Materials
None
Icebreaker Description
Youth will answer questions of scruples in this group icebreaker.
Preparation
Create a list of questions that test the integrity of a person but do not have easy black and white answers?
Scavenger hunts have been popular with youth, adults, and children throughout the ages. With the recent popularity of “The Amazing Race” and reality TV shows, scavenger hunts are just as popular today as they have ever been. They can take a variety of forms, be modified with different rules, and be tailored to a variety of themes, locations, and age …
A friend was in front of me coming out of church one day, and the preacher was standing at the door as he always is to shake hands. He grabbed my friend by the hand and pulled him aside.
The Pastor said to him, “You need to join the Army of the Lord!” My friend replied, “I’m already in the …
Materials
None
Preparation
Make a list of items that can be found in and around your church.
Scavenger Hunt Objective
Teens will search the church facilities to find the information on the list.
Example items
1. The year the church was built [on the cornerstone]
2. Number of rooms in the church building
3. Number of stairs leading to the …
Materials
1. handheld camcorder / video camera for each team
or
2. Digital or traditional 35mm camera for each team
Scavenger Hunt Objective
Youth must go to church members homes and video tape those church members acting out Bible scenes on their front yards.
The List
Make a list of Bible scenes and allow them to do each scene at …
Purpose
The primary goal of a scavenger hunt is to send participants out with a list of things to find, obtain, photograph, videotape, audio record, etc. The hope is that while they are working together as a team, relationships will be developed.
Publicity Opportunity
Make invitations to your church, business, or organization and give them to everyone who participates or …
“If God had intended that man should fly,
he would have given him wings.”
– George W. Melville, Chief engineer of the U.S. Navy (c. 1900)
For thousands of years human flight was but a dream — the very definition of the impossible. But two young men set the impossible as their goal and forever changed the world.
A flying …
Not only did the star lead the Magi far from home but the star didn’t stop where they expected it to stop.
They watched the star trailing across the territory of Israel as it was moved toward Jerusalem. (Bethlehem is, of course, near Jerusalem. Today, it is considered a suburb of Jerusalem.) The Magi assumed as the star approached Jerusalem …
‘Twas the night before Christmas and one thing was clear–
that old Yuletide spirit no longer was here
inflation was rising; the crime rate was tripling;
the fuel bills were up, and our mortgage was crippling;
I opened a coke as I watched TV,
where Donny sang “O Holy Night” to Marie;
the kids were in bed, getting sleep like …