A New Start

EQUIPMENT:

• Blind Folds
• Water Balloons
• Chocolate donuts

RUNNING SCHEDULE:

0.00 Crowdbreakers

Game: Categories
Call out two different categories and send people to either end of the hall e.g. fold or scrunch their toilet paper, shower morning or night, been overseas, ate McDonalds this week, South Park or World Around Us, Rugby league or union, has ever ridden a horse, play a musical instrument, peanut butter or vegemite, camping this year, Jackie Chan or Tom Hanks, J Lo or Eminem, Coke or Pepsi,

Game: Attention Seeker (five minutes only)
The group sits in a circle with one person in the middle. The person specifies something that they have done or have i.e. they have new school shoes and everyone else in the circle who has that must move to a different chair. They cannot move to a chair directly next to them.

0.20 Devotions

0.35 Small Group Time
Question: When was a time when you decided to make a fresh start in some area of your life?

0.50 Activity Program
Pairs trust walk – Everybody gets in a pair and one person has a blind fold on. They are then taken on a walk with the other person leading.

Balloon throwing – Everybody gets in a pair they stand approximately 1 metre apart and throw a water balloon to each other. With each successful throw they take a step backwards.

Chocolate donut feed – With everybody in pairs one member of the pair is blindfolded. The blindfolded person sits on a chair behind the other person. They are then given a chocolate donut to feed the other person alternatively ice cream would do just as well.

Shoe game – Everybody takes off their shoes and puts them in a heap in the middle. The group then gets into pairs. The aim is for the pairs to find each others shoes using the description they have been told. The group who are searching first go through the shoe pile and bring back 1 shoe to see if it is the right one. The other group who are sitting in a large circle around the outside of the pile checks to see if it is the right shoe. The first person goes back and forth until they get the right shoe. They are only allowed to carry one shoe at a time.

1.30 Announcements

1.50 Supper