Try this idea, the next time you have a youth camp or overnight retreat
The care of another – even material, bodily care – is spiritual in essence. Bread for myself is a material question; bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one.
-Jacques Maritain
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Decision making…
Materials
None
Icebreaker Description
In this icebreaker / crowdbreaker, youth will communicate things about themselves using single words..
Preparation
Prepare a list of questions or topics for discussion. Some examples:
ETC.…
A brother said to an old man, “I do not know of any warfare in my heart.” The old man said to him, “Then you are a building open on all four sides. Whatever wishes to, goes in and out, and you do not notice. If you had windows and a door, and shut them so as to bar certain …
Materials
Get enough chairs to have one for each participant then remove one chair.
Icebreaker Description
In this icebreaker / crowdbreaker, youth will learn the names of others in the group.
Preparation
Arrange the chairs in a circle.
Icebreaker Activity
Materials
Get enough chairs to have one for each participant then remove one chair.
Icebreaker Description
In this icebreaker / crowdbreaker, youth will learn the names of others in the group.
Preparation
Arrange the chairs in a circle.
Icebreaker Activity
When the eagle soars in the endless blue,
its shadow races after, far below.
Yet space does not divide; bird and shadow are linked.
So too each act — each choice and consequence.
-Jigme Lingpa…
There was once a lonely girl who longed desperately for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving song birds. She took them home and put them in a small glided cage. She nurtured them with love and the birds grew strong. Every morning they greeted her with a marvellous song. The girl felt …
Materials
None
Icebreaker Description
Youth will ask and answer questions in rhyme
Preparation
None
Icebreaker Activity