Creative Youth Ideas: December 2005 Archives

Church Garden

How does your garden grow? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 06:52 PM | Link | Comments (1)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 2.38 (8 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: garden, church, plant

Posted by Ken Sapp at 03:07 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 3.60 (5 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: busyness, time management, poetry, meditation, contemplation

The Impossible Dream

With God you can acheive the impossible. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 10:34 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Inspiration
Average: 2.33 (6 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: impossible, dreams, belief, faith, perseverance, endurance

Billboards

If God were to send us a message today, what might it be? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 10:02 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 3.50 (2 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: billboards, messages

Bertoldo de Giovanni

We have nothing to do with how much ability we've got, or how little, but with what we do with what we have. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 5.00 (1 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Ability, Talent, art, sculpture, Michelangelo

New Year's Time Capsule

Celebrate the previous year and create a fun activity for the next by creating a time capsule. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 02:00 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Creative Teaching Ideas
Average: 3.29 (7 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: New Year, memories, trends, change

January

New Year is a time to loko back and a time to look forward! (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Devotional
Average: 3.20 (5 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: January, New Year, Looking Back, Looking forward!

Change the World

Change must begin with oneself. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 10:31 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Food for Thought
Average: 3.86 (7 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: New Year's Resolutions, change, New Year

New Year's Resolutions

Can you guess the resolutions and goals for the new year? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 05:13 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 3.60 (5 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: New Year, New Year's Party, New Year's Resolutions, Party Games

New Year's Pictionary

How well can you draw items related to the New Year? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 01:48 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 3.00 (3 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: New Year, Party Games, New Year's Party

Aquarium Sharks

If we stay in our comfort zone we will never achieve our full potential. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:21 AM | Link | Comments (2)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 2.83 (6 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: growth, stagnant, complacency, fish

Barbershop Salvation

Saved by Grace? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Humor
Average: 1.73 (11 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: salvation, security of Believer, Grace, Barber

Drawing the Line

How do we handle the areas of right and wrong where we are unsure? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 10:16 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Creative Teaching Ideas
Average: 3.22 (9 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: decision making, taking a stand, grey areas, choices,

The Bird Cage

Jesus Christ, the Son of God, paid for your release, your freedom from Satan's trap, with His own life, on the cross at Calvary. The door is open, and anyone, whom Satan has deceived and caged, can be SET FREE. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 10:56 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 2.33 (3 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: sin, Satan, captive, sacrifice, Easter, atonement, cross, crucifixion

Top 10 Sayings of Biblical Mothers

If Biblical mothers were to speak today! (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 01:04 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Humor
Average: 2.50 (6 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: humor, wisdom, mother, children, parents, Mother's Day

Double Trouble

The Body of Christ, like the human body, was meant to work together in unity. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 09:51 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Creative Teaching Ideas
Average: 2.86 (7 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: teamwork, unity, care, love, help, friendship, cooperation

Twas the Month After Christmas

The tastes of Christmas can bring more than just Christmas cheer. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 08:37 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Humor
Average: 2.20 (5 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas Food

Christmas Collection eBook

Get the Creative Youth Ideas: Christmas Collection eBook (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 11:52 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Announcements
Average: 2.70 (10 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas Games and Ideas

A Final Visit From Saint Nicholas

A humorous variation on the classic: Visit from St. Nick, also known as The Night Before Christmas (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 11:15 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Humor
Average: 2.00 (6 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Chirstmas Jokes, Poetry

Merry Christmas From The Legal Department

limited Christmas wishes by the legal department. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 08:51 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Humor
Average: 2.67 (3 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: christmas, lawyers, legalism

Twas the Night Before Christmas

Clement Clarke Moore famous original (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 03:09 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 2.00 (11 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas, Santa, St. Nickolas

Twas the Net before Christmas

Night before Christmas for Computer Nerds (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 10:04 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Humor
Average: 1.80 (5 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas, Humor

Politically Correct Night Before Christmas

The Night Before Christmas for those who want everything to be politically correct (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 07:43 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Humor
Average: 1.67 (6 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas, Humor

Twas the Night Before Christmas for Moms

One of God's greatest gifts is mothers. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:02 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Humor
Average: 1.75 (4 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Mother, Mom, Christmas

The Gift of the Wisemen

The wisemen gave Christ the greatest gift (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:01 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Devotional
Average: 3.00 (6 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas, gifts, giving, worship

Christmas Boggle

How many words can you form from the letters? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 06:49 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 3.40 (5 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas Games, Holiday games

They Followed the Star

The star was something new. It was something unusual. It was something surprising. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 10:45 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Devotional
Average: 3.00 (6 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas, obedience, following God’s guidance, the journey

Christmas Stocking Scavenger Hunt

Can you find all the hidden Christmas Stockings? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:02 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 2.80 (5 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas Games, Holiday Games, Scavenger Hunt

Christ, Born in Me

What difference does it make that Christ was born so long ago in Bethlehem, if he be not born in me? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (1)
Category: Devotional
Average: 3.20 (5 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas, obedience, God’s purpose, yielding to God

Best Christmas Pageant Ever

The Herdmans understand what the Christmas story is all about. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 10:36 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Devotional
Average: 1.70 (10 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas, Giving, Worship, Change

Christmas Limbo

Playa Christmas version of the classic Limbo game. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 08:20 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 3.00 (7 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas Games, Holiday Games

Christmas Memories

The meaning of Christmas is found in the relationship. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 08:13 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Devotional
Average: 3.25 (4 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas, relationship, fellowship

Christmas Scavenger Hunt

Christmas scavenger hunt list ideas for your youth group activity. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:24 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 2.00 (5 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas Games, Holiday Games, Scavenger Hunt

Christmas Alphabet Game

Can you identify the correct Christmas items? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:17 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 3.20 (5 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas Games, Holiday Games

Christ Was Born for All People

Use this object lesson as a reminder that Christ was born as a gift to everyone. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Object Lessons
Average: 2.31 (16 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas, Light of the World, Body of Christ, Christ Came for All

Praise God for Christmas

The infinite God became a finite child and the Savior of the world. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 09:53 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 3.43 (7 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas, Incarnation, Birth of Christ

Sesame Street Christmas

God became one of us! Immanuel, God with us! (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 09:37 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Food for Thought
Average: 2.33 (6 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas, Incarnation

Blind Snowman

How well can you draw a snowman? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:29 AM | Link | Comments (1)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 1.40 (15 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas Games, Holiday Games

Toothless Christmas

Facial contortions without laughter make this game a fun Christmas game. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 03:03 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 3.25 (8 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas Games, Holiday Games

Can This Be Christmas?

Where is Christ this Christmas day? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 09:05 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 2.00 (9 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas

King and Father

God cares for his people constantly. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:42 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Devotional
Average: 2.33 (6 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas, Devotion, Father

Santa Dress Up

Who makes the best Santa? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 3.17 (6 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas Games, Holiday Games, Santa

A Christmas Story

This Christmas Joke is very punny! (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 09:19 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Humor
Average: 1.67 (6 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas Jokes

Christ Has Come, the Light of the World

Christ has come, the Light of the world, and accomplished all we could not. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 06:20 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Food for Thought
Average: 1.80 (5 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas, Christ, Light

Christmas Forward and Backward

Can you make it around the circle to win? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 04:03 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Icebreakers
Average: 2.40 (5 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas Game, Holiday Game

He Knows My Name

God is interested in the tiniest things in the world. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:23 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 2.67 (9 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas Gift, God's care and concern

Santa Beard Relay

Relay race using cottonballs stuck to the chins of youth. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 08:10 AM | Link | Comments (2)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 1.67 (12 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas Games, Holiday Games, Relay Race

20 Ways To Confuse Santa Claus

Humorous look at some of the Christmas traditions involving Santa. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:08 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Humor
Average: 2.00 (8 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas, Santa Claus

Christmas Tinsel Relay

A relay race using Christmas Tree Tinsel. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:01 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 2.33 (9 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christmas Games, Holiday Games

PC Christmas Wishes

Christmas wishes in the age of political correctness. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 09:06 AM | Link | Comments (0)
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