Creative Youth Ideas: June 2006 Archives

Pearls

A pearl is a victory over a problem. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 09:28 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Devotional
Average: 2.86 (133 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Difficulties, trials, struggles, test, victory

How to have Revival

How do you get revival? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (1)
Category: Food for Thought
Average: 2.80 (130 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: revival

The Lord's Baseball Game

Some spiritual lessons from a baseball parable (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:03 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 2.82 (130 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: baseball, love, faith, wisdom, grace

Profiles

In this icebreaker / crowdbreaker, youth will try to guess the identity of other youth by looking at their profiles. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Icebreakers
Average: 2.93 (121 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Image of Christ, Image of the Father, icebreaker, crowdbreaker, getting to know you, Christian Living, evangelism

The Vessel

Are you a vessel God can use? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 2.94 (121 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: vessel, service, used by God, giving, serving

Family Treasure

What is your family treasure. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 08:30 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 3.03 (117 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Family, Treasure, relationships

Did Jesus Use a Modem at the Sermon on the Mount?

Have the wonders of this modern age made you question what is true? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 2.90 (126 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Christ, technology, Internet, computers

Not Yet

God molds us according to his plan for us. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 2.79 (123 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: vessel, service, molded by God, shaped by God, trials, circumstances

Kids Sunday School Website

Resource for Children's Sunday School (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 10:45 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Resource Reviews
Average: 2.96 (124 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: children, Sunday School, kids

The Weight of A Prayer

Only God knows the weight of a prayer. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 3.00 (130 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: prayer, needs, provision

Grasping the Universe

Einstein's thoughts on order in the universe. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Food for Thought
Average: 2.74 (124 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: creation, Creator, order, design

Shared Vision

Use this exercize to illustrate the importance of a shared vision. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 08:30 AM | Link | Comments (1)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 3.06 (123 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Vision, Goals, Objectives

Student Excuses

Actual excuses given by students to schools (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Humor
Average: 2.95 (119 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: humor, children, jokes, funny but true

God is my father

Children will explore Fatherly qualities in God. The goal is to help children learn that God is a father who will never leave and who will always treat them with kindness and love. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 3.03 (130 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Father, Father's Day, Dad, game ideas

Old Testament Men Trivia

Trivia questions of men in the Bible. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 08:00 AM | Link | Comments (1)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 2.92 (127 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: men of the Bible, Trivia, Father's Day

Family Dress-up

Students will play a game to remind them that family is important. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 2.93 (122 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Father, Father's Day, Game ideas, dad, relay race

When God Created Fathers

Poem about God's creation of Fathers by Erma Bombeck (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 2.85 (121 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Father, Father's Day, dad

Father's Day Discussion

possible discussion starters for father's day (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 08:31 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Discussion Questions
Average: 2.72 (138 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Father's Day, Father, dad

Find Father's Tie

Students must find the tie that has been hidden in the room. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 3.06 (125 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Father's Day, father, dad, game ideas

Searching for Dad

Students must describe their Father to others to retrieve a photo of their father. (more)

Father's Business Trip

In this game, children must remember the business trips of father's going through the alphabet. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 08:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 2.83 (120 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: father's day, father, dad, game ideas

Father May I?

In this variation of "Mother May I?" Children ask Father rather than mother for permission (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 2.69 (112 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Father, Father's day, dad

Father's Are Wonderful People

A poem for fathers on Father's day. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 10:00 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 3.02 (122 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: father's day, dad, parents

Outhouse Confession

Sometimes our actions unexpectantly affect others. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 08:25 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Humor
Average: 3.04 (113 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: humor, funny, joke, actions, consequences, father son, Father's Day

The Ballad of the Oyster

What an oyster can do with a small grain of sand? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 2.92 (119 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: oyster, trials, difficulties

Emotional Charades

This like normal charades, but the items to be pantomimed are different emotions. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 08:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Drama Ideas
Average: 2.96 (132 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: emotions, feelings, icebreaker, crowdbreaker, showing love, positive and negative emotions

Fallen Man

Surrender is needed for true repentence. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Food for Thought
Average: 3.12 (125 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: repentance, surrender

Father's Day Ideas

Listing of Some of the father's day related Creative Ideas on the website. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 08:30 AM | Link | Comments (1)
Category: Announcements
Average: 2.93 (121 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Father's Day

Spider Soccer

In this variation of soccer or international football, youth are bound together with 3 other persons to play the game. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 08:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 3.05 (122 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: teamwork, sports variations, youth games

Every Earthly Hope

Christ reaches out in the most difficult times to us. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Food for Thought
Average: 2.83 (118 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: hope, light, Christ's help, help in times of need

Sardines

In this classic variation of hide-and-seek, youth search for the hidden persons and then join them in their hiding place. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 08:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 3.10 (126 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Game ideas, youth games, hide-and-seek

Value in Disaster

Can you find the value in disaster? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 2.76 (141 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: pain, suffering, trials, tribulations, circumstances, adversity, struggles, overcoming, hurt, affliction, testing, fire

Well Established

Are you making progress in your Christian Life? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 08:00 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Devotional
Average: 3.00 (116 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: growth, judgement, journey, farmer, wagon, testimony, complacency, grave

The Line Separating Good and Evil

Good and evil lie within each of us. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 10:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Food for Thought
Average: 2.80 (123 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: good and evil, heart

Red and Black

In this classic simulation game, youth learn that not everything has to be an "I win" "you lose" scenario. It can be win-win. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 2.79 (119 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Simulation game, greed, Selfishness

Bird and Shadow

Choices determine consequences. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Food for Thought
Average: 2.88 (121 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: choice, decision making, consequences, actions

Aardvark Relay

In this relay game, each person on a team must use a straw in thier mouth and suction to carry an object across the room and back. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 08:30 AM | Link | Comments (3)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 2.88 (138 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Relay Games, possessions, materialism, letting go

Wounded

We are all wounded. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Food for Thought
Average: 2.86 (126 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: wounded, transparency, healing, love

God's Work

God is a God of Variety (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 08:29 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Food for Thought
Average: 2.83 (121 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: variety, harmony

Murder

In this crowdbreaker, youth will try to guess the identity of a murderer, before they are murdered. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (1)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 2.88 (113 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Murderer, crowdbreaker, group games, keen observation, party games

A Child's Life

What are mark are you leaving? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 11:20 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Food for Thought
Average: 2.86 (130 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: child, nurture, influence, parenting

I Scream Sunday

This messy game has no lesson or meaning and is simply an opportunity for youth to have fun while getting a little messy with their dessert (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 2.85 (117 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: messy games, partner games, couple games

Romans and Christians

In this classic simulation game, youth learn what it means to stand up for one's faith and to totally trust God even in situations where they may face incredible adversity. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:30 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 3.06 (125 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Taking a stand, Belief, Government Authorities, Faithfulness, Persecution

Poem for Moms and Dads

Humorus look at raising kids (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 08:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Humor
Average: 3.01 (123 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Mother's Day, Father's Day, humor, funny jokes, raising kids

Children Are Like Kites

Raising children is like flying a kite. (more)

Falling Leaf

In this group builder, youth will learn to trust one another. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 05:18 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Game Ideas
Average: 2.88 (119 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Trust Game, Group Builder, Team building, unity, trust, support, encouragement

At the Mercy of Others?

When it seems others have control over our lives, can we trust God? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Resource Reviews
Average: 3.06 (124 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Trust, sovereignty, providence, God is in control

The Needs of Youth

Simple list of the basic needs of youth. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 08:43 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Youth Ministry
Average: 2.79 (121 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Youth development, identity, youth issues

The True Front

Every decision is a battle. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Food for Thought
Average: 2.92 (120 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Choice, decision, battles

10 speed

Does life seem to be a little fast for you? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (1)
Category: Humor
Average: 2.87 (165 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: humor, funny jokes, fast, speed

Everything I ever did

In this icebreaker / crowdbreaker, youth will try to guess the key events in another person's life. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 08:10 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Icebreakers
Average: 2.90 (116 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Icebreaker, icebreakers, getting to know you, introductions, redemption

Walking Like a Pigeon

Discovering our focus in our relationship to the world and the will of God (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Devotional
Average: 2.90 (124 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: focus, pigeon, sight, walk

Feelings

Do you communicate your feelings? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 08:03 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Humor
Average: 2.97 (117 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: humor, funny jokes, marriage, father

Where is the Dwelling of God

Does God dwell in your life? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Food for Thought
Average: 2.69 (112 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: God's presense

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