That's right, Jell-O wrestling. This event is always a winner and is even noted as one of the "slam dunk" top 10 outreach events that work in Jonathan's book "Getting Students to Show Up." Here's how you do it:1. Find a store near you that sells bulk foods and purchase large quantities of instant Jell-O, enough to make...

Find a friend with a laser disc player or a Karaoke machine and rent some Karaoke Discs (screen the songs beforehand- a lot of the videos are pretty raunchy). If you don't have a professional Karaoke machine, you can hook up a laser disc player to a sound system and a 19" TV that the person that's singing can...

Are you looking for a great time with your group? This is a hitÉso long as you abide by the rules!Find as many adults from your church as possible (20 or so) to go out to a certain mall (preferably a large one) a half an hour before the youth group is slated to arrive. Have the students...

This is a great event to market your group and try to increase group size. This works best if your group has already been meeting for a few weeks and has built a little bit of momentum. Advertise a Man Hunt, but don't tell anyone what it is. Have enough transportation available for twice the amount of students that...

With this scavenger hunt sounds are the items to be found. Teams with tape recorders set out to record a list of items worth various points (examples: baby crying, toilet flushing, siren, a burp, a cat, dog, etc.)Variation: Hunt For A LaughGo on a scavenger hunt to record people laughing. There are several easy ways to do this, some...

Watermelon Helmet Contest:That's right, have each team carve a helmet (or helmets) out of watermelons. You can go for the gladiator look or for the Darth Vador look. Team members must wear helmets throughout the event.Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest:(Need I explain?)Cantelope Bowling:Create an ally in the parking lot and set up 2 liter bottles at the end....

Just like the real game of Monopoly...this one can go on and on and on and on....Take really wide paper (we used paper that is made for covering tables) and construct a gigantic Monopoly board. Use construction paper for the different colors. The larger the board, the more exciting the teens will find it! (Or just use butcher paper...