Marco Polo on Land
This is a fun game for a spring evening. Just enough water to be fun, and not enough to get sick when it's still a little cool. What you need: Blindfold Long-range water gun (super soaker) Field Cones...
View ArticleSilence and Solitude Retreat
We had an opening in our summer schedule and decided to do something very different. We would take an inexpensive retreat and spend most of our time praying. It was amazing! Using a lot of...
View ArticleYouth Group Videos: Quick and Free
You come back from a retreat and you have a bunch of pictures and video. You want to make an awesome video but have less than no extra time to create one, much less learn how to use some video editing...
View ArticleGame: Musical Condiment Twister
We have played this game several times, but had an addition a couple of nights ago that made it even more fun. The basic idea goes like this: Create a twister board on a piece of plastic sheeting...
View Article10 Great Youth Videos to Use at Your Next Meeting
Videos are definitely powerful, but who has the time to look for them! Here are some of my personal favorites! 1. God's Chisel: The Skit Guys put together what is in my opinion the best skit available...
View ArticleAsking Questions that Students Will Actually Answer
I cannot claim that any of this content is totally unique. You can find some version of this in almost every youth minsitry book that includes a section on leading discussion. With that disclaimer,...
View ArticleReview: A Life-giving Christmas
I will be honest. I am generally unimpressed by official UMC branded resources, and am committed to being part of the solution (this site is part of it). When I received the copy of the church-wide...
View ArticleYouth 2011 (UMC Youth Conference)
The Youth Minsitry arm of the GBOD (General Board of Discipleship) is putting on their HUGE conference in two cities (Sacramento, CA and Purdue University in Indiana). This only happens once every...
View ArticleNew Year's Reminders
This is a great way to use new year's to make a spiritual impact. Ask students to think over their past year and write a letter to themselves. Give them some spiritual questions to get them started:...
View ArticleIcebreaker: Popcorn Sharing
This is a funny way to get students sharing with a new group. Decide who will start the game and give them the bag of popcorn. The person to the popcorn-holder’s right, chooses from one of the...
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