Name that Carol

Arrange for a pianist to bring in a book of favorite Christmas music (carols and hymns). Divide your group into two teams and allow one person from each team to compete against each other in naming the carol. T...

Free Christmas Lesson from ym360!

Our friends at youthministry360 are giving away a free Christmas Bible study lesson. The lesson features the lesson plan, PowerPoint and a fun game to get things started. This lesson will help students see who ...

Missional Youth Ministry

Brian Kirk and Jacob ThorneZondervan, 2011, 160 pp., $16.99In 2006, Brian Kirk and Jacob Thorne began blogging about questions we've all had. Are we entertaining our youth to death? Have Sundays become just ano...

Youth Culture Update: Apples Made by Elves

What do kids want for Christmas this year? A new bike? A train set? That's soooo 20th century. According to a survey from Nielsen, nearly half of children ages 6 through 12 are hoping Santa brings them a new Ap...

The Seventies: Adventure

If any game designer enjoys eternal security in video game history, it must be Warren Robinett. Taking his inspiration from Don Woods and Willy Crowther's text-based game "Adventure," Robinett labored for six m...