Do this in a large indoor area or adapt to fit your space. Lay out a fitness circuit using any suitable equipment, e.g. benches, hoops, skipping ropes. Time everyone doing the circuit and award a prize for the person who completes it in the fastest time. Fitness allows us to endure physical challenges. How can we stay ‘fit’ in our faith and so endure life’s challenges?

Find some quotes about endurance e.g. Collins dictionary; Bruce Lee; Runloving.com.

Look at them together and discuss which one people prefer and why.

Using online concordances e.g. Bible Hub, find Bible verses containing the word ‘endurance’. Invite the young people to make posters individually or in pairs, using their choice of Bible verse.

Read aloud the poem ‘Butt prints in the sand’  and have a time of silence for the young people to reflect on times when they have given up – on people, situations, dreams, God. You could play ‘Keep Holding On’ by Avril Lavigne (see Listen), and/or close with A prayer of thanksgiving on p.10.

Today is Remembrance Sunday. How easy is it to ‘hang on’ in the face of war? During World War I, there was a truce on Christmas Eve 1914, when soldiers from both sides sang carols and played football together. Hold two minutes’ silence to remember all those who have died in war, and those living in a war zone or involved in combat today.