About 1 billion Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged each year. That’s the largest seasonal card-sending occasion of the year, next to Christmas.
February 14, 270 A.D. : Roman Emperor Claudius II, dubbed “Claudius the Cruel,” beheaded a priest named Valentine for performing marriage ceremonies. Claudius II had outlawed marriages when Roman men began refusing to go to war in order …
Description
This is the traditional scavenger hunt where participants are given a list of items to retrieve and bring back within a designated time limit. The Valentine’s Day scavenger hunt consists of a list of the Valentine’s Day related objects and some rules. Variations may allow photos of an object to replace the actual object or creative substitutions. The rules …
If I talk a lot about God and the Bible and the Church, but I fail to ask about your needs and then help you, I’m simply making a lot of empty religious noise.
If I graduate from theological seminary and know all the answers to questions you’ll never even think of asking, and if I have all the degrees …
Some years ago on a hot summer day in south Florida a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out the back door, leaving behind shoes, socks, and shirt as he went.
He flew into the water, not realizing that …
American Football is a national past-time for most Americans and the most famous football game is the Superbowl! Just days away, the Superbowl is a great opportunity to tackle a few games with your youth while you score a few goals for the kingdom of God!
Here are some great ideas on the Creative Youth Ideas website to do Just …
Game Description
Can you guess the number of Valentine Candy Hearts in the bottle?
Game Materials
A glass jar filled with Valentine Candy Hearts.
Game Preparation
Count the number of Valentine Candy hearts as you put them into the glass jar.
Game Play
Introduction
How high can you stack your pile of valentine candy hearts?
Game Description
In this game for a Valentine Party event, participants will try to stack a box of valentine candy hearts as high as possible. It’s not as easy as it may seem!
Game Materials
I. I am thy Main Squeeze; thou shalt have no other squeeze before me.
II. Thou shalt not take the name of thy Squeeze in vain, nor badmouth her behind her back.
III. Remember our Anniversary, and keep it holy–or else.
IV. Honor MY mother and father. THINE are just too weird.
V. Thou shalt not kill my love by …
Valentine’s Day (val*en*tinez dae) n.
A day when you have dreams of a candlelight dinner, diamonds and romance, but consider yourself lucky to get a card.
Supposedly from the Modern Woman’s Dictionary…