Youth Conference Reunion

Youth Conference Reunion

A couple weeks after YC we held a YM/YW Combined Activity to talk about YC and help the kids continue the goal of being on the same team.

(Same Family)

When the kids arrived we put them back into their teams.

We had them yell their team name and team cheer they had made up at YC and then we played the game "Balloon Stomp"  Each member of the team had a balloon the color of their team and tied it to their ankle.  The object of the game is to stomp on other team's balloons and pop them.  The last team with un-popped balloons, wins.  Wild and crazy, but lots of fun.

After we finished the game I spoke for a few minutes about Youth Conference and then showed a video of two young men, who under awful personal obstacles in their lives came to each other's aid and even though they were not brothers by blood, were true brothers, taking care of each other no matter what.

After the video, I talked to the kids about using Leroy and Dartanyon as examples for each of us.  How we should act with each other.  Where would they be right now if they had not been there for each other?  To update their story, both were able to attend college.

I then officially dis-banned the teams.  No more Green, Purple, Orange, Red or Blue teams.  We are all on the same team.  I made an official 9th Ward Team Flag and had everyone sign it, committing to being a member of the team and agreeing to look out for each other, to help each other and to always be there for each other.

We then watched our Youth Conference Video

To finish the evening we played Marshmallow Midget Ball.. You play baseball using marshmallows as the ball, spatulas as the bat and everyone has to play on their knees.

We finished the evening by serving Rice Krispie Treats - of course!!!