Game: Ultimate (frisbee) Basketball

Ultimate (Frisbee) Basketball
What you need:  Basketball court with goal, 1 or 2 nerf balls or dogeball type balls.
How to Play:  The rules are exactly like ultimate frisbee except instead of using a frisbee you use a nerf ball or something soft (ball shaped)  you can throw to everyone.  You score a point everytime you make [...]

Youth Ministry Tip #12: Draw Kids to Church with More than Pizza!

Youth Ministry Tip #12: If you draw students to your ministry because of Pizza they stay b/c of Pizza. What are you drawing students with?  I know it is tempting in your ministry to do whatever it takes to get a kid to come to your event or program.  Just be very careful you don’t [...]

Youth Ministry Tip #11: Care about Apathy!

Youth Ministry Tip # 11: Is apathy affecting any area of your life? Personal, Family, Church, Ministry? Apathy is contagious and will affect every or your life and ministry. Fight apathy by seeking God’s Truth with Passion!  Your teens are fighting it and if you are in a place in ministry where your are so [...]

Youth Ministry Tip # 9: Eating Gross Stuff!

Youth Ministry Tip # 9: Eating Gross Stuff!  Before you have your students or leaders eat gross stuff make sure that you have checked to see if they are allergic to any foods!  You sure would hate to have someone get sick because they were allergic to dairy or peanuts.  What kind of medical release [...]

New Classified Ad & Job Board

I have been talking to people in churches all over and they would love to have a place they can sell, trade, or ask for resources for their ministry.  If you have a small group bible study you did and won’t do again, then post it here and share it with others.  Maybe you can [...]

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Youth Ministry Tip #8: Have New Year’s Revolutions in your life instead of Resolutions!

Here is a basic outline for a youth message on making life transformation Revolutions in their lives.
Title: New Year’s Revolutions
Idea: Make a Revolution in the way you live rather than just a resolution.
People view a revolution as a major change or transformation and they
view resolution as an attempt to try and do better [...]

Youth Ministry Tip #7: Instead of asking your students what they learned, ask them what questions they have about what you taught.

Youth Ministry Tip #7: Instead of asking your students what they learned, ask them what questions they have about what you taught.
How many times have you stood before teenagers and ask them what they learned last week or what they remember? Probably more than you should have. Usually you get the [...]

Youth Ministry Tip #6: Use Paper cups and a peppermint instead of buzzers for games

Ok, I will have to give props to our Worship Pastor Aaron Leeds for this one. We had a game where we wanted people to come up front and try and answer some cool trivia questions about Christmas. We thought of having them raise hands and see who did it the quickest then [...]

Youth Ministry Tip #3: Make sure if you do a messy game for your youth group, you have all the cleaning supplies ready to go!

You definitely want to have some time for messy, crazy games. Of course when you have a messy game you will need to make sure you have the proper cleaning supplies ready. The proper cleaning supplies include: plastic for the floor, large trash cans, paper towels, and a sham wow. [...]