Four Ways to Celebrate Your Trip
Youth workers live busy lives. As soon as one trip or program ends, the next begins. So it is with mission trips.As soon as you pull into the church parking lot at the end of your trip, inevitably someone asks,...
Youth Group Devo: Lessons from Ezekiel
Quick BackdropSeveral times in the Old Testament, we find God's people, Israel, disobeying God. Some instances were worse than others. In fact, toward the end of the Old Testament, God had to send special messe...
World Series
Just in time for the national pastime post-season hit...give this game a try. It makes a wonderful indoor or rainy day game—and it's also educational.You'll need a globe or a world atlas to play it.Here's...
The Power and Reward of Endurance
"I press on toward the goal" (Phil. 3:14)When he was 19 years old, Andy Andrews lost his parents. His mother died of cancer, and then just weeks later his father was killed in a car accident. Soon after, Andy f...
Youth Culture Lesson: Science and God
Teen Credits Both with Cancer RemissionGet the downloadable PDF.Get the downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:Right before the end of his junior year in high school, 17-year-old Pet...
Football Follies
This is a fun outdoor game, especially for football fanatics and those Friday night high school games. All you need is a football, an old tire, a garbage can and a child's wading pool.The game is simple: Set up...
Pancakes, Anyone?
"Those who had eaten the loaves numbered five thousand" (Mark 6:44).On Dec. 7, 1937, a heavy snowstorm blanketed the area of the Blue Star Highway in western Michigan and stranded dozens of motorists on the hig...
Mission Aviation Fellowship Launches a Digital App for Sharing the Gospel
Called Estante, which is Spanish for bookshelf, this free digital library app works offline and allows isolated pastors and church leaders to easily store, view and share digital Christian resources anywhere in...
The Blind Side: Racism
OpeningRacism is defined as "the poor treatment of or violence against people because of their race." Do you think you would enjoy being treated poorly or beaten up because of your race? Let's take a look at ho...
The Ultimate Gift: Decisions
OpeningYour life is full of decisions: when to go to bed, what to eat, whom to befriend, what to wear...These are just a few of the decisions you make regularly. Some decisions are big, and some are s...