Families from our church host a backyard event called the Backyard Bible Quest. They invite kids from their neighborhood, and provide their yard and a snack. We do creative crafts and play fun games. Then we make sure great storytellers present the greatest story ever told.Through this event we've reached hundreds of kids in backyards ... kids that would...
I have to give credit to Chinese Christian Union Church in Chicago, IL for this idea, because I stole it from them. The idea is to bring in an adjustable basketball hoop. Then students can enter the slam-dunk competition in 7, 8, or 9-foot high divisions. You can format the contest however you like; the NBA Dunk Contest has...
For the past 8 years the church I am serving at has provided breakfast for the entire football team and cheerleaders. It takes some money and volunteers, but every Friday morning at 7:05 we have breakfast: eggs, biscuits, bacon, grits, etc. and sometimes pancakes. At 7:20 am we have a devotion offered by a football player, a cheerleader, or...
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 request...plenty of ministry to be had by...
Kung Fu night always rocked. We would get a ton of Chinese food and decorate our house as Chinese as we could get it (no chairs, lots of paper lanterns and some traditional Chinese artwork). We even had Chinese music playing in the background. Everyone had to dress Kung Fu and we played cool Kung Fu related games -...
The key to this event is the timing. What better thing to do in Kansas in the winter than ... HAVE A BEACH PARTY! Kids always feel more comfortable inviting friends to an event like this because it sells itself- it's something they can't do anywhere else! (Sorry Californians, you just won't understand this one!) Kids love dressing up...
Jeff Baker of Kearney, NE had his "Campus Missionaries" serve coffee and donuts (purchased out of the youth budget) to the school staff every school year. They simply delivered the yummies to the teacher's lounge with a big note that said something like, "We appreciate you and will be praying for you throughout the year." Signed, New Life Uth....