I was in a hurry last Wed. afternoon, trying to come up with some Christmas games to play with our youth group that night. I got on the internet and started searching. After wasting several minutes, I remembered I had saved your website a few months back. It was a life saver!
I found everything I needed - games, a devotional, fun ideas, all in one place!
God bless you and your ministry!!!!
What a great web site. So many great ideas in one place. Ideas that reach kids with the gospel and get them to thinking about their relationship with our almighty God. I will use this web site over and over and pass it on to my friends.
Had used vanishing cookies for about a year before you revised the site. The new one is outstanding and one of the first places I look for new ideas. Thanks
Thanks for the site. Our church is planning to open an outreach center downtown (small Texas town). We will serve youth in the area with Bible study and art classes as well as begin overnight worship with groups of girls/ women members as leaders and later boys with men members as leaders of the events. The information I've encountered on your blog is WONDERFUL!
we're a new church with a very small budget right now.
It's nice to have free resources available and people who are genuinely interested in our youth.
THANKS!
Thank You, Ken for your website. I used your game "do you love your neighbor" last night in my youth group and they enjoyed it. Great tool for youth pastors!
Just had to tell you that your work in this world is so very much appreciated on this side of the world..............Tasmania,Australia. I work with unchurched boys and find your recourse so helpful...to the point,just what I need. Thank you so much for making it available for free. We are having to fundraise all the time and money is tight.We hire a recreation centre and the boys from 4,5and6th grades flock. It is in a low socio-economic area so we have to offer the ministry for next to nothing. Object lessons are perfect too as they really help to bring home simple point about the Christian faith. Thanks again,Mike Lizotte,Gateway Ministries Devonport,Tasmania
My name is Steve Merrin, I have been involved in youth ministry since my senior year of high school (89). My wife was just surfing the net looking for new mothers day ideas, and she found your site. It looks like one of the best YM websites I have seen (like Youth Specialties but not as corporate). I book marked it.
I enjoyed your site very much. I am involved in Young Adults Ministry in our church and had been using your sites for icebreakers... got hooked on it and was very glad ive found it.
Just today while browsing i've found the flash presentation of the Bamboo - Galatians... Is it possible to download it ... i'd love to use it on our Leadership Fellowship on Tuesday (Elders, Deacons & Ministry Servants with Spouse plus the Pastoral Staff) ... it would be lovely to encourage them.
thanks a lot. hope to hear from you soon. The Lord bless you!
Thank-you for your website. I am one of 3 leaders for our group of 40 young people (20 juniors aged 10-12, 11 earliteens aged 13-15, and 9 youth aged 16-18) in our sabbath school programs. i value your ice-breaker exercises and your object lessons and find that the kids utilize them as a foundation for good discussions.
I was searching the internet for some ideas for our church youth group ... I am new, they all know each other. I wanted to find some good ways of allowing us all to get to know each other ... your site is just AWESOME.
Thank you for giving me some great ideas to build upon.
Just thought you might like to check out this most valuable resource for youth groups. For more than twelve years The Blacklight Theatre of the Mighty Warrior has traveled around the US working with all types of churches. Since the youth as well as adults are so visually oriented-this production has been used by lots of youth groups as well as youth conventions. The production uses those from the host group as the full cast as well as crew. This makes for a great opportunity for the youth to learn how the visual arts can be effectively used in ministry.
I found your site off of www.crosswalk.com and I thank you for so many useful ideas for games, devotions, and youth studies on your site. God bless!!!!
Just wanted to tell you that I appreciate you making your ideas available to those of us who volunteer our time to teach Sunday School. It has been a tremendous help to me in my object lessons. God bless you. jms
this is a great resource source site for me. I pretty much just stumbled upon it. Looking for something totally unrelated. It's like finding that 5 dollars in your pocket you didn't know about. You Da Man!
i am a youth for christ leader for our high school Campus Life ministry. i was searching the internet looking for some game activities and "stumbled" acorss your site. I just wanted to say thanks so much for all that it is and for taking the time to create this. I haven't looked through everything but the pages I have seen are amazing. I love the fact that so many of us around the world are serving our Lord together! Its amazing, true blessings... have a wonderful day.
Praise Jesus! I love your website, It is very informative. I wanted to ask if you have any skits for children. I am looking for a skit for 5 kids to perform for White Sunday in October. Any information is greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance for your assistance.
May the LORD continue to bless you abundantly for your work. God Bless
Ken,
I am so glad that I found this awesome site, You have really great stuff for youth. I just want to say thank you for sharing all that God has given you with all that are wiling to look for sites like yours.
You were a blessing for me. I am always looking for different topics,games,discussions,ect. May God Bless you!!!
Betty
Hi! I teach Junior High Sunday School and have a new curriculum this year (that I did not get to pick) which did not exactly start off with a bang… So I used a couple of your games – measuring smiles and the Bob name game. Thanks for sharing the resources! They really got us off to a nice start. (Mostly new sixth graders this year). I think kids that are laughing are more ready to learn than those who are bored!
Thank you so much for this site. We recently had our Youth director resign and I'm the SS director and i happened upon your site. This is going to be very beneficial to our Youth and Church
Ken, This is a great site. Many many awesome ideas. Very happy to have found your site. Thank you for the valuable input and all of the time putting this site together. What a blessing!!
My name is Dayton Brattin and I pastor Mission Baptist Church in Washburn Missouri.
I wanted to send you a quick e-mail to thank you for your ministry and website. On Sunday mornings we have what I call children's church in which consists of me doing a short lesson or devotion with the children. And sometimes it is very difficult for me to come up with great children's sermons, and sometimes I feel because of my lack of creativity I don't give the children the best they deserve. However, through your ministry and website you help me to come up with some very good children's sermons. So I want to say a great big thank you! And keep up the great work.
Because He lives,
Dayton Brattin
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!
Philippians 4:13
I hear what you are saying. God works in amazing ways and those youth who may not seem to be there for the right reasons, or at least we think. Who knows if that one time they come and all of a sudden things are made real for them through something. some helpful hints: 1. Call your youth group youth ministry. I believe that a youth group can be anything; however, a youth ministry speaks much more to the church and your teens. 2, create a mission statement for your group. Have the kids do this at a meeting night with some ideas you research on or you may find or maybe you need to create it. 3. have a name for your youth ministry...Ours is The CAVE which is Christ Amassadors as liVing Example. The kids love it! It sounds fun and has a great message and right away lets visitors know who you are and that you are for real. Finally, with most of your activities-have welcome,word, work, worship, witness. these can be done in any manner. I play Christian music in the background while we are doing a crazy games and the kids now know some of the songs and will sing along..and you have your worship. These are just some ideas to create your youth as a ministry and not simply as a group who comes to hang out for fun activities. Pray for your group at the end of a session even the ones that you may not know. They find it wired; however, it does stick with them that there are people that care even though they don't know them. Isn't that what Jesus' does for us? God's blessings in your ministry.
Thanks so much for this site. I used the Peter Pumpkin Object Lesson with our Outreach Kids Club for our Pumpkin Party. It went over real well. I was amazed how all 30 plus kids lessoned so intently. God is so good! Thank you for making this site available to me. I will definitely be using it again. It's on my favourites list. Blessings!
Ken has always been a Big Bro to me. Though we see each other very rarely since I live in the States now, he was influential in my life in many, many ways. I highly recommend him as a mentor and friend to anyone who is confused about life's path.
thanks for having a great website
i teach Jr. high youth group and am always looking for activities to keep it going fast but relevant. i have found your website very helpful
This site really helps me cut down on wasted time searching for ideas, games, and resources. I appreciate you sharing your expertise and experience with us... for FREE!
Thanks Ken! God bless you for all you do! The resources on your website have been a tremendous help for me as I’ve just started leading the youth ministry this past summer.
God is moving in the hearts of his youths all over the world and i jus wanted to thank you for providing jus another tool to be use to build Gods kingdom.
mahalo nui loa
(thank you very much)
lani kohatsu
Thanks for the New Year's ideas. We used some of your icebreaker games at our New Year's Lock-in. Lots more youth brought friends (lots more than I expected, that is), so it was neat to have "undercurrent" games helping youth mix. We played the game with New Year's Hats and the one that you suggested garlands for. We used glow-in-the-dark bracelets instead of the garlands, which they liked. No one knew what "forfeits" were for the hat game, but they enjoyed watching each other perform them. One youth got wrapped up in Christmas paper (instead of toilet paper) with a lot of extra masking tape to hold it all together. Good fun! Our prize for the bracelet game was a box full of silly string and noisemakers for midnight (prize awarded at 11:50pm). Thanks for the great ideas. I just stumbled across your site in my searching for this activity, but I'll be back! :o)
I use your site all the time. You have such wonderful ideas. I work with two different groups at church, girls grades 1-6 and youth grades 7-12. I use your ideas for all of them. I have several sites I use but I go to yours first. I tend to favor the games and ideas where you draw or make things. I hope you keep this site going. Thanks alot!
Hey ken thank you so much for being on fire for CHRIST. This website has helped me take our youth teaching and extra activity to the next level!!! May the Lord Jesus bless your ministry!!!
thank you ken for this great site.Im blessed to direct a ministry to our able- disabled friends,and your work definitely helps ours.keepin the main thing the main thing,thank again Dave Morsch
Thank you sooooo much for your site. You save me a lot of time !! I found a bunch of good ideas today to send to our volunteers who work in schools in the city. Also connected with a great website through your site. Thank you soooo much for caring about youth !!
Thank you so very much for producing such a wonderful website. I am the Parish Administrator at our church, in which we are temporarily without our youth director. I love working with youth, so I said I would continue the youth program for a while in her absence. I have been able to have a great time with these youth along with teaching them! They are having a blast too and wonder where I am coming up with all these fun games and lesson plans.
hi ken,
ive been blessed by the ideas ive found on the website.as you now my name is jocelyn.iam from fiji and my age is 14.i attend gospel high school.also i go to church.its fun being a youth.but their are times when i as a youth face troubles.i was on a website when i came across these wonderful ideas.well i think its really great.it helps alot.and my friends liked it
too.well thanks again.bye
I teach religious education to junior high kids at a Catholic church in Dallas. Your site has been such a blessing to us because it enables me to find games that make the lesson fun!
So far I've used a Christmas poem based on the Alphabet.
The "I Never" icebreaker game was a lot of fun, and we used it as an intro to our New Year's lesson where they made resolutions and made plans to do positive things that they had never done before.
Another good one was the empty box lesson. We did that one before Christmas, and it was a real shock to them when they opened the box...but it was a lesson that I think will stay with them for a long time.
This is my third or fourth year teaching Sunday School, and I have never found a site that it more helpful than yours!
I'll keep giving you feedback as I try new things.
Thank you so much for sharing these resources online. I'm Julie from the Philippines and i've been helping the youth in church through bible studies and group discussions. You are such a big help. Thank you so much. Hope more people could be like you. God bless.
i think that the web site is awesome and that it is a great tool for youth ministers. i am a young youth leader and wanting to be used by God in the music industry more than anything. i really enjoy the lessons because they teach youth how to be set apart and how to live a life pleasing unto God. so thanks a lot.
Hi Ken,
I used one of your ideas tonight. "I Doubt It" It was great. I am a lay person that helps with the youth. I usually just show up and the youth minister leads. He came down with the flu today, so I had to come up with something fast. The discussion was really good afterwards. It helped us get to the "meat of the matter."
This looks like an excellent site! I am an Awana Sparks Director for about 100 kids ages K-2 and from time to time, I have to come up with ideas for devotions when I am unable to have someone else teach. This site has some excellent ideas for larger groups, as well as some thought-provoking comments for leaders of youth. I plan to read some of the comments at my leaders' meeting tomorrow night.
Thanks for being willing to share these at no cost to other churches and ministries.
Rhoda Kennell
Just to let you know I have my first workshop with some kids and I needed some ideas to talk on the subject of PURPOSE. I wento go google and found your website.
I found to some good stuff to get me going on the above subject.
I will definitely be in contact with you to discuss how one can become an effect youth worker for the saved and unsaved.
Thank you for such an awesome site! It's been a great help for me as a youth leader. I just wish there were more seminars, workshops that we could attend.
Thank you for everything! Keep up the good work!!!
I really enjoy your site. I have used some of your ideas in our Wednesday night Kidz Church. My kids have loved the ideas. Thank you for making this valueable website available. May God's blessings be upon you.
My name is Patty Andrews and I work with the youth at Forrest Chapel UMC in Hartselle, Al. We have a group of about 10-15 jr/sr high kids that I teach Bible study to on Wed. nights. Around the holidays we have just fun, social times and I have found your game archives and also your devotionals to be a wonderful resource!
I am also the director of an after school program at an elementary school and have used some of your game selections with the children there. Your website is great! Keep up the good work!
As children's coordinator I am responsible for gathering materials for a multitude of classes, programs, and lessons. I teach Sunday School, lead a children's ministry during the morning worship hour, am responsible for the 2nd Sunday children's minutes, and I am constantly looking for quick and easy lesson prompts to get those classes going. I had a program to do in just a couple hours and was looking on the internet for some ideas. I just happened up on your website after Googling and found a never ending fountain of wonderful material. This has got to be the best site I have ever visited! Even though this site talks about youth, it is great for children as well. I found your "Blind Snowman" lesson and did this with a program with 7 and 8 year old kids. They had a great time trying to draw the snowman with their eyes closed. I expounded on the lesson and talked about people being blind in their faith versus those who trust in God and put his word in their heart. We talked about having low scores and high scores and how we score with God. Thank you so much for sharing what God has given to you with the rest of us. May God continue to pour out His blessings on you.
His,
Vickie Otto
Children's Coordinator
Langdale United Methodist Church
Valley, AL
My name is Danielle. I'm a leader at our youth group at an AFM church
in South Africa. Thank you very much for creating this site.
In the community that we live, we don't have access to many resources
like this. It's a great help to know that we can use this as a basis
to work from when we run out of ideas to keep our young people excited
about their christianity.
Ken,
Thanks for the site. It's been very helpful in my ministry. Since finding your site, it seems that I am going directly to it even with all the other youth ministry sites on the web. I enjoy all the very creative ideas of teaching God's word to students.
Following His Steps,
Chris Hood
Riverdale Baptist Church
I'm pastor and just recently our youth minister left and guess who's doing youth now. It's been 25yrs since that has happened and didn't know so much has changed with youth and their generation. It's kind of funny because now I'm listening to KSBJ (Praise & Worship) radio along with an assortment of CD's the youth have introduced me to. My wife and I both seem to be living a younger life, if you know what that means. We're more excited and are going more than we have in years. It's been good for us. But most of all, I've come to realize the hurting young lives that I've been brushing past each day and did not know how vulnerable they were to failure and disappointments. I want to do all that I can for the rest of my life to help our young generation rise above the spiritual poverty they exist in. God bless our youth in Jesus name, amen.
Thank you for making you resources available to help us reach our youth and keep them interested in Godly living. God bless you today in Jesus name, amen.
Dear Ken, Thank you for having such a resourceful site. It is a blessing to our church youth. We are a small church with limited resources and funds. To find a site that helps us use your materials for free, it is indeed a blessing. Praying for your continued ministry.
thanks ken :) i'm adding you to my dailies. great resource. i'm working at a local secondary school in the area of personal growth and self-leadership. and i'm only keen to feed them biblical values & principles. i'm really glad to have found this site.
As a sunday school teacher and a mother of 3 i am always looking for resources and ideas to stimulate their learning in a fun yet informative way.
Some of the things i have read on your site are brilliant and has inspired me to "beef up" my teaching with more varierty.
Thank you so much for sharing your work and expertise with us.
Brigitte
Thank you for sharing the wonderfully, anointed illustrations and children's sermons with the Body of Christ. Your ministry is greatly appreciated. May God continue to bless you abundantly.
Bula means "Hello". This is William Nalagilagi from Fiji. If you watch Sevens Rugby, we are the current World Champions. Anyway, Iam the Director of our Campus Ministries in our Local Church (Calvary Temple) in Suva , FIJI.
I've just spent 1/2 an hour on your site and I do marvel at what you have produced. Thank you so much.
I'm Jess Seguerra Jr. from Philippines. I just want to say Thank you for your wonderful Ideas. I may not give you something but I'm sure the LORD will Bless you a lot because of kindness. I am Youth Leader in our local church. Since I found this site I always visit it everyday as in daily. This site help a lot to keep our youth longing for Christ.
God Bless you with more strength and knowledge to keep every youth leader inspired by the work of the LORD through your hand.
We love you with the LOVE of LORD and Mabuhay ka Kapatid! (Long live brother)
greetings from Limerick Ireland
this looks a great website,
it will possibly save me from sudden death at our next youh club meeting on Palm Sunday.thank you Ken...Jane.
stopped in for a quick peek. I liked what I saw so far! I've been working with youth for about 15 years and I LOVE IT. Good resources are always welcome and appreciated!
We thank you from the coast of South Carolina.
I just wanted to thank you so much for all the wonderful ideas, devotionals, and mentoring you have posted and provided.You have been a great blessing in my life and hopefully helped provide our youth group/Sunday school class with a 'new beginning.' Thank you so much!!! God Bless!!!
Plenty of tips and ideas, had a quick first glance, but I will be back to pick up many useful ideas. We need all the help we can get in putting across the WORD to our children and young people. Thank you for letting us have your brill ideas.
yes Hi my name is Teremoana. I just happened to browse on the internet to find something to help with our youth to be more creative and also to make the church environment to be a peaceful place for them to feel at home. I haven't started yet but I know it is going to be a blessing to our young people and to the church. I just need to find a way to get our youth to know God more. And I know your ideas are going to help a lot.
Hi Ken
Your site is awesome and thank you. The reason I was looking for these kinds of sites is I organize crafts and things for our Sunday School and am always looking for new things. The older group in our small class consists of 6 - 9 kids and its hard to find ideas and things for that age sometimes. I sent your address to the teacher of that class so between the 2 of us we should be able to really come up with good lesson plans. Thanks again.
Lynda
Ken, My wife and I are youth pastors at the Elyria Foursquare Church in Elyria, Ohio. We are always looking for new resources and when I came upon your page I didn't realize what I had found. This is a great resource and chuck full of great ideas. I am looking forward to coming back to it often. As a matter of fact we will be using one of the object lessons tonight. Thanks for putting together a great site. I will be sure and recommend it to my friends. God bless you and your ministry!
I found your website when looking for ideas for a treasure hunt for my
daughter and her friends, ages 13 & 14.
I used quite a few of your ideas, and added some of my own, and it was a big
hit!
I look forward to exploring your website further.
Thank you for sharing, and may God bless your ministry.
Tracy Sedens
Sherwood Park, Alberta
Canada
Ken-
Well my name is Stefanie and I am 24 and live in a small town in PA. I was in the Military for almost 5 years and once I got discharged and moved back home I started teaching a Junior High Sunday School Class and within a few months I took over our Youth Group. I stumbled upon your website when I was trying to come up with some ideas for upcoming Youth Meetings. I absolutely love the site and am so happy that I was able to find it. Thank you for posting something so useful on the web to help Youth Leaders out.
By His Grace-
Stef
Hi Ken,
My name is Tara Poole & I am a new volunteer youth director for Mt. Olivet UMC. I have worked in children's ministries for several years, but youth is a new ball game for me. When I came across your site I was so excited with all the ideas. You helped me come up with very creative games & more. We had a Candy cane themed Christmas party with all your candy cane ideas & the kids had a blast. Thank you so much for your time & dedication to helping all of us who work with the youth find Great creative ideas. I really appreciate it!
Blessings,
Tara Poole
Hi Ken, I am very pleased I found your site. I have had a lovely time collecting Resources for the Youth Camp I am going to today. We will have around 60 teenagers together for a week to do a little sowing of the Seed!!!
I am a 55 year old grandmother with 7 children that have now turned into adults!!! 5 have married giving us 5 wonderful additions plus 8 grandsons and 3 granddaughters - precious souls. God works in amazing ways generationally!!!
Our youngest son Jon is 15 and will drive for the first time on a 2-3 hour journey to Foxton Bible Camp in an area known as Manawatu in the North Island of New Zealand. We have a great old Mercedes (1987) and he is very excited by the prospect!!!
Sometimes I am concerned at the content of the 'Concerts' that are traditionally held on the last night at 'Camp' so this time I have been on the lookout for something more appropriate! Loved the jokes on your site and have picked up one or two other bits and pieces that I hope my Study Group in particular will enjoy using.
Very pleased to find some Resource material for a Grief Programme I will be facilitating for 16+17 year olds next school term on feelings and masks too! Excellent stuff!!!
Thank You for your service for God... Anne Robinson
I came across your blog while looking for some youth activities for the Christian Fellowship in my university.. I think your blog is really encouraging and I managed to get some helpful materials from here! Thank you very much for sharing and encouraging youths all over the world!I pray God will continue to bless you and your ministry :)
I have been so blessed by your site and your postings .You are a blessing to so many especially those that are working with youth and children .Keep up the good work.
Forty five years I was a young man and was active in young people ministry. Recently I was asked to help the young people activities in the same church. I found out that your website are resourceful with great ideas.
God bless you !
Hey, ken!
I'm so glad to find your website, and see so many creative and practical ideas for the youth ministry. Lots of Brilliant work!
I'm the tutor of the youth fellowship of my church, there are around 18 of them, they are all energetic, just want to bring them more closely to God and build up their faith. I find the materials, esp the great adventure book inspiring. I'm a teacher as well, and the activities planned are fun and practical. I'm thinking about ordering it, still want to hear the advice from my ministry partners.
Hi Ken
I just wanted to say that I love your website, and it is definitely the one that I use the most in my work with children and youth! Keep up the great work.
God Bless
Your site so far has been a blessing. I am a youth leader over the ages of 13-20 and I am always looking for new
ideas to use with them. Games, illustrations, message ideas everything!!! Your site is great and what is even more of a blessing it is free!!! I have stumbled across a lot of sites that had so much to
offer....for so much a month or year which is not something I can afford
so to find your website and it have all kinds of things to spark ideas and use, and it be free on top of all that it is a true blessing. Keep up the good work!!!
Just wanted to say thank you for making your website available, sometimes it is hard to keep coming up with new material when you work more than a full time job, and have four kids of your own three in which are teenagers.
I need help with your youth
we have a small church & we just getting started with a youth program. meet once a mo. looking for ice breakers for a small group. like what i see.
Praise God for you!! I was looking for ideas for a contemporary service (adults and children) on Father's Day. Your site is wonderful. I found what I needed and a WHOLE lot more. Keep up the good work
I just found your website and I love it. God put it on my heart to start something and I'm kicking off the youth program with a lock in. I knew I wanted to have a scavenger hunt and do a few ice breakers. Your site had the perfect things I could use. There are so many other things here I can't wait to get into. Thanks for making my job a lot easier.
God is so great that He has given us people like u, Mr. Ken. Your website helps me a lot in my youth ministry. I'm fr. Philippines, mentoring youth.. Keep up the good work.. God Bless You... Thanks...
I just happened to browse on the internet to find something to help with our youth to be more creative and also to make the church environment to be a peaceful place for them to feel at home. I haven't started yet but I know it is going to be a blessing to our young people and to the church. I just need to find a way to get our youth to know God more. And I know your ideas are going to help a lot.
I have only begun to look at the resources on your site and am impressed with what I see. I need to explore further when time permits. I am a co-leader of a 10-12 yr old youth group in Levin, New Zealand. We have 20+ kids coming along and they are a lot of fun and a challenge to feed sometimes.
I have been a Christian for 29 years and life just gets better and better. I have a website at www.all4god.net which you are welcome to visit.
Bless you for your work and your "free Gospel" approach!
Hi Ken: I am very excited about your website. My husband and I just took
over the College Ministry at our Church and I always like to have fun while
teaching our Bible Study. I have visited your website for the first time
just a few minutes ago and printed off some great stuff. It will be a
resource I will use often. Thank you for your ministry to us.
Thank you for an incredible resource!!!!!!!!!
I am assisting student leaders who conduct school campus Bible clubs. I have referred them to your site to assist them in their lessons, games, etc. Currently, I am assisting five public and 1 private school in this ministry. On a weekly basis these clubs are reaching over 400 students. I have used your "Object Lessons" and have compiled them in hard copy for the students who do not have a computer available to them. I have your name and website listed on those sheets.
Thanks again! Please keep me posted with any additions you make to your resources.
I was surfing the web, looking for ideas for kids talks (object talks) and I came across your site.
You have some great ideas; I have printed out a few of your object talks.
My husband and I are leaders in our town's NSW Rangers outpost. I am in need of a few ideas for when I lead the devotion time, so thanks so much for your input!
Our family are Christians, and attend our local Church (AOG).
Dear Ken,
Greetings in Jesus name!
I really appreciate your ministry to the Lord through Creative Youth Ideas.I am a Methodist Pastor of India and at present doing Th.M. in Seoul, South Korea.Here in Seoul I am involved in Youth Ministry in one of the local churches and I hope that the informations from you will be a great help to me.May God bless you!
I think finding your website was God ordained.
I LOVE IT! I am sooooo excited about finding EVERYTHING we as Leaders could possibly ever need.
Thank you so much for this extremely resourceful website.
Greeting In the wonderful name of our Lord Jesus Christ
I am 20yrs of age and my dad has just recently opened a church at the begining of this year in an underprivliged arear in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. The Name of the Church is the Rainbow Church of Christ. Their are a fews youths in our church but I want to start working with them and in the community. Im just trying to figure out how to draw them to the youth meeting. Last night I visited your website and their are so many wonderful ideas. Thank You for allowing people access to this material. I'm sure that God is already blessing you and will continue to bless you.
Hi. Thank you for sharing your ideas and heart with the world. Your site is awesome; and God has clearly gifted you with creative ways of reaching youth. J
thank you very much for your creatives, they have really helped me to fervently teach my children especially the pianting, God richly bless you, enlarge your coast ,increase your strength, GOD should anoint you with the spirit of understanding,wisdom and knowledge that as you create he will guide your hands to do and draw as never before. May he protect your family,worker and also bless those who help you that is in terms of every thing, above all, MAY HE BLESS YOUR WIFE AND CHILDREN now and forever more in Jesus name AMEN.
BYE.
I have browsed through your website and found a lot of creative ideas that I could adopt for my Sunday school class. I am a Sunday school teacher ministering 12 to 14 years old kids for a church named Church of Christ Jesus (GKY JMB) in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Thank you for taking your time to create this website and allowing us to access. I believe that a lot of people have been blessed from it.
Ken,
I am the youth director for a small country church in Mooresburg, TN. However, I do have a group of about twenty youth ranging in age from 13-22. They are an awesome group and we travel doing dramas and human videos. I found lots of great fun ideas for our yearly campout retreat. Thanks for all the awesome info!
I just found your site and absolutely love the information. I work with the Prime Time group (55+ yrs. young) in our church. I do a lot of programs and found several ideas on your site. God Bless You.
Thank you for this wonderful site . It if full of very good ideas for the youth. I will be using some for our Youth camp to be held end October. May God Bless you in all your future endeavors. This is what I was looking for all along!
I just want to thank all you people who run this vital websites. I am a Pastor for a Methodist church in Bangalore -India and your materials are wonderfully relevant to our community. May God bless you and I will continue to pray for you and also support with whatever small resources God has given in the days to come. Thank you. Andrew
Ken,
I am blown away! I am convinced that your site was sent straight to me by God's own hand. I am a very fun and creative person, but I needed a way to connect the fun with the scripture for our kids. It has taken me half the day to decide on only one creative teaching idea for tonight! I want to do them all!!
Thanks so much for being used of the Lord.
I will continue to use your site. Keep up the good work!!
Your website is a great blessing to us. I thank the Lord for people like you
who freely share various materials that can be of great help to people like
us.
My name is Davendran Kumaran. I am from the Fiji Islands; in the South
Pacific (Near Australia & New Zealand).
Apart from being involved with youths in my church, I am also involved in
youth ministries where we share the Gospel of Jesus in schools conducting
Christian Fellowship Programs.
I also help out other Church youth ministries in various activities.
Your resources would certainly play a great role for us here in Fiji.
Thank God for you and your ministry.
Brother In Christ,
Davendran Kumaran
Life Giver - Last Days Revival Ministry
Lautoka
Fiji Islands
Thank you for the great website. My husband and I are volunteer Youth Pastors at our church, New Life Church in Pennsdale, PA. My husband is student teaching this fall and has been a full-time student
and full-time in the job force for the past 2 years. I am also working full-time. We don't have alot of spare time to prepare for lessons and activities for the kids. I just found your website and
seems like there is a wealth of great information. Thank you so much!
hey i just want 2 tell u that the site is sooooo awesome and that the skits and games were a hit at our church. see i'm 14 and in charge of the youth with 15 other kids at our church and we plan and are involved in the skits and games so thanx for making this site. it is amazing god gave u such a special gift may god be with you always ~*bRiAnNa
This is my first time to visit your site. I thank our Lord how He is using you to help others get equipped for the Kingdom. May His face shine upon you evermore. God bless.
Wow,thank God i came across this website, i am working on a youth program with Foundation for Young Orphans here in Uganda.Hope to get the very best out of your ideas.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GENEROSITY. MAY GOD BLESS YOU
I've been surfing the net for months looking for creative ideas for my teens class. I must say that your material and ideas are out of this world. I hope that your continue this great work, and may God bless you and continue to lead into more and more truth.
hi Ken. I recently got involved in youth ministry and your site (which I
haven't yet fully explored ) has got the right stuff my brother! hope to
keep in contact with you and share some of my experiences with you as the
Lord continues to use for the extention of his kingdom.
Thank you for adding me to your site. I have found your site to be quite helpful. I am the new youth minister for a UMC church. I have been in youth ministry for approximately 4 years now. I am always looking for fresh new material to use with youth.
I am the youth leader at my church. Starting next month I am starting up the youth group! I need ideas badly!! We have a small group on a limited budget! We are going to meet once a month until it takes off! Or at least I hope it does! I need ideas for lessons, games and other fun things! If you have any suggestions I'd greatly appreciate it! I really like your site! Lots of information to search through!
I have recently taken the reins of the Sr. High Youth Group at my church. I
was so happy to find your site and some ideas for a scavenger hunt. I hope
to visit the site in the future for more help in planning activities. I
think the site is wonderful--it has a variety of ideas on many subjects that can be adapted to fit almost any group. Thank you so much for hosting the
site.
I have used you site on a number of occasions before registering. I assist my husband pastor a small church and we have been struggling to re-build it for the past 2 years following a major walk out of 30 - 40 people which has left my husband is shattered. So I have had to re-commenced the children's work and I was looking for ideas to get the kids work up and going. I found the object lesson
very helpful and so are the games. You free site is a real blessing for me at the moment as our finances are limited. Thanks for sharing your talents
My name is Vivian I'm 43 age and my main ministry is for the age 13 - 25 and some times I looking for activities and any new things i live in Jordan so my English not that perfect and want to stay on contact with your site
I just had a quick peek at the website and it looks great! I am excited to use it for upcoming youth events... what I am liking the most is the fact that it's filled with Scripture!
Thanks!!!
Sara
Thank you for giving to the lord. This site is a true blessing and help for me as a youth leader. It gave me hope when I thought I ran out of ideas for youth ministry. God Bless!!
I live in Portadown N. Ireland and attend the Elim church where my husband and i head up the youth church dept. which runs on alternate Sunday mornings for ages 11 - 15 yr olds. we are blessed with an average of 40 kids.
Your site is an excellent resource which ive used over the past 2 years and panicked when i couldn't get a connection last week!!
You're very gifted and obviously work lots to up keep the site.
I think this website is a wonderful resource. I teach an adult ladies Sunday School class and they love object lessons as much as teenagers do! I am always looking for creative ways to bring the lessons to life so the ladies will remember the truths I am teaching from God's word!
I discovered your site by accident while looking for ideas and inspiration for my children's youth club at church. I'm working with some other mom's on crafts, and was hoping to bring more of a lesson/food for thought to tie the craft to their faith. I loved the stories of inspiration and the inclusion of a verse at the end of each. I brought some in to share with the other mom's during our planning time, and we were really able to use some of the ideas as starting points for lessons to make the most of our time with the kids.
I've shared your site with all of them, and I'm sure we will all return later in the year in search of other ideas.
Thank you for creating the website, it is easy to navigate and there is so much there to explore.
Your teachings are valuable and they are not only used in the youth ministry but even to me - to edify my life. Thank
you. Please continue and let me know if I can do something to help out this ministry financially.
This is Ann from the Philippines. I am a pastor's wife and I oversee our Y&A Fusion (Young & Adult Fusion). This is our church's youth net. I found your site so helpful in preparing materials for our youth's gathering. We hold our gathering every Saturday 6pm-8pm. We have 30 active youth attenders at present.
May the good Lord continue to use your site as a vessel and instrument to further God's Kingdom.
Thank you for all the help I have been getting on your website. Sometimes I would get stuck with a topic and I would simply just pop onto your website and get everything I need that would be able to edify the young people I work with. I just feel like sometimes I hit an all time blank. Please pray for me.
Loved the site! Thank you so much for providing ideas for others who
teach children gospel of Jesus Christ.
I've been looking for a Bible Verse Treasure Hunt... And found info for
one on your site. I can't wait to learn about it.
I desire to make learning about God fun for the children. God is so
wonderful, creative and loving... I want church to be a joy for the
children.
Thank you so much for providing these wonderful ideas. I know much
hours of teaching, study and trial and error must have went into
developing these ideas. I am truly blessed to have found your website.
I believe the Lord led me to this site.
THANK YOU... For sharing what you have learned with others! This is
such a precious gift that can help us teachers bring many into the
Kingdom of God.
Thank you, and God bless you.
Sincerely,
Brenda Holsinger
(Pastor's Wife and Teacher)
Teacher - Children's Church
Your website has been a tremendous blessing to me. I am a new pastor and have a small amount of youth that I am trying to reach out to and help to grow. Your site has given me endless materials to use that have proven to be effective. Thanks so much for your ministry and gifts you give to all of us.
Hi Ken
I am making Great use of this site. My husband and I pastor a small Pentecostal church in out-port Newfoundland where resources are very limited and we have a 4 hour drive to the nearest Christian book store. There are about a dozen in our youth group right now, but it's nearly doubled in the last few months. This generation is very difficult to minister to, but your website is certainly taking them in the right direction.
God Bless!
Faye
My husband and I are doing a youth retreat on mentoring and found a few things on your site very helpful. Thank you for sharing so freely!
May God encourage and bless your day.
I greet you in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus the Christ.
I just wanted to thank you for allowing me access to your site. It has truly been a blessing.
I am an associate minister in Huntsville,Alabama and I occassionally have to do the counsel time for our AWANA Ministry's "Theme Night". This time last year I used your idea about the pumpkin and God walking through the pumpkin patch (can't remember the exact name of it); but it really reached the children (ages 3-16) and many adults in ways that I never could have imagined.They are actually still talking about it to this day. I thank you so much.
I am a new youth worker in a small bible church in Colorado. Don't have any
qualifications to be a youth worker i.e. Education from a seminary, have
kids, or had any kind of experience of any kind with a youth group. The
only thing I have is a calling from God to do what I can for them. I have
been searching like a mad man on how to conduct, plan, mentor, teach, all
for the purpose of bettering myself.
Your site is a huge help. Thanks for putting it together.
This is an amazing website for youth ministries. I am really blessed and find it really very helpful to our newly established church's youth ministry. More power and anointing!
your site has been a blessing! i enjoy all of your ideas and suggestions and teaching resources. i have been working with kids for 6 years and i need as much help as i can get!
I want to thank you a lot for being such blessing to me. I cannot tell you how much your web sites are helping me in my ministry. I have good experience in preaching and I even taught homiletics but your web site is helping me a lot especially as I start new home group ministry.
Please keep me in your mind when ever you find a good link. Your contribution is an investment in the ministry in Lebanon
I just had an overview of the site and plan to go through it in details later. We have started a youth movement in our church and I needed some ideas for it. On searching we found your site and Its just what we need.
My name is Andrew Antonio Fernandez and I am in Cochin India. I attend the Master Ministries Church here. It a full gospel based church. My wife Priscilla and myself are involved in the church activities and our Pastor wanted us to take up the Youth movement. With no prior experience in this but God's and Pastor's blessings and of course now help from you we are confident of doing something worthwhile for the youth of Cochin.
You have an awesome Website that is completely devoted to God and how wonderful He is. Thank you for being a bright light for youth. I am looking for ideas because it is my first time working with young people and thank God I found your website is very helpful...God bless and thank you .Lupita
Thank you so much for the time you take to update, inform and encourage!
I live in Germany and I'm married to a German/Greek christian man. We have been working with the youth in our church since Jan 2007, and as we always need ideas we were very happy to come across your site!
Thank you again and we wish you all God's very best with all the stuff you are doing.
Rejoice and leap and clap your hands for our God is good still today and his love endures forever,win the lost to Jesus and pray for blessed revivals soon.Thanks for your kindful help and support. Bless and enjoy.keijo sweden
I used animal kingdom with my youth to let them learn how much God cares for them in a fun way. I added giving them snacks that related to the animal of their group choice. They munched while my husband read scripture and talked to them on their level about God's love. Wow! what an impact this leson was. Thanks Ken. God Bless. Linda
My husband and I work in Jr. Church and we are always looking for new ideas to be a blessing in this children's ministry. I'm really delighted that I
found your website. I wanted to give a salvation focus and I wanted
something new that would intrigue the children. Who doesn't love Tootsie
Pops? I'm going to use your Object lesson idea using the Tootsie Pop. I'm so
grateful that you have the burden for this ministry. I can tell you enjoy
your work.
You are a person easy to love! Your objective lessons are great blessing to me. I am a pastor of a church in Lebanon middle east. My real name is Walid
I'm a new youth minister at my church (Liberty Lighthouse Church of God) in Hartford, Kentucky. I really love your site. I've learned that teens don't have a very long attention span and there are so many great ideas on your site. Thank you for taking the time to make your site to help others reach the Lord. My goal in life is to reach as many youth as I can for the Lord. May God Bless You in everything that You do...
I'm a youth minister in my church (New Nature Christian Ministries in London, United Kingdom) and have been for a while now. i accessed your web site and was amazed and very impressed God has anointed you in such a great way and you have a wonderful heart to share these ideas with us all at no charge i actually want to support your ministry because of your kindness.
I must be honest and say that I stumbled upon your website completely by
accident and I am so glad I did!!! I found your "Creative Teaching
Ideas" section useful,practical and very relevant for our youth. I have yet to explore what else your site has to offer and am so looking
forward to using more of it in the future.
Thank you for your willingness to share the awesome gift God has laid
upon you!
I LOVE the site! My friend told me about it. I do a Bible study for Middle
School girls in our public school. I do it right after school. Also, I will
be helping some ladies in the town next to us with a much bigger Bible
study. She has speakers, a band, etc. then breaks into small groups. Your
"ideas" will be great to use for group settings. I didn't want to quit
reading all that you have but it's getting late. Thank yo sooo much for all
the useful info!! Blessings, Connie
My name is Chris Watson and I have accessed your website a few months ago and I have to say it has some awesome stuff for youth ministry. There is some good object lessons that I would like to use if I could. I really appreciate your ministry and gifts that you allow others to use for God's glory. Keep up the good work.
Chris
I just found your web page but I am already very excited about it.
To introduce myself: I am a missionary from Germany, working with PMA in Pohnpei, Micronesia. (www.pmapacific.org) My responsibilities are
Children and youth ministry. Therefore I am always looking for great
ideas To make our programm's creative and exciting. It is especially difficult to Find good games, since the people are very shy here. Thank you very much For making this homepage available for free! I appreciate that a lot.
Love the website. Tonight for our youth lesson, I used the Parable #2 lesson, where Jesus washes His disciples' feet in John 13:1-7. God laid it on my heart to relate it to serving others and actually "doing" rather than just "saying." We lived out the lesson and ended it by getting supplies for Operation Christmas Child and actually serving instead of just talking about serving. Thanks for letting God use you!
I attend a small church where we have only a handful of young people of varying ages. My husband's grandson, age 12, says Sunday school is boring. My step-daughter and I (she has children aged 9 and 10) are looking and praying about what to do. That is how I came across your site.
I have only browsed a little but I can see there are lots of great ideas.
Your website is great! I wish I would have found it sooner. I recently became the youth group director of our church, and I am discovering it is a very challenging job. You have given me some very good ideas!
I am a 7th grade Trinity youth teacher and a 3rd grade Sunday School teacher who loves to think out of the box when it comes to teaching. I believe the children can have fun learning and I am always looking for new ideas. I have designed my own curriculum in which to teach my 3rd grade kids and my Trinity group is currently working on the Old Testament. Thank you for access to your website. I will be checking it out when I have a little free time (usually during my lunch hours at work).
I like the thanksgiving object lesson a lot. I have recently decided to start doing more object lessons because my youth are middle school and wound up! So I will use this tomorrow night and see what happens! Thanks again!
Thanks so much for the great idea for a short Thanksgiving devotional. I am using it tonite with our K-5th youth program. I had never thought about using this story and I appreciate your willingness to share. THANKS and GOD bless !
Ken,
I just came across your site and it is a lifesaver! I am a Denver Seminary grad, have done ministry for years and am now a stay at home mama of a 3 & 2 year old. We just moved to a little town and I have felt God leading me to help with the youth group. It has been so fun to be involved and God is doing amazing things. With very limited time on my hands, Godis using this site to help me prepare solid lessons for these kids!
Thanks so much!!!!
HEY KEN...MAN LET ME TELL YOU I AM LOOKING TO BECOME A YOUTH PASTOR AND JUST GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL LAST YEAR AND I USED ONE OF YOUR DEVOTION IDEAS FOR A YOUTH LOCK IN (first time) AND IT WAS GREAT REALLY SENT THE MESSAGE THROUGH SO THANKS FOR HAVING THE SITE MAN IT REALLY HELPS ME OUT AND KEEPS ME IN CLOSE WALK WITH THE LORD THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO!
Hi i just wanted 2 drop in a very BIG Thank You for this site. i love it. i am a teenager teaching other teens about Christ but also having fun with them. and you help me to do that so i highly appreciate it.
Thank You So Much,
Krystallynn
Hello! I have to say that this is a very useful website that i will be using in the 2008-I am wanting to start a children's hour at my church on youth Sunday, and some of your ideas are great for that! keep up the good work and God Bless!
Lots of helpful ideas. Thank you. I will share this with other teachers so we can keep the children and youth involved in the bible study not as spectators
I live in Trinidad and I am the secretary of the youth group at my church. As part of my job I also have to plan activities that will get the youths involved and enjoy the service. I am also a Sunday School teacher so I'm always looking for ideas for lesson plans. My greatest
challenge, especially in youth group, is to get to youths to enjoy the service. Sometimes they don't seem interested and just come to get out of the house. This year we are aiming to make a change in their lives.
I'm currently checking out your website and so far it's very helpful. If you have any more ideas feel free to email me. Thanks for all your help
in advance.
Ken,
I just want you to know that you and your web site has been a blessing to me!!! I am to teach our JH/HS Sunday school classes, and I was not happy with the curriculum provided through our church. I needed to find something that was good, and since I live far away from a big Christian bookstore, i went on line to search. Well, one of my favorite books of the Bible is Philippians!! In my heart, I wanted to teach that book, but i also wanted to have some aides in doing so. As I searched the web a second time, i found your web site, and there with a green dot beside it was a study of the book of Philippians!! I was rejoicing as I read all 8 lessons!! They are wonderful!! I used the first one last Sunday, and the students seemed to enjoy it. I did get a little feedback and it was positive.
Our youth pastor resigned and the SS Superintendent asked me to teach. I love to teach and share the great love of God. I know that I was blessed and learned as I studied. And I truly believe that God was working in the hearts of our youth Sunday morning. Our goal is to learn all the memory verses assigned for all 8 lessons. What fun it will be to tie them up this Sunday, just like Paul had been tied up. Hope i can get them to sing and pray as Paul did when he was imprisoned!!
Again, thank you SO MUCH for your web site. The address is in my "favorites" column!
Blessings to you! "I thank my God everytime I remember you." Phil. 1:3
Sue Tiffany
Garden City KS
Your site is so blessed with ideas! It has been a great help! Keep shining for Christ and may the Lord continuously prosper and bless your ministry! GOD bless you always.
Thanks for doing much of the brainwork and legwork! You are a great resource when I need to put something together fast. I definitely have this site as one of my favorites.
I teach the youth @ our small church. I've been looking for some object lessons, and I found your site! What a treasure! God bless you for having such a wonderful resource!
I just found your website this evening...what a blessing it has been to me and an inspiration for me and the church work I am doing with young people.
God Bless...
I needed a quick lesson for tonight's Wednesday Teen Group as the leaders had an emergency and cannot be there. Thanks for this site! I found exactly what I needed. I will be checking it often!
This site is exactly what I have been looking for. I have been in search of stories like this to aide in my class of youth ministry. Not only that, it helped me to confront a struggle I have been working with this past week. And like the lady, I too get the message Jesus. Thank you
Just wanted to say what an inspirational site - so helpful for our English Youth Group meetings - I will definitely visit your site again for God-inspired wisdom.
Thank you.
Hi,
Just want to say thanks for this resource! I lead a middle school youth group and I have found some very helpful stuff on your site. Thanks and God Bless!
Thank you for all the work you have put into your web-site!!! There are so many creative and helpful ideas and lessons. My husband and I have been involved with pre-teens for years and we love it!!!! Although I have plenty of teaching skills and all the kids LOVE my husband, we are not the most creative couple! Having a resource like your site is tremendous in our efforts to keep our classes fun and interesting as well as including the Bible.
Yesterday for our class we used your Valentines day idea. We made the posters where the kids had to write what Love is..... and see which team came up with the most words. We also had them build a heart tower together on separate teams with the candy hearts. For their at home assignment we ask them to memorize 1Cor 13:4-7.
Thank you for your heart concerning our youth!!!!! Have a great day!
I am really enjoying looking at the different activities for the youth. I pray that I can find the right ones for the youth in my church and neighborhood. Ken, continue to trust the Lord and he can use you!!!!
I have been blessed by your website as has been the youth at my church. We have just recently started a new youth ministry and this is my first time heading it. I am very pleased that God has chosen me for this ministry. I work at a residential home for children with emotional and behavior issues. God has used me there and is now using me in my own church. I have researched and read many youth program books but by far your web site has blessed me the most. I will prayer that God continues to use you to bless others.
I loved your site and did get some GREAT ideas. I appreciate everything you put in to sharing the creativity God has given you to further ministry to Youth. God bless you as you continue to serve Him!
I am just beginning to look through your site. We lead teen Bible study group of approximately 20 in a home setting each week. We have a lesson book, but need some object lesson/illustrations to help them remember and also grab their attention. Thanks!
Thank you so much for your web-site. I have been using it for my youth group and truly has been a blessing. I also use it for my women prison ministry. It's funny how something for a youth group can also be used for women prisoners. Again thank you. Keep up the good work. God's Blessing to you....
I have absolutely enjoyed your website, I've "borrowed" one of the ideas on the site for my kids and I think I'll use some more and try to contribute a few. A little bit about me, I have been in youth ministry for seven years now at St. Kieran Catholic Church in Shelby Twp, MI. Thank you for providing all of us with ideas that will help us guide our kids toward the message of love that God continues to provide.
I am involved with an independent church in Kuilsriver, Cape Town. I am presently at a Bible college called "Cornerstone Christian College" in Cape Town (www.cornerstone.org.za), where I am in my third year of studying for my degree in theology. I have enjoyed what you have had to say and look forward to using it far more frequently in the future.
My wife who is employed as a school's book keeper ,has managed to find time to get involved with the disciplining of a group of children between the ages of 9 and10. She will also be using and leaning on your skills.
I think your website has many good ideas. I think your website will be useful to me in the future as the youth leader of our church.
May God continue to bless you as you share your ideas and talents with others.
Just wanted to say that I love your site. It has really helped me out and I feel that I will learn and get a lot out of it the more I use it. I am a Sunday school teacher for the youth department at my church and i really do enjoy it. It is really where God wants me to be. And I do feel that your site will give me more knowledge of things I need to do. Thanks alot.
We had to do a presentation in church and in our youth meeting and your website helped us a great deal with exactly what we wanted. Thank you so much and keep up the good work.
God Bless you.
I'm very involved at my church and help run the junior high program. I am also the youth groups worship leader. Your site is great for people looking for ideas and things for their group and stuff.
I am a Sunday school teacher at our church for 3-5 year olds. I am also on the missions/outreach committee.
I just found your website in looking for something different to do for a lesson on the day we did our Easter egg hunt. I chose to do the object lesson with the tea bag. The children ranged in age from 3-10 and even 6 adults,they loved it.I plan on using more of the lessons you have to teach my Sunday school class.
Thanks for the time you spend in putting together this great website.I know God uses people for His purpose and God has certainly used you.
I was about to write to you but I was still going through the website. It is EXACTLY what I wanted. It has so many ideas. I am about to give a retreat to a group of 15 year old boys from the high school where I serve as campus minister and I desperately wanted idea to make the retreat interesting. Your website has solved my problem.
I am a Roman Catholic nun, and serve as the Campus Minister at St. George's College, a high school for boys in Kingston Jamaica. The older boys have to make a retreat as part of their graduation requirement. The younger boys have Days of Prayer. At first I thought that the school's policy of compulsory retreats and days of prayer was not a good idea, but I have come to see that for many of them, it is the only time they get to come to encounter God. You know however, that straight talks would not work with teenagers so I have to come up with ideas to present the message of Christ, but to make it fun and interesting at the same time. Thank you very much.
Hi Ken! I just wanted to tell you how much I have already enjoyed the lessons/activities/ideas from your site! I work with children of all ages in my church, and I have been referring to your site regularly since I discovered it kind of by accident one day. Thanks for all of the creative ideas!
I did enjoy your site and will probably use it more in the future.
I am the Children's ministry leader at Kloof Harvest Christian Fellowship in Kloof, Durban, South Africa, On Fridays we have Junior Youth. We have divided the ages 6 - 10 (called "Buzz) and 11 - 13 (called Globe). God is doing a big thing in the children's ministry and we have up to 200 children come on Fridays. The Youth leaders in our church help as well as a lot of adults. To make Fridays really exciting we need ideas to draw the children in and that was what I was looking for when I came upon your site. Visit our church site at www.kloofharvest.co.za
God Bless
Jolanda
Hi! My name is Nichole. My husband and I are youth directors at our church. I
Would like to tell you this site is a blessing. I teach my youth myself on Wed Nights and the lessons from your site has helped me so much. The kids love the lessons. It also helps me. Thank you so much for this site. You have a
Blessed weekend.
My name is Deborah Wilson and I want to thank you for your awesome site. My husband and I lead a small youth group that loves playing the games you have listed. I look forward to finding the right one that somehow ties into our less. They have been great openers, and we have been truly blessed by them.
I have used your ministry ideas (in Japanese) in a church plant an hour outside of Tokyo and have had great response. I tend to work with younger kids but a lot of the ideas translate well. Your endorsement of http://www.kidssundayschool.com/ got me registered and connected with their resources also – I’m very grateful for your advice there also. Thanks for providing such quality ministry, it’s helped me greatly.
Paul Sadler
Church planter, FEB International
Tsukuba Science City, Japan
I LOVE THIS SITE!!! I am using this site to prepare curriculum for children ages 3 - 8 who are getting an age-appropriate lesson while their families attend the last half of the worship service. I use your site as a springboard for lessons that mirror the sermon the grown-ups are getting. I also use the site to gather object lessons to go along with my husband's sermons. Then, I cut and paste them into an email for him to deliver to the kids at the front of the church just before they leave to go back to hear what I (and this website) came up with. Then, a dash of other info & a craft and we are good to go!
THANK YOU for the time you spend sharing your creative ideas!!!
Hi¡ I´am wraiting from Mexico City and i want to thanks God for youre web page has been a blessing for our ministry in our church, we pray that God giveyou more of him to bless his people.
Gretings and blessings.
J.B.C.
hey ken, thanks so much for putting up all these resources!!!!! its a great blessing and help for us that lead youths!!!!
thanks a bunch, a may God bless you and your family mightily.
Hi Ken,
I am truly amazed at how you were able to come up with lots of ideas especially for the youth. Thanks for sharing your gift. You are indeed a blessing from God.At present I work with the youth in our church here in Macau and I found your website really one that will indeed help me encourage my youth into serving God..God bless you!!
This is a fabulous site. I am teaching a High School Sunday School class and this is one of my favorite resources. My goal in the class is to bring Jesus with me every Sunday and these lessons help me achieve that goal. Thank you very much for aiding me in being a better vessel for Jesus.
This was my first visit to your site. I have to take a youth bible class today and I have prepared material from your site. May God bless you for the wonderful site. I found it very useful and interesting.
I said i am an Evangelist called to go to Ghana for a missionary work but i am still preparing because God has showed me my life partner in the University Campus Fellowship Unimaid. But the Pastor that i am under him wanted to put hand on my marriage to distract the programme of God. But i told them that God has interest in my marriage they should not temper with the marriage committed to do any politics.
I told them to call me and the Sister to give us advice that if to say i need to have patience again i can still do it, because i had a patience about 3 years and now the Sister will be graduating this year.
Thank you.
hi, we're youth workers from Tzaneen, South Africa and we're always so thankful to find sites like this on the web, with loads of ideas for us.
thank you so much
I am in south africa, heard about your site from a friend of mine.
Needed some inspirational words for them for youth day which is here in south africa on the 16th of June. Got exactly what i wanted.
Your site is absolutely great, will definitely get my tools from
there in the future. Thanks a lot for the all the infos. Keep up
the good work. May GOD continue to bless you, even as we are being
bless by your wonderful work.
Hi not sure if it worked when I put in my email address. My name is Paquita Stringer, Chaplain 2 days a week at Narrogin Senior High School Western Australia.
We have a bible study here at school during lunch and was just looking for some ideas. I am also Pastoring Narrogin Christian Centre AoG Church which we planted 1 ½ years ago and growing well, we also have a youth group every Friday night.
My name is Stacy and I am 23 years old. I have been a youth director for two years now.
I got married straight out of high school at 18. I have two boys, Dawson 4, and Mason 2.
Being youth director has been especially difficult for me.
I am desperately Trying to come up with new creative ideas to reach out to our small community, and your website is a big help.
Right know I am trying to pull off my first VBS.
I needed to come up with some ideas that could work for all ages. As you see, I need a lot of help and I have searched Everywhere.
Your website was a tremendous help. Very detailed and has given me a little boost. With the help of your website, I am going
To work hard and maybe God will use me to make a difference in these kids lives. I am not concerned with numbers as long as I can reach at least one.
Thanks again, your website is great. May God Bless You!
In Christ,
Stacy
I work in the Released Time Christian Education to the public schools through our church Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, CA. We use curriculum that has been around since the 70's when I taught in Child Evangelism Back Yard Bible Clubs. It is good...presents the Word of God and the gospel...but it is very outdated. I have been looking for ways to bring the truth of these lessons more up to date. Your web page is a blessing, giving me insights and materials that will bring new life to the lessons. Thank you for sharing your ideas with people like myself. May God continue to bless your work.
Sincerely,
I am Desiré Dathini from South Africa. I have been in youth work for the last 7 and half years. At the moment I am a youth pastor at the salvation Army South Rand Community Church...a mouth full I know...
I would like to thank you for this amazing site...a click of a button inspire me and the young people enjoy the stuff I do with them...Totally amazing thanks a lot... and God bless you and your absolutely wonderful ministry...
I've been looking at your object lessons - they are brilliant.
Thank you so much for all the ideas.
My husband and I run a small youth group for our church - it is just
starting up and these lessons and games are fantastic. The youth can only enjoy them.
May The Lord Bless you abundantly for sharing your ideas!
God bless,
Shaun and Linda Prince
your site is simply wonderful...ideas that i cannot put into words, i have found in your site...im really really gratefull...these would be of great help to my sunday school class & youth department...thank God i found it!thanks & may Jesus bless you more...
I am searching for youth games for our summer Sunday school program. Your website seems interesting and I'm ready to explore what you have available! May God Bless your ministry!!
I have enjoyed searching through the many different youth activities. You have given me many ideas to share with my sunday school class. It's people like you that help teachers to spread the wonderful news of our loving Christ to our youth. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing your information. It is so difficult, at times, to come up with fresh ideas for our youth, who are so easily bored. Thanks again, for the refreshment.
i have been searching everywhere for hands on biblical activities that allow jesus to be the main focus of everything. i believe we should take back what has been claimed for satan and return it to all being about jesus. example halloween. thanks for the scripture and the ideas. always needing more ideas but yours are the most biblical i have found yet.
I love this site. I just found it today and I am looking forward to using it with our youth group soon. So many great ideas. Thank you for the information. Wendy
I have looked throughout this site and it is very original and packed with great useful ideas! Thank you Ken for sharing your talent so many youth will learn about God.
Enjoyed your site...took some good ideas from it. I appreciate it being free. I work in the children's ministry and due to the teacher's conflicts, I have been called upon to teach the children's worship. God Bless you and your ministry...Rick - Jacksonville, FL
well this site is real cool "when you feel like your alone just remember that there is always someone above looking down on you so you are never alone...
I had to stop and say how much I like many of your icebreaker ideas. I will be purchasing your book when I get some extra cash. I will also pass on your wonderful ideas and push your book.
Hi,
Thanks for your ministry, it has been a HUGE blessing. I work with teens/youth and college in a Indian Church in Texas. Your blog has been helpful with ideas in sharing the Truth. God bless and Keep shining online.
Navin
Thank you very much for your wonderful website.. it has bee n a tremendous and quite enjoyable journey going through the many creative ideas for teaching youth and.. a great help to me as I teach. God Bless
Hi I just wanted to introduce myself. I am the author of the poem you have on your site, "ABC's of Thanksgiving." I wrote it in 1994 and it is copyrighted. You are more that welcome to use it on your site. I would appreciate you listing my name as the author. Thanks!
Thanks so much for your easy to browse site. I'm a youth pastor in VA and one of my volunteers who was supposed to teach this morning (in 20 minutes to be exact) called and said he was sick and couldn't make it. Unfortunately I didn't have anything prepared for back up because I've been sick all week. I'm borrowing a bunch of your ideas and will be using them w/in the hour. What an answer to prayer! Thanks again, Tabi & the Blaze youth group.
Hello,Ken, I am chaplain for our Senior adult group at our First Baptist Church here in SC....I have enjoyed using some of your articles, etc. for my devotionals at monthly meetings...I am also chaplain for our retired teacher's sorority and use your articles for them..They always want copies of your articles,which I am happy to supply them...Thank you, for all your helps, and God Bless. Miriam
While surfing for activities to do with youth, i came across your site and I love the ideas you put forward. They are very youth centered and engaging. I teach at an all girl's secondary school and so I am always looking for new ways of engaging my students. I believe that I may purchase your icebreakers book in the near future. It looks to be just what i need. Keep the creative juices flowing and all praise and glory to God for his abundant blessing on you all. Sincere thanks!
It's a great site. My wife and I work with the youth group at church. We are in our 60's.... nobody else will do it. So, we are stepping up to the plate, even though most youth directors are in their 20's or 30's.
Your website has really helped us to find ideas to keep the youth interested and wanting to come to church.
I live in Holland and I've been a youthleader from our Pentacostal church in Urk. Our group exist of 50 young people, from the age of 16 to 22. I've been blessed of your site!! Thank you for this ideas. When I have some ideas I send it to you!
The website is very interesting. I am a secondary school teacher and like to do some interesting activities with the students and the ideas on your website are amazing and the kids have already having fun! Those ideas are a blessing!
Thanks so much for your site... it has helped me tremendously. I am a third year nursing student and a "first time" youth teacher at my church. I teach middle school girls on Wednesday nights and my girls love object lessons and "hands on" activities. Your site has been great
for helping me to develop lessons in which the girls can learn "hands on."
Hi Ken
Just come across your website and am so grateful for it. We are putting on a Christmas party for our 11-18s and had some ideas for games, but now I'm spoilt for choice. Thank you so much for putting this together from all your years of experience.
Bless you
Julie
HI Ken,
I really really like your ideas. They are so much more substantial than so much that is out there. Thanks so much for so freely sharing the talent and time that God has blessed you with. You are a good example for me. Holly
We are in the beginning stages of starting up a youth ministry in our small church. I sure hope some of your ideas will be helpful. I have already printed "How to make a youth open up and talk more" something like that
Thank You so very much Ken
Thank you so much for this site. As a church planter I am a part of every pretty much every ministry. I teach Sunday school every Sunday and my prep time is limited. Your site has helped me so much! God bless. :)
Please know how much I appreciate your ministry. You are a gifted writer and I thank God for using you in “helps” ministry to many on the internet. God bless you, and keep up the wonderful work til Jesus comes!
I am Bishop Osagiede, the Minister in charge of "The prophetic Church of Jesus Christ of Nazareth C.I. Intl.
We are Missionary and Evangelical churches, whose goal is to plant churches in the interior and remote villages of West Africa. We are accredited and authorized by the governments of West Africa to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and plant churches in every city and villages.
We have the headquarters of our Ministry in Abidjan Ivory Coast.
I strongly believe that your website and your ministry is great package of blessings to God's people all over the world, My only regret is that I am just coming in contact with your Ministry, I wish that I have knew your Ministry many many year ago.
May the almighty God keep you safe from every danger, as He continue to bless you and your Ministry, in the in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
Your in the service of Jesus Christ In the west Africa.
So far I've been able to use several of your youth ideas with some adaptation. Tnanks so much for making it available. It sure comes in handy for us solo pastors in small churches.
Thanks alot for devoting yourself to the preaching of the word and the assistance of the saints! It really is a great encouragement and GOD BLESS YOU BRO!
I just discovered this terrific siet! Soo many helpful tools, however, i am not able to copy 9or print0 the text. is that allowed - what am i doing wrong?
I was so glad I found your site. I volunteered to teach some inner city youth on Wednesday nights. They are a tough crowd!. I thought I was ready for this,but now I question my ability to lead them. Your material will really help me.Thank you so much and please pray for the kids!
This is the first time I stumbled upon your website. There is so much information, I may have to spend a whole day going through and still wont be enough. Thank you so much. I know where to look for good material for Youth teaching. Thank you again.
hi ken i was just searching through the internet trying to find something for the kids at my church that might interest them in sunday school and i came across you i will be looking at it to help me with some ideals for the kids thanks very much god bless
i haven't used any ideas yet, but will let you know, I am excited to read through it and will use it for our youth. Some of the ideas we are using to keep our youth going, our youth choir sings on every communion sundays, and the saturday before communion sunday we have a community service by picking up trash and mowing the side of the road. we have gotten great responses from the people and the youth really enjoys it.
What a great site.
As a Christian teacher in a Christian school, I am always looking for creative and innovative ways to keep God's word alive in my student's lives.
I will be passing your website on to all of the teachers at my school.
Thank you.
I am blessed and impressed by your creative ideas for my work in youth...I have a youth ministry and now this is very helpful tools for us....we are volunteer independent organization.
What an awesome website!!! I was needing some ideas for a missions trip and found not only that but many more ideas I plan to share with our Sunday School teaching staff. Thanks for sharing your creativity with us. God bless you abundantly.
My husband and I are missionary pastors to rural America, where they don't have pastors.These youth are hungry for knowing who Jesus is! These resource will be so
awesome!Cool stuff! God bless you and bring in support for your ministry! Please pray for America's children!
Hey Ken,
Thanks for a great website,may God continue to give you insight into new ideas for this ministry,may Holy Spirit guide you always! My wife and I are both involved in youth ministry in Cape Town,South Africa,Shalom always, neil
I've used your site a couple of times for discussion topics, icebreakers and more. It's great material and relevant for today's youth! Keep up the great work. God bless!
I have been in youth ministry since 1982 and sometimes I get tired of the same old ideas. I discovered your site when looking for new icebreakers to kick off the year and was so pleased to see all those ideas just ripe for the picking. :-)
Hi! I really appreciate this page. It give's me tons of inspiration to my work with children, teenagers and scouts. I wish I had found it much earlier! So thank you! /Hanna from Nässjö, Sweden
This sight is a blessing to me, i just return home from my wed night adult bible study, and the invitation was offered before the benediction that if anyone would like to work with the young people, before i give my word i would help i ask the Lord to prepare me for this job of working with the youth and i stumbled on this web site.
Thank you and God Bless
Hello. I'm a new Christian (since March), an assistant youth leader at my church, and the sponsor of Christian Warriors at my middle school. I love the Lord and I love his people. I'm looking for ideas to magnify Christ into the kids' spiritual lives. Thanks for your internet ministry.
Peace,
Liz
Praise the Lord Min. Sapp.Your website is incredible.this is my first time on here(10-3-09)and i am enjoying the advice.I know they will be helpful tools for my youth leadership skills.Thank you, and thank you for sharing & not charging for this info.Everybody is not able to pay for everything they need spiritually but its sites like this that is a blessing! God Bless!
Ken, your site is SO SO SO useful. I cannot tell you how many times I've been needing a way to make a point "stick" with my students and one of your ideas fits perfectly.Your insight and creativity are definitely gifts God gave you to help the rest of us! thank you for your work!
Hi:) thank you so so very much for your ideas! I recently became a youth leader again after being out of practice for 2yrs and I've felt stuck...your website has totally been refreshing and encouraging I'm so excited to use some of your tips and see how well my youth respond. God bless you and thank you so much for allowing him to use u the way he is:)
I love this site! What a blessing it has been. I actually Minister through Creative Writing, Spoken Word and Hip-Hop Music to youth in my area. I also work with the YMCA of the Triangle (North Carolina) as a Program Coordinator for Middle School kids. This site is such a great resource. Thank you so much for sharing! Grace and Peace!
Thank you for being a blessing and help in the ministry. I've used several of your ideas and the kids love them. I pray that the Lord continues to bless your creativity!
Dynamic! I'm so excited about incorporating some of these ideas. We are trying to began a Baptist Catechism class for youth 7-12 yrs old. We wanted different learning methods or stations. These ideas are GREAT!
Thank you for your site for 2 reasons 1 I am studying at the Baptist College of Florida to become a youth pastor and your site has helped me fulfill a requirement for my class and 2 when I become a youth pastor at a church the ideas that you gave will be very helpful so again thank you
I certainly am blessed with the ideas! I'm looking for Christmas pageant ideas for my Sunday School children to perform this year and just got carried away with the amount of ideas on your site!
Thank you for sharing the creativity G-d blessed you with, with others such as I.
Have you heard of the Fiji Islands in the Pacific? That's where I am.. and I'm the head of the Children's Ministry of Churchward Chapel, a Rotuman congregation of the Methodist Church in Fiji & Rotuma.
I can tell you this.. I will be a frequent visitor to your site now that I've found it.. G-d bless you and what you are doing.
And I LOVE your parting salutation... with YOUth in my heart.. wonderful! ;=)
Aggie
Hi Ken!
I Am excited to find something concerning the youth on your page, I have a passion for the youth also. I am working under youth with a mission (YWAM), in Livingstone Zambia. Basically our base here focuses on training, and have various ministries but the outstanding one is the "youth Chaplaincy" which I am very much involved in. For more info on YWAM, visit our website; ywam.org and if you want to check out the base I am working at you can go to ywamlivingstone.synthasite.com
Ken, I found a game on here about humility today and when I came back to find it, it seems as I have lost it. It was cups, a ladder and you knock them off. Can you help me find the game? Thanks Karen
Hi I am actually not a youth minister I am part of the youth and I would like to give you guys some ideas (we have church 4 times a week plenty of ideas there) though you might get confused see my church has more rules then other churches and you might not understand why we have them but I'll explain them but you probably won't apply it to your life and your youth's (though I would love if you would)but before I contribute them to you I would like your permission.P.S my church's website is www.sccmiami.com go to media and listen in on Sunday's around 11:30 plz &thank you God Bless!!! :D
Hello Ken,
I want you to know that your materials really help us...i am a full time youth pastor in one of the growing church here in southern mindanao-Davao City.like you,youth are in my heart,i am willing to give my life for them and see them growing in Christ and eventually lead the church..please,i will be glad to have your avail materials...thanks
Danny
So here I am stuck at how to make a visual illustration of how Jesus is King and HERE IT IS! Wow the Lord provides even when your brain has turned to mush and a massive headache is just ruling your thoughts. I thank Jesus for YOU and this WEBSITE!
I live and work in South Africa and do youth retreats from time to time.Working with young people is very enriching as I can share my faith experiences with them and create an atmosphere where they can deepen their own experience with God. It is good to get new ideas (browsing through your site) to keep the Good news alive.
Thank you
Katy
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This website is wonderful and I thank God for you. I will be purchasing your books and begin to use some of your ideas. It is important to reach our youth and young adults today and I'm grateful that you share some of your ideas. I'm thankful for the gift God has given you. God Bless You!
We are a group of volunteers and starting a new initiative in a community. Your blog provided us valuable information to work on.You have done a marvellous job!
I just wanted to thank you for sharing these great ideas! I am a new Children's ministry leader and I am looking for ways to make Sunday School fun for the children to learn. I believe Children learn by having fun and God's word is not boring so why should we present it that way...You have some great input and I am looking forward to using it with the kids in church. Thanks again! Blessings,
Crystal
Just wanted to thank you for all the work you put into this site. It has been the cushion I have often used when banging my head against the wall for ideas for teaching my Wed night teen class.
I appreciate all the information you so freely share.
God bless
Rebecca
Hi, thankyou for this amazing service! There have been times when I have been lacking inspiration for our youth groups & have recieved a mail from from you which has been timely & just what I had been praying for!
With blessings & thanks,
Jo - Cornwall UK
I and my wife,Esther are starting a TEENAGERS & YOUTHS FELLOWSHIP called SALT&LIGHT CLUB for ages 13-25.The aim is to raise Role Model in Nigerian Society. I am a Baptist Minister. I have been a volunteer missionary to 3 neighbouring countries in West Africa while my wife is a high school teacher and the coordinator of children ministries in our local church.
Beloved, please, how can you be of help?
Kindly reply.
Your Brother,
Omotayo Babalola
This is a great site! I find myself using it more and more often as we are still in the beginning stages of developing our youth program at the Church that I pastor. Thanks for all of the helpful tools!
In Christ,
Bro. Brandon Smith
Just appointed Assistant to Sunday School Superintendant and came across your site in my search for help with the Ministry. Thank God for you and all your work here!!!
I really enjoyed your story of the Jelly Bean. I teach a Sunday school class and and do devotionals for after school program. I am thinking of telling your wonderful story to them.
I want to thank the lord for leading me to this site this is what i have been longing for because it reduces on time for preparing for the youth camp and also makes it easy for us to reach to youth.
Hi Ken,
Just thought I'd let you know we used the pin the tail on the bunny session with our new group of 11-13 year olds it went well we also did and egg and spoon race used small creame eggs they did manage to keep them on! Thanks for all you do
Blessings
Pat
Ken, thank you so much for putting this website together. I will definitely visit it a lot in the future. I needed some creative ideas for teaching 1 Cor 13 to a class of all boys, and your website really came through. Thanks for letting God use you to reach others through this website. You are awesome! God bless, Angie
We need help in making the youth to have a positive attitude towards youth task as a youth leader.
My church youth week will be coming up very soon; I need ideas on how to run a one week program and have a insightful theme for the youth program.
I am so thanksful for many the servant for gospel and build up th kingdom of God with the word of God and many deeds of heaven injoy and thanksgiving and faith and soon the Lord is coming and many sake will be upfild in Christ, be enecourage and go an,thanks and bless andpray,keijo sweden
Hi! I am a 24 year old student, going to school to become a counselor, working with teenagers. I have the wonderful blessing of being able to work with my church's youth group. Our youth leaders wife and I are planning something special for the kids and when I came across your website, I thought it was pretty amazing. Thanks so much.
Great website! I love your children's sermons. I am anxious to use some of your ideas for my 3rd, 4th and 5th grade sunday school class, and other youth events. Thanks so much!
My parents are making a youth group at my church and its all teenagers so i'm really trying hard to find them something to do at the church with the teens.
Amazing(: I am 14 and I'm am intern at my church. I am going to get to speak to the youth for the first time EVER! God lead me to this website and I now have something to talk about
I am blown away by this website! You have put so much work into it. My husband and I just began working with youth a couple of months ago and this site has been a huge help. Thanks! We look forward to reading the Easter E-book.
Thanks, again!
Guestbook Entries
Welcome to my website. I love to hear about how you are using these ideas and resources in your ministry.
With YOUth on my heart!
Ken
Posted by: Ken Sapp | November 20, 2005 01:07 AM
This is looking so cool :D Great job!
Posted by: Charissa | November 20, 2005 01:20 AM
Looks great, Ken!
Posted by: Paul D. Watson | November 28, 2005 04:24 AM
We need all the help we can get in training young children in the church.
Posted by: Jann Taylor | December 14, 2005 10:35 PM
I was in a hurry last Wed. afternoon, trying to come up with some Christmas games to play with our youth group that night. I got on the internet and started searching. After wasting several minutes, I remembered I had saved your website a few months back. It was a life saver!
I found everything I needed - games, a devotional, fun ideas, all in one place!
God bless you and your ministry!!!!
Posted by: Patty Andrews | December 22, 2005 11:35 PM
i believe that this site will be do a lot of help to me in training my youth. keep the good work up
Posted by: ADEYEMI OLATUNDE MICHAEL | January 2, 2006 08:25 PM
This is a very good website, very valuable info., I will continue to use it. Thanks and may God continue to bless you.
Posted by: Carla Johnson | January 26, 2006 04:05 AM
Thank's for the great information. We are always looking for things to spark our teen group.
Posted by: Nina J. Flowers | January 27, 2006 11:21 PM
What a great web site. So many great ideas in one place. Ideas that reach kids with the gospel and get them to thinking about their relationship with our almighty God. I will use this web site over and over and pass it on to my friends.
Posted by: Glenda S. Camper | February 3, 2006 02:38 AM
Good, useful info....
Posted by: Mike & Jill Penley | February 7, 2006 12:02 AM
Great site with loads of tremendous ideas.
Posted by: Pastor David Beyea | February 12, 2006 03:08 PM
Good resource. I found an article for our monthly newsletter. Thankyou. God bless!
~Jason Golden
Posted by: Jason Golden | February 27, 2006 11:10 PM
Had used vanishing cookies for about a year before you revised the site. The new one is outstanding and one of the first places I look for new ideas. Thanks
Posted by: Butch Johnson | March 1, 2006 02:06 AM
Kenneth,
Thanks for the site. Our church is planning to open an outreach center downtown (small Texas town). We will serve youth in the area with Bible study and art classes as well as begin overnight worship with groups of girls/ women members as leaders and later boys with men members as leaders of the events. The information I've encountered on your blog is WONDERFUL!
Thanks so much!
Natalie Robison Hejny
Posted by: Natalie Robison | March 1, 2006 08:01 AM
we're a new church with a very small budget right now.
It's nice to have free resources available and people who are genuinely interested in our youth.
THANKS!
Posted by: Jody Delancey | March 10, 2006 12:00 AM
I think you have great ideas and I want to say thank you for shareing all your wonderful ideas. God bless you
Posted by: CHARMIKA BROWN | April 8, 2006 11:28 AM
Hello... My name's Andrew...
I'm a Sunday school teacher from Indonesia...
I just wanna say that your website is FANTASTIC !!! So many available resources on illustrations, object talks, etc, etc..
I'll most definitely share it to my friends at church... Thanks for being a blessing to us... GBU in your ministry Ken, my brother in Christ... ^.^
Posted by: Andrew Rumeser | April 22, 2006 02:29 PM
Thank You, Ken for your website. I used your game "do you love your neighbor" last night in my youth group and they enjoyed it. Great tool for youth pastors!
Posted by: John Schopf | May 12, 2006 04:46 AM
Just had to tell you that your work in this world is so very much appreciated on this side of the world..............Tasmania,Australia. I work with unchurched boys and find your recourse so helpful...to the point,just what I need. Thank you so much for making it available for free. We are having to fundraise all the time and money is tight.We hire a recreation centre and the boys from 4,5and6th grades flock. It is in a low socio-economic area so we have to offer the ministry for next to nothing. Object lessons are perfect too as they really help to bring home simple point about the Christian faith. Thanks again,Mike Lizotte,Gateway Ministries Devonport,Tasmania
Posted by: Mike Lizotte | May 20, 2006 05:33 PM
My name is Steve Merrin, I have been involved in youth ministry since my senior year of high school (89). My wife was just surfing the net looking for new mothers day ideas, and she found your site. It looks like one of the best YM websites I have seen (like Youth Specialties but not as corporate). I book marked it.
Posted by: Steve Merrin | May 20, 2006 05:36 PM
This is a work of an outstanding person.
Posted by: alvifoc | May 22, 2006 06:31 PM
Our Youth Group was supposed to go to the park today, but it was raining! Thank you for providing a fun alternative for the evening!
Festive Blessings,
Libby Ferrell
Posted by: Libby Ferrell | May 22, 2006 10:59 PM
Your creative ideas have been very, very helpful in my youth ministry.
Posted by: Portia Exhrem | May 22, 2006 11:29 PM
Thanks so much for sharing your ideas.
It is funny how we can look at the same thing and see it differently. Hearing another approach to a well worn topic is very refreshing.
God Bless!
Posted by: Susan Lindsey | May 23, 2006 01:38 AM
God Bless you - It was my first time in the website, I noticed after looking into several options that you have, humor, illustrations, sermons, etc.
What a great website, thank you so much for blessing us with your website. May God Bless you and continue to give you fresh ideas.
Esther
Posted by: Esther Diaz | May 25, 2006 02:37 PM
Hi Ken
I enjoyed your site very much. I am involved in Young Adults Ministry in our church and had been using your sites for icebreakers... got hooked on it and was very glad ive found it.
Just today while browsing i've found the flash presentation of the Bamboo - Galatians... Is it possible to download it ... i'd love to use it on our Leadership Fellowship on Tuesday (Elders, Deacons & Ministry Servants with Spouse plus the Pastoral Staff) ... it would be lovely to encourage them.
thanks a lot. hope to hear from you soon. The Lord bless you!
Beth
Posted by: Beth T. Ward | May 26, 2006 11:34 AM
Thank-you for your website. I am one of 3 leaders for our group of 40 young people (20 juniors aged 10-12, 11 earliteens aged 13-15, and 9 youth aged 16-18) in our sabbath school programs. i value your ice-breaker exercises and your object lessons and find that the kids utilize them as a foundation for good discussions.
Posted by: Bret Dobbin | May 27, 2006 01:35 PM
Dear Ken
I was searching the internet for some ideas for our church youth group ... I am new, they all know each other. I wanted to find some good ways of allowing us all to get to know each other ... your site is just AWESOME.
Thank you for giving me some great ideas to build upon.
God be with you always,
Barb
Posted by: Barb | June 11, 2006 11:15 AM
Just thought you might like to check out this most valuable resource for youth groups. For more than twelve years The Blacklight Theatre of the Mighty Warrior has traveled around the US working with all types of churches. Since the youth as well as adults are so visually oriented-this production has been used by lots of youth groups as well as youth conventions. The production uses those from the host group as the full cast as well as crew. This makes for a great opportunity for the youth to learn how the visual arts can be effectively used in ministry.
When you get the chance- look up:
www.uvministry.com
Blessings-
Jackie Kemp
Posted by: Jackie Kemp | June 14, 2006 06:08 AM
Great helps. Thank you!
Posted by: jolene hodder | June 28, 2006 08:54 PM
I found your site off of www.crosswalk.com and I thank you for so many useful ideas for games, devotions, and youth studies on your site. God bless!!!!
Posted by: Elizabeth Wring | June 29, 2006 02:14 AM
I am a Children's Pastor and am interested in you site.
Posted by: Jenny Koukoulaki | July 1, 2006 01:30 AM
just started looking and looks wonderful..great for many ideas to help with wide variety of ages...
Posted by: wendy garman | July 13, 2006 01:14 AM
Praise God! God is using someone like you to minister to the needs of pastors like me. Great free resources to minister to my youth needs. God bless!
Pastor Jesse Miranda of Christ-Centered, Disciple-Making Church, Philippines
Posted by: jesus miranda | July 22, 2006 09:32 AM
Just wanted to tell you that I appreciate you making your ideas available to those of us who volunteer our time to teach Sunday School. It has been a tremendous help to me in my object lessons. God bless you. jms
Posted by: J. Mark Shelton | July 25, 2006 07:38 PM
we intend to preach among the ULTRA-MODERN YOUTH through our YOUTH MINISTRY.
kindly guide us with the sermon illustrations and guidances.
Posted by: EVANGELIST KUNAL MUKHERJEE | August 1, 2006 02:49 PM
Nice site Ken, Good works!
God bless you.
Posted by: Rudy | August 8, 2006 05:32 PM
God bless you. Great Job.Carla
Posted by: Carla Hearn | August 12, 2006 03:44 AM
The film on BAMBOO was too good! I did not realise that myself. Yes, we must persevere
Posted by: Maryanne Ekka | August 14, 2006 04:20 PM
Thank you for the scavenger hunt ideas!
Posted by: Lois Ramey | August 27, 2006 02:55 AM
this is a great resource source site for me. I pretty much just stumbled upon it. Looking for something totally unrelated. It's like finding that 5 dollars in your pocket you didn't know about. You Da Man!
Posted by: Eric Luber | August 29, 2006 03:39 AM
i am a youth for christ leader for our high school Campus Life ministry. i was searching the internet looking for some game activities and "stumbled" acorss your site. I just wanted to say thanks so much for all that it is and for taking the time to create this. I haven't looked through everything but the pages I have seen are amazing. I love the fact that so many of us around the world are serving our Lord together! Its amazing, true blessings... have a wonderful day.
Posted by: Callie Wagner | August 30, 2006 09:03 AM
Greetings Ken,
Praise Jesus! I love your website, It is very informative. I wanted to ask if you have any skits for children. I am looking for a skit for 5 kids to perform for White Sunday in October. Any information is greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance for your assistance.
May the LORD continue to bless you abundantly for your work. God Bless
Posted by: Ruta Ropati | August 30, 2006 09:07 AM
wonderful site. Thanks.
Posted by: Selma Dean | September 6, 2006 05:08 AM
i love Jesus
Posted by: Ruth Devadas | September 7, 2006 06:13 PM
Ken,
I am so glad that I found this awesome site, You have really great stuff for youth. I just want to say thank you for sharing all that God has given you with all that are wiling to look for sites like yours.
You were a blessing for me. I am always looking for different topics,games,discussions,ect. May God Bless you!!!
Betty
Posted by: Betty Cardenas | September 8, 2006 04:25 AM
Hi! I teach Junior High Sunday School and have a new curriculum this year (that I did not get to pick) which did not exactly start off with a bang… So I used a couple of your games – measuring smiles and the Bob name game. Thanks for sharing the resources! They really got us off to a nice start. (Mostly new sixth graders this year). I think kids that are laughing are more ready to learn than those who are bored!
Jan
(Oakton Church of the Brethren)
Posted by: Jan Fischer Bachman | September 11, 2006 08:46 AM
most excited to learn more about the ministry
Posted by: Larry L.R. Saunders | September 15, 2006 11:41 AM
Thank you so much for this site. We recently had our Youth director resign and I'm the SS director and i happened upon your site. This is going to be very beneficial to our Youth and Church
Posted by: Terri Young | September 22, 2006 03:20 AM
Thanks for sharing some really great information. God has given some great ideas and thoughts to you. How blessed we are that you share them.
Posted by: Angela Sellers | September 26, 2006 11:56 AM
Some of these ideas will be great for my group, What a a blessing to find this site!
Posted by: Vicki | October 5, 2006 04:40 AM
Great Site!
Posted by: Karla Teposte | October 8, 2006 06:00 AM
Great site... interesting read.. it's awesome.
Posted by: randal | October 12, 2006 09:57 AM
Great site - thanks for all the useful info.
Keep it up!!
I am specifically looking for youth evangelism ideas and you have some - thanks!!
:-)
Posted by: Darren Asby | October 24, 2006 01:21 AM
Ken, This is a great site. Many many awesome ideas. Very happy to have found your site. Thank you for the valuable input and all of the time putting this site together. What a blessing!!
Posted by: Willie | October 26, 2006 03:16 AM
I WANT TO CONNECT WITH OTHER YOUTH EVANGELISM AND SUPPORT CHRISTIAN WORK.
Posted by: MAPENDO SONGORO | October 26, 2006 10:28 PM
Ken,
My name is Dayton Brattin and I pastor Mission Baptist Church in Washburn Missouri.
I wanted to send you a quick e-mail to thank you for your ministry and website. On Sunday mornings we have what I call children's church in which consists of me doing a short lesson or devotion with the children. And sometimes it is very difficult for me to come up with great children's sermons, and sometimes I feel because of my lack of creativity I don't give the children the best they deserve. However, through your ministry and website you help me to come up with some very good children's sermons. So I want to say a great big thank you! And keep up the great work.
Because He lives,
Dayton Brattin
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!
Philippians 4:13
Posted by: Dayton Brattin | October 28, 2006 01:03 AM
Hi! I love your website! I do children's sermons at my church every Sunday morning. I loved "Perky the Orange Pumpkin!" Thanks, I'll visit often
Friends in Christ,
Gayle
Posted by: Gayle | October 31, 2006 09:38 PM
Thanks for some very good ideas.
Posted by: R. Dolgrove | November 1, 2006 04:11 AM
Hi, I just logged onto your webside. I am a young Christian lady and would like to view creative ideas for youth meetings. May God bless you
Posted by: Lineo | November 2, 2006 04:39 PM
Love and miss you, Sis!!
Posted by: Laura | November 9, 2006 05:15 AM
Hello, this is Strawberry ShortCake from SQC Singapore. like your website very much... can i have more pls.....
a big cheer for you :)
Posted by: stephanie | November 16, 2006 01:20 PM
I hear what you are saying. God works in amazing ways and those youth who may not seem to be there for the right reasons, or at least we think. Who knows if that one time they come and all of a sudden things are made real for them through something. some helpful hints: 1. Call your youth group youth ministry. I believe that a youth group can be anything; however, a youth ministry speaks much more to the church and your teens. 2, create a mission statement for your group. Have the kids do this at a meeting night with some ideas you research on or you may find or maybe you need to create it. 3. have a name for your youth ministry...Ours is The CAVE which is Christ Amassadors as liVing Example. The kids love it! It sounds fun and has a great message and right away lets visitors know who you are and that you are for real. Finally, with most of your activities-have welcome,word, work, worship, witness. these can be done in any manner. I play Christian music in the background while we are doing a crazy games and the kids now know some of the songs and will sing along..and you have your worship. These are just some ideas to create your youth as a ministry and not simply as a group who comes to hang out for fun activities. Pray for your group at the end of a session even the ones that you may not know. They find it wired; however, it does stick with them that there are people that care even though they don't know them. Isn't that what Jesus' does for us? God's blessings in your ministry.
Posted by: Matthew Seeman | November 17, 2006 11:14 PM
I have used some of the icebreakers and it helped out so much with my lessons, God bless you and continue the good work.
Posted by: Wilhemeina West | November 23, 2006 05:50 AM
Thanks so much for this site. I used the Peter Pumpkin Object Lesson with our Outreach Kids Club for our Pumpkin Party. It went over real well. I was amazed how all 30 plus kids lessoned so intently. God is so good! Thank you for making this site available to me. I will definitely be using it again. It's on my favourites list. Blessings!
Posted by: Myrna Oliver | December 4, 2006 03:42 AM
Thanks For Sharing God's Love
Posted by: Mike Kohatsu | December 6, 2006 05:19 AM
Thanks for a great resource. I don't know how I have never run across it before. Have a wonderful Christmas!
Posted by: Brad Terhune | December 6, 2006 11:52 PM
Ken has always been a Big Bro to me. Though we see each other very rarely since I live in the States now, he was influential in my life in many, many ways. I highly recommend him as a mentor and friend to anyone who is confused about life's path.
Posted by: Glen McEuen | December 7, 2006 01:16 AM
thanks for having a great website
i teach Jr. high youth group and am always looking for activities to keep it going fast but relevant. i have found your website very helpful
Posted by: suszi | December 7, 2006 03:59 AM
This site really helps me cut down on wasted time searching for ideas, games, and resources. I appreciate you sharing your expertise and experience with us... for FREE!
Posted by: Christopher Wenzel | December 12, 2006 03:58 AM
Thanks Ken! God bless you for all you do! The resources on your website have been a tremendous help for me as I’ve just started leading the youth ministry this past summer.
Steven
Posted by: Steven Rowton | December 15, 2006 08:19 AM
Hi Ken Thanks for giving us a web site that is helpful.
Posted by: Missy Smith | December 17, 2006 11:41 AM
Thanks for all your great ideas.This was a blessing to me. I am a new youth director and can use all the help I can get!
Posted by: patti cepis | December 30, 2006 03:41 PM
I have really, really enjoyed this site. It has been a huge help with my Sunday school lessons.
Thank you so very, very much!!
God Bless!!
Posted by: Stephanie | January 6, 2007 12:54 AM
Thank you *SO* much for this web page...I use it all the time for our youth group!
Posted by: Cynthia Hellman | January 7, 2007 09:30 PM
Aloha from Hawai'i Ken,
God is moving in the hearts of his youths all over the world and i jus wanted to thank you for providing jus another tool to be use to build Gods kingdom.
mahalo nui loa
(thank you very much)
lani kohatsu
Posted by: lani kohatsu | January 9, 2007 08:36 AM
Hi Ken!
Thanks for the New Year's ideas. We used some of your icebreaker games at our New Year's Lock-in. Lots more youth brought friends (lots more than I expected, that is), so it was neat to have "undercurrent" games helping youth mix.
We played the game with New Year's Hats and the one that you suggested garlands for. We used glow-in-the-dark bracelets instead of the garlands, which they liked. No one knew what "forfeits" were for the hat game, but they enjoyed watching each other perform them. One youth got wrapped up in Christmas paper (instead of toilet paper) with a lot of extra masking tape to hold it all together. Good fun!
Our prize for the bracelet game was a box full of silly string and noisemakers for midnight (prize awarded at 11:50pm).
Thanks for the great ideas. I just stumbled across your site in my searching for this activity, but I'll be back! :o)
Posted by: Kate | January 12, 2007 12:08 AM
Hi Ken, from your big sister in Austin
Posted by: Karen M. Harrell | January 12, 2007 12:14 AM
Ken,
Thanks for all you do. Your website is a great help with my youth group!
Kristi
Posted by: Kristi Williams | January 12, 2007 12:56 AM
I use your site all the time. You have such wonderful ideas. I work with two different groups at church, girls grades 1-6 and youth grades 7-12. I use your ideas for all of them. I have several sites I use but I go to yours first. I tend to favor the games and ideas where you draw or make things. I hope you keep this site going. Thanks alot!
Posted by: Pam | January 12, 2007 01:58 AM
Hey Ken,
Just a thanks to you for the Christmas e-book Loved it! Well worth the money for the time I saved planning and having to think up ideas. Keep it up!
Posted by: Christopher Wenzel | January 12, 2007 03:47 AM
Hey ken thank you so much for being on fire for CHRIST. This website has helped me take our youth teaching and extra activity to the next level!!! May the Lord Jesus bless your ministry!!!
Posted by: mark benton | January 12, 2007 10:04 AM
thank you ken for this great site.Im blessed to direct a ministry to our able- disabled friends,and your work definitely helps ours.keepin the main thing the main thing,thank again Dave Morsch
Posted by: dave morsch | January 16, 2007 09:42 PM
Thank you sooooo much for your site. You save me a lot of time !! I found a bunch of good ideas today to send to our volunteers who work in schools in the city. Also connected with a great website through your site. Thank you soooo much for caring about youth !!
Claire Penner
ISCF -- Lethbridge, Alberta
Posted by: Claire Penner | January 19, 2007 07:25 AM
Hi! I'm Ptr. Arnel a school chaplain were planning for annual retreat for our grade 6 students. You may help us and make this a meaningful one.
God Bless You!
Posted by: arnel luat | January 19, 2007 07:39 AM
I have been a longtime reader and user of the site, even purchased your Christmas ideas book online (which was WONDERFUL).
Thanks~
Dawn C. Fox
Posted by: Dawn C. Fox | January 19, 2007 07:40 AM
Thank you for you time!
Love your website!
~shannon
Posted by: shannon | January 19, 2007 07:42 AM
Thank you so very much for producing such a wonderful website. I am the Parish Administrator at our church, in which we are temporarily without our youth director. I love working with youth, so I said I would continue the youth program for a while in her absence. I have been able to have a great time with these youth along with teaching them! They are having a blast too and wonder where I am coming up with all these fun games and lesson plans.
Thank you very much for saving our youth program!
Ann
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Viroqua, WI
Posted by: Ann | January 19, 2007 07:44 AM
hi ken,
ive been blessed by the ideas ive found on the website.as you now my name is jocelyn.iam from fiji and my age is 14.i attend gospel high school.also i go to church.its fun being a youth.but their are times when i as a youth face troubles.i was on a website when i came across these wonderful ideas.well i think its really great.it helps alot.and my friends liked it
too.well thanks again.bye
Posted by: jocelyn | January 19, 2007 07:49 AM
I teach religious education to junior high kids at a Catholic church in Dallas. Your site has been such a blessing to us because it enables me to find games that make the lesson fun!
So far I've used a Christmas poem based on the Alphabet.
The "I Never" icebreaker game was a lot of fun, and we used it as an intro to our New Year's lesson where they made resolutions and made plans to do positive things that they had never done before.
Another good one was the empty box lesson. We did that one before Christmas, and it was a real shock to them when they opened the box...but it was a lesson that I think will stay with them for a long time.
This is my third or fourth year teaching Sunday School, and I have never found a site that it more helpful than yours!
I'll keep giving you feedback as I try new things.
Thank you!
Carol
Posted by: Carol | January 19, 2007 08:17 AM
Thank you so much for sharing these resources online. I'm Julie from the Philippines and i've been helping the youth in church through bible studies and group discussions. You are such a big help. Thank you so much. Hope more people could be like you. God bless.
In His Grace,
Julie :)
Posted by: Julie | January 19, 2007 11:22 PM
Found a good object lesson that I plan to use today. Thanks! I will be looking more at the site when I have time. Appreciate the site!
Renee
Posted by: Renee | January 21, 2007 05:52 PM
i think that the web site is awesome and that it is a great tool for youth ministers. i am a young youth leader and wanting to be used by God in the music industry more than anything. i really enjoy the lessons because they teach youth how to be set apart and how to live a life pleasing unto God. so thanks a lot.
with his love,
Geselle Watts
Posted by: Geselle Watts | January 22, 2007 08:23 AM
Hi Ken,
I used one of your ideas tonight. "I Doubt It" It was great. I am a lay person that helps with the youth. I usually just show up and the youth minister leads. He came down with the flu today, so I had to come up with something fast. The discussion was really good afterwards. It helped us get to the "meat of the matter."
God speed.
Sally
Posted by: Sally | January 22, 2007 12:36 PM
Hey just signing your guest book . Waiting for the superbowl stuff
Posted by: David Way | January 23, 2007 06:43 AM
I find your website very informative,
and will definitely use it again and again.
Right now there is a great need in our fellowship and community, to keep
the youth active.
As from the ages of 9years old the children are addicted to drugs and
prostituion and unemployment is rife.
So be for sure we will use your great ideas, I was like a kid in a candy
store when I surfed your website and cannot wait to tell the others
about it.
Be blessed and I will keep in touch.
Yours to count on
Faith
Posted by: Faith | January 23, 2007 09:38 PM
This looks like an excellent site! I am an Awana Sparks Director for about 100 kids ages K-2 and from time to time, I have to come up with ideas for devotions when I am unable to have someone else teach. This site has some excellent ideas for larger groups, as well as some thought-provoking comments for leaders of youth. I plan to read some of the comments at my leaders' meeting tomorrow night.
Thanks for being willing to share these at no cost to other churches and ministries.
Rhoda Kennell
Posted by: Rhoda Kennell | January 24, 2007 08:22 AM
Just to let you know I have my first workshop with some kids and I needed some ideas to talk on the subject of PURPOSE. I wento go google and found your website.
I found to some good stuff to get me going on the above subject.
I will definitely be in contact with you to discuss how one can become an effect youth worker for the saved and unsaved.
Thank you so much for your resources.
Anastasia
Posted by: Anastasia | January 25, 2007 02:11 AM
Thank you for such an awesome site! It's been a great help for me as a youth leader. I just wish there were more seminars, workshops that we could attend.
Thank you for everything! Keep up the good work!!!
God Bless
Posted by: Nidia | January 25, 2007 02:53 AM
I really enjoy your site. I have used some of your ideas in our Wednesday night Kidz Church. My kids have loved the ideas. Thank you for making this valueable website available. May God's blessings be upon you.
Tammy
Posted by: Tammy | January 25, 2007 08:22 AM
My name is Patty Andrews and I work with the youth at Forrest Chapel UMC in Hartselle, Al. We have a group of about 10-15 jr/sr high kids that I teach Bible study to on Wed. nights. Around the holidays we have just fun, social times and I have found your game archives and also your devotionals to be a wonderful resource!
I am also the director of an after school program at an elementary school and have used some of your game selections with the children there. Your website is great! Keep up the good work!
In Christ,
Patty Andrews
Posted by: Patty Andrews | January 25, 2007 08:24 AM
thanks a lot. You did us a lot of favor.
Posted by: Timmy Masanga | January 26, 2007 10:08 AM
As children's coordinator I am responsible for gathering materials for a multitude of classes, programs, and lessons. I teach Sunday School, lead a children's ministry during the morning worship hour, am responsible for the 2nd Sunday children's minutes, and I am constantly looking for quick and easy lesson prompts to get those classes going. I had a program to do in just a couple hours and was looking on the internet for some ideas. I just happened up on your website after Googling and found a never ending fountain of wonderful material. This has got to be the best site I have ever visited! Even though this site talks about youth, it is great for children as well. I found your "Blind Snowman" lesson and did this with a program with 7 and 8 year old kids. They had a great time trying to draw the snowman with their eyes closed. I expounded on the lesson and talked about people being blind in their faith versus those who trust in God and put his word in their heart. We talked about having low scores and high scores and how we score with God. Thank you so much for sharing what God has given to you with the rest of us. May God continue to pour out His blessings on you.
His,
Vickie Otto
Children's Coordinator
Langdale United Methodist Church
Valley, AL
Posted by: Vickie Otto | February 8, 2007 10:43 PM
My name is Danielle. I'm a leader at our youth group at an AFM church
in South Africa. Thank you very much for creating this site.
In the community that we live, we don't have access to many resources
like this. It's a great help to know that we can use this as a basis
to work from when we run out of ideas to keep our young people excited
about their christianity.
All the best for your future plans,
God bless!!
Danielle
Posted by: Danielle | February 9, 2007 11:17 PM
Ken,
Thanks for the site. It's been very helpful in my ministry. Since finding your site, it seems that I am going directly to it even with all the other youth ministry sites on the web. I enjoy all the very creative ideas of teaching God's word to students.
Following His Steps,
Chris Hood
Riverdale Baptist Church
Posted by: Chris Hood | February 15, 2007 10:32 PM
I'm pastor and just recently our youth minister left and guess who's doing youth now. It's been 25yrs since that has happened and didn't know so much has changed with youth and their generation. It's kind of funny because now I'm listening to KSBJ (Praise & Worship) radio along with an assortment of CD's the youth have introduced me to. My wife and I both seem to be living a younger life, if you know what that means. We're more excited and are going more than we have in years. It's been good for us. But most of all, I've come to realize the hurting young lives that I've been brushing past each day and did not know how vulnerable they were to failure and disappointments. I want to do all that I can for the rest of my life to help our young generation rise above the spiritual poverty they exist in. God bless our youth in Jesus name, amen.
Thank you for making you resources available to help us reach our youth and keep them interested in Godly living. God bless you today in Jesus name, amen.
Posted by: CM Kelly | February 16, 2007 07:52 AM
Thank you SO much for sharing your ideas! You've saved my life! May God bless you as you have just blessed me!!
Tanya
Posted by: Tanya | February 21, 2007 08:04 AM
Dear Ken, Thank you for having such a resourceful site. It is a blessing to our church youth. We are a small church with limited resources and funds. To find a site that helps us use your materials for free, it is indeed a blessing. Praying for your continued ministry.
Posted by: Hilda Possible | February 27, 2007 10:08 PM
thanks ken :) i'm adding you to my dailies. great resource. i'm working at a local secondary school in the area of personal growth and self-leadership. and i'm only keen to feed them biblical values & principles. i'm really glad to have found this site.
blessings,
addy
Posted by: addy | March 3, 2007 07:33 AM
Dear Ken,
As a sunday school teacher and a mother of 3 i am always looking for resources and ideas to stimulate their learning in a fun yet informative way.
Some of the things i have read on your site are brilliant and has inspired me to "beef up" my teaching with more varierty.
Thank you so much for sharing your work and expertise with us.
Brigitte
Posted by: Brigitte | March 3, 2007 10:46 PM
Thank you for sharing the wonderfully, anointed illustrations and children's sermons with the Body of Christ. Your ministry is greatly appreciated. May God continue to bless you abundantly.
Posted by: Jim Price | March 6, 2007 07:26 AM
Great site. Will be back again...!!!!!
Posted by: Justin carrow | March 14, 2007 11:50 PM
Bula Ken,
Bula means "Hello". This is William Nalagilagi from Fiji. If you watch Sevens Rugby, we are the current World Champions. Anyway, Iam the Director of our Campus Ministries in our Local Church (Calvary Temple) in Suva , FIJI.
I've just spent 1/2 an hour on your site and I do marvel at what you have produced. Thank you so much.
Regards
William
Posted by: William Nalagilagi | March 16, 2007 08:49 AM
I'm Jess Seguerra Jr. from Philippines. I just want to say Thank you for your wonderful Ideas. I may not give you something but I'm sure the LORD will Bless you a lot because of kindness. I am Youth Leader in our local church. Since I found this site I always visit it everyday as in daily. This site help a lot to keep our youth longing for Christ.
God Bless you with more strength and knowledge to keep every youth leader inspired by the work of the LORD through your hand.
We love you with the LOVE of LORD and Mabuhay ka Kapatid! (Long live brother)
Jess D. Seguerra Jr.
Philippines
Posted by: Jess D. Seguerra Jr. | March 19, 2007 10:54 PM
Thanks. This is good, solid stuff, not just tricks and techniques!
Posted by: Al Bryan | March 28, 2007 11:19 PM
Thanks for the email today (28/3/07) - real encouragement @ a time I needed it.
Posted by: Rob Budgell | March 29, 2007 05:55 AM
greetings from Limerick Ireland
this looks a great website,
it will possibly save me from sudden death at our next youh club meeting on Palm Sunday.thank you Ken...Jane.
Posted by: Rev.Jane Galbraith | March 29, 2007 09:51 PM
stopped in for a quick peek. I liked what I saw so far! I've been working with youth for about 15 years and I LOVE IT. Good resources are always welcome and appreciated!
We thank you from the coast of South Carolina.
Posted by: Cindy | March 31, 2007 07:55 AM
thank you so much Ken for putting this site together, you are truly gracious to share this with us. so many fantastic ideas.
Posted by: David Cartledge | April 4, 2007 02:35 AM
Ken Thank you for this site, it has been a great help in giving me ideas for the Jr. & Sr. high Sunday school class I teach.
Posted by: Bruce Anderson | April 4, 2007 07:44 AM
I just wanted to thank you so much for all the wonderful ideas, devotionals, and mentoring you have posted and provided.You have been a great blessing in my life and hopefully helped provide our youth group/Sunday school class with a 'new beginning.' Thank you so much!!! God Bless!!!
Posted by: Stephanie Rader | April 7, 2007 06:16 AM
Plenty of tips and ideas, had a quick first glance, but I will be back to pick up many useful ideas. We need all the help we can get in putting across the WORD to our children and young people. Thank you for letting us have your brill ideas.
Posted by: Clair Kirk | April 7, 2007 10:21 PM
yes Hi my name is Teremoana. I just happened to browse on the internet to find something to help with our youth to be more creative and also to make the church environment to be a peaceful place for them to feel at home. I haven't started yet but I know it is going to be a blessing to our young people and to the church. I just need to find a way to get our youth to know God more. And I know your ideas are going to help a lot.
Thank you so much for your site.
God bless
Posted by: Samuel Mataroa | April 11, 2007 10:45 PM
Hi Ken
Your site is awesome and thank you. The reason I was looking for these kinds of sites is I organize crafts and things for our Sunday School and am always looking for new things. The older group in our small class consists of 6 - 9 kids and its hard to find ideas and things for that age sometimes. I sent your address to the teacher of that class so between the 2 of us we should be able to really come up with good lesson plans. Thanks again.
Lynda
Posted by: Lynda Murdick | April 12, 2007 11:03 PM
Ken, My wife and I are youth pastors at the Elyria Foursquare Church in Elyria, Ohio. We are always looking for new resources and when I came upon your page I didn't realize what I had found. This is a great resource and chuck full of great ideas. I am looking forward to coming back to it often. As a matter of fact we will be using one of the object lessons tonight. Thanks for putting together a great site. I will be sure and recommend it to my friends. God bless you and your ministry!
Posted by: Scott Wagner | April 15, 2007 10:40 PM
Hi Ken,
I found your website when looking for ideas for a treasure hunt for my
daughter and her friends, ages 13 & 14.
I used quite a few of your ideas, and added some of my own, and it was a big
hit!
I look forward to exploring your website further.
Thank you for sharing, and may God bless your ministry.
Tracy Sedens
Sherwood Park, Alberta
Canada
Posted by: Tracy Sedens | April 15, 2007 10:42 PM
IT'S A WONDERFUL SITE WILL SHARE IT WITH MY CHURCH'S YOUTH LEADERS
Posted by: michelle | April 15, 2007 10:43 PM
Ken-
Well my name is Stefanie and I am 24 and live in a small town in PA. I was in the Military for almost 5 years and once I got discharged and moved back home I started teaching a Junior High Sunday School Class and within a few months I took over our Youth Group. I stumbled upon your website when I was trying to come up with some ideas for upcoming Youth Meetings. I absolutely love the site and am so happy that I was able to find it. Thank you for posting something so useful on the web to help Youth Leaders out.
By His Grace-
Stef
Posted by: Stef | April 15, 2007 11:00 PM
Hi Ken,
My name is Tara Poole & I am a new volunteer youth director for Mt. Olivet UMC. I have worked in children's ministries for several years, but youth is a new ball game for me. When I came across your site I was so excited with all the ideas. You helped me come up with very creative games & more. We had a Candy cane themed Christmas party with all your candy cane ideas & the kids had a blast. Thank you so much for your time & dedication to helping all of us who work with the youth find Great creative ideas. I really appreciate it!
Blessings,
Tara Poole
Posted by: Tara Poole | April 15, 2007 11:03 PM
Hi Ken, I am very pleased I found your site. I have had a lovely time collecting Resources for the Youth Camp I am going to today. We will have around 60 teenagers together for a week to do a little sowing of the Seed!!!
I am a 55 year old grandmother with 7 children that have now turned into adults!!! 5 have married giving us 5 wonderful additions plus 8 grandsons and 3 granddaughters - precious souls. God works in amazing ways generationally!!!
Our youngest son Jon is 15 and will drive for the first time on a 2-3 hour journey to Foxton Bible Camp in an area known as Manawatu in the North Island of New Zealand. We have a great old Mercedes (1987) and he is very excited by the prospect!!!
Sometimes I am concerned at the content of the 'Concerts' that are traditionally held on the last night at 'Camp' so this time I have been on the lookout for something more appropriate! Loved the jokes on your site and have picked up one or two other bits and pieces that I hope my Study Group in particular will enjoy using.
Very pleased to find some Resource material for a Grief Programme I will be facilitating for 16+17 year olds next school term on feelings and masks too! Excellent stuff!!!
Thank You for your service for God... Anne Robinson
Posted by: Anne Robinson | April 16, 2007 08:48 AM
I came across your blog while looking for some youth activities for the Christian Fellowship in my university.. I think your blog is really encouraging and I managed to get some helpful materials from here! Thank you very much for sharing and encouraging youths all over the world!I pray God will continue to bless you and your ministry :)
Posted by: Yeoslian | April 19, 2007 10:18 PM
i've found this website (especially the object lessons) really helpful for the kidz klub i'm running this summer for 6-11s. thanks so much!
Posted by: Rachel Bressoud | April 20, 2007 03:43 AM
I am just visiting the site and just getting my computer set up. I do not have an email address at this time. Thank you.
Posted by: Jean Rendleman | April 23, 2007 05:49 AM
I have just found your site and was enjoying some of your Mother's Day sayings. Thanks for the laugh. Jean
Posted by: Jean Rendleman | May 7, 2007 10:33 AM
I have been so blessed by your site and your postings .You are a blessing to so many especially those that are working with youth and children .Keep up the good work.
Posted by: Rocco Viljoen | May 8, 2007 11:05 AM
Forty five years I was a young man and was active in young people ministry. Recently I was asked to help the young people activities in the same church. I found out that your website are resourceful with great ideas.
God bless you !
Posted by: Indrayono Satyoadi | May 15, 2007 12:35 PM
Hey, ken!
I'm so glad to find your website, and see so many creative and practical ideas for the youth ministry. Lots of Brilliant work!
I'm the tutor of the youth fellowship of my church, there are around 18 of them, they are all energetic, just want to bring them more closely to God and build up their faith. I find the materials, esp the great adventure book inspiring. I'm a teacher as well, and the activities planned are fun and practical. I'm thinking about ordering it, still want to hear the advice from my ministry partners.
Let me hear more updates from you.cheers!
maggie
Posted by: Maggie | May 17, 2007 01:08 PM
I will like to have more
information about youth
creative ideas and materials.
thanks
Posted by: julian | May 17, 2007 04:47 PM
Hi Ken
I just wanted to say that I love your website, and it is definitely the one that I use the most in my work with children and youth! Keep up the great work.
God Bless
Posted by: Lynette Snyman | May 17, 2007 11:44 PM
Your site so far has been a blessing. I am a youth leader over the ages of 13-20 and I am always looking for new
ideas to use with them. Games, illustrations, message ideas everything!!! Your site is great and what is even more of a blessing it is free!!! I have stumbled across a lot of sites that had so much to
offer....for so much a month or year which is not something I can afford
so to find your website and it have all kinds of things to spark ideas and use, and it be free on top of all that it is a true blessing. Keep up the good work!!!
Krista
Posted by: Cromeens, Krista | May 18, 2007 12:15 AM
Just wanted to say thank you for making your website available, sometimes it is hard to keep coming up with new material when you work more than a full time job, and have four kids of your own three in which are teenagers.
Posted by: Chad Tuttle | May 18, 2007 12:25 AM
Beautiful Site. I am sharing many of the messages with the youths of my church.
Posted by: Albertha | May 19, 2007 10:08 PM
My husband and I are taking our youth in the church for a mini retreat. I will be using some of your ideas Thank you very much. Diane
Posted by: diane evans | June 1, 2007 05:26 AM
I need help with your youth
we have a small church & we just getting started with a youth program. meet once a mo. looking for ice breakers for a small group. like what i see.
Posted by: shawn | June 1, 2007 08:03 AM
I was looking for ideas to use at church on sunday for our Fathers day service. thank you for some good ones.
Posted by: a morgan | June 11, 2007 11:38 PM
Praise God for you!! I was looking for ideas for a contemporary service (adults and children) on Father's Day. Your site is wonderful. I found what I needed and a WHOLE lot more. Keep up the good work
Posted by: Christine Light | June 17, 2007 04:40 AM
I just found your website and I love it. God put it on my heart to start something and I'm kicking off the youth program with a lock in. I knew I wanted to have a scavenger hunt and do a few ice breakers. Your site had the perfect things I could use. There are so many other things here I can't wait to get into. Thanks for making my job a lot easier.
Sincerely,
Kate
Posted by: Kate Thompson | June 18, 2007 11:22 AM
God is so great that He has given us people like u, Mr. Ken. Your website helps me a lot in my youth ministry. I'm fr. Philippines, mentoring youth.. Keep up the good work.. God Bless You... Thanks...
Posted by: ely | June 19, 2007 03:04 PM
I am a new subscriber...but am thrilled to have access to so much information, and creative ideas. Thank you. GG
Posted by: Gerri Grosvenor | June 23, 2007 12:33 AM
I just happened to browse on the internet to find something to help with our youth to be more creative and also to make the church environment to be a peaceful place for them to feel at home. I haven't started yet but I know it is going to be a blessing to our young people and to the church. I just need to find a way to get our youth to know God more. And I know your ideas are going to help a lot.
Thank you so much for your site.
God bless
Posted by: Teremoana | June 25, 2007 09:15 PM
I have only begun to look at the resources on your site and am impressed with what I see. I need to explore further when time permits. I am a co-leader of a 10-12 yr old youth group in Levin, New Zealand. We have 20+ kids coming along and they are a lot of fun and a challenge to feed sometimes.
I have been a Christian for 29 years and life just gets better and better. I have a website at www.all4god.net which you are welcome to visit.
Bless you for your work and your "free Gospel" approach!
Posted by: Les Oxnam | June 25, 2007 09:18 PM
I have enjoyed your website...alot of those youth teachings are practical for adult bible study....I love giving teachings with simplicity. amen
thanks for the inspiration...anything new you have send it forth.
Posted by: Rev Diane Tripp | June 25, 2007 09:23 PM
Hi Ken: I am very excited about your website. My husband and I just took
over the College Ministry at our Church and I always like to have fun while
teaching our Bible Study. I have visited your website for the first time
just a few minutes ago and printed off some great stuff. It will be a
resource I will use often. Thank you for your ministry to us.
God Bless,
Tammy Moses
College Ministry Leader
Posted by: Tammy Moses | June 25, 2007 09:44 PM
Thank you for an incredible resource!!!!!!!!!
I am assisting student leaders who conduct school campus Bible clubs. I have referred them to your site to assist them in their lessons, games, etc. Currently, I am assisting five public and 1 private school in this ministry. On a weekly basis these clubs are reaching over 400 students. I have used your "Object Lessons" and have compiled them in hard copy for the students who do not have a computer available to them. I have your name and website listed on those sheets.
Thanks again! Please keep me posted with any additions you make to your resources.
Posted by: Stephanie Ward | June 25, 2007 09:46 PM
I was surfing the web, looking for ideas for kids talks (object talks) and I came across your site.
You have some great ideas; I have printed out a few of your object talks.
My husband and I are leaders in our town's NSW Rangers outpost. I am in need of a few ideas for when I lead the devotion time, so thanks so much for your input!
Our family are Christians, and attend our local Church (AOG).
God Bless, Sincerely, Carolyn
Posted by: Carolyn | June 25, 2007 09:47 PM
Dear Ken,
Greetings in Jesus name!
I really appreciate your ministry to the Lord through Creative Youth Ideas.I am a Methodist Pastor of India and at present doing Th.M. in Seoul, South Korea.Here in Seoul I am involved in Youth Ministry in one of the local churches and I hope that the informations from you will be a great help to me.May God bless you!
Posted by: samuel suna | June 25, 2007 09:48 PM
I think finding your website was God ordained.
I LOVE IT! I am sooooo excited about finding EVERYTHING we as Leaders could possibly ever need.
Thank you so much for this extremely resourceful website.
God bless you for this!
Warm wishes
Posted by: Lisa Essex | June 25, 2007 09:50 PM
Greeting In the wonderful name of our Lord Jesus Christ
I am 20yrs of age and my dad has just recently opened a church at the begining of this year in an underprivliged arear in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. The Name of the Church is the Rainbow Church of Christ. Their are a fews youths in our church but I want to start working with them and in the community. Im just trying to figure out how to draw them to the youth meeting. Last night I visited your website and their are so many wonderful ideas. Thank You for allowing people access to this material. I'm sure that God is already blessing you and will continue to bless you.
Be Blessed
Take Care
Eli
Posted by: Elisha Reddy | June 25, 2007 09:54 PM
Hi. Thank you for sharing your ideas and heart with the world. Your site is awesome; and God has clearly gifted you with creative ways of reaching youth. J
May God bless you richly for sharing.
Posted by: Harris, Ashley | June 25, 2007 09:56 PM
Hi Brother Ken,
thank you very much for your creatives, they have really helped me to fervently teach my children especially the pianting, God richly bless you, enlarge your coast ,increase your strength, GOD should anoint you with the spirit of understanding,wisdom and knowledge that as you create he will guide your hands to do and draw as never before. May he protect your family,worker and also bless those who help you that is in terms of every thing, above all, MAY HE BLESS YOUR WIFE AND CHILDREN now and forever more in Jesus name AMEN.
BYE.
Posted by: Sedzro Eugene | June 25, 2007 09:58 PM
rosna.chung@hnrlawyers.com
I have browsed through your website and found a lot of creative ideas that I could adopt for my Sunday school class. I am a Sunday school teacher ministering 12 to 14 years old kids for a church named Church of Christ Jesus (GKY JMB) in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Thank you for taking your time to create this website and allowing us to access. I believe that a lot of people have been blessed from it.
May God bless you.
Regards,
Rosna
Posted by: Rosna Chung | June 25, 2007 09:59 PM
I am just trying to get help and ideas for working with teens in a small town in Alabama.
Posted by: JoAnne Messick | June 28, 2007 01:27 AM
Thanks! Good stuff
Posted by: Jack Henry | July 2, 2007 11:38 PM
Ken,
I am the youth director for a small country church in Mooresburg, TN. However, I do have a group of about twenty youth ranging in age from 13-22. They are an awesome group and we travel doing dramas and human videos. I found lots of great fun ideas for our yearly campout retreat. Thanks for all the awesome info!
Posted by: Kim Byrd | July 11, 2007 04:21 AM
I just found your site and absolutely love the information. I work with the Prime Time group (55+ yrs. young) in our church. I do a lot of programs and found several ideas on your site. God Bless You.
Posted by: Bev | July 18, 2007 04:02 AM
Thank you for this wonderful site . It if full of very good ideas for the youth. I will be using some for our Youth camp to be held end October. May God Bless you in all your future endeavors. This is what I was looking for all along!
Thanks
Posted by: Cecily Scheepers | July 30, 2007 10:31 PM
I just want to thank all you people who run this vital websites. I am a Pastor for a Methodist church in Bangalore -India and your materials are wonderfully relevant to our community. May God bless you and I will continue to pray for you and also support with whatever small resources God has given in the days to come. Thank you. Andrew
Posted by: Andrew Devanbu | July 31, 2007 01:54 PM
Ken,
I am blown away! I am convinced that your site was sent straight to me by God's own hand. I am a very fun and creative person, but I needed a way to connect the fun with the scripture for our kids. It has taken me half the day to decide on only one creative teaching idea for tonight! I want to do them all!!
Thanks so much for being used of the Lord.
I will continue to use your site. Keep up the good work!!
Kayce
Posted by: Kayce Williams | August 15, 2007 11:46 PM
God Bless you Sir,
Your website is a great blessing to us. I thank the Lord for people like you
who freely share various materials that can be of great help to people like
us.
My name is Davendran Kumaran. I am from the Fiji Islands; in the South
Pacific (Near Australia & New Zealand).
Apart from being involved with youths in my church, I am also involved in
youth ministries where we share the Gospel of Jesus in schools conducting
Christian Fellowship Programs.
I also help out other Church youth ministries in various activities.
Your resources would certainly play a great role for us here in Fiji.
Thank God for you and your ministry.
Brother In Christ,
Davendran Kumaran
Life Giver - Last Days Revival Ministry
Lautoka
Fiji Islands
Posted by: Davendran Kumaran | August 24, 2007 01:41 PM
Thank you for the great website. My husband and I are volunteer Youth Pastors at our church, New Life Church in Pennsdale, PA. My husband is student teaching this fall and has been a full-time student
and full-time in the job force for the past 2 years. I am also working full-time. We don't have alot of spare time to prepare for lessons and activities for the kids. I just found your website and
seems like there is a wealth of great information. Thank you so much!
Blessings,
Tina Persing
Posted by: Tina Persing | August 24, 2007 01:46 PM
hey i just want 2 tell u that the site is sooooo awesome and that the skits and games were a hit at our church. see i'm 14 and in charge of the youth with 15 other kids at our church and we plan and are involved in the skits and games so thanx for making this site. it is amazing god gave u such a special gift may god be with you always ~*bRiAnNa
Posted by: bRiAnNa | August 24, 2007 01:49 PM
Dear Ken,
This is my first time to visit your site. I thank our Lord how He is using you to help others get equipped for the Kingdom. May His face shine upon you evermore. God bless.
Posted by: thea | August 25, 2007 12:16 PM
REALLY ENJOY THIS SITE
Posted by: debbie kreh | August 28, 2007 12:03 PM
Wow,thank God i came across this website, i am working on a youth program with Foundation for Young Orphans here in Uganda.Hope to get the very best out of your ideas.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GENEROSITY. MAY GOD BLESS YOU
Posted by: mutegeki cliff agaba | August 28, 2007 03:23 PM
I've been surfing the net for months looking for creative ideas for my teens class. I must say that your material and ideas are out of this world. I hope that your continue this great work, and may God bless you and continue to lead into more and more truth.
God Bless
Peter
Posted by: Peter Debique | August 29, 2007 12:32 PM
I think this website is AWESOME!
Posted by: Linda Bourgeois | August 29, 2007 12:46 PM
hi Ken. I recently got involved in youth ministry and your site (which I
haven't yet fully explored ) has got the right stuff my brother! hope to
keep in contact with you and share some of my experiences with you as the
Lord continues to use for the extention of his kingdom.
Posted by: Port Elizabethian youth leader | August 29, 2007 01:30 PM
Thank you for adding me to your site. I have found your site to be quite helpful. I am the new youth minister for a UMC church. I have been in youth ministry for approximately 4 years now. I am always looking for fresh new material to use with youth.
Evita
Posted by: Evita | August 29, 2007 01:32 PM
Hi Ken,
I am the youth leader at my church. Starting next month I am starting up the youth group! I need ideas badly!! We have a small group on a limited budget! We are going to meet once a month until it takes off! Or at least I hope it does! I need ideas for lessons, games and other fun things! If you have any suggestions I'd greatly appreciate it! I really like your site! Lots of information to search through!
Posted by: Candace Hutcheson | August 29, 2007 01:49 PM
Hiya!
I went onto the site straight away & grabbed a lot of ideas from it.
Thanx! It's awesome
Posted by: Powerhouse Community | August 29, 2007 02:33 PM
Your site is great! I found many ideas to use with my class and the faculty at my school
Thanks for sharing!
Julie
Posted by: Julie lohman | August 29, 2007 02:46 PM
Thanks for your kindness in sharing your creativity and your resources are a blessing for me at age 54 working with youth and kids
May the Lord bless you
Barbara
Posted by: barbara ladlow | September 10, 2007 12:08 PM
I have recently taken the reins of the Sr. High Youth Group at my church. I
was so happy to find your site and some ideas for a scavenger hunt. I hope
to visit the site in the future for more help in planning activities. I
think the site is wonderful--it has a variety of ideas on many subjects that can be adapted to fit almost any group. Thank you so much for hosting the
site.
Diane
Posted by: Hanna Family | September 10, 2007 12:13 PM
I have used you site on a number of occasions before registering. I assist my husband pastor a small church and we have been struggling to re-build it for the past 2 years following a major walk out of 30 - 40 people which has left my husband is shattered. So I have had to re-commenced the children's work and I was looking for ideas to get the kids work up and going. I found the object lesson
very helpful and so are the games. You free site is a real blessing for me at the moment as our finances are limited. Thanks for sharing your talents
Many Blessings
Barbara Ladlow
Posted by: Barbara Ladlow | September 10, 2007 12:14 PM
My name is Vivian I'm 43 age and my main ministry is for the age 13 - 25 and some times I looking for activities and any new things i live in Jordan so my English not that perfect and want to stay on contact with your site
God bless you
Posted by: Vivian Asmar | September 10, 2007 12:23 PM
Thank you, I am an older pastor with about 35 young people and sometimes don't know just how to present God's message to them.
Posted by: Pastor merrill | September 17, 2007 12:57 PM
I just had a quick peek at the website and it looks great! I am excited to use it for upcoming youth events... what I am liking the most is the fact that it's filled with Scripture!
Thanks!!!
Sara
Posted by: sara rempel | September 19, 2007 01:00 PM
Thank you for giving to the lord. This site is a true blessing and help for me as a youth leader. It gave me hope when I thought I ran out of ideas for youth ministry. God Bless!!
Posted by: Joy Joseph | September 19, 2007 01:03 PM
You site is fantastic... Great spiritual guide, especially with working with Youth. Thanks for all your hard work. May God richly bless you!
Posted by: Phil | September 20, 2007 02:18 PM
I have enjoyed every bit of your site. It has such great stuff that I am glued to my computer!!
Will certainly use some of the ideas and share it with my colleagues to help the youths we are working with in Singapore.
Posted by: Yew LS | September 20, 2007 04:25 PM
great site
Posted by: edison | September 23, 2007 11:42 PM
Hi Ken,
Thanks for your hardwork and detail in this ministry. The games look really thoughtful and fun.
Posted by: Alvin | September 27, 2007 04:14 AM
I live in Portadown N. Ireland and attend the Elim church where my husband and i head up the youth church dept. which runs on alternate Sunday mornings for ages 11 - 15 yr olds. we are blessed with an average of 40 kids.
Your site is an excellent resource which ive used over the past 2 years and panicked when i couldn't get a connection last week!!
You're very gifted and obviously work lots to up keep the site.
May God continue to bless you in this ministry.
thank you
deirdre
Posted by: deirdre wortley | September 28, 2007 12:16 PM
Excellent ideas! Thank you so much!
Gena
Posted by: Gena Bruner | September 30, 2007 11:20 AM
I think this website is a wonderful resource. I teach an adult ladies Sunday School class and they love object lessons as much as teenagers do! I am always looking for creative ways to bring the lessons to life so the ladies will remember the truths I am teaching from God's word!
Posted by: Charlene Meadows | October 2, 2007 12:36 PM
I discovered your site by accident while looking for ideas and inspiration for my children's youth club at church. I'm working with some other mom's on crafts, and was hoping to bring more of a lesson/food for thought to tie the craft to their faith. I loved the stories of inspiration and the inclusion of a verse at the end of each. I brought some in to share with the other mom's during our planning time, and we were really able to use some of the ideas as starting points for lessons to make the most of our time with the kids.
I've shared your site with all of them, and I'm sure we will all return later in the year in search of other ideas.
Thank you for creating the website, it is easy to navigate and there is so much there to explore.
In His Service,
Melissa
Posted by: Melissa Vetter | October 2, 2007 01:34 PM
Your teachings are valuable and they are not only used in the youth ministry but even to me - to edify my life. Thank
you. Please continue and let me know if I can do something to help out this ministry financially.
Posted by: Olga Urbina | October 2, 2007 01:38 PM
This is Ann from the Philippines. I am a pastor's wife and I oversee our Y&A Fusion (Young & Adult Fusion). This is our church's youth net. I found your site so helpful in preparing materials for our youth's gathering. We hold our gathering every Saturday 6pm-8pm. We have 30 active youth attenders at present.
May the good Lord continue to use your site as a vessel and instrument to further God's Kingdom.
In Christ,
Ann
Posted by: Ann Magalong | October 2, 2007 02:44 PM
Thank you for all the help I have been getting on your website. Sometimes I would get stuck with a topic and I would simply just pop onto your website and get everything I need that would be able to edify the young people I work with. I just feel like sometimes I hit an all time blank. Please pray for me.
Yours in Christ
Esther Fredricks
Chilli Adventures South Africa
Posted by: Esther Fredricks | October 2, 2007 02:50 PM
Loved the site! Thank you so much for providing ideas for others who
teach children gospel of Jesus Christ.
I've been looking for a Bible Verse Treasure Hunt... And found info for
one on your site. I can't wait to learn about it.
I desire to make learning about God fun for the children. God is so
wonderful, creative and loving... I want church to be a joy for the
children.
Thank you so much for providing these wonderful ideas. I know much
hours of teaching, study and trial and error must have went into
developing these ideas. I am truly blessed to have found your website.
I believe the Lord led me to this site.
THANK YOU... For sharing what you have learned with others! This is
such a precious gift that can help us teachers bring many into the
Kingdom of God.
Thank you, and God bless you.
Sincerely,
Brenda Holsinger
(Pastor's Wife and Teacher)
Teacher - Children's Church
Posted by: Brenda Holsinger | October 9, 2007 09:18 AM
Your website has been a tremendous blessing to me. I am a new pastor and have a small amount of youth that I am trying to reach out to and help to grow. Your site has given me endless materials to use that have proven to be effective. Thanks so much for your ministry and gifts you give to all of us.
Pastor Lori
Posted by: Lori Whitted | October 11, 2007 11:12 AM
Hi Ken
I am making Great use of this site. My husband and I pastor a small Pentecostal church in out-port Newfoundland where resources are very limited and we have a 4 hour drive to the nearest Christian book store. There are about a dozen in our youth group right now, but it's nearly doubled in the last few months. This generation is very difficult to minister to, but your website is certainly taking them in the right direction.
God Bless!
Faye
Posted by: The Englands | October 11, 2007 11:15 AM
kool site.I'll surely recommend it to a youth Pastor. Bless you
Posted by: Indie | October 14, 2007 04:12 AM
My husband and I are doing a youth retreat on mentoring and found a few things on your site very helpful. Thank you for sharing so freely!
May God encourage and bless your day.
Posted by: brenda Allen | October 16, 2007 12:49 PM
I greet you in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus the Christ.
I just wanted to thank you for allowing me access to your site. It has truly been a blessing.
I am an associate minister in Huntsville,Alabama and I occassionally have to do the counsel time for our AWANA Ministry's "Theme Night". This time last year I used your idea about the pumpkin and God walking through the pumpkin patch (can't remember the exact name of it); but it really reached the children (ages 3-16) and many adults in ways that I never could have imagined.They are actually still talking about it to this day. I thank you so much.
Posted by: Grant, Eric D | October 16, 2007 01:19 PM
I am a new youth worker in a small bible church in Colorado. Don't have any
qualifications to be a youth worker i.e. Education from a seminary, have
kids, or had any kind of experience of any kind with a youth group. The
only thing I have is a calling from God to do what I can for them. I have
been searching like a mad man on how to conduct, plan, mentor, teach, all
for the purpose of bettering myself.
Your site is a huge help. Thanks for putting it together.
Posted by: Harry Shambaugh | October 16, 2007 01:22 PM
This is an amazing website for youth ministries. I am really blessed and find it really very helpful to our newly established church's youth ministry. More power and anointing!
Posted by: Melchisedick S. Capistrano | October 16, 2007 01:26 PM
your site has been a blessing! i enjoy all of your ideas and suggestions and teaching resources. i have been working with kids for 6 years and i need as much help as i can get!
Posted by: Veronica Argueta | October 16, 2007 01:34 PM
I want to thank you a lot for being such blessing to me. I cannot tell you how much your web sites are helping me in my ministry. I have good experience in preaching and I even taught homiletics but your web site is helping me a lot especially as I start new home group ministry.
Please keep me in your mind when ever you find a good link. Your contribution is an investment in the ministry in Lebanon
Posted by: Walid Harmoush | October 16, 2007 01:35 PM
I love this site and it is well published. I know God will work in your life through everything you do!
Posted by: Miquela | October 16, 2007 01:36 PM
I just had an overview of the site and plan to go through it in details later. We have started a youth movement in our church and I needed some ideas for it. On searching we found your site and Its just what we need.
My name is Andrew Antonio Fernandez and I am in Cochin India. I attend the Master Ministries Church here. It a full gospel based church. My wife Priscilla and myself are involved in the church activities and our Pastor wanted us to take up the Youth movement. With no prior experience in this but God's and Pastor's blessings and of course now help from you we are confident of doing something worthwhile for the youth of Cochin.
Posted by: Antonio & Priscilla | October 16, 2007 01:58 PM
You have an awesome Website that is completely devoted to God and how wonderful He is. Thank you for being a bright light for youth. I am looking for ideas because it is my first time working with young people and thank God I found your website is very helpful...God bless and thank you .Lupita
Posted by: Lupita Portillo | October 16, 2007 02:03 PM
Thank you so much for the time you take to update, inform and encourage!
I live in Germany and I'm married to a German/Greek christian man. We have been working with the youth in our church since Jan 2007, and as we always need ideas we were very happy to come across your site!
Thank you again and we wish you all God's very best with all the stuff you are doing.
Posted by: Donna & Bjoern Vagiakis | October 17, 2007 01:08 PM
This is a big help for me as a teacher in children ministry. God Bless You. Keep up the good work!
Posted by: Maria Cristina M. Glinoga | October 18, 2007 03:56 PM
Rejoice and leap and clap your hands for our God is good still today and his love endures forever,win the lost to Jesus and pray for blessed revivals soon.Thanks for your kindful help and support. Bless and enjoy.keijo sweden
Posted by: keijo | October 19, 2007 01:33 AM
I used animal kingdom with my youth to let them learn how much God cares for them in a fun way. I added giving them snacks that related to the animal of their group choice. They munched while my husband read scripture and talked to them on their level about God's love. Wow! what an impact this leson was. Thanks Ken. God Bless. Linda
Posted by: Linda Gregory | October 22, 2007 01:35 PM
My husband and I work in Jr. Church and we are always looking for new ideas to be a blessing in this children's ministry. I'm really delighted that I
found your website. I wanted to give a salvation focus and I wanted
something new that would intrigue the children. Who doesn't love Tootsie
Pops? I'm going to use your Object lesson idea using the Tootsie Pop. I'm so
grateful that you have the burden for this ministry. I can tell you enjoy
your work.
In Christ,
Fern
Posted by: Fern Van Dusen | October 22, 2007 01:37 PM
I am the wife of a youth director and I enjoyed getting ideas from the site. I am planning for the youth to act out scenes for the choir at Christmas.
Posted by: Tonya | October 22, 2007 01:38 PM
Thank you for this web site, it has been a great blessing to me in refreshing my ideas for my teens and kids at church. May God Bless you!
Posted by: Sheila | October 22, 2007 01:41 PM
You are a person easy to love! Your objective lessons are great blessing to me. I am a pastor of a church in Lebanon middle east. My real name is Walid
Posted by: pazzo | October 22, 2007 01:43 PM
I'll be linking soon
Posted by: great | October 27, 2007 11:06 AM
I'm a new youth minister at my church (Liberty Lighthouse Church of God) in Hartford, Kentucky. I really love your site. I've learned that teens don't have a very long attention span and there are so many great ideas on your site. Thank you for taking the time to make your site to help others reach the Lord. My goal in life is to reach as many youth as I can for the Lord. May God Bless You in everything that You do...
Posted by: Kerri Emery | October 31, 2007 12:19 PM
I'm a youth minister in my church (New Nature Christian Ministries in London, United Kingdom) and have been for a while now. i accessed your web site and was amazed and very impressed God has anointed you in such a great way and you have a wonderful heart to share these ideas with us all at no charge i actually want to support your ministry because of your kindness.
God Bless
Belynda
Posted by: Belynda Smith | October 31, 2007 12:44 PM
I must be honest and say that I stumbled upon your website completely by
accident and I am so glad I did!!! I found your "Creative Teaching
Ideas" section useful,practical and very relevant for our youth. I have yet to explore what else your site has to offer and am so looking
forward to using more of it in the future.
Thank you for your willingness to share the awesome gift God has laid
upon you!
God Bless
Amanda
Posted by: Amanda Gerry | October 31, 2007 01:25 PM
I LOVE the site! My friend told me about it. I do a Bible study for Middle
School girls in our public school. I do it right after school. Also, I will
be helping some ladies in the town next to us with a much bigger Bible
study. She has speakers, a band, etc. then breaks into small groups. Your
"ideas" will be great to use for group settings. I didn't want to quit
reading all that you have but it's getting late. Thank yo sooo much for all
the useful info!! Blessings, Connie
Posted by: Connie Shifflett | October 31, 2007 01:27 PM
My name is Chris Watson and I have accessed your website a few months ago and I have to say it has some awesome stuff for youth ministry. There is some good object lessons that I would like to use if I could. I really appreciate your ministry and gifts that you allow others to use for God's glory. Keep up the good work.
Chris
Posted by: Chris Watson | October 31, 2007 01:30 PM
I just found your web page but I am already very excited about it.
To introduce myself: I am a missionary from Germany, working with PMA in Pohnpei, Micronesia. (www.pmapacific.org) My responsibilities are
Children and youth ministry. Therefore I am always looking for great
ideas To make our programm's creative and exciting. It is especially difficult to Find good games, since the people are very shy here. Thank you very much For making this homepage available for free! I appreciate that a lot.
God bless your
Ministries
Posted by: Pia Maria Kaufmann | October 31, 2007 01:35 PM
Love the website. Tonight for our youth lesson, I used the Parable #2 lesson, where Jesus washes His disciples' feet in John 13:1-7. God laid it on my heart to relate it to serving others and actually "doing" rather than just "saying." We lived out the lesson and ended it by getting supplies for Operation Christmas Child and actually serving instead of just talking about serving. Thanks for letting God use you!
Gareth
Posted by: Gareth Bonner | October 31, 2007 01:44 PM
I attend a small church where we have only a handful of young people of varying ages. My husband's grandson, age 12, says Sunday school is boring. My step-daughter and I (she has children aged 9 and 10) are looking and praying about what to do. That is how I came across your site.
I have only browsed a little but I can see there are lots of great ideas.
God bless you.
Jan Wood
Posted by: janet gregson | October 31, 2007 01:56 PM
God bless you all, all those working at creativ youth ideas.
Posted by: sedshie | October 31, 2007 02:00 PM
Hi Ken, i'm a christian with youngsters at heart, very thankful for your site. Helps alot, God bless u.
Posted by: eugene brian | October 31, 2007 02:10 PM
thanks for making such an awesome site for youth!
you rock in the name of jesus!
Posted by: katie debinski | November 12, 2007 01:17 PM
Your “Life is not fair” sermon is perfect for my children sermon lead in. Thanks so much. Jay
Posted by: Jay Van Gelder | November 12, 2007 01:19 PM
Ken,
Your website is great! I wish I would have found it sooner. I recently became the youth group director of our church, and I am discovering it is a very challenging job. You have given me some very good ideas!
Have a blessed day!
Amy L. Clouse
Grand Rapids, MI
USA
Posted by: Clouse, Amy | November 12, 2007 01:22 PM
I am a 7th grade Trinity youth teacher and a 3rd grade Sunday School teacher who loves to think out of the box when it comes to teaching. I believe the children can have fun learning and I am always looking for new ideas. I have designed my own curriculum in which to teach my 3rd grade kids and my Trinity group is currently working on the Old Testament. Thank you for access to your website. I will be checking it out when I have a little free time (usually during my lunch hours at work).
Thank you and have a blessed day-
Dawn Retallick
Posted by: Dawn Retallick | November 12, 2007 01:29 PM
Love the Thanksgiving idea for object lesson. Thanks for your help! God Bless YOU! I am so thankful for people like you!
Amy
Posted by: Amy | November 14, 2007 01:36 AM
I like the thanksgiving object lesson a lot. I have recently decided to start doing more object lessons because my youth are middle school and wound up! So I will use this tomorrow night and see what happens! Thanks again!
Posted by: Missy | November 14, 2007 12:36 PM
Thanks for the great resources! I got my whole Thanksgiving lesson from your site!
Posted by: Hannah J. Stixrud | November 14, 2007 10:16 PM
Thanks so much for the great idea for a short Thanksgiving devotional. I am using it tonite with our K-5th youth program. I had never thought about using this story and I appreciate your willingness to share. THANKS and GOD bless !
Posted by: Lorilee Thomas | November 15, 2007 12:28 AM
Thank you for this wonderful site. I have found several things I can use. You are a blessing. jo
Posted by: joann holcombe | November 17, 2007 08:30 PM
Thank you for this wonderful site. I have found several things I can use. You are a blessing. jo
Posted by: joann holcombe | November 17, 2007 08:31 PM
Ken,
I just came across your site and it is a lifesaver! I am a Denver Seminary grad, have done ministry for years and am now a stay at home mama of a 3 & 2 year old. We just moved to a little town and I have felt God leading me to help with the youth group. It has been so fun to be involved and God is doing amazing things. With very limited time on my hands, Godis using this site to help me prepare solid lessons for these kids!
Thanks so much!!!!
Posted by: Shannon Miller | November 22, 2007 11:27 PM
HEY KEN...MAN LET ME TELL YOU I AM LOOKING TO BECOME A YOUTH PASTOR AND JUST GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL LAST YEAR AND I USED ONE OF YOUR DEVOTION IDEAS FOR A YOUTH LOCK IN (first time) AND IT WAS GREAT REALLY SENT THE MESSAGE THROUGH SO THANKS FOR HAVING THE SITE MAN IT REALLY HELPS ME OUT AND KEEPS ME IN CLOSE WALK WITH THE LORD THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO!
Posted by: Big Hungry | December 3, 2007 10:12 PM
I found everything I needed - games, a devotional, fun ideas, all in one place!
Posted by: RAJAT GINODIA | December 3, 2007 11:11 PM
Just want to say thank you for sharing your fun ideas. We plan to use them for a Christmas party this week!
Posted by: Peggy | December 8, 2007 12:43 PM
You have provided a great resource for me to use with my small group youth. The object lessons are what they remember most!
Posted by: Mike Trope | December 10, 2007 03:12 AM
Hi i just wanted 2 drop in a very BIG Thank You for this site. i love it. i am a teenager teaching other teens about Christ but also having fun with them. and you help me to do that so i highly appreciate it.
Thank You So Much,
Krystallynn
Posted by: Krystallynn Boatwright | December 12, 2007 03:25 AM
Hello! I have to say that this is a very useful website that i will be using in the 2008-I am wanting to start a children's hour at my church on youth Sunday, and some of your ideas are great for that! keep up the good work and God Bless!
Posted by: kimberly outen | December 15, 2007 08:47 PM
Thank for the fantastic resources provided within this website.
Posted by: Jenn Hagedorn | January 14, 2008 09:46 AM
Hola from Spain, Europe. Thank you so much for this huge effort. God bless it and bless you!
Posted by: tan | January 15, 2008 02:34 AM
I'm looking forward to using your resources in our Middle School Ministry.
Posted by: Winston Tucker | January 16, 2008 06:55 AM
can I print any of your ideas?
Posted by: ann knecht | January 18, 2008 05:56 AM
a great youth ideas! and i like the icebreaker section!
thank u!
Posted by: Anonymous | January 20, 2008 03:12 PM
Lots of helpful ideas. Thank you. I will share this with other teachers so we can keep the children and youth involved in the bible study not as spectators
Posted by: Mark Longtin | January 21, 2008 06:40 AM
I live in Trinidad and I am the secretary of the youth group at my church. As part of my job I also have to plan activities that will get the youths involved and enjoy the service. I am also a Sunday School teacher so I'm always looking for ideas for lesson plans. My greatest
challenge, especially in youth group, is to get to youths to enjoy the service. Sometimes they don't seem interested and just come to get out of the house. This year we are aiming to make a change in their lives.
I'm currently checking out your website and so far it's very helpful. If you have any more ideas feel free to email me. Thanks for all your help
in advance.
Posted by: Michelle Birju | January 30, 2008 11:14 PM
Ken,
I just want you to know that you and your web site has been a blessing to me!!! I am to teach our JH/HS Sunday school classes, and I was not happy with the curriculum provided through our church. I needed to find something that was good, and since I live far away from a big Christian bookstore, i went on line to search. Well, one of my favorite books of the Bible is Philippians!! In my heart, I wanted to teach that book, but i also wanted to have some aides in doing so. As I searched the web a second time, i found your web site, and there with a green dot beside it was a study of the book of Philippians!! I was rejoicing as I read all 8 lessons!! They are wonderful!! I used the first one last Sunday, and the students seemed to enjoy it. I did get a little feedback and it was positive.
Our youth pastor resigned and the SS Superintendent asked me to teach. I love to teach and share the great love of God. I know that I was blessed and learned as I studied. And I truly believe that God was working in the hearts of our youth Sunday morning. Our goal is to learn all the memory verses assigned for all 8 lessons. What fun it will be to tie them up this Sunday, just like Paul had been tied up. Hope i can get them to sing and pray as Paul did when he was imprisoned!!
Again, thank you SO MUCH for your web site. The address is in my "favorites" column!
Blessings to you! "I thank my God everytime I remember you." Phil. 1:3
Sue Tiffany
Garden City KS
Posted by: Sue Tiffany | January 30, 2008 11:25 PM
Excellent ideas for youths. Tnanks you for sharing them. God bless you.
Posted by: Enid C. Capron | February 2, 2008 02:17 AM
Thanks for sharing your ideas. God bless ya!
Posted by: Carolina | February 6, 2008 02:17 AM
Your site is so blessed with ideas! It has been a great help! Keep shining for Christ and may the Lord continuously prosper and bless your ministry! GOD bless you always.
In Christ,
Camille
Posted by: Camille | February 6, 2008 08:24 AM
Great website for all kinds of resources. Thanks for you dedication!
Posted by: Chuck Mullis | February 14, 2008 04:39 AM
Hi, I think this is a great site. I love it.
Posted by: Doreen | February 15, 2008 12:44 PM
Thanks for doing much of the brainwork and legwork! You are a great resource when I need to put something together fast. I definitely have this site as one of my favorites.
God Bless You!
Posted by: Jill Johnson | February 15, 2008 12:46 PM
I teach the youth @ our small church. I've been looking for some object lessons, and I found your site! What a treasure! God bless you for having such a wonderful resource!
Posted by: Deborah Hopkins | February 15, 2008 12:48 PM
This is a wonderful site. I found it while looking for a Thanksgiving object lesson. It has fun and informative materials. Thanks for sponsoring it.
Posted by: Joan Forbes | February 15, 2008 12:49 PM
Ken,
YOu have have great stuff here, thanks for the web site.:)
Posted by: Ted | February 15, 2008 12:51 PM
thanks for the site! i have a bible study i teach every Tuesday and this really helps me think of diff. things. I appreciate what you do.
Thank You!
Posted by: Krystallynn Boatwright | February 15, 2008 12:52 PM
thanks for the fantastic ideas !!!:) ark avilon,phils
Posted by: teena gaw | February 15, 2008 12:54 PM
I LOVE THIS SITE,SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE VERY HELFUL.
I LOVE THE OBJECT LESSONS
THE BEST,SO MUCH FUN STUFF TO DO WITH CHILDREN.
THANK YOU.
MARI
Posted by: MARI RIOS | February 15, 2008 12:56 PM
I just found your website this evening...what a blessing it has been to me and an inspiration for me and the church work I am doing with young people.
God Bless...
Posted by: elizabeth amann | February 15, 2008 12:57 PM
Thank you for some great ideas. I was drawing some blanks for our Youth Devotion/Game night tonight. You helped tremendously.
Posted by: Noah Ranniger | February 15, 2008 12:59 PM
I needed a quick lesson for tonight's Wednesday Teen Group as the leaders had an emergency and cannot be there. Thanks for this site! I found exactly what I needed. I will be checking it often!
Posted by: Paula Santmyer | February 15, 2008 01:01 PM
This is a great, well organized and VERY helpful website! Thank you !!
Posted by: gwen hummel | February 15, 2008 01:03 PM
This site is exactly what I have been looking for. I have been in search of stories like this to aide in my class of youth ministry. Not only that, it helped me to confront a struggle I have been working with this past week. And like the lady, I too get the message Jesus. Thank you
Posted by: Marilynn Williams | February 15, 2008 01:04 PM
Just wanted to say what an inspirational site - so helpful for our English Youth Group meetings - I will definitely visit your site again for God-inspired wisdom.
Thank you.
Posted by: Beatrice | February 15, 2008 01:05 PM
Hi,
Just want to say thanks for this resource! I lead a middle school youth group and I have found some very helpful stuff on your site. Thanks and God Bless!
Posted by: Becca Hnatiuk | February 15, 2008 01:06 PM
I am viewing your site right now and see a lot of resources to help make our Youth Services enjoyable.
I am the youth president for our church group and am constantly looking for ideas for our youth group services.
Thanks for the resources on your site. God Bless.
Posted by: kaydia marshall | February 15, 2008 01:25 PM
Ken-
Thank you for all the work you have put into your web-site!!! There are so many creative and helpful ideas and lessons. My husband and I have been involved with pre-teens for years and we love it!!!! Although I have plenty of teaching skills and all the kids LOVE my husband, we are not the most creative couple! Having a resource like your site is tremendous in our efforts to keep our classes fun and interesting as well as including the Bible.
Yesterday for our class we used your Valentines day idea. We made the posters where the kids had to write what Love is..... and see which team came up with the most words. We also had them build a heart tower together on separate teams with the candy hearts. For their at home assignment we ask them to memorize 1Cor 13:4-7.
Thank you for your heart concerning our youth!!!!! Have a great day!
Angela
Posted by: Angie Turner | February 15, 2008 01:28 PM
Ken, love your site - lots of good information! I added it to my favorites. May God bless your ministry. Christine
Posted by: Christine St. George | February 21, 2008 09:12 PM
I am really enjoying looking at the different activities for the youth. I pray that I can find the right ones for the youth in my church and neighborhood. Ken, continue to trust the Lord and he can use you!!!!
Posted by: Kayla HArris | February 28, 2008 03:01 AM
great ideas!
Posted by: clark | February 29, 2008 02:39 AM
thanks for sharing all of your ideas. love it
Posted by: Nancy Bernal | March 13, 2008 11:11 PM
This is an excellent site. I'm also looking for something that I can use as a tool for parent and youth interaction. ANy suggestions?
Crystal Glass
Posted by: Crystal Glass | March 19, 2008 08:58 PM
I appreciate your ideas to build our youth in Christ.
Posted by: Valarie Faford | March 23, 2008 10:04 AM
I have been blessed by your website as has been the youth at my church. We have just recently started a new youth ministry and this is my first time heading it. I am very pleased that God has chosen me for this ministry. I work at a residential home for children with emotional and behavior issues. God has used me there and is now using me in my own church. I have researched and read many youth program books but by far your web site has blessed me the most. I will prayer that God continues to use you to bless others.
In His Service
Deborah Keller
Posted by: Deborah Keller | March 23, 2008 10:10 AM
very nice... thank you very much.. May God bless you always
Posted by: ash | March 30, 2008 12:26 AM
I loved your site and did get some GREAT ideas. I appreciate everything you put in to sharing the creativity God has given you to further ministry to Youth. God bless you as you continue to serve Him!
Posted by: Kristen Ballard | April 6, 2008 10:18 PM
I am just beginning to look through your site. We lead teen Bible study group of approximately 20 in a home setting each week. We have a lesson book, but need some object lesson/illustrations to help them remember and also grab their attention. Thanks!
Posted by: Karen Amundson | April 6, 2008 10:19 PM
Thank you so much for your web-site. I have been using it for my youth group and truly has been a blessing. I also use it for my women prison ministry. It's funny how something for a youth group can also be used for women prisoners. Again thank you. Keep up the good work. God's Blessing to you....
Posted by: Salas, Minerva | April 6, 2008 10:20 PM
I have absolutely enjoyed your website, I've "borrowed" one of the ideas on the site for my kids and I think I'll use some more and try to contribute a few. A little bit about me, I have been in youth ministry for seven years now at St. Kieran Catholic Church in Shelby Twp, MI. Thank you for providing all of us with ideas that will help us guide our kids toward the message of love that God continues to provide.
Posted by: Jeff Ferrington | April 6, 2008 10:24 PM
I am involved with an independent church in Kuilsriver, Cape Town. I am presently at a Bible college called "Cornerstone Christian College" in Cape Town (www.cornerstone.org.za), where I am in my third year of studying for my degree in theology. I have enjoyed what you have had to say and look forward to using it far more frequently in the future.
My wife who is employed as a school's book keeper ,has managed to find time to get involved with the disciplining of a group of children between the ages of 9 and10. She will also be using and leaning on your skills.
Posted by: John Donovan Frost | April 6, 2008 10:32 PM
I think your website has many good ideas. I think your website will be useful to me in the future as the youth leader of our church.
May God continue to bless you as you share your ideas and talents with others.
Posted by: Baronese Peters | April 6, 2008 10:37 PM
Just wanted to say that I love your site. It has really helped me out and I feel that I will learn and get a lot out of it the more I use it. I am a Sunday school teacher for the youth department at my church and i really do enjoy it. It is really where God wants me to be. And I do feel that your site will give me more knowledge of things I need to do. Thanks alot.
Posted by: Ladonna Dulaney | April 6, 2008 10:39 PM
We had to do a presentation in church and in our youth meeting and your website helped us a great deal with exactly what we wanted. Thank you so much and keep up the good work.
God Bless you.
Posted by: Alisonia Griffith | April 7, 2008 09:20 AM
I'm very involved at my church and help run the junior high program. I am also the youth groups worship leader. Your site is great for people looking for ideas and things for their group and stuff.
Keep it coming
Posted by: Mal Joiner | April 8, 2008 10:12 PM
I am a Sunday school teacher at our church for 3-5 year olds. I am also on the missions/outreach committee.
I just found your website in looking for something different to do for a lesson on the day we did our Easter egg hunt. I chose to do the object lesson with the tea bag. The children ranged in age from 3-10 and even 6 adults,they loved it.I plan on using more of the lessons you have to teach my Sunday school class.
Thanks for the time you spend in putting together this great website.I know God uses people for His purpose and God has certainly used you.
Kathy
Posted by: Kathy | April 8, 2008 10:15 PM
Thank you for making this site available to all.
Posted by: Doreen | April 8, 2008 10:24 PM
I was about to write to you but I was still going through the website. It is EXACTLY what I wanted. It has so many ideas. I am about to give a retreat to a group of 15 year old boys from the high school where I serve as campus minister and I desperately wanted idea to make the retreat interesting. Your website has solved my problem.
I am a Roman Catholic nun, and serve as the Campus Minister at St. George's College, a high school for boys in Kingston Jamaica. The older boys have to make a retreat as part of their graduation requirement. The younger boys have Days of Prayer. At first I thought that the school's policy of compulsory retreats and days of prayer was not a good idea, but I have come to see that for many of them, it is the only time they get to come to encounter God. You know however, that straight talks would not work with teenagers so I have to come up with ideas to present the message of Christ, but to make it fun and interesting at the same time. Thank you very much.
Posted by: Sister James Fitz-Gordon | April 8, 2008 10:28 PM
Hi Ken! I just wanted to tell you how much I have already enjoyed the lessons/activities/ideas from your site! I work with children of all ages in my church, and I have been referring to your site regularly since I discovered it kind of by accident one day. Thanks for all of the creative ideas!
Brenda
Posted by: Brenda | April 8, 2008 10:31 PM
I did enjoy your site and will probably use it more in the future.
I am the Children's ministry leader at Kloof Harvest Christian Fellowship in Kloof, Durban, South Africa, On Fridays we have Junior Youth. We have divided the ages 6 - 10 (called "Buzz) and 11 - 13 (called Globe). God is doing a big thing in the children's ministry and we have up to 200 children come on Fridays. The Youth leaders in our church help as well as a lot of adults. To make Fridays really exciting we need ideas to draw the children in and that was what I was looking for when I came upon your site. Visit our church site at www.kloofharvest.co.za
God Bless
Jolanda
Posted by: Jolanda | April 8, 2008 10:33 PM
Hi! My name is Nichole. My husband and I are youth directors at our church. I
Would like to tell you this site is a blessing. I teach my youth myself on Wed Nights and the lessons from your site has helped me so much. The kids love the lessons. It also helps me. Thank you so much for this site. You have a
Blessed weekend.
Posted by: nichole | April 8, 2008 10:36 PM
My name is Deborah Wilson and I want to thank you for your awesome site. My husband and I lead a small youth group that loves playing the games you have listed. I look forward to finding the right one that somehow ties into our less. They have been great openers, and we have been truly blessed by them.
Posted by: Deborah Wilson | April 8, 2008 10:42 PM
I have used your ministry ideas (in Japanese) in a church plant an hour outside of Tokyo and have had great response. I tend to work with younger kids but a lot of the ideas translate well. Your endorsement of http://www.kidssundayschool.com/ got me registered and connected with their resources also – I’m very grateful for your advice there also. Thanks for providing such quality ministry, it’s helped me greatly.
Paul Sadler
Church planter, FEB International
Tsukuba Science City, Japan
Posted by: Paul & Jennifer Sadler | April 8, 2008 10:45 PM
It's a great site. I have been struggling to find ways to make lesson more interesting and help make learning more fun.
You have help me to start get the ideas rolling. Thanks
Sage Rylander
Posted by: Sage Rylander | April 8, 2008 10:49 PM
I LOVE THIS SITE!!! I am using this site to prepare curriculum for children ages 3 - 8 who are getting an age-appropriate lesson while their families attend the last half of the worship service. I use your site as a springboard for lessons that mirror the sermon the grown-ups are getting. I also use the site to gather object lessons to go along with my husband's sermons. Then, I cut and paste them into an email for him to deliver to the kids at the front of the church just before they leave to go back to hear what I (and this website) came up with. Then, a dash of other info & a craft and we are good to go!
THANK YOU for the time you spend sharing your creative ideas!!!
Posted by: Mary Ellen Hartman | April 13, 2008 12:32 PM
i believe you are helping so many youth leaders through your ministry. GOD bless you all more...
sister in Christ,
Miez
Posted by: miez | April 17, 2008 12:10 PM
Hi¡ I´am wraiting from Mexico City and i want to thanks God for youre web page has been a blessing for our ministry in our church, we pray that God giveyou more of him to bless his people.
Gretings and blessings.
J.B.C.
Posted by: Jose Armando | April 17, 2008 11:20 PM
Very useful material.
Posted by: Amanda King | May 1, 2008 04:11 AM
im so thankful of this site..im so blessed for all of these facts..im from the philippines..God will bless you ken!
Posted by: karenjjj | May 1, 2008 04:06 PM
hey ken, thanks so much for putting up all these resources!!!!! its a great blessing and help for us that lead youths!!!!
thanks a bunch, a may God bless you and your family mightily.
Posted by: Lem | May 3, 2008 05:15 AM
Hi Ken,
I am truly amazed at how you were able to come up with lots of ideas especially for the youth. Thanks for sharing your gift. You are indeed a blessing from God.At present I work with the youth in our church here in Macau and I found your website really one that will indeed help me encourage my youth into serving God..God bless you!!
Posted by: Anne | May 10, 2008 05:10 PM
This is a fabulous site. I am teaching a High School Sunday School class and this is one of my favorite resources. My goal in the class is to bring Jesus with me every Sunday and these lessons help me achieve that goal. Thank you very much for aiding me in being a better vessel for Jesus.
Posted by: Karen | May 11, 2008 02:14 PM
This was my first visit to your site. I have to take a youth bible class today and I have prepared material from your site. May God bless you for the wonderful site. I found it very useful and interesting.
regards
Sunder
Posted by: Sunder Singh | May 18, 2008 09:52 AM
I said i am an Evangelist called to go to Ghana for a missionary work but i am still preparing because God has showed me my life partner in the University Campus Fellowship Unimaid. But the Pastor that i am under him wanted to put hand on my marriage to distract the programme of God. But i told them that God has interest in my marriage they should not temper with the marriage committed to do any politics.
I told them to call me and the Sister to give us advice that if to say i need to have patience again i can still do it, because i had a patience about 3 years and now the Sister will be graduating this year.
Thank you.
Posted by: Ishaku Bulama Kwari | May 22, 2008 11:43 PM
hi, we're youth workers from Tzaneen, South Africa and we're always so thankful to find sites like this on the web, with loads of ideas for us.
thank you so much
Posted by: maryna de meyer | May 27, 2008 09:22 PM
Hi Ken,
I am in south africa, heard about your site from a friend of mine.
Needed some inspirational words for them for youth day which is here in south africa on the 16th of June. Got exactly what i wanted.
Your site is absolutely great, will definitely get my tools from
there in the future. Thanks a lot for the all the infos. Keep up
the good work. May GOD continue to bless you, even as we are being
bless by your wonderful work.
Regards.
Pam! ! !
Posted by: Pam | May 30, 2008 11:17 PM
Hi not sure if it worked when I put in my email address. My name is Paquita Stringer, Chaplain 2 days a week at Narrogin Senior High School Western Australia.
We have a bible study here at school during lunch and was just looking for some ideas. I am also Pastoring Narrogin Christian Centre AoG Church which we planted 1 ½ years ago and growing well, we also have a youth group every Friday night.
Posted by: Paquita Stringer | May 30, 2008 11:28 PM
Thank you so much for this superb website. I teach Jr high students in Sunday school and your resources have been of great assistance to me.
As I have researched your site many times, I have come to respect your comments and the content of the site.
My our Lord bless you beyond measure as you endeavor to enhance the kingdom,
Patti Warner
Cocoa Beach, FL
Posted by: Patti Warner | May 30, 2008 11:32 PM
My name is Stacy and I am 23 years old. I have been a youth director for two years now.
I got married straight out of high school at 18. I have two boys, Dawson 4, and Mason 2.
Being youth director has been especially difficult for me.
I am desperately Trying to come up with new creative ideas to reach out to our small community, and your website is a big help.
Right know I am trying to pull off my first VBS.
I needed to come up with some ideas that could work for all ages. As you see, I need a lot of help and I have searched Everywhere.
Your website was a tremendous help. Very detailed and has given me a little boost. With the help of your website, I am going
To work hard and maybe God will use me to make a difference in these kids lives. I am not concerned with numbers as long as I can reach at least one.
Thanks again, your website is great. May God Bless You!
In Christ,
Stacy
Posted by: Stacy Cantey | May 30, 2008 11:38 PM
I have just found your site as I looked for something for Sunday School display. From the little I have seen your site is terrific.
Just the right balance of imagination and creativity to stimulate the jaded mind.
Thank you,
Lexie
Posted by: Lexie | May 31, 2008 10:52 AM
I work in the Released Time Christian Education to the public schools through our church Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, CA. We use curriculum that has been around since the 70's when I taught in Child Evangelism Back Yard Bible Clubs. It is good...presents the Word of God and the gospel...but it is very outdated. I have been looking for ways to bring the truth of these lessons more up to date. Your web page is a blessing, giving me insights and materials that will bring new life to the lessons. Thank you for sharing your ideas with people like myself. May God continue to bless your work.
Sincerely,
Ginni Sudduth
The Glass Slipper
"The 'Perfect Fit' For Every Occasion"
Posted by: Ginni Sudduth | May 31, 2008 11:42 AM
hai i am really blessed by ur ministry
Posted by: suresh | June 2, 2008 03:25 PM
Your object lessons are very helpful. I am the director of a home school ministry (Bible Study) and we are studying the gospel of John this fall.
Thanks for the resource!
Posted by: Marill | June 11, 2008 01:23 AM
I am Desiré Dathini from South Africa. I have been in youth work for the last 7 and half years. At the moment I am a youth pastor at the salvation Army South Rand Community Church...a mouth full I know...
I would like to thank you for this amazing site...a click of a button inspire me and the young people enjoy the stuff I do with them...Totally amazing thanks a lot... and God bless you and your absolutely wonderful ministry...
Keep Cool!!
desiré
Posted by: desiré | June 17, 2008 10:13 PM
I've been looking at your object lessons - they are brilliant.
Thank you so much for all the ideas.
My husband and I run a small youth group for our church - it is just
starting up and these lessons and games are fantastic. The youth can only enjoy them.
May The Lord Bless you abundantly for sharing your ideas!
God bless,
Shaun and Linda Prince
Posted by: Linda Prince | June 17, 2008 10:15 PM
Thank you for offering such wonderful information. Your site is a blessing to other youth ministers in need of fresh ideas.
Posted by: Bri'Ann Driver | June 26, 2008 03:14 AM
thanks ken!
your site is simply wonderful...ideas that i cannot put into words, i have found in your site...im really really gratefull...these would be of great help to my sunday school class & youth department...thank God i found it!thanks & may Jesus bless you more...
Posted by: phoebe | June 28, 2008 08:17 PM
I am searching for youth games for our summer Sunday school program. Your website seems interesting and I'm ready to explore what you have available! May God Bless your ministry!!
Posted by: Margret Brenn | June 30, 2008 08:17 AM
Thanks so much for the icebreakers. They are great to work with the youth I am working for this summer.
Posted by: Cynthia Bent | July 1, 2008 07:46 PM
I loved the #3 devotional on icebreakers. I guess I hadn't thought about them being so instrumental in pathing the way to deeper truths.
Posted by: Peggy | July 11, 2008 01:06 AM
I have enjoyed searching through the many different youth activities. You have given me many ideas to share with my sunday school class. It's people like you that help teachers to spread the wonderful news of our loving Christ to our youth. Thank you.
Posted by: Pam Willet | July 17, 2008 02:01 PM
i have a very quite youth class that is new and i would really like to break the ice...
God Bless You!
Posted by: Leona | July 23, 2008 10:05 PM
great stuff. i teach junior & senior girls Sunday School
Posted by: paula wales | August 17, 2008 02:01 PM
Thank you for sharing your information. It is so difficult, at times, to come up with fresh ideas for our youth, who are so easily bored. Thanks again, for the refreshment.
Posted by: Anthony Lucero | August 23, 2008 01:20 AM
i have been searching everywhere for hands on biblical activities that allow jesus to be the main focus of everything. i believe we should take back what has been claimed for satan and return it to all being about jesus. example halloween. thanks for the scripture and the ideas. always needing more ideas but yours are the most biblical i have found yet.
Posted by: Rev. Mylinda Beasley | August 26, 2008 10:54 AM
I love this site. I just found it today and I am looking forward to using it with our youth group soon. So many great ideas. Thank you for the information. Wendy
Posted by: Wendy Barfield | August 28, 2008 02:05 AM
I have looked throughout this site and it is very original and packed with great useful ideas! Thank you Ken for sharing your talent so many youth will learn about God.
Posted by: Liz | September 3, 2008 01:12 AM
Enjoyed your site...took some good ideas from it. I appreciate it being free. I work in the children's ministry and due to the teacher's conflicts, I have been called upon to teach the children's worship. God Bless you and your ministry...Rick - Jacksonville, FL
Posted by: Rick Hey | September 4, 2008 03:20 AM
well this site is real cool "when you feel like your alone just remember that there is always someone above looking down on you so you are never alone...
Posted by: Jovane cunningham | September 4, 2008 10:42 AM
Great site!
Posted by: Victoria | September 13, 2008 08:31 PM
Interesting and good
Posted by: jayakar | September 27, 2008 03:03 AM
hey ken!
THis is an amzing site!!! love it! n it sure did help me run my youth ministry better! Thanks n God bless! :)
Posted by: Vanes | October 3, 2008 05:53 PM
Dear Ken,
I had to stop and say how much I like many of your icebreaker ideas. I will be purchasing your book when I get some extra cash. I will also pass on your wonderful ideas and push your book.
May the Lord continue to bless you.
Thanks again,
Audrey McCain
Posted by: Audrey McCain | October 4, 2008 12:42 PM
Hi,
Thanks for your ministry, it has been a HUGE blessing. I work with teens/youth and college in a Indian Church in Texas. Your blog has been helpful with ideas in sharing the Truth. God bless and Keep shining online.
Navin
Posted by: Navin Williams | October 9, 2008 09:03 AM
Materials are outstanding and helps to minister to the children.
Posted by: Donna Napier | October 20, 2008 09:20 AM
Thank you very much for your wonderful website.. it has bee n a tremendous and quite enjoyable journey going through the many creative ideas for teaching youth and.. a great help to me as I teach. God Bless
Posted by: Linda Hood | October 20, 2008 09:22 AM
very helpful
Posted by: phiilip blair | October 23, 2008 11:15 PM
As a new youth sponsor I really enjoy this site
Posted by: Nancy Bernal | November 6, 2008 07:33 AM
Hi I just wanted to introduce myself. I am the author of the poem you have on your site, "ABC's of Thanksgiving." I wrote it in 1994 and it is copyrighted. You are more that welcome to use it on your site. I would appreciate you listing my name as the author. Thanks!
Posted by: Cindy Blackamore | November 20, 2008 05:25 AM
Great web site
Posted by: Pete Mazzuca | November 21, 2008 08:59 PM
Thanks so much for your easy to browse site. I'm a youth pastor in VA and one of my volunteers who was supposed to teach this morning (in 20 minutes to be exact) called and said he was sick and couldn't make it. Unfortunately I didn't have anything prepared for back up because I've been sick all week. I'm borrowing a bunch of your ideas and will be using them w/in the hour. What an answer to prayer! Thanks again, Tabi & the Blaze youth group.
Posted by: Tabitha | November 23, 2008 10:50 PM
Hello,Ken, I am chaplain for our Senior adult group at our First Baptist Church here in SC....I have enjoyed using some of your articles, etc. for my devotionals at monthly meetings...I am also chaplain for our retired teacher's sorority and use your articles for them..They always want copies of your articles,which I am happy to supply them...Thank you, for all your helps, and God Bless. Miriam
Posted by: Miriam Templeton | November 25, 2008 03:48 PM
While surfing for activities to do with youth, i came across your site and I love the ideas you put forward. They are very youth centered and engaging. I teach at an all girl's secondary school and so I am always looking for new ways of engaging my students. I believe that I may purchase your icebreakers book in the near future. It looks to be just what i need. Keep the creative juices flowing and all praise and glory to God for his abundant blessing on you all. Sincere thanks!
Posted by: Sandra T | December 10, 2008 08:45 AM
I only browsed a few minutes but saw many great ideas on there. I look forward to spending more time in the future when things slow down here.
Posted by: Marty Frakes | December 10, 2008 10:35 PM
It's a great site. My wife and I work with the youth group at church. We are in our 60's.... nobody else will do it. So, we are stepping up to the plate, even though most youth directors are in their 20's or 30's.
Your website has really helped us to find ideas to keep the youth interested and wanting to come to church.
Thank You,
John Axsom
Posted by: John Axsom | December 10, 2008 10:45 PM
I live in Holland and I've been a youthleader from our Pentacostal church in Urk. Our group exist of 50 young people, from the age of 16 to 22. I've been blessed of your site!! Thank you for this ideas. When I have some ideas I send it to you!
Greetings,
Diana de Haan
Posted by: Diana de Haan | December 10, 2008 10:54 PM
The website is very interesting. I am a secondary school teacher and like to do some interesting activities with the students and the ideas on your website are amazing and the kids have already having fun! Those ideas are a blessing!
Have a great Day!
Zally
Posted by: zale chirwa | December 10, 2008 11:12 PM
Great stuff! Very helpful!
Posted by: Brad Cassity | December 10, 2008 11:51 PM
Thanks so much for your site... it has helped me tremendously. I am a third year nursing student and a "first time" youth teacher at my church. I teach middle school girls on Wednesday nights and my girls love object lessons and "hands on" activities. Your site has been great
for helping me to develop lessons in which the girls can learn "hands on."
Thanks and God Bless You All
Aleisha
Posted by: Aleisha Mund | December 11, 2008 08:18 AM
thanks for the site! i have a bible study i teach every Tuesday and this really helps me think of diff. things. I appreciate what you do.
Thank You!
Posted by: Krystallynn Boatwright | December 15, 2008 11:36 PM
thanks am also heading some youths to a Christmas camp thanks for the ideas.
Posted by: osman masiya | December 15, 2008 11:38 PM
Hi Ken
Just come across your website and am so grateful for it. We are putting on a Christmas party for our 11-18s and had some ideas for games, but now I'm spoilt for choice. Thank you so much for putting this together from all your years of experience.
Bless you
Julie
Posted by: Julie Edwards | December 15, 2008 11:40 PM
looking for a way to present Christmas in a new light,
Posted by: Catherine Swearingen | December 19, 2008 10:44 AM
HI Ken,
I really really like your ideas. They are so much more substantial than so much that is out there. Thanks so much for so freely sharing the talent and time that God has blessed you with. You are a good example for me. Holly
Posted by: Holly | December 31, 2008 10:51 PM
We are in the beginning stages of starting up a youth ministry in our small church. I sure hope some of your ideas will be helpful. I have already printed "How to make a youth open up and talk more" something like that
Thank You so very much Ken
Posted by: kim | January 6, 2009 10:30 AM
Wow! These are some of the best ideas that I have seen in a while! I love the easy to read format that they are in!! Great job! Have a blessed day.
Posted by: Christy Nichols | January 16, 2009 09:13 AM
Thank you!
Posted by: Pamela Rios | January 16, 2009 10:36 AM
Praise the Lord Ken.
I'm Vanessa from Malaysia. Those ideas are fantastic.
May God Bless you.
Vanessa
Posted by: Vanessa Lee Suppiah | January 19, 2009 08:14 AM
My name is Jelissa. I love this website, it gives me so many ideas as to teaching the Word in creative and fun ways.
Thank you for your time, Be Blessed!
Jelissa Osorio
Posted by: Jelissa Osorio | January 19, 2009 08:16 AM
I really love your site and ideas and use them all the time in our ministry.
Thanks and God Bless,
Curt & Christy Price
Posted by: Christy Price | January 19, 2009 08:18 AM
thanks most are spirit building pliz sent me some encouraging information and resources if possible
Posted by: ole Lupembe Noah | March 23, 2009 11:37 PM
Thank you so much for this site. As a church planter I am a part of every pretty much every ministry. I teach Sunday school every Sunday and my prep time is limited. Your site has helped me so much! God bless. :)
Posted by: Marleen | March 29, 2009 01:49 PM
Please know how much I appreciate your ministry. You are a gifted writer and I thank God for using you in “helps” ministry to many on the internet. God bless you, and keep up the wonderful work til Jesus comes!
Yours in Christ,
Lynn C. Gordon, Th.D.
Spiritual Care Coordinator
Posted by: Lynn C. Gordon | March 30, 2009 09:25 AM
Greetings to you in the most precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I am working among the post matric students and your site helped me a lot!
thanking you
student in my heart
sahid
Posted by: sahid nayak | March 30, 2009 12:08 PM
Hi my beloved Ken in the Lord Jesus,
I am Bishop Osagiede, the Minister in charge of "The prophetic Church of Jesus Christ of Nazareth C.I. Intl.
We are Missionary and Evangelical churches, whose goal is to plant churches in the interior and remote villages of West Africa. We are accredited and authorized by the governments of West Africa to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and plant churches in every city and villages.
We have the headquarters of our Ministry in Abidjan Ivory Coast.
I strongly believe that your website and your ministry is great package of blessings to God's people all over the world, My only regret is that I am just coming in contact with your Ministry, I wish that I have knew your Ministry many many year ago.
May the almighty God keep you safe from every danger, as He continue to bless you and your Ministry, in the in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
Your in the service of Jesus Christ In the west Africa.
Bishop Osagiede Godwin.
Posted by: sabuohien godwino | March 30, 2009 12:31 PM
Dear Ken,
I have been to your site for the first time and it is awesome.
I am sure millions are going to be blessed.
May God Bless you and continue to use you more and more.
SANJAY
from DUBAI
Posted by: sanjay james | March 31, 2009 03:45 AM
I love this site! One of my co-workers turned me on to it and I haven't stoped. I love it! thank you and your staff for all your hard work
Posted by: Retta Harris | April 3, 2009 11:34 PM
THANK FOR THIS SITE
Posted by: JOKOTOYE | April 4, 2009 02:38 AM
Thank you so much for your Donkey Monday story and your game ideas. You also have wonderful icebreaker ideas and are a great resource.
Posted by: Laura | April 5, 2009 10:49 AM
Hi Ken
Thanx for super ideas.
Alan from South Africa.
Posted by: Alan | April 6, 2009 05:24 AM
Good Stuff, thanks, God Bless
Posted by: Rebecca A England | April 6, 2009 09:48 AM
Recpect. This is the best site a have ever seen. Best regards to administration. Megaricpect
Posted by: FeropRegKq | April 9, 2009 11:21 AM
I want to do the tea bag lesson but I am unable to print it. Why?
Posted by: Nikki Chambers | April 11, 2009 01:47 AM
Can I see your object lesson on leaving a legacy?
Thanks!
Isabel
Posted by: Isabel Hines | April 26, 2009 09:53 AM
This site is very cool...
Keep it up and keep on bringing glory to God through your works... God bless you and your ministry
Posted by: Amy Perucho | April 27, 2009 11:38 PM
this web site is a blessing and i think i will bring some of these ideas back to my church
thank you and God bless.
Posted by: ordel | April 27, 2009 11:43 PM
great website, would like to use these ideas in children's church, but am unable to print them out from website.
thanks
Diane K
Posted by: Diane King | April 28, 2009 01:51 AM
looking forward using this site
Posted by: barbara pipo | May 10, 2009 09:32 AM
So far I've been able to use several of your youth ideas with some adaptation. Tnanks so much for making it available. It sure comes in handy for us solo pastors in small churches.
Rev. Randy Hardy
Posted by: Rev. Randy Hardy | May 10, 2009 06:26 PM
These are great lessons for my youth group!
Posted by: Vicky | May 16, 2009 11:22 PM
What at wonderful web site. Just what we need for our small youth group. In need of some new ideas.
Many thanks
Posted by: Rebekah Hollands | May 17, 2009 03:40 AM
Thanks alot for devoting yourself to the preaching of the word and the assistance of the saints! It really is a great encouragement and GOD BLESS YOU BRO!
Posted by: Jairu | May 19, 2009 02:02 AM
Thank you, this site is just fantastic! (:
God Bless You!
Posted by: Dorothea | May 25, 2009 04:31 PM
I just discovered this terrific siet! Soo many helpful tools, however, i am not able to copy 9or print0 the text. is that allowed - what am i doing wrong?
Posted by: Peggy | May 28, 2009 06:20 AM
hey Ken thanks for so much info for the youth of our world it does take a whole world to lift up one child.
again keep on doing what you do!
Posted by: Lorraine Robinson | May 30, 2009 01:19 PM
looking for a daily online bible study...pretty new to this
Posted by: Nancy Sandberg | June 3, 2009 12:31 AM
This is one of the best sites with loads of relevant creative ideas I have came across so far. God Bless you Ken.
Posted by: Bantu | June 3, 2009 09:18 AM
Dear Ken,I check your website and like what i see, I am planning a youth camp and looking for ideas ,can you help, I am in Guyan South America
Posted by: motie singh | June 8, 2009 10:55 PM
Enjoyed your material on how to talk with children concerning salvation. Will use it in VBS. Thanks.
Posted by: Gary Cadwell | June 13, 2009 01:02 AM
i what you have written and they are very inspirational.
Posted by: sandra blake | June 19, 2009 01:14 AM
Great website. I have found some wonderful ideas. Thanks!
Posted by: Anonymous | June 25, 2009 01:51 PM
I was so glad I found your site. I volunteered to teach some inner city youth on Wednesday nights. They are a tough crowd!. I thought I was ready for this,but now I question my ability to lead them. Your material will really help me.Thank you so much and please pray for the kids!
Posted by: Kris | July 1, 2009 11:17 PM
I really appreciates all these creative ideas here. Ill will help me a lot on my youth group.
Thanks Ken
Posted by: Arnel Palor | July 4, 2009 11:57 AM
it so amazing, im thankful, cause i get a fresh and useful ideas, for our youth ministry. keep the good work, and Godspeed.
Posted by: ronelyn | July 4, 2009 02:08 PM
This is the first time I stumbled upon your website. There is so much information, I may have to spend a whole day going through and still wont be enough. Thank you so much. I know where to look for good material for Youth teaching. Thank you again.
Posted by: Fesi Kant | July 9, 2009 01:08 PM
Great site a wealth of information what a blessing!
Posted by: Donna | July 10, 2009 11:34 PM
It's my first visit.
great site. God bless.
Posted by: vera | July 11, 2009 06:22 AM
hi ken i was just searching through the internet trying to find something for the kids at my church that might interest them in sunday school and i came across you i will be looking at it to help me with some ideals for the kids thanks very much god bless
Posted by: DEVETTA GETER | July 13, 2009 08:32 AM
i haven't used any ideas yet, but will let you know, I am excited to read through it and will use it for our youth. Some of the ideas we are using to keep our youth going, our youth choir sings on every communion sundays, and the saturday before communion sunday we have a community service by picking up trash and mowing the side of the road. we have gotten great responses from the people and the youth really enjoys it.
thanks,
lisa
Posted by: lisa pedro | July 21, 2009 06:13 AM
This sight has been a blessing. I'm a Youth Minister and this sight has been very helpful to our ministry.
Posted by: elisia Minton | July 21, 2009 02:36 PM
Great ideas! Thank you very much and looking forward to provide it for Czech people! Libuska
Posted by: Libuska | July 22, 2009 12:15 AM
This is a wonderful website! Thank you for sharing these great ideas.
Posted by: Michele Hanson | July 22, 2009 12:17 AM
What a great site.
As a Christian teacher in a Christian school, I am always looking for creative and innovative ways to keep God's word alive in my student's lives.
I will be passing your website on to all of the teachers at my school.
Thank you.
Bobbie
Posted by: Bobbie Werth | July 22, 2009 12:19 AM
I am blessed and impressed by your creative ideas for my work in youth...I have a youth ministry and now this is very helpful tools for us....we are volunteer independent organization.
Thanks & GBU
Christian Evangelical Movement
Posted by: Kamran Gill | July 22, 2009 12:22 AM
Thank you!
Posted by: Sharyl Phillips | July 24, 2009 02:24 AM
Just wanted to let you know I love the web site. I often use your items for youth.
With a recent update to your site has made most of the articles or normal text a highlighted link. Can you fix this, its hard to copy.
Posted by: Brandi | July 26, 2009 01:27 PM
Hello. Thanks for the link to the correct website for me too. By!
Posted by: jackviterch | July 30, 2009 03:12 AM
What an awesome website!!! I was needing some ideas for a missions trip and found not only that but many more ideas I plan to share with our Sunday School teaching staff. Thanks for sharing your creativity with us. God bless you abundantly.
Posted by: pat | August 13, 2009 05:59 AM
My husband and I are missionary pastors to rural America, where they don't have pastors.These youth are hungry for knowing who Jesus is! These resource will be so
awesome!Cool stuff! God bless you and bring in support for your ministry! Please pray for America's children!
Posted by: Faith | August 17, 2009 10:08 PM
Thanks a mil! these are great!
using object lesson for youth ministry.
Also way cool ice breakers!
Diane
Moorton EBC Youth
Durban
South Africa
Posted by: Diane | August 21, 2009 08:49 PM
Hey Ken,
Thanks for a great website,may God continue to give you insight into new ideas for this ministry,may Holy Spirit guide you always! My wife and I are both involved in youth ministry in Cape Town,South Africa,Shalom always, neil
Posted by: neil adams | September 8, 2009 03:19 PM
I've used your site a couple of times for discussion topics, icebreakers and more. It's great material and relevant for today's youth! Keep up the great work. God bless!
Posted by: Matthew Gastineau | September 16, 2009 09:50 PM
I have been in youth ministry since 1982 and sometimes I get tired of the same old ideas. I discovered your site when looking for new icebreakers to kick off the year and was so pleased to see all those ideas just ripe for the picking. :-)
Posted by: Sue Mosher | September 17, 2009 09:20 AM
Hi! I really appreciate this page. It give's me tons of inspiration to my work with children, teenagers and scouts. I wish I had found it much earlier! So thank you! /Hanna from Nässjö, Sweden
Posted by: Hanna | September 17, 2009 11:00 PM
This sight is a blessing to me, i just return home from my wed night adult bible study, and the invitation was offered before the benediction that if anyone would like to work with the young people, before i give my word i would help i ask the Lord to prepare me for this job of working with the youth and i stumbled on this web site.
Thank you and God Bless
Posted by: Gillis Middleton-Smart | September 24, 2009 10:15 AM
I think your ideas are so awesome... my youth love them also...
Posted by: Darlene | September 26, 2009 10:00 AM
Hello. I'm a new Christian (since March), an assistant youth leader at my church, and the sponsor of Christian Warriors at my middle school. I love the Lord and I love his people. I'm looking for ideas to magnify Christ into the kids' spiritual lives. Thanks for your internet ministry.
Peace,
Liz
Posted by: Liz May | September 30, 2009 05:48 AM
you are the best God bless you
Posted by: Mike & Julie Alicea | September 30, 2009 10:44 AM
i look forward to using your object lessons for my youth group.
Posted by: Amanda England | October 3, 2009 05:07 AM
Praise the Lord Min. Sapp.Your website is incredible.this is my first time on here(10-3-09)and i am enjoying the advice.I know they will be helpful tools for my youth leadership skills.Thank you, and thank you for sharing & not charging for this info.Everybody is not able to pay for everything they need spiritually but its sites like this that is a blessing! God Bless!
Posted by: Shirome Campbell | October 3, 2009 07:06 PM
Ken, your site is SO SO SO useful. I cannot tell you how many times I've been needing a way to make a point "stick" with my students and one of your ideas fits perfectly.Your insight and creativity are definitely gifts God gave you to help the rest of us! thank you for your work!
Katie Conner
Student Minister, Clinton,South Carolina
Posted by: Katie | October 7, 2009 01:49 AM
Thank you for sharing your lessons with the rest of us. May God richly bless your ministry.
toni
Posted by: Pastor Toni | October 8, 2009 07:16 AM
Hi:) thank you so so very much for your ideas! I recently became a youth leader again after being out of practice for 2yrs and I've felt stuck...your website has totally been refreshing and encouraging I'm so excited to use some of your tips and see how well my youth respond. God bless you and thank you so much for allowing him to use u the way he is:)
Posted by: Kristel | October 15, 2009 08:00 AM
I love this site! What a blessing it has been. I actually Minister through Creative Writing, Spoken Word and Hip-Hop Music to youth in my area. I also work with the YMCA of the Triangle (North Carolina) as a Program Coordinator for Middle School kids. This site is such a great resource. Thank you so much for sharing! Grace and Peace!
Posted by: Sharlene A. Provilus | October 18, 2009 05:48 AM
Thank you for being a blessing and help in the ministry. I've used several of your ideas and the kids love them. I pray that the Lord continues to bless your creativity!
Posted by: Pam Dunn | October 24, 2009 04:23 AM
Dynamic! I'm so excited about incorporating some of these ideas. We are trying to began a Baptist Catechism class for youth 7-12 yrs old. We wanted different learning methods or stations. These ideas are GREAT!
Posted by: Vivian | October 28, 2009 09:31 AM
Thank you for your site for 2 reasons 1 I am studying at the Baptist College of Florida to become a youth pastor and your site has helped me fulfill a requirement for my class and 2 when I become a youth pastor at a church the ideas that you gave will be very helpful so again thank you
Posted by: Curtis W Catrett | October 28, 2009 04:44 PM
I certainly am blessed with the ideas! I'm looking for Christmas pageant ideas for my Sunday School children to perform this year and just got carried away with the amount of ideas on your site!
Thank you for sharing the creativity G-d blessed you with, with others such as I.
Have you heard of the Fiji Islands in the Pacific? That's where I am.. and I'm the head of the Children's Ministry of Churchward Chapel, a Rotuman congregation of the Methodist Church in Fiji & Rotuma.
I can tell you this.. I will be a frequent visitor to your site now that I've found it.. G-d bless you and what you are doing.
And I LOVE your parting salutation... with YOUth in my heart.. wonderful! ;=)
Aggie
Posted by: aggie pene | October 29, 2009 04:52 PM
Hi Ken!
I Am excited to find something concerning the youth on your page, I have a passion for the youth also. I am working under youth with a mission (YWAM), in Livingstone Zambia. Basically our base here focuses on training, and have various ministries but the outstanding one is the "youth Chaplaincy" which I am very much involved in. For more info on YWAM, visit our website; ywam.org and if you want to check out the base I am working at you can go to ywamlivingstone.synthasite.com
Yours in Christ,
Klaus Tillen
Posted by: Klaus Tillen | October 29, 2009 04:56 PM
Thanks VERY much - I look forward to gleaning some good stuff from the website!
Posted by: Sue Bentley | October 29, 2009 04:59 PM
Ken, I found a game on here about humility today and when I came back to find it, it seems as I have lost it. It was cups, a ladder and you knock them off. Can you help me find the game? Thanks Karen
Posted by: Karen | November 4, 2009 08:24 AM
Hi Ken,
It's good to see you in Jakarta, I learned something from your presentation this evening.
HORAS,
Charlie M. Sianipar
Posted by: Charlie M. Sianipar | November 7, 2009 03:57 AM
I just found your site today. I'm already pleased.
Thanks
Posted by: Jackie Warfield | November 14, 2009 03:05 AM
Hi I am actually not a youth minister I am part of the youth and I would like to give you guys some ideas (we have church 4 times a week plenty of ideas there) though you might get confused see my church has more rules then other churches and you might not understand why we have them but I'll explain them but you probably won't apply it to your life and your youth's (though I would love if you would)but before I contribute them to you I would like your permission.P.S my church's website is www.sccmiami.com go to media and listen in on Sunday's around 11:30 plz &thank you God Bless!!! :D
Posted by: Dianne | November 16, 2009 02:10 AM
I lead a small group Bible study and I wanted to do a five week study using different objects for each week. This gave some great ideas!
Posted by: Julie Schiffmacher | November 17, 2009 05:48 AM
Hello Ken,
I want you to know that your materials really help us...i am a full time youth pastor in one of the growing church here in southern mindanao-Davao City.like you,youth are in my heart,i am willing to give my life for them and see them growing in Christ and eventually lead the church..please,i will be glad to have your avail materials...thanks
Danny
Posted by: Danny Lagdamen | November 20, 2009 09:58 AM
Thanks for sharing with us your creative ideas. It's really useful in our youth ministry.
Posted by: melody muguerza | November 23, 2009 04:28 PM
Hi KEn,
Thank you for sharing the materials with us. I am from Romania and I find them new and interesting. I wish you all the best, Luminita
Posted by: luminita | November 28, 2009 09:29 PM
So here I am stuck at how to make a visual illustration of how Jesus is King and HERE IT IS! Wow the Lord provides even when your brain has turned to mush and a massive headache is just ruling your thoughts. I thank Jesus for YOU and this WEBSITE!
Posted by: Alyssa | December 3, 2009 09:39 PM
I visit your web page often. I use many of your activator games for my youth group.
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Posted by: Nora | December 3, 2009 09:49 PM
Dear Ken
I live and work in South Africa and do youth retreats from time to time.Working with young people is very enriching as I can share my faith experiences with them and create an atmosphere where they can deepen their own experience with God. It is good to get new ideas (browsing through your site) to keep the Good news alive.
Thank you
Katy
Posted by: Katy van Wyk | December 3, 2009 09:51 PM
I've been blessed by your site. You have many varieties of insights that I could use for my ministry. Thank you! God Bless!
Posted by: Fernando | December 3, 2009 09:54 PM
I found an awesome site called TeenAspect.com
It is a site created by teenagers for other young aspiring entrepreneurs. According to their website the idea of TeenAspect is too give a place for all the guys and girls who are teen entrepreneurs to log on and communicate to one another about anything and everything to do with business.
They hope people at TeenAspect can compliment each other with advice, comments and feedback on anything business related. If you are aiming to launch a business at a young age it is often hard to gain good honest advice about a concept or even some help from a person or an individual who has been there before. With TeenAspect they are pulling people from all over the globe, to share stories coach and mentor each other to help realise the potential of an idea.
Powered by the community it really does deliver great content that is meaningful and relevant to you.
If you are interested in the internet the I definitely suggest visiting the site to see what they have to offer!
Visit http://www.teenaspect.com/ - www.teenaspect.com - Hope you enjoy it!
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Posted by: Holleyuncency | December 10, 2009 11:45 PM
This website is wonderful and I thank God for you. I will be purchasing your books and begin to use some of your ideas. It is important to reach our youth and young adults today and I'm grateful that you share some of your ideas. I'm thankful for the gift God has given you. God Bless You!
Posted by: Yolanda Anderson | December 31, 2009 10:27 AM
We are a group of volunteers and starting a new initiative in a community. Your blog provided us valuable information to work on.You have done a marvellous job!
Posted by: Delia Hullihen | January 3, 2010 01:24 PM
I just wanted to thank you for sharing these great ideas! I am a new Children's ministry leader and I am looking for ways to make Sunday School fun for the children to learn. I believe Children learn by having fun and God's word is not boring so why should we present it that way...You have some great input and I am looking forward to using it with the kids in church. Thanks again! Blessings,
Crystal
Posted by: Crystal | January 13, 2010 10:47 PM
Hi Ken,
Just wanted to thank you for all the work you put into this site. It has been the cushion I have often used when banging my head against the wall for ideas for teaching my Wed night teen class.
I appreciate all the information you so freely share.
God bless
Rebecca
Posted by: Rebecca Howard | January 18, 2010 04:51 AM
Thanks 4 setting up this site,I use it a lot to teach the youth from Lancaster City!God Bless!
Posted by: John Kauffman | January 18, 2010 05:27 AM
Hey! Nice stuff! Using your object lessons but unable to print off ??? Youth Group Leader
Our Brothers Keepers
Abundant Life Chapel
Chambersburg,Pa.
Posted by: connie overcash | January 24, 2010 05:47 AM
Hi, thankyou for this amazing service! There have been times when I have been lacking inspiration for our youth groups & have recieved a mail from from you which has been timely & just what I had been praying for!
With blessings & thanks,
Jo - Cornwall UK
Posted by: Jo Crook | January 25, 2010 07:40 PM
Great and informative site for ideas for youth, Sunday School and Church. I use this site regularly.
Posted by: Irma Pinkerton | January 25, 2010 10:23 PM
I and my wife,Esther are starting a TEENAGERS & YOUTHS FELLOWSHIP called SALT&LIGHT CLUB for ages 13-25.The aim is to raise Role Model in Nigerian Society. I am a Baptist Minister. I have been a volunteer missionary to 3 neighbouring countries in West Africa while my wife is a high school teacher and the coordinator of children ministries in our local church.
Beloved, please, how can you be of help?
Kindly reply.
Your Brother,
Omotayo Babalola
Posted by: Omotayo Babalola | January 27, 2010 04:33 PM
Thanks for creating this website...It gave me some great ideas for devotions.
Posted by: Jordan Feidt | February 2, 2010 07:29 AM
Excellent Site this is really helping me with ideas and resource for my youth.!!
Posted by: Jacqui Mawa | February 12, 2010 10:49 PM
This is a great site! I find myself using it more and more often as we are still in the beginning stages of developing our youth program at the Church that I pastor. Thanks for all of the helpful tools!
In Christ,
Bro. Brandon Smith
Posted by: Brandon Smith | March 11, 2010 03:26 AM
Just appointed Assistant to Sunday School Superintendant and came across your site in my search for help with the Ministry. Thank God for you and all your work here!!!
Posted by: Rebecca | March 15, 2010 11:32 AM
I really enjoyed your story of the Jelly Bean. I teach a Sunday school class and and do devotionals for after school program. I am thinking of telling your wonderful story to them.
Posted by: Beth A, Banks | March 22, 2010 03:19 AM
I have recently been appointed to teah our youth group and would like creative ideas and activities for them.
Posted by: Anonymous | March 30, 2010 06:42 AM
I love the quote on how to have revival! May God bless you and use you and reach others through this site.
Posted by: fran | April 2, 2010 10:50 PM
I think this site is awesome!! I will surely visit this site again if I need some ideas. Thanks for building n updating this site, Ken!
Posted by: Viv | April 7, 2010 02:47 PM
I want to thank the lord for leading me to this site this is what i have been longing for because it reduces on time for preparing for the youth camp and also makes it easy for us to reach to youth.
Posted by: stephen kirabira | April 7, 2010 03:03 PM
Hi Ken,
Just thought I'd let you know we used the pin the tail on the bunny session with our new group of 11-13 year olds it went well we also did and egg and spoon race used small creame eggs they did manage to keep them on! Thanks for all you do
Blessings
Pat
Posted by: Pat Miller | April 20, 2010 11:12 PM
Good day Ken
This is Neil. I attend your GIS in Auckland, which you host the event and share some meaningful, useful info for us.
Thank you and thank you.
Kind regards
Neil
Posted by: neil Hsu | May 1, 2010 06:32 PM
Thank you Ken for the great site. I look forward to gleaning from your articles.
May God richly bless you.
Grace, Truth and Peace.
Joel
Posted by: Joel Matchak | May 12, 2010 07:19 PM
Our youth group love the activities from your site.
Posted by: tara | May 13, 2010 04:01 AM
Ken, thank you so much for putting this website together. I will definitely visit it a lot in the future. I needed some creative ideas for teaching 1 Cor 13 to a class of all boys, and your website really came through. Thanks for letting God use you to reach others through this website. You are awesome! God bless, Angie
Posted by: Angie | May 30, 2010 05:41 AM
Great website!
Posted by: Youth Group Games | June 21, 2010 10:28 AM
We need help in making the youth to have a positive attitude towards youth task as a youth leader.
My church youth week will be coming up very soon; I need ideas on how to run a one week program and have a insightful theme for the youth program.
Posted by: Ojo A. Oluwaseun | June 29, 2010 11:03 PM
I appreciate everything!! God bless you!
Posted by: blessing | July 1, 2010 01:38 PM
Tis amazing, am so happy to meet your website, i will use it to the glory of God for the emmancipation of youths in Nigeria. Thanks andd remain bless.
Posted by: Godwin James | August 16, 2010 11:48 PM
I am so thanksful for many the servant for gospel and build up th kingdom of God with the word of God and many deeds of heaven injoy and thanksgiving and faith and soon the Lord is coming and many sake will be upfild in Christ, be enecourage and go an,thanks and bless andpray,keijo sweden
Posted by: keijo | August 19, 2010 04:03 PM
Hi! I am a 24 year old student, going to school to become a counselor, working with teenagers. I have the wonderful blessing of being able to work with my church's youth group. Our youth leaders wife and I are planning something special for the kids and when I came across your website, I thought it was pretty amazing. Thanks so much.
Posted by: Trina R | August 24, 2010 03:53 AM
I was thinking about a sermon and came across Walking on Water; it was so close to what I was thinking on. Thanks for the conformation!
Minister Donna
Posted by: Minister Donna Davis Curry | August 25, 2010 03:25 AM
Great website! I love your children's sermons. I am anxious to use some of your ideas for my 3rd, 4th and 5th grade sunday school class, and other youth events. Thanks so much!
Posted by: Erin Mills | September 10, 2010 02:39 AM
This is the absolute best website I have found for getting free ideas for children's and youth ministry. May God bless you richly!
Posted by: Brandon Nelson | September 21, 2010 09:24 PM
hi ken, im glad i can find such a helpful site like this.
God Bless and more power
Posted by: Victoria Catublas | October 4, 2010 12:06 PM
My parents are making a youth group at my church and its all teenagers so i'm really trying hard to find them something to do at the church with the teens.
Posted by: Haley | October 26, 2010 06:36 AM
Amazing(: I am 14 and I'm am intern at my church. I am going to get to speak to the youth for the first time EVER! God lead me to this website and I now have something to talk about
Posted by: Madeline Hensarling | November 21, 2010 10:20 PM
I feel very happy after I discovered this site!
Posted by: Ellsworth Marlor | November 27, 2010 10:14 AM
Hi Ken,
You've been such a great source of inspiration. Thank you
Posted by: PM | November 27, 2010 05:33 PM
You've got tons of good material on this site. Keep it up.
Posted by: Hiptonki. Wiseman Bachelor in business administration | December 31, 2010 05:02 AM
I am blown away by this website! You have put so much work into it. My husband and I just began working with youth a couple of months ago and this site has been a huge help. Thanks! We look forward to reading the Easter E-book.
Thanks, again!
Posted by: Laurie Jones | December 31, 2010 10:30 AM
Great!!! It's really useful to youth ministry in my church. Praise the Lord.
Posted by: agnes | January 14, 2011 11:21 PM
may God of mercy richly Bless you with all wisdom to nurture for our youths.
EPHESIANS 1:17-19.
Posted by: CHRISTOPHER ONYANGO KIBARI | February 17, 2011 05:22 PM
Great site I was really inspired. Have a blessed day and keep up the good work!
Posted by: Christian Book Store | April 17, 2011 12:14 AM
The ideas posted here are a great help in our youth and even Kids ministries. May God bless you more, especially on this endeavor.
Posted by: Chai Sagayaga | December 9, 2011 03:45 PM