Winter.
Just the sound of the word whistling through our lips puts a mental chill up our spines. Winter seems to speak of barrenness, frigid feelings of discomfort and discontent, icy shadows sprawled across frozen ponds, naked branches reaching up as if in supplication for relief. Short days, long nights. Fast-fading memories of yesterday’s fun in the sun, bike rides …
I’m skeptical of New Year’s resolutions. They’re too easy to make, rarely carried out, and often cover up what really needs to change. If we’re honest, few of us really want things to be completely different. We just want life to get better, or easier. We can handle a tune-up or face-lift, but drastic change? Medication, yes; surgery, no. Reform, …
Materials
paper or Styrofoam cups and a rubber / foam dart gun. A ladder with steps at different heights. In place of Nerf darts you can use pink pong balls, small rubber balls or even wads of paper.
What to do
Materials
A remote control. If you don’t have one. Make one from a small rectangular box. Cover it with paper and draw the following buttons: rewind, fast forward, play, Pause, and stop.
Preparation
Prepare a list of temptations that youth commonly face. Describe each situation as if it were a drama script. Each situation should also culminate to a point …
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In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. “How much is an ice cream sundae?”
“Fifty cents,” replied the waitress. The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied a …
Here’s wishing everyone a blessed Christmas!
May Christ shine in your hearts the whole year through!
In appreciation for your support of the Creative Youth Ideas website I want to give you a very practical Christmas gift.
It’s a Youth Christmas Party Planning Checklist that I know you will appreciate. It is several pages long and quite comprehensive. There are …
Like the beautiful Christmas wreath
Whose circle knows no end,
So becomes the life of us
When the Savior enters in.
Like the brilliant shining star
That guided shepherds of old –
So may Christ shine in us,
As His likeness we unfold.
Like the joyous carols we sing
To cheer our special friends –
Christ’s presence fills us with …
With the current economic situation there are many families in need. Why not provide a Christmas shoebox and donate it to someone in need and to tell people about Jesus. Local shelters and relief agencies might have suggestions as well. Your local church may also have a family you can adopt to help as well.
When you fill your box, …
Introduction
Use this Christmas Gift Exchange Game with more mature youth as a serious time of affirmation and thanks for the various members of the youth group. Include the adult sponsors as well.
Game Description
In this Christmas Gift exchange, it is affirmations that are exchanged and not actual physical gifts. It’s a very powerful way to bring your teens …