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Merry Christmas Youth Leaders 2011!

By Steve On December 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Merry Christmas Youth Leaders! I have been taking a bit of a sabbatical this month from blogging, but have some great plans for 2012 year! I will be teaming up with a variety of writers for youth ministry ideas and will be doing a monthly give-a-way starting in January.

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Thanksgiving Day Youth Ministry Ideas

By Steve On October 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Here are some thanksgiving youth ministry ideas and activities that you can begin preparing for around Thanksgiving day in your youth ministry.

Gourd Hockey – Yep just find some small sized gourds and yes hockey sticks would be best but can probably be replaced with some type of tough broom. You don’t hafta [...]

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Tanks

By Steve On July 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Tanks is an outside game played if you have a larger group. May be even worth it to make it a special invite friend water night or something.

How it works:

Gather the students in groups of 10. The groups are going to huddle facing each other but then select 1 person from [...]

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Top Chef

By joshrobinson83 On May 18, 2011 · 1 Comment

Here’s an idea that went really well with our teens this year. Inspired by a plethora of cooking shows on TV, we had our own Top Chef showdown. We divided our students into teams (3-5 per team, 6 teams) and had each team create a three course meal for our judges. We [...]

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Easter Youth Ministry Games To Try

By Steve On February 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Here are some games you can try for around Easter time from Anne Marie who just gave me this youth ministry idea.

I do a survivor-style Easter egg hunt each year for my nephews and nieces. They seem to always enjoy it. In the past, I’ve done:

1. The Three Legged Hunt
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Youth Ministry Prom Ideas

By Steve On February 23, 2011 · 2 Comments

It happens every year. So how do you handle prom with your students? Seriously – I’d like to hear if you do anything at all with or for them during this time – leave a comment for discussion.

I had a youth pastor friend who did something I thought was a cool youth [...]

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Elf Your Staff or Youth Ministry Staff

By Steve On November 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Here is something fun, quick, and easy to do for your church staff or youth ministry staff. Another option would be to have each of your small groups (if you have them) elf themselves and show them randomly. Just go to ElfYourSelf.com to get started.

Above is our church staff.

If you [...]

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