EXTRA RAVE PROGRAMMES

International Goofy Olympics

This event involved linking up youth groups around the globe via the internet to compete against each other. They attempted to set records in various crazy event categories. A web page has been set up where full details of the Goofy Olympics events are stored. This event can be run with a youth group on their own as well.

Mega Shake

This is an event in which youth attempt to create a giant milk shake. They could make one large milk shake - in a gigantic container, or work in smaller groups to design milks hakes that are judged and then enjoyed.

Fireworks and Wors Braai

This is an ideal event for outdoors around Guy Fawks day or possibly even Independence day in the States. Youth are encouraged to bring fireworks which are set off under close supervision; and then they have a fire on which sausages are cooked and eaten on bread rolls. Obviously you would have to be in South Africa to have Wors sausages.

Night Picnic

The youth group went off to a lake and set up a volleyball court and had a picnic with food stuff that they had brought along with them.

Mad Hatters Dinner

This dinner involves disguising each item on the menu, as well as cutlery, and young people choose their meal from a list of cryptic clues or they throw a dice for their choice. The results are amusing as people might end up having to eat their pudding with a fork instead of a spoon.

Giant Fruit Salad

Have group members bring along fruit - ie. apple, banana, pawpaw, orange, melon, etc. Part of the programme is devoted to them actually making the fruit salad. Provide ice-cream to be enjoyed with the fruit salad.

Can Auction

Have each young person bring along a can - it could be fruit, meat, or vegetables. They remove the wrapper before they get to the group so no one knows what is in the can. Each person is given twenty tokens (like sweets) and then the leader holds an auction where each person has to bid on a can. They have to eat what they get.

Dinner Auction

This idea is similar to the can auction, except that each young person, or rather, half of the group have to bring a dinner for two. If the girls are chosen to bring the dinners, then the guys have to bid (using tokens as well) for the meal and the person they then sit and share the meal with. It is a bit difficult to ensure that there are enough dinners for pairs to share on the evening.

Chip Tasting

We divided the kids into groups of five and sent each group by car to three places that sell fries (we call them chips in South Africa). Then had to evaluate the value for money, speed and quality of service, taste, etc of the portion of fries they ordered. We ended the programme with a gospel message on the theme of making the big choice to serve God. (By the way, for any Americans out there, McDonalds came stone last!)



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