Here is a suggested series of ideas to use for a special Rally Programme. They came from a brainstorming session at the Waikato AGM. Change and adapt them to suit your Rally, Leaders abilities & equipment available.
It could be an OE to ISRAEL if you want to make it an EASTER Special. These ideas will be in italics. See pg 13 - ‘Stepping Stones to Easter’ for other ideas.
Costume: All members & Leaders can come dressed in clothes from different countries eg. Sari (India) & Lava lava (Fiji) are simple – you just need a length of material. (Bible characters)
  Passport: Fold a piece of paper/thin card for each member. Pre-print on one side “PASSPORT”. Get them to write their name inside, & their passport number could be their birth-date eg. 02101995. Provide ‘stamps’ for Leaders at each activity. They need to stamp the passport when a member completes their activity. Stamps could be a ship, plane, car, suitcase (star, donkey, baby, angel) 
You could plan your activities either:
- a) in teams – rotate round activities for a set time at each one
- b) have all teams doing the same activity at the same time. Make it competitive & give points at each activity to the winning teams.
Suggested activities:
- Photocopy different money/currency. They identify the country it comes from.
- Photocopy World maps. Cut into jigsaws. (Remember that each set, if all teams are doing it together, needs to be cut the same). They reassemble the map correctly.
- Plane travel – have skateboards. 1 person at a time, rides kneeling on skate-board, to other end of the room. Push back to next person. OR – provide 1 sheet of A4 paper for each person. The team has to walk over papers, laying 1 at a time in front of team leader, until all the team can walk over them to other end. Last person collects papers up as they come.
- Craft: a) Each member makes an origami model (donkey/angel/star). Need to have instructions available, and a Leader will need to teach it. Give the neatest/best one a lolly.
or b) Choose another simple hobby relating to a country
or c) paint Japanese words (symbols) on a small canvas or firm card. Have
samples with suitable words for them to choose from.
- Lost Luggage: memorise the contents of a suitcase (t-shirt, socks, shorts, jacket, comb, brush, camera, soap, flannel, PJ’s, jandals…). Need about 15-20 items if individuals are memorising them and 30-40 if the team does it together. A Leader holds up each item and then packs it into the suitcase. Shut the lid, give them pencil & paper & get them to record what they can remember. Give 1 point for each correct item. Give an extra point if they get the correct colour eg. purple sock.
- Language – teach some words in different languages eg. count 1-10 in 3-4 languages; hello/goodbye/thank-you.
- - write a Bible verse in another language and teach it so they learn to pronounce it correctly. You could find help from a school teacher, ex missionary, immigrant in your church etc. (remember Hebrew is read from right to left)
Supper: Either enjoy this together at the end of the programme – could have a selection of sushi, fried rice, Mexican etc. Or ‘make sushi’ as an activity. (Some Jewish recipes in No1 Rally Cookbook) |
