo and the vulnerability of anyone on their own. Publishing, 2016). Zandi guides readers through the African countryside around her home, Anthropologist’s story, credited to Lia Diskin. making connections about the natural world Many versions of this story are found in blogs. around her. This story can help campers put the An anthropologist offered a food prize to word ubuntu into context as an African term, children for winning a race only to watch them while also exploring how to achieve ubuntu in all go together as a group. Upon questioning life.

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the children about the behavior, he is Black Panther (Disney / Marvel, 2018). Story of a confronted with ubuntu as one child responds, king whose nation wrestles with how to share “How can one of us be happy if the others are its giftedness and its fear of losing its identity. sad?” Kings of the past guide the new king (who is Maybe God Is Like That Too, by Jennifer Grant also a superhero) as he leads his people into the (Sparkhouse Family, 2017). A picture book future. describing how a camper sees the Body of Invictus (Warner Bros., 2009). Intertwined stories Christ throughout their everyday life. The from South Africa of Nelson Mandela forming book is set in the city. It helps young campers a new government administration and the connect ideas with concrete examples. national rugby team’s evolution into a unifying When God Made You, by Matthew Paul Turner force. Powerful story of peacemaking and (WaterBrook, 2017). Beautiful pictures and interconnection. rhymes assure children that God made them Cool Runnings (Walt Disney Pictures, 1993). Story unique and beautiful. Doesn’t take the next of the Jamaican bobsled team overcoming their step to connectedness but is a great reminder own individual limitations, discovering their about how special each child is. strength through the eyes of each other. Stone Soup, by Marcia Brown (Aladdin Books, A Bug’s Life (Walt Disney Pictures, 1998). A 1997). Story of a community coming together colony of ants find their strength together, to create what none could on their own. while also making room for misfit outsiders. All Our Relatives, by Paul Goble (World Wisdom, They become more together than they could 2005). Collections of stories and traditions from have separately, while individually discovering Native American communities their personal strength. Voltron: Legendary Defender (Dreamworks Animation, 2016). Voltron is a cartoon adapted from a Japanese anime story with a 1980s DAY 3 version and a new Netflix version. Voltron is created from the combining of five spaceships Shalom Sesame Series (Sesame Street and that look like giant lions. Each lion has a Rechov Sumsum, 1986). A series of videos that personality of its own and is piloted by a explore Hebrew letters and provide a window young hero. The story is familiar to many into Jewish culture and Israel. campers, and always proves the importance Yaffa and Fatima: Shalom, Salaam, by Fawzia of cooperation and coming together to face Gilani-Williams, Chiara Fedele (Kar-Ben problems. Pub, 2015). A children’s storybook about two The Jungle Book (Disney, 2016). In this CGI young girls: Yaffa, who is Jewish, and Fatima, version of the story, we hear this poem about who is Muslim. A beautiful retelling of how community, “Now this is the law of the jungle, different cultures can help each other and the as old and as true as the sky, and the wolf that importance of friendship. shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that Everybody Says Shalom, by Leslie A. Kimmelman shall break it must die. As the creeper that (Random House, 2015). A children’s storybook girdles the tree trunk, the law runneth forward with examples of how in Israel shalom is used and back; For the strength of the pack is the to say hello, goodbye, and most importantly, wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack.” peace.

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God’s Story, “Jacob and Esau,” Crossroads Kids’ helps youth understand what happens after the Club (https://youtu.be/hGs1WfRKIoM). Short birthright is stolen. video that tells the story of Jacob and Esau The Lion King (Disney, 1994). Scar’s killing of from the beginning, and tells about them later Mufasa and manipulation of Simba provide reconciling, just not in detail. a parallel to the Jacob and Esau story—the The Holy Tales: Bible, “Jacob Makes Amends,” desire for power leads to bad behavior and (https://youtu.be/sl6IrTPo5LY). Animated story brokenness. about Jacob’s life after leaving home. Good Coco (Disney Pixar, 2017). Story of Miguel and overview but animation of Bible characters is his journey into the past hurts of his family. As very Eurocentric. a young child who is always in conflict with Alice Through the Looking Glass (Disney, 2016). his family and their expectations for his future, Story centers around the events that made the Miguel seeks someone who will understand Queen of Hearts so mean. Sibling rivalry and him. Looking to his ancestors, he unravels a family conflict are part of many characters’ mystery at the heart of his family’s conflict and stories, and healing is the hope of all. learns the importance of forgiveness. Carpenter Story, by David Wilcox, https:// Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. youtu.be/wvJur79mJDk . Story of a traveling Rowling (Arthur A. Levine Books, 2009). www. handyman who is hired to build a fence youtube.com/watch?v=FzQE_6Gvg_U -Ron and between two feuding farmers, but instead builds Harry function like brothers but the weight a bridge between their farms. of the horcrux makes the anger between 11 Birthdays, by Wendy Mass (Scholastic, 2010). them explode and their friendship is broken. Short novel about two friends who share a We see the importance of relationship and birthday and for the first time will celebrate reconciliation even when seemingly larger apart due to an argument. Like the movie, problems loom. “Ground Hog Day,” One of the girls wakes up The Zax, by Dr. Seuss (Random House, 1953). the next day to discover she is reliving the same Story of two stubborn people who refuse to day. As she tries different options with each give way to each other. The whole world goes do-over, she learns about herself and the power on around them while they pout and refuse to we each have to impact the world. budge. Tikki Tickki Tembo (Square Fish 2007) – Story of Peace Prayer, sung by Sarah McLachlan. (http:// a boy with a really long name who falls down a www.youtube.com/watch?v=agPnMxp5Occ ): well. The “honor” of being firstborn and having The Peace Prayer sung by Sarah McLachlan and a long name becomes a burden as his younger her students. brother goes for help but is hindered by having to repeat the long name each time he asks. Honor, pride and playing favorites are revealed to be sources of conflict that are less important than being a family. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat (Rice/Weber, 1982). This musical version of the Genesis story brings the characters to life and

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DAY 4 You are Special, by Max Lucado (Crossway, 1997). A story about being different from everyone The Original Warm Fuzzy Tale, by Claude Steiner else but being loved all the same. Also available (Jalmar 1983). The children and families in a video on YouTube. don’t know what to think after a mean witch Julia’s House for Lost Creatures, by Ben Hatke convinces them there might not be enough (First Second, 2015). A young girl moves into warm fuzzies for everyone to be happy. Cold a new place, but it is too quiet, so she invites pricklies may look the same, but they are not! everyone to be a part of her new home. Use this classic book to explore with campers of all ages the idea of giving love without the fear Under the Overpass, by Mike Yankoski that there may not be enough for everyone. (Multnomah, 2005). Mike and his friend Sam put their Christian faith to the test by living Jesús lava los pies a sus discípulos/Jesus alongside the homeless in six U.S. cities. Washes Peter’s Feet (Multilingual Edition) by Glynis Belec (Concordia, 2013). Spanish/ The Velveteen Rabbit, by Margery Williams English children’s book retelling the story of (Doubleday, 2014). This nearly 100–year-old Jesus washing the disciples’ feet through poems story follows a stuffed toy’s journey toward and beautiful illustrations. being real because of the love of its owner. The Family Story Bible, “Washing Feet,” by Ralph Miracle Worker (Playfilm Productions, 1962). Film Milton Westminster (John Knox Press, 1997). biography about the blind and deaf Hellen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan. The Tower, by Richard Paul Evans (Aladdin, 2014). Story of a man who wants to be great and Keep Changing the World, Mikeschair (https:// things that happen when he looks down on www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEmYhD90Lp0) others. Along the way, he learns that humility, . A shout out to the people who are trying to and lifting up others, is the path to true change the world for the better, over footage of greatness. a mission trip to Peru. Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories, by Dr. Seuss Places in the Heart (TriStar Pictures, 1984). Set (Random House, 1958). This story of a self- in 1935 rural South, showing racial tensions aggrandizing leader shows the rise and fall of a along with the injustice of economics. The turtle king who is opposed by a humble turtle. movie ends with everyone in pews at church, The book also contains the stories of “The receiving communion. Those receiving include Big Brag” and “Gertrude McFuzz.” Both extra those who have hurt each other, betrayed each stories are about vanity and bragging. Gertrude other, and even those who have killed each learns humility, while “The Big Brag” leaves us other (the dead and those still alive)—all sitting wondering if anyone learned anything. together in God’s house. God Gave Us Love, by Lisa T. Bergren The Wizard of Oz (1939, MGM). The Lion wanted (WaterBrook 2011). Lessons on love from one to be King of the Forest, but he needed courage. generation of polar bears to the next. Focuses The Wizard of Oz ran things behind the curtain on loving others we struggle to love, and how but was actually not a wizard. Both wanted God’s love sets the example for us all. something they did not have: to be a leader. God Wants Me to Forgive Them? (Big Idea, 2004). The Shack (Summit Entertainment, 2017), PG-13. VeggieTales videos that talk about forgiveness Mackenzie Phillips and his family suffer a and God’s love. Videos address the idea that devastating family tragedy. As Mac struggles God forgave us, so we should forgive and love to make sense of it all, he encounters God others. and God’s love in a very different way. A great option for a parents/grandparents movie night

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after young campers are in bed/out with camp expresses the concepts of mindfulness and staff. empathy. A Little Peace, by Barbara Kerley (National Geographic Children’s Book, 2007). Photo and DAY 5 essay reflection on peace that invites readers to reflect on examples from around the world. Sadako and the 1,000 Paper Cranes, by Eleanor Each photo and reflection show how every Coerr (Puffin, 1987). Story of a Japanese girl person can contribute to peacemaking in big who had leukemia, known as the “atom and little ways. bomb disease.” She begins folding cranes, Listening with My Heart: A Story of Kindness and remembering an old legend that the one who Self-compassion, by Gabi Garcia (Take Heart can do so will be granted a wish, and even Press, 2017). A story about the importance of wellness. The story includes her death, but also being kind to yourself while having compassion shares the hope she inspired in others and how for others. others rallied around her and found strength in her story. Score One for the Sloths, by Helen Lester (HMH, 2015). A new sloth moves into town and no Tao Te Ching, by Lao Tzu (Creative Space one quite knows what to make of her. But soon Independent Publishing Platform, 2015). she shows her gifts combined with theirs will Writings credited to sixth century BCE teacher save their school. Lao Tzu that speak of harmony and balance in all things. This is the primary religious Tiny and Hercules, by Amy Schwartz (Roaring text for Taoism, and has influenced many Brook Press, 2009). Sometimes our neighbors other religious traditions, artists, and cultures. don’t look like us, but we can find lots of love These short verses and poems are beautiful in the differences. This is the story of a mouse and strongly reflect the principles of peace we and an elephant that show love to each other. celebrate in heiwa. Are You My Neighbor? (Big Idea, 2006). Two Jewish Prayerbook Heb Israel Sidor “Shema stories about loving your neighbor. One deals Kollenu”children’s Electronic Siddur (Holyland with new people in town, and the other with a Souvenir, 2014). Jewish prayer book for children retelling of the Good Samaritan (day 6) . with the press and say buttons on the side. As My Mouth Is a Volcano, by Julia Cook (National you share the Jewish concept of Shammah, as Center for Youth Issues, 2006). Story of a child well as peace from a multicultural perspective, who cannot keep from saying all the things this resource can help expose campers to they are thinking, even when it is not the foundational Jewish prayers. appropriate time. Louis eventually learns to Hoot Owl Hoot, boardgame by Peaceable make space for others while sorting his own Kingdom. Players work together to get all thoughts. the owls back in their nest before the sun Mr. Rogers, a True Neighbor, CBS Sunday comes up. Fantastic noncompetitive game for morning, May 28, 2017 (https://youtu.be/ the whole family. Other games—Friends and TNpa352mVQk). Television tribute to the late Neighbors and Count Your Chickens children’s TV show host, the ultimate good 2-4 players, ages 4 and up. neighbor. I Am Peace, by Susan Verde (Harry Abrams Inc., Projecthappiness.com . Where the science 2017). Simple book with beautiful art that of happiness meets the art of living. Blog,

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programs, and quotes such as “When you have Counting on Community, by Innosanta Nagara more than you need, build a longer table, not a (Triangle Square, 2015). A young children’s higher fence.” board book (ages 1-5) highlighting ways that Would You Rather? Free Edition. Downloadable communities work together. This is a great game or write your own questions. Opportunity resource for campers with small children. for youth to answer questions about how they The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander and would treat others in various scenarios and to Cornel West (The New Press, 2012). Consider discuss ways to put others first. having this book in a small library for older To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee (Harper, campers. This is a great read for adults who are 2002). Atticus Finch demonstrates love of seeking to work for peace by addressing the neighbor by defending a man accused of rape. racial injustice of the American justice system. He guides his children, Jem and Scout, to see The King of Little Things, by Bill Lepp (Peachtree others’ lives from a different perspective. Publishers, 2002). Fun and funny story about how little things make a big difference. It is hard for campers to imagine that they can affect change in the world. DAY 6 Seeds of Change: Wangari’s Gift to the World, by Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers, by Jen Cullerton Johnson (Lee and Low books, Sarah Warren (Two Lions 2012). Story of a 2010). True story of Nobel Peace Prize winner teacher who wants to understand why her Wangari Maathai, whose tree planting in Kenya students struggle and is inspired to challenges shows the power of working together to create the injustices her young learners face every day. change. Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez, by The Name Jar, by Yangsook Choi (Random Kathleen Krull (HMH 2003). Chavez is known House Children’s, 2003). Unhei is the new kid for being a civil rights leader, and this story at school, having moved from Korea to the tells his rise from child to leader with poetic United States. She decides to ask the class for language and beautiful art. suggestions for her new “American” name, only He Named Me Malala (Image Nation, 2014). Story to find a new friend who encourages her to of Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani born girl who claim her own name and teach the class about has spoken out for women’s rights, especially her culture. They learn that friendship and the right to education, since she was very solidarity are powerful tools. young. Are You My Neighbor? (Big Idea,1998). One Good Deed, by Terri Fields (Kar-Ben, 2015). A VeggieTales version of the Good Samaritan ripple affect of giving that starts with one child. story. First episode is set in space, and the Repetition in the storytelling makes this a great second is the tale of the Good Samaritan retold worship book or one for children to join in on in a fun and creative way familiar lines. A House for Hermit Crab, by Eric Carle (Simon Heal the Earth, by Julian Lennon and Bart Davis Schuster, 1991). The hermit crab must find a (Sky Pony Press, 2018). Children ae invited new shell, but it is very bare. Along the way to imagine flying all over the earth to save the he finds new friends and each time a new environment and help others in need. This community is created. could be used for rest time, or another story Beatrice’s Goat, by Page McBrier (Aladdin, 2004). time. The story of how Beatrice was helped by people

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she didn’t know, and how the gift of a goat A beautifully illustrated children’s book about helps her to go to school. saying goodbye. This is a great book to read Three Samurai Cats, by Eric Kimmel (Holiday with campers who have made good friendships House, 2004). This is the story of how the old at camp and are emotional about leaving. cat defeats the heartless rats when the young A Pen Pal for Max, by Gloria Rand (Henry Holt cats fail. It’s a story about being wise, and and Company, 2005). A sweet book about a patient, and not resorting to violence. It’s a young boy who becomes a pen pal with a funny story, helping campers to see a new way. friend far away. This story provides inspiration What Do You Stand For?, by Barbara Lewis (Free to children and families to stay in touch with Spirit, 1983). Lessons and stories about building one another after camp as well as reach out positive character traits. to other families around the world building bridges and creating peace. Boyslife.org Test your skills in 10 emergency scenarios. Boy Scout merit badge training. The Quiltmaker’s Gift, by Jeff Brumbeau (Scholastic Inc, 2001). A wise and generous Cesar Chavez: Embrace the legacy (UFW, 2008). quiltmaker, with magic in her fingers and love from www.YouTube.com for humanity in her heart, sews beautiful quilts https://youtu.be/e7GCCBIgFaQ and gives them away. She becomes mentor to Selma (20th Century Fox, 2014). Story of the a greedy king, who learns the most valuable Selma, Alabama, march and how the civil rights lesson of his life. Under the quiltmaker’s movement gained power through diversity and guidance, the king gives away his extravagant community. possessions, and learns the true meaning of As Good as It Gets (Gracie Films, 1997). Grumpy happiness by bringing joy to the lives of others. old man becomes the good Samaritan who 50 Community Service Opportunities for Teen takes in a neighbor who has been beaten and Volunteers (https://www.teenlife.com/blogs/50- provides medical care for a poor family with an community-service-ideas-teen-volunteers). ill child. A list of ways youth can contribute to their Moana (Disney, 2016). Story of a young girl communities, broken down by how much time seeking change for herself and to save her they have available. people. Moana learns that she cannot change Popsicle Stick Bridge, by Ron Cherchuk (Self- the world on her own, and that the path published 2016). This eBook shows how-to to peace is filled with individual stories of and gives scientific details such as load limit, redemption and discovery. The courage of one capacity, etc. can inspire the transformation of a community E.T. (Universal Pictures, 1982). Great farewell as we stand and grow together. scene when the alien returns to his home planet. A reminder that those who have DAY 7 touched us continue to live on in our memories. Green Eggs and Ham, by Dr. Seuss (Random House, 1960). Classic Dr. Seuss story invites us to imagine what we could do, if we just tried. This is a great message for the journey back to “home” as campers image what they might do differently. Sun Kisses, Moon Hugs, by Susan Schaefer Bernardo (Inner Flower Child Books, 2017).

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Peace Works Journal

Journaling can be a powerful spiritual practice, allowing campers to process the concepts being presented at camp and to hear what God is saying to them directly about their unique concerns and situations.

The following pages offer some reflection questions, particularly for older campers. For younger campers, you might ask more general questions that are the same each day, such as • What was your favorite part of the day today? • What did you learn about God today? • Did you hear or do anything today that made you think of something God might want you to start or stop doing?

Emphasize that each camper’s journal is sacred and should be left alone by other campers. If you think journals would be safer if the counselor gathered them and put them in a safe place, have counselors do so.

Whether or not you use any of the suggested questions, consider setting aside time for journaling. Tell campers that their journals are just for them. If they would rather draw than write words, that’s fine. Journals are tools for getting in touch with ourselves and with God.

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Aloha

“‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’ ‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘What you ordered has been done, but there is still room.’ Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.’” —Luke 14: 21b–23 (NIV)

• What does it mean to welcome everyone?

• Is welcoming everyone exciting or does it cause concern? Why?

• How does God let us know we are welcome?

• What does “welcome” look like to you?

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Ubuntu

Indeed, the body does not consist of one member but of many. If the foot would say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. —1 Corinthians 12:14–15

• Do you think of yourself as more honorable or less honorable than others?

• How does it feel to know that we all have a place in God’s community?

• What role would you like to play in your community?

• What does “community” look like to you?

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Shalom

So he went in to his father, and said, “My father”; and he said, “Here I am; who are you, my son?” Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me; now sit up and eat of my game, so that you may bless me.” —Genesis 27:18–19

• When have you caused an argument or a conflict with someone?

• How do we undo a lie or a mean action?

• When we have hurt someone else, what do we long for or hope for?

• What does “conflict” or “hurt” look like to you?

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Agape

After he had washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to the table, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord—and you are right, for that is what I am. So, if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.” —John 13:12–14

• How do you think it felt for the disciples to have Jesus serving them?

• How do you feel when you are reminded that God forgives and loves you?

• What would it look like for us to love others like Jesus?

• What does “love” look like to you?

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Heiwa

“Which commandment is the first of all?” Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”—Mark 12:28b–31

• How does trying to win all the time make it hard to love God and love others?

• When might our need to win make it hard to love ourselves?

• How do we make room for God in our busy lives?

• What does “balance” look like to you?

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Sí Se Puede®

But a Samaritan while traveling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. —Luke 10:33–34

• When have you felt like you could have done more to help someone?

• How does it feel to ask for help?

• How does God use neighbors to answer our prayers?

• What does “justice” look like to you?

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Aloha

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.” —John 14:27

• How have you received peace?

• How can you give peace to others?

• What work has God called you to do for peace?

• What does “peace” look like to you?

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Peace Partners Packet

Welcome to a very special section of Peace Works. This section has lots of resources that can be used at camp and some others that are aimed at engaging campers (along with their families and congregations) once they are home. Peace is hard work and it requires people to work together. This section is designed to connect you and your campers with organizations, leaders, and resources that can help everyone do their own personal peace work.

Section 1: Daily Activity Support (referenced in the curriculum) • Folding Peace Cranes • Peace Pals Art Contest • Build a Peace Pole • Exploring the Gall-Peters Projection Map

Section 2: Denominational Partners’ Resources • Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) • Church of the Brethren • Presbyterian Church, USA • The Episcopal Church • United Church of Christ • United Methodist Church

Section 3: Amazing Partners and Resources • The Peace Crane Project • World Peace Prayer Society • Goi Peace Foundation • STAR (Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience) • United Farm Workers

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Folding Peace Cranes

Printed Directions: see below, blue shows front side of paper, yellow shows the back.

Supplies: a square piece of paper

Basic Instruction Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd9UlOveEYA&feature=youtu.be

Crane from a Gum Wrapper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4VsEkEBkCw&feature=youtu.be

Folding a “flapping wing” version: see next page

Visit www.PeaceCraneProject.org to find out how you can exchange cranes with a group of youth or children in another nation. Their site includes other tools for promoting peace and the arts. Check out their full page for other creative tools and resources.

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Folding a “flapping wing” version: see below, blue shows front side of paper, yellow shows the back. Supplies: a square piece of paper

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Peace Pals Art Contest

Art Contest: www.wppspeacepals.org

Peace Pals International is a program designed to encourage youth from around the globe, ages 5–16, to become peacemakers dedicated to living in the spirit of the words “May Peace Prevail On Earth.”

Each year features a unique theme, so you will want to visit their site in advance to see what this year’s theme includes. This is a project campers can participate in at early camps, or get their friends and congregation to participate in during the year. Check out the World Peace Prayer Society’s page for other tools and resources.

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Build a Peace Pole

Peace Pole Project: www.peacepoleproject.org

A Peace Pole is a handcrafted monument that displays the message and prayer “May Peace Prevail on Earth” on each of its four or six sides, usually in different languages. There are tens of thousands of Peace Poles in 180 countries all over the world dedicated as monuments to peace. They serve as constant reminders for us to visualize and pray for world peace. Directions

You will need to select a location in advance and make sure you have permission to dig and create a permanent addition to the campsite. Once you have permission you are ready to do the following:

1. Decide on a size and number of languages. https://peacepoleproject.org/order.html for more info 2. Decide which languages you will include, then order the printed plaques at http://shoppeace.org/ peacepole_vinyl_4.aspx 3. Order the correct size of pole. Making your own, download from https://peacepoleproject.org/pdf/ peacepolehowto.pdf 4. Dig a hole 2 feet deep. 5. Fill hole with a simple concrete mix and insert the pole. 6. Prop up the pole from the sides till concrete dries and hardens. 7. Add the language plaques. 8. Cover any exposed concrete with dirt or mulch. 9. Offer a prayer of blessing over the pole and celebrate together as a community.

Be sure to purchase all the supplies you need in advance.

Check out the World Peace Prayer Society’s page for other tools and resources.

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Exploring the Gall-Peters Projection Map

, 2011 Image credit R. Strebe to: Daniel Recognized as one of the most accurate maps in proportion and spacing spacing and proportion in maps accurate most the one of as Recognized Peters Peters Projection Map: — Gall

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Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Disciple Peace Fellowship: www.dpfweb.org

Disciples Peace Fellowship is dedicated to the elimination of war and to the biblical principles of peace and justice. We serve as a voice to and for members of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) who long for peace and justice to be at the forefront of our teachings and witness.

Peace Interns – camp counselors who are sent all over the country to participate in DOC camp and conference events, teaching about peace and justice issues.

#PeacePrayers – weekly worship prayers focused on themes of peace.

Issue Resources – more information and reflections on various issues related to peacemaking.

Contact: [email protected] [email protected] Twitter: @DPFtweets

Disciples Justice Action Network: www.disciplesjustice.net

DJAN was created as a grassroots organization committed to keeping the Church active in social justice issues and as a voice to make sure the Church is self-reflective in its own decision-making. Today this network of volunteer advocates pushes the Church to have a voice and echoes that voice through partnership and prayer.

Ecumenical Advocacy Days: advocacydays.org Blog: www.call2justice.net Contact: [email protected] Twitter: @DisciplesJAN Facebook: www.facebook.com/DisciplesJAN/

Disciples Center for Public Witness Making change requires direct engagement with political systems and organizations to make sure the voice of the Church is heard. This organization advocates through our current structures while trying to change them to be more just.

Web: www.disciplescenter.org Twitter: @DC4PW Blog: www.centerblog.org

Other Peace and Justice Partners Green Chalice: www.discipleshomemissions.org/missions-advocacy/green-chalice Creation Justice Ministries: www.creationjustice.org Disciples LGBTQ+ Alliance: disciplesallianceq.org Disciples Refugee and ImmigrationMinistries: www.discipleshomemissions.org/missions-advocacy/refugee-immigration-ministries

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Church of the Brethren

Our History of working for peace: From “Historic Peace Church” to “Every Church a Peace Church”

Check out this link to see how peacemaking, through the teachings of Jesus, has been at the heart of our identity, and how those principles have lead us to new understandings of our mission in the world today.

Our Tools for peacemaking: Kids as Peacemakers Mural Project (On Earth Peace curriculum for grades K-5)

On Earth Peace is excited to announce the updated Kids as Peacemakers curriculum! Originally created via a partnership between On Earth Peace and the Kids as Peacemakers, Inc., this curriculum has been transformed via current events—the refugee crisis, violence, race division, and other issues—making it pertinent to issues peacemakers around the world face today. The aim of this curriculum is “to reduce violence in our communities and develop leadership for peace in each new generation.” Youth Peace Retreats offered by On Earth Peace

On Earth Peace offers overnight and weekend-long peace retreats for youth. Working with local hosts— congregations, districts, camps, organizations—Peace Retreats are tailored to each group’s learning and fellowship goals. Topics can include: bullying, Christian advocacy, just peace, Brethren peacemakers, Christian nonviolence, peacemaking in everyday life, communication and listening, global justice issues, conscientious objection, understanding difference, biblical roots of peacemaking, conflict resolution, and peacemaking and the creative arts. Agape-Satyagraha Training: Leadership Training for Youth in Conflict Transformation and Nonviolent Social Change

On Earth Peace partners with local churches and organizations to offer Agape-Satyagraha Training, a leadership training program for youth teaching skills for conflict resolution and social change based on the nonviolent teachings of Jesus and Gandhi.

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Presbyterian Church (USA)

The Presbyterian Church (USA) connects Presbyterians and congregations in support of building peace and justice through the ministries listed below.

Compassion, Peace and Justice Ministry helps Presbyterians respond to the needs of the world’s most vulnerable people, address injustice in all areas of life, and advocate for peaceful solutions to conflict. This ministry area also provides disaster relief, direct service, capacity building, and development assistance to marginalized communities nationally and around the world. www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/compassion-peace-justice/ • Congregational Commitment to Peacemaking • Disaster Assistance • Environmental Ministries • Gun Violence • Human Trafficking • Hunger Program • Peacemaking Office • Urban Ministry

In Racial Ethnic & Women’s Ministries, we engage the Church in its mission to become more diverse and inclusive of racial, ethnic, cultural, and language groups, and we equip women for leadership in all ministries of the Church.

www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/racial-ethnic-and-womens-ministries/ • African American Intercultural Congregational Support • All Women in the Church • Intercultural Congregational Support • Racial Ethnic Leadership Development and Recruitment • Racial, Gender Intercultural Justice Ministries • Women’s Leadership Development and Young Women’s Ministries

World Mission connects with the National and International Young Adult Volunteer Program as well as International Mission Co-workers and global church partners. www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/world-mission/ • Countries and Mission Partners • Mission Co-workers • Young Adult Volunteers

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Office for Social Justice and Advocacy Engagement The Office of Social Justice and Advocacy Engagement is responsible for engaging Episcopalians in building, resourcing, and empowering advocacy movements and networks for social justice at a local and community level. Together with people in the pews, lay leaders, and clergy, the office develops and supports diocesan State Public Policy Networks, which build and support locally led coalitions for social change according to the policy positions of The Episcopal Church.

The Office of Social Justice and Advocacy Engagement executes creative leadership initiatives to mobilize Episcopalians on issues of social change and seeks to build and enhance communities committed to transforming unjust structures in societies, and to accompany and enrich the ministry of Episcopalians working to be catalysts for equality, justice, and transformation within their communities.

Racial Reconciliation Reconciliation is the spiritual practice of seeking loving, liberating, and life-giving relationships with God and one another, and striving to heal and transform injustice and brokenness in ourselves, our communities, institutions, and society.

Office for Government Relations Within a range of Episcopal Church policies, the OGR focuses on several key areas determined by the Church’s priorities of evangelism, reconciliation, and environmental stewardship, and issues where the Episcopal Church can have a unique and important voice at the federal level.

Episcopal Public Policy Network A grassroots network of Episcopalians across the country dedicated to carrying out the Baptismal Covenant call to “strive for justice and peace” through the active ministry of public policy advocacy.

The Beloved Community Story Sharing: [email protected]

The Beloved Community Story Sharing Campaign seeks to help faith communities and individuals to share and receive stories of faith, race, and difference and to become more effective healers, reconcilers, and ambassadors of Christ in the world. Episcopal churches everywhere are encouraged to explore and practice Story Sharing 1) within the congregation, 2) between different Episcopal congregations near and far, and 3) with friends, family, neighbors, faith communities, and civic partners.

For more information on any of these ministries:

Contact 212-716-6000, 800-334-7626

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United Church of Christ

We do Justice: www.ucc.org/justice

In the United Church of Christ, we do justice. In the ’60s we were part of the civil rights movement. We’ve been advocating for gay rights since the ’70s. We took on environmental racism in the ’80s. And in 2005, we were the first church in America to endorse marriage equality. We’re doing justice. Join us!

Many groups within our church are passionate about changing the world. Here is a list of various ministries and issues that the UCC offers and supports:

Environmental Justice: www.ucc.org/environmental-ministries

Neighbors in Need : http://www.ucc.org/nin Special offering that gives grants that your congregation can apply for.

Sacred Conversations to End Racism: www.ucc.org/sacred_conversations_to_end_racism

Peace and Justice Training: www.ucc.org/justice_justice-training

Take Action Network: www.ucc.org/join_the_network Visit the site to see the latest opportunities to gather, or sign up for alerts

Publications and Blogs: www.ucc.org/justice_advocacy_resources Find inspiring thoughts or resources for your congregation to share

LGBT Ministries: www.ucc.org/lgbt

Open and Affirming Coalition: www.openandaffirming.org

God Is Still Speaking! We believe that God is not done with us, and that we can listen to God’s call in our lives. If you don’t see the resource you need, ask someone and your church can help you create something new. God is still speaking, and it might be through you!

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United Methodist Church

Church and Society: www.umcjustice.org

The General Board of Church and Society is dedicated to the work of living faith, seeking justice, and pursuing peace.

The board is called to seek the implementation of the Social Principles and other policy statements of the General Conference on Christian Social Concerns.

Church and Society works to fulfill the mandate of: • relating the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the Church, communities, and the world in which they live, • bringing the whole of human life into conformity with the will of God, • showing that reconciliation involves personal, social and civic righteousness.

The General Board has headquarters on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. and at the Church Center for the United Nations in New York City.

Addressing more than 30 social issues on which the United Methodist Church has claimed a position, Church and Society communicates with policymakers and leaders around the world with the mission of transforming the world.

Church and Society holds a non-governmental, consultative status with the United Nations. This status allows us to participate in UN meetings, consultations, and conferences. Through this ministry, the church joins God in the work of social transformation. Contact:

Washington D.C. office 100 Maryland Ave. NE Washington, DC 20002 202.488.5600 United Nations office

Church Center for the United Nations 777 United Nations Plaza, Suite 7C New York, NY 10017 212.973.1702

Twitter: @umcjustice

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The Peace Crane Project

Visit www.PeaceCraneProject.org to find out how you can exchange cranes with a group of youth or children in another nation. Their site includes other tools for promoting peace and the arts. Check out their full page for other creative tools and resources.

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World Peace Prayer Society

The World Peace Prayer Society has its roots in the work of Mr. Masahisa Goi who, in 1955, started looking for ways to promote peace through the phrase, “May peace prevail on Earth.” Today it is an international movement that partners with people at every level, from the United Nations to local grassroots organizations.

You can see all of their work at www.WorldPeace.org, with some special programs and resources highlighted below.

Peace Pole Project: www.peacepoleproject.org

A Peace Pole is a handcrafted monument that displays the message and prayer “May Peace Prevail on Earth” on each of its four or six sides, usually in different languages. There are tens of thousands of Peace Poles in 180 countries all over the world dedicated as monuments to peace. They serve as constant reminders for us to visualize and pray for world peace.

Peace Pals: www.wppspeacepals.org

Peace Pals International is a program designed to encourage youth from around the globe, ages 5-16, to become peacemakers dedicated to living in the spirit of the words “May Peace Prevail on Earth.”

Flag Ceremony: www.worldpeace.org/activities_wppcflag.html

The World Peace Prayer Flag Ceremony is a simple exercise in unity that invites participants to celebrate the entire human family and the diversity that makes us all beautiful. The service lifts a prayer of hope, “may peace prevail on Earth” for people of all nations.

“May Peace Prevail on Earth” Use of “May Peace Prevail on Earth” is by permission from World Peace Prayer Society. It can be freely used to promote peace but not for any commercial venture.

For other use, please contact the World Peace Prayer Society.

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Goi Peace Foundation

The Goi Peace Foundation believes that peace begins in the hearts and minds of each individual, and that we all share a responsibility for the future of our planet. To that end, they created an essay contest as part of their work, involving the voices of young people across the globe.

Essay Contest: www.goipeace.or.jp

Each year an essay contest is held to promote peace throughout the world. Children, youth, and young adults can participate each year with awards given in various age groups. A unique theme is selected each year with submissions usually due sometime in June. This is a project that youth and children can invite friends or their congregation to participate in with them.

Want to Know More about the Foundation? The Goi Peace Foundation embodies the spirit of Masahisa Goi (1916—1980), a Japanese teacher, philosopher, poet, and author who dedicated his life to peace and humanity. After witnessing the terrible destruction of the Second World War, Masahisa Goi started a world peace movement to spread the universal message and prayer of May Peace Prevail on Earth as a way to unite the hearts of humanity transcending all boundaries of culture, religion, and politics.

To promote this peace movement internationally, the World Peace Prayer Society was established in New York in 1988 as a nonprofit, non-sectarian organization. The Society is a Non-Governmental Organization associated with the United Nations Department of Public Information.

In 1999, the Goi Peace Foundation was established in Tokyo, with the approval of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, to engage in a broader range of more concrete peacebuilding initiatives. The Foundation’s activities are based on the vision and principles expressed in its Declaration for All Life on Earth. In recognition of its international efforts to promote peace, the Foundation was granted Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations in 2004. It was also admitted to official-relationship status with UNESCO in 2006.

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STAR (Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience)

What Is STAR? After 9/11, people were asking questions that few had really explored with any depth. Partnering with Church World Service, Easter Mennonite University provided a platform for diving deeper and helped shape the conversation on how we recover from traumatic events. The result of this partnership, and the participation of community leaders from around the globe, is STAR.

Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) Integrates Material from: • trauma and resilience studies • restorative justice • conflict transformation • human security • spirituality

These five foundational fields draw upon deep academic and practical knowledge housed within the faculty and staff of EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding; each training draws on both this expertise and the wisdom contained in the experience of each group of STAR participants.

The Need for Trauma Awareness and Resilience Training Many people, organizations, and communities are working and living in ways that are overwhelmed by, ignorant about, or actively denying the traumatic impacts of violence. While affected by the cycles of violence, many are hopeful about possibilities of transformation and resilience-building. Even well- intentioned individuals, organizations, and communities often work in ways that unintentionally sustain, rather than interrupt, cycles of violence. Harmful impacts are evident in their physical health, their relationships, their work, and broader lives and communities.

STAR Offers: Contact:

• Training 540-432-4651 • Workshops [email protected] • Youth Curriculum (Y-STAR) www.emu.edu/cjp/star

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United Farm Workers

Our mission is a fair and just food supply Integrity: Doing the right thing even when no one is looking

Si Se Puede® Attitude: A personal and organizational spirit that promotes confidence, courage, hard work, and the belief that we can do the impossible

Dignity: Recognizing and respecting the inherent worth of all people

Innovation: The active pursuit of new ideas

History and Progress: Begun in 1962 by Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, Gilbert Padilla, and other early organizers, the United Farm Workers of America is the nation’s first enduring and largest farm workers union. The UFW continues organizing in major agricultural sectors, chiefly in California. Recent years have witnessed dozens of UFW union contract victories protecting thousands of farm workers, among them agreements with some of the largest berry, winery, tomato, dairy, and mushroom companies in California and the nation. More than 75 percent of California’s fresh mushroom industry is now under union contract. Many recent UFW-sponsored laws and regulations protect all farm workers in California, especially those at non-union ranches. They include the first state standards in the United States. to prevent further deaths and illnesses from extreme heat, and in 2016 the first law in the country providing farm workers in California with overtime pay after eight hours a day. The UFW continues to actively champion legislative and regulatory reforms for farm workers covering issues such as worker protections, pesticides, and immigration reform.

Additional Resources about Cesar Chavez:

Cesar Chavez Foundation: www.chavezfoundation.org

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Tell Us What You Think…

Each year an Editorial Advisory Team convenes to dream and create a theme and outline for upcoming editions of InsideOut. Their starting point is answering the question, How can this resource serve camps most effectively? To answer that question, we want to hear from you. Please complete the following survey and e-mail or snail mail it to the address below.

1. What role does a program resource play in your camp experience?

2. How much or little is the theme expressed at camp?

3. Describe your experience with Peace Works.

4. What changes or updates would you like to see in the future?

5. How can InsideOut serve your camp most effectively?

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Writers and Contributors

Rev. Dr. Clemette Haskins Erin Simmons is a faith has been an All-American formation leader in the United basketball player, a Division 1 Methodist Church. Having coach, and a theologian. Along served in both camp and local the journey, she also received congregations, Simmons brings a culinary degree, inspired a great deal of creativity and by her love for food and the passion for social justice to her sacred community that develops around tables. writings. We are thankful for her work with the She is an ordained pastor in the Christian Church Intergenerational activities. (Disciples of Christ), serving a local congregation Maureen Supple lives in while also helping empower new, wholistic, ways Littleton, Colorado, where she of being Church. Holding degrees from Louisville keeps busy with gardening, Presbyterian Seminary, and Claremont School of quilting, and volunteer work. Theology, Haskins is a sought-after speaker and After years of leading youth constant advocate for peace and justice. Her work Bible study, she went back to on the Theological and Biblical Overview section school to earn a Master’s in will be a blessing to camp leaders everywhere. Biblical Studies from the Iliff School of Theology. Anne Shelton has been She has designed and led several youth and involved in children’s ministry multigenerational classes at St. Andrew United for more than 25 years. She has Methodist Church in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. taught and led in churches of Supple is married and has two grown sons. You various sizes, in various roles. can see her creativity in Younger Youth and Craft Her passion is working with sections. young children, helping them Rev. Barbara Chalfant is the to see the love of God in their everyday lives. She associate for mission for the is currently serving as the Director of Children’s Presbytery of West Virginia Ministry at Advent United Methodist Church in and has served Presbyterian Simpsonville, South Carolina. Shelton’s work can Church (USA) congregations be found in Younger Children and Multi-Day in Virginia, Tennessee, and Activity sections. Pennsylvania as a Certified Cindy Klick is director of youth Christian Educator. She has a Master of Arts ministry at St. Andrew United from Union Presbyterian Seminary of Richmond, Methodist Church in Highlands Virginia, and holds a Certification for Older Adult Ranch, Colorado. She feels Ministry from Columbia Seminary in Atlanta. blessed to walk with students She is a writer, potter, artist, singer, swimmer, and and their families, to live near a sampler of many new skills and adventures. her two sons, their wives, and You can see her creativity in the Older Children two grandkids, and to enjoy beautiful Colorado section. with her husband and lots of great friends. Klick’s work can be found in Older Youth and Games sections.

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Rev. Suzanne Castle currently Rev. Lee Yates is a pastor in the serves as the senior minister United Church of Christ and a of The Parish (a combined curriculum writer. He has been Christian Church (Disciples a familiar voice in InsideOut’s of Christ) and Presbyterian youth sections, and now serves Church [USA] congregation) as as Editorial Project Manager for a consultant for congregations InsideOut. You can find Yates’s and leaders, and as a speaker to nonprofits and work in the Daily Worship section and Staff churches around the globe. She is coauthor of Devotions. Brim: Creative Overflow in Worship Design from Troy Taylor is director of Camp Chalice Press and has written for various worship Magruder in Oregon. He publications. Her creativity is on display in the has deep roots in Methodist Daily Worship section. camping and is a constant Rev. Allison Wehrung lives in resident of the outdoors. You Oxford, Mississippi, where she can follow Taylor’s adventures works with college students on www.Thebardowl.wordpress. as a pastor in the Presbyterian com and see his work in this year’s Cabin Church (USA). She’s been on Devotions. staff at several southeastern summer camps over the years, Special Partners and in her free time loves recycled art and coffee. Wehrung is one of our creative contributors for We would like to thank these organizations for helping shape Peace Works: Daily Worship • Outdoor Ministries Association of the United Rev. Liz Miller is pastor of Church of Christ Edgewood United Church of • United Methodist Camp and Retreat Ministry Christ and serves as the UCC Association representative on InsideOut’s Editorial Advisory Team. Miller • Presbyterian Church Camp and Conference has pastored churches and Association volunteered with camps across • Association of Disciples in Outdoor Ministry the country and brings her gifts to the Daily • Church of the Brethren – Outdoor Ministry Worship section. Association Rev. Rebecca Yowler is • Forma – Episcopalian Network for Christian an ordained pastor in the Formation Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) with a passion for • Virginia Theological Seminary’s Center for the learning. She has served local Ministry of Teaching congregations, written for faith • World Peace Prayer Society formation curriculum, and now • Peace Crane Project serves as an academic librarian at Knox College. Yowler contributed to the Scripture Sharing in Daily Worship.

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“Peace Works” is part of camp resources developed for InsideOut Christian Resources for Outdoor Ministries.

Themes include: God the Creator All Things New: Look What God Is Doing! • Jesus the Christ Get Real: Finding Your True Self in Jesus • The Holy Spirit Working within Us Power Up! Living in the Spirit • The Church in the World Fearless Faith: Courage in Community • Branching Out: Connecting Through Christ • Beyond Belief! The Universe of God • Peace Works: Empowering the Next Generation of Peacemakers

Sneak Peek at Next Year This Is Our Prayer The InsideOut Resource for 2020

Sharing the longings of our hearts can bind us to each other, and trusting them to God can transform our lives. Scripture invites us to hear the longings of our hearts echoed in the stories of God’s people. In 2020, InsideOut presents This Is Our Prayer, a curriculum that invites campers to explore the power and possibility of prayer on their journey with God.

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