The youth meet together once a week and they go out and minister to the elderly in our church. They go and visit, clean house or run errands for the elderly. Then, that night at our regular youth meeting, they have a praise night of sharing what they did and how God ministered to them and helped them see...
Yep, we got this idea off a Tide commercial on TV. We now have an annual mud bowl. In August we plow a 100ft by 200ft area, soak it for two days and plow it again. We then play football and freeze tag (the one where to get unfrozen you have to dive through the frozen person's legs). The...
This is a great event to do over a period of several weeks. Divide the group into Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines. They compete every week doing a variety of feats, some physical (pushups, army crawl, etc.) and some games.Teams also compete each week by bringing more "recruits." Teams are awarded points by how many they bring, etc.Teams...
The homes around our church have a lot of citrus trees. Some have as many as 10-15 trees per home. This is far too many for the average person to harvest and I noticed that much of the fruit was lying on the ground, rotting.I went around and asked if we could pick the fruit and give what was...
Our church is located near, and surrounded by, "the projects." So our church has an actual dance team that is learns choreographed hip hop dance routines to perform to Christian rap music at a block party in the very middle of these homes. It is a great way to let them know about our church.Tyra King, Volunteer, Anderson, SC
Decorate the youth room like a restaurant (or get an actual restaurant if you have a contact). Give kids menus ...but with creative names of things they've never heard of. Give the foods and drinks new names. Order "Phlipidy dunkers" and get French fries. Order "levely paradisio" and get dry toast. Some things might sound really good, but they...
For several years in a row I helped organize a citywide block party. We used the parking lot of a local bank and set up a stage, food booths, a volleyball net, and lots of basketball hoops. We organized a basketball tournament, had live bands, and tons of door prizes (all donated by local businesses).At some point in the...