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CampL Jump: a Camp Event Guide for Youth Ministry EVENT CATEGORY: Camp SPIRITUAL HABIT: Spend Time with God, Spend Time with Others AGE GROUP: Students For a well-rounded and holistic approach to your ministry events, there are 10 different kinds of events we recommend including in your annual event strategy. The category for this event is a CAMP. This type of event is a week-long experience for teenagers. Through teaching, conversations, team competitions, and plenty of fun, they'll get to practice all four spiritual habits! What you do every week in your youth ministry makes an impact on your students' faith, but there is something special about a summer camp experience. A week spent at summer camp is an opportunity to impact your students' faith and relationships in bigger and more lasting ways than you could anywhere else. When done well, a strategic summer camp experience can be the perfect end to one school year and the perfect kickoff to another. It can solidify relationships with small groups and small group leaders. It can create a culture of unity in your group. It might be the catalyst that brings one student to trust Jesus for the first time, while another student decides to renew their trust in Him all over again. All our events are built to be flexible! You can customize this event to your ministry's needs, but here's how we recommend using this one: Camp is a fun event for small groups that fosters spiritual growth. You can do this event at a camp or retreat center. It includes games, group activities, teaching, and more! This event includes Jump: a 5-Day Teaching Series for Youth Ministry TOPIC: Spiritual Growth SCRIPTURE: t he Epistles DECORATING THEME: Movement AGE GROUP: Students Feelings of joy, excitement, and surprise all have one thing in common-they make us want to jump. When we're standing on solid ground, a jump seems simple, but if we can be sure about anything, it's that we're not always standing on solid ground. Sometimes, we'll have to take a leap of faith when we're not sure of what the future holds. In this 5-day summer camp, we'll explore some of the ways we're invited to trust God as we jump into our faith. As we do, we'll see how walking with God helps us grow, how everyone benefits when we use our gifts, how spending time with others helps us love like Jesus, and how we can jump at a chance to share our story. BIG IDEAS & BIBLE STORIES Walking with God helps you grow. (Fruit of the Spirit: Galatians 5:13-26) Walking with God helps you grow. (Whether in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord: Colossians 3:12-17) Everyone benefits when you use your gifts. (God is love: 1 Corinthians 12:1-27) Everyone benefits when you use your gifts. (The body of Christ: Romans 12:3-8) Spending time with others helps you love like Jesus. (Definition of Love: 1 Corinthians 13: 1-13; 1 John 4:7-19) Spending time with others helps you love like Jesus. (Spur one another on toward love and good deeds: Hebrews 10:23-25) Jump at a chance to share your story. (The Armor of God: Ephesians 6:10-20) Jump at a chance to share your story. (Suffering for doing good]: 1 Peter 3:8-16)

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