This document provides information about several youth camp Bible study curricula and activities, including "Whale of a Tale" based on the book of Jonah, "Who Do You Say that I AM?" focusing on Jesus asking the disciples their view of him, "Fruit Of the Spirit" exploring the fruits of the spirit from Galatians 5, and "The Great Adventure" using a western theme to teach Bible lessons. Fingerprint activities are also described as icebreakers teaching that each person has a unique way to serve God.

1. Youth Camp -
Fingerprints
God created us as
unique individuals
to serve him in
unique ways.
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Materials
Stamp ink pad, small
pieces of paper for each
youth’s thumbprint.

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Preparation
If your youth are not skittish
about having their thumbprints
taken, have each youth create a
thumbprint on a piece of paper.
Photocopy these into a grid and
have a contest to see who can
identify which thumbprint
belongs to who. Whoever
correctly identifies the most
thumbprints wins a prize.

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Variation – Thumbprint Bingo
Take the thumbprints on onion
skin paper, tracing paper, or
tissue paper. Photocopy 5 rows of
thumbprints in 5 columns on
pieces of paper to create bingo
grids. Then put all the
thumbprints in a sack and pull
them out and project them onto
an OHP. First youth to form 5 in a
row in any direction wins. (If you
want to make it easier, place a
number on each thumbprint as
they can be difficult to identify.

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Debrief
Each one of our fingerprints
is different. Psalm 119:73
tells us God made us special
so we could serve him in
different ways. Just as there
are many different
fingerprints there are many
different ways for us to serve
God. Each of us must try to
discover how God uniquely
wants us to serve him.

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
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Camp Bible Study Series
“Who Do You Say that I AM?”
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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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“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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