Surprisingly, I saw that many had searched for Halloween ideas for Youth Ministry. Next time around I will gather some ideas that other youth groups do for Halloween and you can make the decision.
I personally told the students that I lead that they need to respect what their family believes about Halloween as their seems to be many different interpretations on what to do and not do.
One thing stands out loud and clear for me and that is it’s a huge opportunity to talk about spiritual things! My family and …

Now that most youth ministries have kicked-off for the fall and the  regular routine of youth meetings, bible studies, Sunday School, and other activities are in full swing, how do you deal with those students that don’t seem to care?
Apathetic students can come in all shapes and sizes, however, it has been my experience that a large percentage of these students are those that we have deemed, “church kids”. You know what I’m talkin about. The Elder’s son or daughter that has grown up in the church, received Christ at …

Here’s a sign that I found on a youth building used for youth ministry. Yes I said this is sign that was found on a place where students gather to have youth group.
I particularly like the bottom part of the sign that says, “You are welcome at our youth night on Wednesday at 7pm”. So does that mean that they can skate on youth group night?
I should have asked if this new type of outreach is working. Has anyone else seen something like this? Is this a new method found …

Here is a cool idea that you can do to bless a youth or one of your volunteers. Purchase a shirt that you think the individual would like and then have all your students sign it.
You could specifically have them come up with scripture verses or just write out what they like about the person. This could be a really cool blessing for the person it’s given too.
Another idea is to have all your students show up with a  shirt that they would like signed and then have everyone go …

 
Neil Krause, 16, of Chippewa Falls wore a Spider-Man outfit to the premiere showing of ‘Spider-Man 3′ at 12:05 a.m. this morning in Chippewa Falls. Krause said he planned to wear the costume to school today.
Source: http://www.leadertelegram.com/story-news.asp?id=82489 
I had the privilege to see Spider-Man 3 @ 12am today (aka Thursday night) with one of my students – yes that’s him posed as Spider-Man above. I wanted to share not a movie review, but rather the themes that are very apparent in the movie and would be great discussion with youth.
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A friend and staff person while talking over the phone said how he thought it would be cool to consider having students do a spiritual scrapbook. This scrapbook can be something that students look at to remember what God has been doing in their lives.
In Joshua 4, after God performed the miracle of drying up the Jordan river so that the Israelites could cross into the promised land, God told Joshua to choose 12 Israelites to build a memorial out of 12 stones as a visual reminder of what God …