This takes quite a bit of setup and some baking skills. Create six desserts: one real, five gross. The key is to make each dessert LOOK appetizing. We made a ketchup smoothie ("berry milkshake"), whipped mayo and strawberries ("strawberries and cream"), avocado pie ("key lime pie"), cookies with LOTS of salt and pepper with sour cream in the...
Main Point: Who you surround yourself with matters a great deal.OPENER:Tell a personal story of when you surrounded yourself with people that brought you down, instead of lifting you up. Use the following verse:Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (NLT)Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out...
Main Point: As followers of Jesus, we need to have fellowship with other Christians to help us stay encouraged, challenged, and faithful. Discussion Starter: Staying on Fire(This discussion starter can actually be used in a number of ways. You can just “describe” this to the students…or you can actually do it in front of them. This resource will be...
Quick small group opener/activity. Not a game; just a fun way of getting to know each other a little better.Get into a circle and select someone to begin, then move clockwise around the circle. The first person says two similar items like pizza and ice cream (both foods). The second person has to say the thing they like better...
Travel or Small Group. One person starts a story – any kind of story (i.e. “Once upon a time there was a bear named Horatio….”). The person in the next seat continues the story (i.e. “Horatio was a dumb, but friendly bear with zits all over his fur-face…”). Each person adds a statement to the story. This time-filler ends...
Travel or Small group game. Stand or sit in a circle. Go around the room assigning the name of a person, place or thing to each person. The first person in the group begins to tell a story that they make up. Within 10 seconds (longer or shorter is okay) that person must mention the person, place or...
Purpose:To demonstrate that there can be pleasure in sin for a season, but that the reality of sin is disgusting, wrong and to be avoided. Items Needed:A pair of small, dark colored youth underwearA 2 L. bottle of dark colored pop (Pepsi, Coke, Root Beer, etc.)Styrofoam cupsPair of scissors or a knife Prepare in Advance:Buy a small, dark-colored youth...