A President's Day Lesson for Christian Youth
Ask the youth to name characteristics of what will make an effective leader. It might be helpful to reference the recent inauguration of a new president and focus on what characteristics a successful president might have. After making your list, have the youth narrow the list to the five most important characteristic.
For more details on this activity,please click: Presidents Christian Youth Game
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We have told our young people that there is much more to gift giving that the presentation of a physical gift. He is an exercise we have done to help them identify these gifts.
It is suggested as an effective activity to set the tone for the New Year.
October 2011 ... Christian Youth Lesson ... We did Bombs Away then Trust and Prayer as suggested
When I asked the kids if they had someone they could talk to and trust with a difficult situation, they all said they did. When I asked "If it was something very private and they didn't want anyone else to know, except that friend," their response was, "No they didn't have a friend like that."
They really enjoyed playing "Bombs Away", but the more their guide let them down, the more they seemed to make mistakes. Afterwards, I asked if there was one thing they could change about anything, what would it be. Their responses were: world hunger, violence and war, gas prices, taxes, and bullying.
The most exciting part for me was when we sat in a circle with the candles and prayed. Every single one of them prayed, something that had never happened before. Before they left, I told them that I would be the kind of friend they could discuss anything with and it would be just between me and them.
Thanks for the great lesson on trust.
Pastor Todd Hartsock
The activity of which Pastor Todd speaks is described at: Trust and Prayer: an activity that encourages spoken prayer amidst youth and has been successful on several occasions with different youth programs.
New Ideas for the New Year
Jo writes regarding Not the Same Old, Done-it-before Youth Meetings ...
"I think this book is really good and helpful. I first read the online version of the book because I did not want to pay for it. But after reading a couple of program ideas and having a very very successful youth program I totally HAD to get this book. It is well worth the money."
For those who have been following the Mattpaul Letters ... much has been happening in Caperston and challenging events are being reported. We await climatic information, expected this Spring. We also have received a few drawings of events taking place. A series of third party letters have also been received and are being prepared for the correspondence.
We ask for your patience. We want to make sure we are reporting accurate information
Derik of Pittsburgh writes ... "Mattpaul got it right when he said ... 'I think I now understand. God is the light that shines out of me when I pray. I like that thought - God is light; he is the entity that brings brightness to the world.' We all need to pray that God will bring his brightness out through each of our Christian youth. Thank you Mattpaul."
Fri, 16 Sep 2011 Christian Youth Worker,Emma M. Rodriguez, wrote:
My name is Emma and I have a Bible Group (since May 2008) at Winding
Lake Rd #203, Sunrise, FL 33351; every Tuesday @ 8 pm. Our group is
called Soldiers in Christ and our motto is D.A.R.E. for
Jesus (Devoting And Rejoicing Everyday for Jesus). It consists of 9
to 14 teenagers and young adults.
Enough about my group (though I'm very excited and blessed with my
kids). I want to say, thank you for The Lifeboat Game. I used it in my Bible
Group and I was blessed on how my group responded. It's really
amazing how their perspective changed once the main purpose of this
game was told to them, which is, thank God that Jesus did not make
choices and he died for all of us!!! It's amazing how this makes us
feel not worthy and appreciative of others around us. Wow...it's
really AMAZING!
Next week I'm going to do the one on the Young Ruler, with a little
twist using the parable of the workers that got paid the same wage
even though they all worked different hours. Will write you on the outcome.
Thank you again for sharing your talents so that all the youth can
benefit. I will keep you in my prayers.
"I think this book is really good and helpful. I first read the online version of the book because I did not want to pay for it. But after reading a couple of program ideas and having a very very successful youth program I totally HAD to get this book. It is well worth the money." Thanks, Jo.
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It is suggested as an effective activity to set the tone for the New Year.
