Christian youth camp capture the flag

Christian Youth Camp -
Capture the Flag
In this game, participants are divided
into opposing teams and must
“capture their flag” to win
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Game Description
In this game, participants are divided into
opposing teams and must “capture their flag” to
win.

Game Materials
Flag (Can be a cloth, Frisbee, or almost anything easily carried
by a participant)
Game preparation
This game requires a large outdoor play area such as a public
park or camp setting.

Game Play
1. The playing area needs to be divided into 2
approximately equal sections (be very specific about all
the boundaries!), with some sort of dividing line down
the middle. The dividing line can be a sidewalk, a string
across the ground, a chalked line or simply an imaginary
line between two objects.
2. Divide the group into two teams.

3. Each of the 2 teams should be allowed to designate it’s
own space anywhere within their area to place the flag.
They must also designate a prison area for captured
prisoners to remain within. Both should be out in the
open (not hidden behind trees or in bushes).

4. The game is played with flags or objects that the opposing
team must seize and deliver to their own area. A Frisbee is
easier to toss to a teammate so in order to balance that
out you might want to have a rule that as soon as it
touches the ground, the entire team must cross back over
the central territory line before trying to retrieve it again.
The object is simply to capture the flags from the other
team and bring them back to your own side without
getting caught.

5. Each flag has an imaginary boundary around it of 1 to 5
meters depending on how difficult you wish to make the
game as a safe zone. Once a player enters the safe zone
they cannot be tagged. Team members cannot enter this
area to tag them.
6. Anyone tagged on the opposition side of the field
becomes a prisoner (It works best if prisoners must be
escorted back to the prison – this prevents one person
from taking more than one prisoner at a time).

7. Prisoners may be set free by a teammate touching either
the prisoner or the jail – you can choose whether one
person can free a single person or is allowed to free the
entire jail.
8. Once prisoners are (tagged) freed, they (and the person
freeing them) get a free walk back to their side.

9. The leader may also choose to call a jail break on
occasion, which would set all the prisoners free on
both sides.
10. Once the flag is captured by a team and delivered
to their side of the play area, the game is over.

Variation
• Have everyone wear a dark colored shirt. You can make “snow
balls” (Put 2/3 cup flour in a nylon stocking (pantyhose) and
tying it into a small ball.. You can get about 4 out of one leg of
panty hose.) Socks can also be used but are not as effective.
• In order to capture a person from the other side youth must
use the snow balls as bullets. When hit with one there is a
telltale white circle on the dark colored shirts. Once a person is
hit with a snow ball he is captured and must go to jail.

Bible Studies based on the book of Jonah
Only. This youth camp curriculum was
designed to teach the basic truths
of obedience in addition to evangelism in the
context of a Biblical character. The advantage
of going through a book and looking at one
man's story is that we see not only the
teaching but the example. It becomes much
more real!
Camp Curriculum - Whale of a Tale
-> Tell me about “Whale of a Tale”
www.creativeyouthideas.com/resources/order5.html

Creative Youth Ideas
Camp Bible Study Series
“Who Do You Say that I AM?”
www.creativeyouthideas.com/resources/whodoyousay.html
-> Tell me about “Who Do You Say that I AM?”
Jesus asked the disciples, "Who do others
say that I am?" It was easy to answer
because it required no conviction, no
commitment, and no risk. But then he
follows that question with another, "Who
do YOU say that I am?"

Live the Fruitful, Abundant Life
Jesus Promised. Great for youth camps or
weekly Youth Bible Study. There are 7
Primary Bible study Sessions in the series.
www.creativeyouthideas.com/resources/fruitofthespirit.html
-> Tell me about “Fruit Of the Spirit”
Creative Youth Ideas
Youth Camp Bible Study Series
“Fruit Of the Spirit”

"The Great Adventure" is western
themed Bible study series loosely based
around the song of the same name by
Steven Curtis Chapman. It was initially
written for a large Texas Church to use for
their Summer Youth Camp but has since
then proven popular around the world.
Camp Curriculum - The Great Adventure
www.creativeyouthideas.com/resources/order12.html
-> Tell me about “The Great Adventure”

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