KOZ Monthly Outdoor Training April: Outdoor Cooking 7:30 Leader Meeting and Prayer time. This time is imperative and gives the leadership time to prepare their hearts for the meeting and time with the kids. Do not take this time lightly. Be on time, meet with God first. 8:30 Kids begin to arrive. Meet parents or guardian. 8:45 Begin Meeting. All together say the American Pledge of Allegiance. BEGINNING YOUR MEETING WITH KOZ STRUCTURE KOZ Prayer: Lord, thank you for making us strong and fierce warriors for you. We hunt, we fish and we share our faith with others. God Bless America. -Amen Work to get the boys to memorize the KOZ Prayer and use it as a tool for kids who have little experience in praying or are afraid to pray. (Before meals, before an adventure or other times as a reminder of who they are and what they represent). Leader s first questions/discussion. Outdoor Training LEADING INTO YOUR OUTDOORS SKILLS TRAINING Some of the best meals eaten are cooked in the outdoors over the fire. It s very rewarding to really utilize your campfire and prepare, cook and serve a delicious meal. There are skill sets for outdoor cooking that rival MasterChef s. Talk about: Have you ever eaten a Dutch oven meal around a campfire? What does a roast pig, deer, wild quail taste like? What kind of wood is best for cooking? Is cleaning and seasoning cast iron different that regular pots and pans? Have you ever had smores? Materials Copyright 2017 - kidsoudoorzone.org - 9508 Chisholm Trail Austin, Texas 78748-512-292-1113 1
Leader s first questions/discussion: Scripture Training LEADING INTO YOUR HEART TRAINING This Month's Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:19-20: Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your bodies. Leader s first questions/discussion, Bible training: Can too much of a good thing be bad for you? How can something so good be bad for you? We know that eating too much sweets can t be good. What if we are hanging around the wrong people, even if they are fun or the only ones who want to hang with us? So often Satan tempts us with things that seem good at the time. Have you ever experienced something that you thought was good and later found out it was not? Jesus warns us to be careful. Do you have something in your life you know is not good? Are there people you like who you know in your heart are not the best people to be around? What is something that seems good but is not? NOTE: Let them talk leave time between when you say something and they can speak let it be silent for a while if you have to they grow close in times of quiet allow Him to come STOP & BEGIN OUTDOOR SKILLS TRAINING BEGIN OUTDOOR SKILLS TRAINING: IDEA TRAIL Things to do this month: Build Campfire (specifically a key-hole campfire ring) for Dutch Oven cooking Assembly line for Tinfoil dinners Build pig roasting/deer quarter pit out of cinderblocks/rebar (harvest wild pig or butcher ordered) Gather firewood by tree type (varieties) by teams Invite Rancher/Landowner/Pastor to KOZ prepared lunch that day *Note always add an EXTREME element to your KOZ day. Be creative. Materials Copyright 2017 - kidsoudoorzone.org - 9508 Chisholm Trail Austin, Texas 78748-512-292-1113 2
FIELD NOTES: Knowing how to regulate heat is probably the most critical factor to successful outdoor cooking. Knowing what wood to use, making coals and time elements is an art form in itself but it can be mastered with practice. Learning to eat without a kitchen is amazing. Other places for good information and literature. Here are some sites where we have found great content of this lesson plan. The internet always has resources but be careful there are some bad sites with poor information. We do not endorse nor are we associated with any of the sites listed below. The information there may change as well. Build Campfire Keyhole for Dutch Oven cooking: http://campingwithgus.com/2012/09/04/cooking-campfire-layout-2/ Tin-Foil Meals: http://campingwithgus.com/easy-camping-meal-food-ideas/ Build Cinderblock Pig Roaster: https://cinderblockpigroast.wordpress.com/design-and-build/ Firewood by type: https://www.eaglesnestoutfittersinc.com/blog/7-types-of-firewood/ GOING OFF THE TRAIL THIS MONTH? IMPORTANT: Use the opening/use the close, prayer/ sit spots and prayer cards. All groups should use the foundational structure of KOZ each month. The starting, the prayer, sit spots etc. as a common element to every meeting. Everything from sledding to swimming, hiking to fly fishing. The key to going off the trail is to keep the structure in place. Get them outside move their bodies, adventure and exploration. Keep it exciting, keep it real, be intentional about bringing them into a relationship with Christ. CHECK THE Off The Trail Guide in HTL resources. OUTDOOR TRAINING CONCLUSIONS Ask pointed questions on the outdoor skills they learned today. Drive home a point What was your favorite part of KOZ today? Did today s lesson make you hungry? Preparation of the fire is important to the success of your meal. Serving a good meal, delicious meal can be one of the most rewarding things on the planet. Materials Copyright 2017 - kidsoudoorzone.org - 9508 Chisholm Trail Austin, Texas 78748-512-292-1113 3
SCRIPTURE TRAINING AND HEART TAKEAWAY This Month's Scripture: This Month's Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:19-20: Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your bodies. Trail Map #1, It can be so hard to not do things we seem to like. Eating sweets is a big one for a lot of people. What about doing drugs, looking at things on your phone or your computer? What about playing too much video games? Driving too fast. So many things that seem fun or good can really be bad for us. Adam and Eve were not drawn to an ugly, stinky fruit tree. They were drawn to beautiful, sweet smelling, pretty apple tree. They knew in their hearts it was not good but they went anyway. Why would they do exactly what God said not to do? Everyone struggles with this. This is what the devil does. He is smart and uses things that make it hard. God says our bodies are His temple, where He lives in us and we need to care for it. We know when we treat our bodies bad by not eating well, not exercising, looking at things we should not. When we do those things we feel bad later, and that should be a lesson. You know in your heart, in your mind, that is Jesus talking to you! Train Map #2, Did you know that when you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, the Holy Spirit comes and lives inside you? That s what 1 Corinthians is talking about here when it says that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit. It s like our bodies are a cave or a house, and the person of the Holy Spirit God himself lives inside us. This scripture also says that we are not our own but were bought with a price. How much was that price? It cost God his son Jesus Christ death on the cross to pay for the sins of this world. You were bought by the blood of Jesus Christ! With that in mind, how valuable are you to God? That value is not based on who you are, but who lives inside you your value is that of Jesus himself!!! With all that said, we should choose to honor God with what we do here on earth. We can ask God to help us to honor Him. We can choose love and grace instead of hate and judgement. We can choose mercy and joy instead of revenge and anger. Remember the Holy Spirit, God himself, lives within a believer and ready to help in our times of trouble. Therefore, honor God with our lives and bodies! Materials Copyright 2017 - kidsoudoorzone.org - 9508 Chisholm Trail Austin, Texas 78748-512-292-1113 4
Drive home a point Listen to your body, God talks to you through it. When we do things unhealthy it keeps us from the things we really want to do. Go for a walk every day for a week and tell God you are doing it for Him and see if He talks to you. Ask your family to go for a walk with you every day and see how God talks to everyone! REMIND THEM: God has made you as an amazing person. Individual, special and unique. If you have not heard that for a while, I want to tell you that. I care about you; you matter to me. Talk to me if you need to talk. EACH MONTH: Teach the boys: BE STRONG - Jeremiah 29:11, For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. He (Jesus) cares about you, you matter, your KOZ leaders care about you. THE SIT SPOT AND GOD SIT SPOT Purpose: Pass out a blank index card and pen. Tell them if they want you to pray for them or something going on to please write it on the card and you will pray for them this week. It is a private prayer between your leaders and them, they don't have to put their name on the card. If they don't have a prayer, tell them to just put their name on the cards. TO PONDER: Give the boys something to ponder, use the questions above, and ask them to go to a sit spot - let them stay while you prepare lunch (quietly without distracting the quiet moment) - (15-30 min.) SEND LEADERS TO SIT SPOTS! If a leader is not assigned a task have them also find a sit spot. It is good for the boys to see the adult leaders doing the same as they are asked to do. QUIET TIME IS ESSENTIAL. CALL BACK FOR LUNCH - While they are eating lunch LUNCH & KOZ LEADERSHIP TAG GUIDANCE WORK ON DOG TAGS Ask boys if they are working toward KOZ TAGS. This is a good time to teach this material. Print their cards and have them ready. Ask if any of the boys are new give them their KOZ Nation dog tag (the first one) Materials Copyright 2017 - kidsoudoorzone.org - 9508 Chisholm Trail Austin, Texas 78748-512-292-1113 5
GIVE A BOY HIS NAME IN KOZ We have found that giving boys a nickname is a huge tool for them. Giving a boy a New Name has been a game changer for many. A strong, fierce name is important. Jesus and His Father both gave new names. Ask prayerfully what name a boy should have. The leaders decide NOT the boys. It is an honor bestowed, even if funny. As you wait for the parents to arrive: Tell the boys you love them. That they are important. That if they have not prayed to ask Christ into their hearts to come talk to a KOZ HTL (ROMANS 10:9). If a kid wants to be baptized, have them talk to you about it - you can do it somewhere really cool! Perform a service project on site. Teach the boys to ALWAYS leave your area BETTER than it was when you got there. Parents arrive. Greet them and tell them how good their kid did. Tell the boys to invite a friend! Hand out literature or take home materials... A gallon plastic Zip lock bag with their name on it works great each month to collect their take home materials. Materials Copyright 2017 - kidsoudoorzone.org - 9508 Chisholm Trail Austin, Texas 78748-512-292-1113 6