The idea is to set up many challenges for teens to participate in (a climbing or scaling wall, dunk tank, obstacle course, radar gun baseball throw, sumo wrestling, four-way volleyball, etc.) and then have a gospel presentation geared towards teens and give them "The Ultimate Challenge." My husband and I started this three years ago as an outreach program...
I rented Sumo Wrestling outfits and built excitement up in the middle and high schools with posters and word of mouth. The main event was the high school principal and the baseball coach. It was hilarious! The message for the night was "What do you wrestle with in life?" I set the ring up with chairs all around and...
Our church has a "food trailer," nothing fancy. We take it different places and give away food and drinks (for free). This summer we will be going to the skate park and when football practice starts we will go to the campus. We do hamburgers, hot dogs, chips and drinks. For the football teams we do water and Gatorade....
We live in a small town where there is not much to do and not much close by (45 min to nearest theatre, shopping, etc). I hold a "Coffee House" 2 times a month where kids can gather in a safe atmosphere. We play pool, ping pong, foosball, cards, karaoke, and yes, we even have coffee with light snacks....
I contacted the local paintball place and asked for a deal... They gave us unlimited paint if we could guarantee 50 kids at $45 each (NO PROBLEM). That IS a great deal.The kids invited ALL their friends and we had a blast. Some games were teams, and others were youth workers & church leaders versus kids!During lunch intermission I...
It's as simple as it sounds ... and it worked! Sports draw kids out that might not normally go to church.This was done at the beach, but could be done at a park or anywhere. We challenged another youth group to a football game on Clearwater Beach. Both group of kids invited their friends (especially ones that could play...
Go to your local skate park at around 6 or 7 pm. Take a grill and some coolers of water, lemonade, and soda. Grill up the hotdogs and yell "FREE HOTDOGS!" Kids will surround your grills and start eating and talking. Kids begin to ask why you're there. Just tell them "cuz we care about you." Sometimes the door...