Name That Tune Challenge
Here is a throwback game that now can be played easily in this Internet age. Assemble a list of popular songs from iTunes. (Some of the teens can do this for you!) Set up speakers so you can play portions of th...
Youth Culture Lesson: Finding a Future
Senior Overcomes Homelessness to Become ValedictorianGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat HappenedGriffin Furlong graduated June 4 from First Coast High School in J...
Youth Ministry in a Multifaith Society
Did you ever think about the fact that non-Christian faiths also have youth ministry? I didn't, until reading Youth Ministry in a Multifaith Society: Forming Christian Identity Among Skeptics, Syncretists ...
The Grace to Forgive
A little more than a year ago, I went with my family to an event that I never would have gone to a year prior. It was a fundraiser for a family wanting to adopt a child from another country. We walked into the ...
Storify Your Sermon: Postmodern Preaching for a Postmodern Generation
The times they are a-changin', Bob Dylan sang in 1964, and he was more than right. A lot has changed since then—in the world and in the church. The biggest change culturally is the transition from moderni...
Lights, Camera, Action! in Youth Ministry
A young person's faith is sure to grow stagnant without a solid foundation in God's Word and a true passion for Him. Young people in today's world desperately need and crave a close relationship with God. As I ...
Table-Top Puzzle
This game can be played on a rainy day and makes a fun retreat or overnight option. Take a photo of your youth group (or mission team, retreat participants, etc.) and then have a poster-sized photo made. These ...
Youth Culture Lesson: Comfy Couch
Buyers Find More than Loose Change in Lumpy SofaGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/Disclaimer.What Happened:A few months ago, roommates Lara Russo, Cally Guasti and Reese Werkho...
Improving Our Integrity
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God" (Matt. 5:8).A few weeks ago, my grandmother celebrated her 100th birthday. Or, perhaps I should say our family celebrated. Although my grandmother did not ...
The Prisoner
"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy" (Matt. 5:7).He was prisoner number 46664 and he served a 27-year sentence—18 of those years in forced hard labor, shackled to rock. He was given a ...