I actually thought this was a great youth ministry idea after seeing all the different too light too heavy bud-light commercials. This is an activity that can be developed around a passage or passages of scripture or themes.
I’m not sure how theologically this will line up, but there are certainly many scripture passages like in I Tim. which speaks about elder qualifications and speaks of people with great sober minded character and not a person with extreme sides to them.
How to do this:
Have clip of the commercial ready to go …

Here is a youth ministry idea that you may want to try (it may just happen anyways) on your way to a summer camp with your students.
Try arranging a fake church van or bus breakdown about 1 mile from the camp or retreat you are headed to and have your students walk the rest of the way to camp. It often seems like students talk more about the van breakdown then they do the event or activity sometimes.
Once they get close to camp drive by with the van with a …

Pows and Wows were introduced to me at a church camp when I was younger. I ended up taking this idea and using it in my junior high Sunday school class. It would be just as effective during youth group depending on how you do your youth group meetings.
 
You can use a dry erase board, large sheet of paper, or anything else that you can write on and then either erase or dispose of. You also need something to write with. Divide the page up into two columns. One …

40 Icebreakers for Small Groups is a FREE ebook compiled from several articles posted on Insight. I thought it might be helpful to put them together in an eBook (708kb) for youth leaders to download. In addition, I’ve added several icebreakers which don’t appear in the articles!
The 40 icebreakers are simple to use and suitable for a wide age range. They are great with a small youth group and can be used in a small space. They require very few props and can easily be used in a home without …

I recently asked the Jr. High students that I lead to come up with questions that they currently have about God, the Bible, Christianity and wow, I couldn’t have been happier by the quality and thought provoking questions that I got back. Above is the actual questions that I received back on strips of paper that we handed out.
This brings me to asking a question, “Are you creating an environment where questions can be asked?”
If your answer is YES – Great! Please share for the sake of us youth leaders what you …

A simple discussion starter from Grahame based on the party game ‘Consequences’ i.e. his name/ her name/ where they met/ he said/ she said/ where they went/ what they did/ and the consequence was?
This exercise assumes your young people have some background knowledge about the life of Christ. Invite them to sit in a circle of 9 people and give everyone a piece of paper and a pen. If you have a large group, break into two or more circles. Explain that you are going to play the game consequences …

For my last post this week for blogging for one year on Youth Ministry Ideas I wanted to share 35 Icebreakers for small groups created by Grahame Knox.
Grahame shares these icebreakers for small groups out of the UK. For me it is interesting to see how youth ministry is done differently elsewhere. Thanks for sharing your youth ministry ideas from the other side of the world!
Here is one of them:
My Name is….
“Go around the group and ask each young person to state his/her name and attach an adjective that not …