Youth Group Nights
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Posted on December 5, 2011, 7:00 am | 1 comment
Topics: Youth Group Nights
Most years, the most successful youth group event was the night when we visited shut-ins in our congregation. It might not have been the most popular youth event going in to the activity, but it was always the best as the night ended. If you haven’t done this, you gotta give it a try.
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Posted on August 22, 2011, 7:00 am
Topics: Youth, Youth Group Nights
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life recently completed a survey of evangelical protestant leaders and the results show a deep concern around the negative impact of secularism on the future of evangelical Christianity. Do you think your youth group shares that concern? It would make a great discussion topic.
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Posted on March 7, 2011, 12:08 pm | 1 comment
Topics: Youth Group Nights
I wonder if we don’t often obsess about moving students to the next thing so that they can grow and in the meantime miss out on offering them opportunities to listen to the Spirit of God within them. When do we give them space to rest from the need to perform and instead offer them space to practice being children of God?
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Posted on January 19, 2011, 3:50 pm
Topics: Youth Group Nights
What do the internet and youth ministry have in common? Quite a lot, it seems, particularly when it comes to strategies for keeping "users" engaged. But is this a good thing? What are the implications for those of us engaged in ministry with teens?
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Posted on November 30, 2010, 9:35 am
Topics: Youth Group Nights
Allan 'Voice' Curt was challenged to make a RAP SONG introducing the Heidelberg Catechism. Sit back and enjoy!
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Posted on November 16, 2010, 10:16 am | 1 comment
Topics: Youth Group Nights
With the hustle and bustle of Christmas also comes the unique opportunity for you to do something different in youth group. It’s a great time to step out of the norm of regular teachings and game nights and be revolutionary. Be intentional this year and bring your youth group out into your community for the next month! Spread the Christmas cheer of Christ's birth once a week for four weeks! Are you ready to take the challenge?
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Posted on September 24, 2010, 1:59 pm
Topics: Youth Group Nights
Not the normal place to find a great activity for your youth group. Check out the Disability Concerns page on the NETWORK and read the blog entitled "Ask Your Youth Group to Do an Accessibility Audit".
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Posted on July 9, 2010, 2:30 pm
Topics: Youth Group Nights
Has Pixar ruined the animated film? Of course not—it's simply raised the bar for all other contenders in the world of animation, and that's a good thing.
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Posted on June 24, 2010, 10:39 am
Topics: Youth Group Nights
Church and School - can they work together?
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Posted on June 1, 2010, 2:13 pm
Topics: Youth Group Nights
Shrek's perfect life has settled into a routine, that has turned into a grind. He is having a mid-life ogre crisis. He longs to be the carefree and feared ogre he was in his youth. After a particularly trying day, he makes a deal with Rumpelstiltskin to magically get back to his old life for one day. The problem is that he has to trade one day of his past to get it. And that is where the trouble starts. Shrek Forever After contains good sermon illustrations about temptation, how husbands should love their wives, and why we should not allow the pleasures of the world to make us unfit for spiritual battle.
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Posted on May 23, 2010, 2:00 am | 1 comment
Topics: Youth Group Nights
It turns out that preaching or teaching on the Heidelberg Catechism (or other confessions) hits home with worshipers, including those from the postmodern generation.
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Posted on May 20, 2010, 2:00 am
Topics: Youth Group Nights
Apple is providing previews for all upcoming movies. Your youth will be watching the movies featured on this page. These movie trailers can be helpful for Bible Study analogies and much more. Enjoy the previews!
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Posted on March 31, 2010, 1:48 pm
Topics: Youth Group Nights
Have you heard about the National Day of Silence for North America? Walt Meuller, President of CPYU, put out this ALERT for us as youth workers to aware and informed as to what's taking place with our school system - both Public AND Christian Schools. This article is worth reading and take a few moments to check out the Day of Silence website.
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Posted on February 25, 2010, 9:46 am
Topics: Youth Group Nights
The Hebrew word for community is edah which also refers to beehive. Interesting! Is your youth group living in community, working together for a common goal? If we dissect this small portion of Scripture is says that the early church did a number of things together…
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Posted on January 27, 2010, 2:06 pm
Topics: Youth Group Nights
MOST (Czech for the Bridge) is a beautiful Oscar nominated movie and winner of many prestigious film festivals. It tells the story of the close relationship between a bridge operator (Vladimir Javorsky) and his young son (Lada Ondrej) and the fateful day when both try to head off an impending rail disaster. Check out this bible study on the movie.
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