Another ‘pen and paper’ group survival game and a team building activity to encourage interaction and teamwork among your young people. Their chances of ‘survival’ depend on their ability to rank the salvaged items in relative order of importance.
You have chartered a yacht with three friends, for the holiday trip of a lifetime across the Atlantic Ocean. Because none of you have any previous sailing experience, you have hired an experienced skipper and two-person crew.
Unfortunately in mid Atlantic a fierce fire breaks out in the ships galley and the skipper and crew have been lost whilst trying to fight the blaze. Much of the yacht is destroyed and is slowly sinking.
Your location is unclear because vital navigational and radio equipment have been damaged in the fire. Your best estimate is that you are many hundreds of miles from the nearest landfall.
You and your friends have managed to save 15 items, undamaged and intact after the fire. In addition, you have salvaged a four man rubber life craft and a box of matches. Rank the items correctly and you will survive until rescue comes. Make too many mistakes and...
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What a wonderful find. Have just started a youth group for tweens - this site is amazing. God Bless.
Posted by: Carol Dubery | 17/08/2009 at 12:09
only one word to describe this site - Awesome!! may God bless you for the efforts you have put in. - kenman
Posted by: kenman | 13/04/2009 at 23:02
If only I knew about this site while I was volunteering in Sunday school lol. It would have made things much less painful
Posted by: Lukewarm | 14/02/2009 at 23:27
@Lukewarm. Thanks for your comment. I write all the discussion starters, talks and reflections myself. The icebreakers and team builder ideas have been collected over 25+ years in youth ministry and come from a variety of public sources. I've just tried to put them together in a way which is helpful to youth workers. At least that's the plan :-)
Posted by: Grahame | 13/02/2009 at 23:09
This is such a great resource. Do you come up with these yourself? Because they are great.
Posted by: Lukewarm | 13/02/2009 at 21:36