Divide group into two teams. Give each team 3 “rocks” (construction paper cutouts about 1 1/2′ x 1 1/2′). Make a start and finish line (ideally about 30 feet apart) and tell them that they must get their whole team across the swamp without touching the water, using only these rocks to get across. They may move the rocks as they go, however, only one foot can be on a rock at a time. This game is great for building cooperation skills!
Thanks to Pastor2Youth.com for lending us this game!

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Dr. Ryan Nielsen is currently the Sr. Pastor at First Baptist Church in Quincy, CA. Ryan has a long history of youth ministry experience with his call to Youth Ministry beginning in 1991 as a Freshman in College where he was hired as the Youth Pastor at Armenian Christian Fellowship of Orange County. Since that time, Ryan spent 20 years working in youth ministry in California, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, and also in Denmark. In 1995, he started his own youth ministry website, pastor2youth.com, which resources individuals in more than 165 countries around the world! Ryan has his B.A. In English Literature from Whittier College, his M.A. In Youth and Family Ministry from Denver Seminary, his M.Div and his Doctorate degree from Fuller Seminary. He moved to Quincy in 2011 with his wife, Christianna, who is a First Grade Teacher. Ryan married Christianna in 2005 and they adopted their two daughters, Magali and Miley in December 2010.

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