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....
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...
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
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...
You remember the little Sunday school project with the Easter eggs? Ever thought of using that for an evangelism tool? A month before Easter, give your group a chance to make a difference through giving away Easter Eggs. The large plastic egg includes symbols of the items used during the crucifixion (a white cloth spattered with red marker -...
We booked a large local hall and sent out flyers to all the local high schools. We booked some DJ's and some break-dancers. We had our youth group learn some funky new dances and had a team visiting from America. We made a coffee area where they could buy coffee, soda, etc. We had dance music playing and break...
We hold a 5th Quarter Party after the home high school football games each season. Our church is 2 blocks from the stadium. We provide music (mix of Christian & secular), either a D.J. or band, plus pizza & pop. Kids dance or hang out in the Youth Room and play pool, ping pong and foosball. We take digital...