How to say NO

It is always good to see you at Drop Zone again. Your leaders enjoy each Friday night... and hope you do too :)

Friday Night's theme was HOW TO SAY NO to negative peer pressure. but as always it is first in for some fun and games...

getting into teams with Zoo Animals,
A Newspaper Scavenger Hunt



Bum Balloon




and outbacks

And then it is time to sit down and have a thought and talk ....
And the topic was HOW TO SAY NO .....

During the night we looked really quickly at the importance of saying no to people who try to get you to do things which would be bad for you, just to please them. You will always have people who try to squeeze you into their moulds, but don't let them. It's important to always get the facts, think issues through for yourself and stick to what you decide is right.

The bible says in Romans 12:2: "Don't copy the behaviour and customs of this world, but be a new and different person .... in all you do and think. Then you will find out from your own experience how God's ways will really make you satisfied."

Sometimes we feel like a marshmallow, squeezed into a different shape because of what others expect of us. But God is saying don't let others squeeze and pressure us. If you need the courage to say no, remember there is one person who always had the courage to and that is Jesus Christ. He refused to be pressured in to doing what the people around him wanted, because he knew it was wrong. He has promised that he will help anyone who wants to do the same as him and calls on him for help. Listen to that verse again. God's way will really satisfy you. Think about that this week. If someone's pressuring you to get involved in something that you don't want to, but you can't see any way out, then you can always pray to God for help, and also you can always talk about things with your DropZone leaders.... email us dropzoneteam@hotmail.com

have a good week and remember you are allowed to say NO to things which you think you should not do or try or be involved with.

see you on Friday for a FUN night as the last nigh to the term.

Luv your DropZone Leaders

Untrue Stuff

Everyone has difficulty believing something sometimes. But what we looked at last Friday night was at stuff that might not be true, but we still believe it. Stuff like horoscopes, luck, etc. Some people build their lives around these superstitious things. As Christians we know that God is in control of the future and that nothing will happen to us, unless God wants it. We also know that everything happens to the good of them that love Jesus Christ.

We played some games making us think about true and false stuff.

We had to think about two truths and a lie about ourselves. The others then had to decide which one of the three was the lie.

Other games we played involved tasting coke and pepsi (what's the real deal), true or false (historic facts) and in the river, on the bank.

Mystery Guest

This past Friday we had a fun night playing fun, energetic games before our invited guest came.

Here's some photos of the fun games that we played.

Clumps

Block Soccer

Musical Clothes

How many people can we get through the tube?

And then we welcomed our guest speaker, Carterton Mayor Gary McPhee. Mr McPhee talked a short time about what his job is, and then opened the floor up for questions. He really encouraged the DropZone youth to persevere in making known what they would like to see happen in the community.

A HUGE thankyou for your time Gary McPhee ....... :)


It was also a bit of a sad evening this week. One of the youth that has been coming along to DropZone ever since she turned 10, has now had her 14th birthday, so we've had to say GOODBYE!! We've thoroughly enjoyed her participation and we're going to miss her! :)

God bless you

your
DropZone leaders