This document provides information about several youth camp Bible study curriculums and activities from Creative Youth Ideas, including "Whale of a Tale" based on the book of Jonah, "Who Do You Say that I AM?" about Jesus asking the disciples their view of him, "Fruit of the Spirit" about living the abundant life Jesus promised through the fruits of the spirit, and "The Great Adventure" which is a western themed Bible study series based on a Steven Curtis Chapman song. It also describes a game that can be used to introduce the topic of persecution where students sit in a circle and one in the middle asks yes/no questions that require the group to move if answered yes or provide additional context

1. Summer Youth
Camp -
Persecuted?
Use this game as an
introduction to the
topic of persecution.
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2. Supplies
You’ll need chairs. Form a large
circle with enough chairs so that
everyone but one person has a
place to sit. Pick one person to
stand in the middle, and ask
everyone else to take a seat.
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3. Activity
The object of the game is for the
person in the middle to pick a seated
person and ask him or her a question.
For example, a question might be,
“Are you wearing purple socks?” the
response determines what the whole
group will do. If the answer to the
question is “yes,” everyone must get
up and move two chairs in either
direction. When all the kids are on
the move, the middle person will
have an opportunity to get into a seat
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4. If the person answering the
question responds “no,” he or she
is required to add a second part
to the question, such as “but I
know some people here today
didn’t brush their teeth this
morning,” or “but someone here
has visited Europe before.” If the
second part of this statement is
true about some of the seated
kids, they must stand up and try
to find other chairs. The person
left standing without a chair is the
one who must remain in the
middle and ask the next ‘yes’ or
‘no’ question
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5. Debrief
You can end the activity by asking a
person if he or she is a Christian and
discuss what effect being a Christian
might have on others. Do we stand
out in a crowd as Christians? Will
others accuse us of things?
Sometimes in life we are persecuted
because we are Christians. But
Christ said that although we may
have troubles as Christians we do
not need to worry because he has
overcome the world.
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6. 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”
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7. Creative Youth Ideas
Camp Bible Study Series
“Who Do You Say that I AM?”
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-> Tell me about “Who Do You Say that I AM?”
Jesus asked the disciples, "Who do others
say that I am?" It was easy to answer
because it required no conviction, no
commitment, and no risk. But then he
follows that question with another, "Who
do YOU say that I am?"
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8. Live the Fruitful, Abundant Life
Jesus Promised. Great for youth camps or
weekly Youth Bible Study. There are 7
Primary Bible study Sessions in the series.
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-> Tell me about “Fruit Of the Spirit”
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Youth Camp Bible Study Series
“Fruit Of the Spirit”
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9. "The Great Adventure" is western
themed Bible study series loosely based
around the song of the same name by
Steven Curtis Chapman. It was initially
written for a large Texas Church to use for
their Summer Youth Camp but has since
then proven popular around the world.
Camp Curriculum - The Great Adventure
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-> Tell me about “The Great Adventure”
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