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Alex, you need to post....
ReplyDeleteI am declaring this post open to everyone now to post. You no longer need to wait on Alex but are able to post your reflections on the readings and post your ideas...
There are really a lot of things that a leader needs to think about before a group leaves on a trip.
ReplyDeleteFirst, the pre-trip planning of lodging, food, speakers, activities, staff, permission form, medical forms... the list could jsut keep going on pre-trip planning.
Second, you need to consider your age group and the things that they are going through. It will help teens, and children, if you can make the trip pretain to their needs. This will help them have a better experience and enjoy themselves to do it again. You also need to consider acivitiy times, down times, meal times, etc.
Third, you need to consider other things like transportation - if going on a retreat. Make sure that you have enough room for people. Also make sure that you have someone "on-call" if a van breaks down and need to get the children/teens to their destination (this will only work if you are less than 3 hours away - more than that would require other ideas like a AAA).
Finally, you need to prepare the teens/children for the trip. Have youth group devotionals before that would be about the trip.
leader need to know what the perpose of their Trip is before doing anything else. Find out if campsights will fit their theme.Leader need to know what type of themes they want to creat or find out if a camp already creates a place where the theme will work . Need to think what types of activities they want to be doing at the camp and and which camp site they can do them the best. Them you can plan music and speakers that fit your your activities.
ReplyDeleteAll the forms and money needed to go including medical forms. what supplies are needed to make the experance happenfor teen that need to brought up with the Church group . You need to have time to get teens in the right focus for the trip to a camp site. Money for back up planes if your group is camping out side if it happens to rain.
The leader must think of the planning for the trip. Where the trip is heading, travel method and expenses along with just about everything Foster said. How to make the trip known to the group along with all the information.
ReplyDeleteThe leader also needs to look into who all is going and plan an age appropriate trip. The trip needs to be driven by a purpose like spiritual growth, bonding and any typical or non-typical purpose you may have been a part of. Just as with any of your own trips the leader needs to think of ways that things just might not work out too.
Well being apart of the group that has had to think and plan some of this stuff for the Blaze retreat i have found out how much stuff you really have to think about. Brett has done a great job at orchestrating our meetings and being on top of things. We have talked about many things so i guess i will just name what i think are the three most important things to me.
ReplyDelete1. Place: We obviously need to go somewhere or have some meeting place. It is good to find an affordable, but well equipped place to have an event. something that has actvities, good food, good meeting place, place for music, etc.
2. Audience: Knowing where your group is at spiritually and age wise, and just knowing what the group your is taking is like. This can effect the style of your retreat and the way you prepare for it. Knowing the maturity of your youth group or kids is very important.
3. Speakers, entertainment, Music: These things are important because not only can you probabaly get more people to come based on who you bring in as far as speakers or bands but it also helps if you have a good speaker or comedy group that is able to relate and relay some good news of Christ in a real way.
Well, I think everybody just about covered it.
ReplyDeleteI think, though, that you also need things like rules and guidelines for behavior. For example, can a girl where a two-piece swimming suit? Can the kids bring a cell phone? That's important too.
I think that Lindsey hits on a really important point. You can't just assume that someone is going to know all of the rules of engagement. In fact, I think it's safe to assume that they don't know the rules. Better safe than sorry, right? It wouldn't be a big deal if you had to remind the girls that they have to have a modest swim suit, but if someone were going to be offended by a girl in a 2-peice swim suit - and you didn't take the precautionary methods to stop it from happening before hand, you're going to take some serious flack for it.
ReplyDeleteIn planning this youth retreat for New Life, I've learned that there is much more than I thought involved in setting up a weekend away. And we are only planning for a 2-night trip. Planning a camp just sounds so overwhelming to me, although I know we will get a chance to do plan a faux camp later this semester.
ReplyDeleteBasically, I feel that you are prepared to leave for a trip when you feel like you have comfortably assessed all the possibilities for the trip. Obviously, much focus must be given to a place, worship, speakers, food, and transportation. But, I think that having a good grip on all the "What if.." situations you can think of ahead of time will massively prepare you for a trip. Some are more obvious than others--"What if it rains during the time we have scheduled to play football on Saturday?" Some are more hidden--"What if parents are upset because their child is exposed to secular music on this trip via another camper?" Knowing these types of situations early lead to precautionary measures being taken and your trip being more successful overall.
You all have hit on important things that leaders have to think and plan before the retreat or camp. Some other things that ran through my mind were Who is going to lead the kids or teens?, how many kids will be there?, how many adults would we want for that many teens or kids? What is the health procedures for these teens and kids? Is a nurse needed or simply have an adult in charge of medications and injuries? These are little details, but if they are decided before a trip, the trip could be a disaster.
ReplyDeleteI think that some of the things you need to think about are like the above... how many are going? what age group is going? how many shaperones do you need? the cost, and where you are going? I also think you need to think about the rules and boundries that need to be put into place and let known beforehand so that there is no weakness in the boundries you lay out.
ReplyDeleteSometimes the thoughts can be overwhelming of what to prepare for.
ReplyDeleteA leader must prepare forms, emergency slips, locations, food, transportation, fundraisers, supplies, and so on. We must always be prepared for the "worst case scenario."
Aside from all of these "things," a leader must be prepared spiritually. Sometimes things may not go as planned, so we must prepare for the dilemmas that may arise. We must pray ahead of time that God will truly be evident in the hearts of all who attend and that things will go His way, not ours...
the headaches of just trying to limit the things in my head that apply this late is agonizing. I will just put it all in one long sentence, forms, money, alergies, forms, storms, leaders, foods, cost, location, forms, money, kids signing up, kids showing up, kids hurting themselves during an activity, nurses, speakers, food, forms, sleeping arrangements, forms, weather, vans, gas, cooks, messages, music, forms forms, food, money, drinks, forms, how many shoes to bring, advertising, money, pictures, videos, itinerary, sleep, speakers, food, forms.
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