The 10 Commandments !

On this night we learnt about God's 10 rules for our life. We started with a game of soccer, which had changing rules... And at the end the players could do whatever they wanted or thought to be good themselves. The result was a big chaos and a game that looked like rugby or wrestling, not soccer.

God's rules (the 10 commandments) give us protection in our lives (e.g. you shall not steal, murder, lie, etc.)

In the second game (straw toss) we did not give them instructions, but only the goal of the game... to get your straw as close to the line as possible, without crossing it. Everybody tried to throw or blow their straw to the line, some crossed it, some did not make it. After all the youth 'tossed' their straw, Martin walked up to the line and put the straw down on it.

The lesson here is that in life, there are some boundaries we are not allowed to cross. To be able to do that, we need to stay in control of what we are doing (not giving it a toss and see where it lands).

We did pass the parcel, from which you either had to do something embarrasing or get a hint for the location of a chocolate bar!!!

Pass it on girls!

We also tried to come up with the 10 best rules for our lives. These rules make sure that everybody lives in peace and love with each other.

This group called their rules: 'the Peace rules'.

Teenagers love drawing up their own rules!

In this game you have to find somebody with the same length of licorice as you

(just bite a piece off to make it the same length)

There was no talk as we went into groups to read from the bible what God's 10 rules ar for our life. We then connected them to their key words and their practical meaning for us.

This week we are going to try to not to sin and live according to the 10 commandments. It will be hard, but you can always ask God to help you!

Love,

Your DropZone Leaders

Noah's Ark

Welcome on board' Noah's Ark' tonight!... and what a GREAT night we had too!!!! .... While getting on board we meet our other animal pair for the night as every one went on the ark ' two by two' . You sounded just great as you tried to find your partner. what a laugh.

Next was for a game of swaping chairs before Noah got your chair. What a lot of fun especially when there was a FLOOD!

The evening was filled with lots of fun games... and as you can see on the photos every one enjoyed them selves greatly and every one also worked really well as a team and some teams gained lots of extra points for excellent team work. Keep it up !

Moneky bowling, pinning the tail on Mr Hippo and feeding the Lion were also part of the evening...

Once all the games on the program had been done we sat down to rest and listen to Martijn share the true story about Noah's Ark and the World Wide Flood.

if you want to learn more about this why not get out a Bible and read the story for your self in Genesis 6 & 7.

there is also lots of information about this on the internet... check out ..

http://www.creationresearch.net/

http://creation.com

Thanks you for the great team work :)
and lastly it was Feeding Time... yum yum..

have a good week and see you back next week ..

Love Your DropZone Leaders

Fun Night

We've had quite a full term so this week your DZ leaders chose to have a fun night. So after the teams were decided for the evening we had a fun evening of competition.

Egg Nest
(here we had to steal the other team's eggs at the same time as protecting our eggs -- the team with the most eggs at the end was the winner.



The Big Sqeeze
(This time we had to squeeze ourselves into the shape that the leader called out ..e.g., dog, shape of NZ)



Criss Cross
(A relay race with a difference)


Musical Chairs with a twist
(Just like the normal musical chairs, but this time there are two less chairs and there is a way to save yourself from getting out)


Newspaper Scavenger Hunt
(Which team can find each item in their newspaper first?)

We ended the evening with yummy prizes for the winning team. Karin also told a story about a young man who lived many years ago. He had made lots of bad choices in his life, but in the end he straightened himself out because he developed a relationship with God. This was the answer to his mother's prayer, who had been praying for him for years and years. God really does hear and answer prayers.

Remember your DropZone leaders talk to God about you, we especially ask God that He will show you who He is and that you will come to love Him. But we also love to pray for your personal needs, so if you ever want us to pray for anything with or for you, come and talk to us!!

love,
your DropZone leaders.