Scriptures
“I thought to myself, “Look, I have grown and increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me; I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge.” Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.” – Ecclesiastes …
Congratulations. I am giving you a brand new car. It’s reliable, efficient, and runs well. It can take you anywhere you need to go.
Are you excited?
But there are a couple conditions.
Self-Esteem and Self-Image are issues that all youth have to address. During the teenage years, the primary developmental task for youth is discovering their identity, their life purpose, their mission in this world. Youth are asking the question, “Who am I?” and “Why am I here?”
One step to helping your church youth deal with these critical questions is in …
Description
Use this Easter Object Lesson to remind youth that Christ was crushed for our sins so that we might be made whole and begin a new life with him.
Resources
Click here to learn how to blow out an egg without breaking it.
What to do
Description
Youth will find the Easter basket by following the string.
Resources
Preparation
Run and Loop strings throughout the playing area with the Easter basket on the end of the string. Go under chairs, cross over other strings, etc. Have one string and basket for each youth or groups of youth working as a team..
What …
Description
The youth that correctly guess the number of Easter eggs in the Easter basket wins a prize.
Resources
Easter eggs of various types and a large Easter basket
Preparation
Fill the big Easter basket with eggs of different colors and sizes. Use real eggs as well as chocolate eggs, etc.
What to do
Scripture: Revelation 2:1-7
“For the churches in Ephesus and Laodicea, the problem was the problem of spiritual passion…What began as a wholehearted commitment to Christ and His work gradually cooled. We don’t have any of the details, only these fragments of history from Revelation, but we can picture it from our own experience.
I remember the first time I saw …
Description
This Easter Games in a combination of a classic treasure hunt with a traditional Easter Egg hunt.
Resources
Preparation
Make a treasure map for your egg hunt. It doesn’t have to be to scale and it doesn’t have to be perfect. Add important details like flowers, bushes, tress, etc to indicate hiding spots.
What to …
Description
The Easter Basket will be discovered after all the Easter Eggs have been collected.
Resources
Preparation
Hide all the plastic Easter eggs with clues inside.
What to do
Description
Use this information in a Children’s sermon or for a youth acitivity for St. Patrick’s day. The significance of St Patrick’s day is not in the traditions associated with it today, but in its remembrance of forgiving teenager who was sold into slavery and escaped only to return to the country where he had been a slave, in order …