Description
Youth will compare thier spiritual life to an Olympic sport.
What to do
Ask each youth what sport best describes his/her spiritual life and why.
“My spiritual life is like ____________ because __________________.”
A list of sports is included below if the youth need help thinking of some.
A college girl wrote home:
Dear Mom & Dad,
I guess you heard by now that the dorm burned down. We were all in the basement smoking marijuana, and I guess somehow we set the dorm on fire. But no one was hurt, and we got most of our belongings out in time. Oh, and I’m getting married soon. You …
Paul, the apostle said, “I have become all things to all men that by all means I may save some.” ( I Cor. 9:19-23) Paul was a master at learning how to communicate in terms that were most contextually effective. Good teachers and leaders spend as much time considering the needs of their youth as they do in planning the …
Materials
Description
Jesus ends the book of Mark with the disciples going out and doing the things he did…In this ACTIVITY youth will do mirror-image movements to demonstrate discipleship
Materials
What to do
Simply put, prayer is communicating with God. As a child of God you are invited to come boldly before His throne. ‘Since we have such a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God,’ the apostle Paul writes, ‘…then let us approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy …
How to know you are growing older?
“How many times must I forgive my brother?” the disciple Peter had asked Jesus.
“Seven times?” Lisa’s Sunday school teacher had read Jesus’ surprise answer to the class.
“Seventy times seven.”
Lisa had leaned over to her brother Brent as the teacher continued reading. “How many times is that?” she whispered. Brent, though two years younger, was smarter than she …
A person checks into a hotel for the first time in his life, and goes up to his room.
Five minutes later he calls the reception desk and says: “You’ve given me a room with no exit. How do I leave?”
The desk clerk says, “Sir, that’s absurd. Have you looked for the door?”
The person says, ” Well, there’s …