Have your congregation donate new 9-volt batteries to your youth group for a few weeks. Then, hand them out (or install them yourselves), in Jesus' name, in your neighborhood surrounding the church building. The batteries are for their smoke-detectors...take along a clipboard, paper, and a pen to take down the neighbor's prayer requests...plenty of ministry to be had by...

This is a scavenger hunt where you send out each team with a coat hanger (or another small item if you wish) and you instruct each team to go door to door in the neighborhood asking people if they will trade for something bigger (strictly the size) or better (quality, value, etc.). The team that brings back the...

Be sure to encourage attendees to show up with some sort of duct tape accessory or outfit. Award prizes for most creative and most functional.Set up ÒstationsÓ where students compete in the following:3-Legged Friends: Loosely duct tape your leg to a friend's leg and walk around for 10 minutes, earning points for walking backward, hopping, or dancing.Crowning achievement: Place...

Take your youth to the mall. Divide them into small groups. Let them know that they get to spend $1,000,000 . . . well . . . sort of. They get to choose what they would spend a million dollars on "today . . . in this mall!"Teams are to go from store to store, recording...

This idea, submitted by Jamie Vaughan, is intended for a weekend retreat that starts in the late afternoon or early evening. Supplies should be dispersed at various points on your camp grounds.Scavenger Hunt: Gather SuppliesTeams have 5 minutes to elect a tribal leader and tie members of their tribe together at the waist. Challenge: All items needed for challenges...

Kind of like the Disposable Camera Rally on this Events page, this is a scavenger hunt where each team has a camera (disposable or not) and a vehicle to get around town in (with adult leader driving). Give them a list of items, worth different points, to get a picture of, get, or do. You can develop the pictures...

This is a great event to get your kids working together doing something really fun and competitive. You will need transportation (to a surplus store or dollar store for Christmas decorations) unless your church is really close to one already.Give each team a given time to acquire decorations and decorate their tree. (60 minutes or so ....