Materials
Wrap up several empty boxes in bright, attractive wrappers. Try to use boxes that look like things that are easily recognizable and that the group would enjoy.
Activity
1. Hold up the items one by one and ask the participants to try to guess what is in each package. Don’t let them touch the gifts. Then tell them they …
Group Size: Groups of any size.
Time: 10 minutes
Applications: Learning Names
Materials
None
Objective
For the group to learn each others names. As people are eliminated they will have to learn the names of different persons on their left or right until only two participants remain for the final duel.
INSTRUCTIONS
Circle up: All participants stand in a circle …
Toothpick
To remind you to pick out the good qualities in others… (Matt 7:1)
TestaMint’s
To remind you to refresh yourself from God’s Word Every day (Psalm 119:11)
Aspirin
For the headaches that come with the job of ministering to teenagers.
Nuts
To remind you that you have to be a bit nuts to work with youth
Rubber band
To …
Materials
None
Icebreaker Description
Youth will share a little about themselves as they choose a dream vacation that reflects their life goals.
Icebreaker Preparation
None
Icebreaker Activity
Dr. G. Keith Olson, in his book entitled: “Why Teenagers Act the Way They Do” outlines some personality types of youth.
1. The Power Oriented and 2. Competitive
…The power-oriented personality needs to see self in control of lives. The competitive personality chooses competition as the primary way of relating to others and has extreme narcism. The primary difference between
Care must be genuine
Orders that you know will not be followed should never be given
Only use punishment in extreme cases.
(Discipline sets fences & boundaries. Punishment functions when discipline breaks down.)
Public praise or blame of an individual should never take place
(There are some times when you should praise publicly, but don’t give …
Materials
None
Icebreaker Description
Youth will learn a little about each other as they share experiences that have caused them to laugh.
Icebreaker Preparation
No preparation is required if you do this crowdbreaker activity in pairs. If you want to divide people into groups as a crowdbreaker, you can put the following phrases representing the sounds of laughter on pieces …
We have been called to be fruitful–not successful, not productive, not accomplished. Success comes from strength, stress, and human effort. Fruitfulness comes from vulnerability and the admission of our own weakness.
Henri J. M. Nouwen
Public address at Yale, March 30, 1995
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Materials
Paper slips with various parts of a hamburger written on them.
Icebreaker Description
Youth will divide into groups of various sizes to introduce themselves to each other.
Preparation
Cut up several slips of paper so that there is enough for everyone. On each slip of paper write a part of a hamburger: MAIN: Bun, Meat ADDITIONAL: Tomato, Cheese, Onion, …
Your presence is a present to the world.
You are unique and one of a kind.
Your life can be what you want it to be.
Take the days just one at a time.
Count your blessings, not your troubles.
You will make it through whatever comes along.
Within you are so many answers.
Understand, have courage, be strong.
Do …