TheSource4YM.com Jonathan's Resource Ezine Weekly Resources, Ideas and Articles from The Source for Youth Ministry Monday, December 20, 2004 Special Christmas Issue: Scared to Say "Jesus" by Jonathan McKee December 20, 2004...
Main Point: God’s love is for everyone . . . it’s not secret. Opener: Who likes a good mystery? That's what we're going to talk about. But first, we're going to solve one: Have a 25 or 50 piece puzzle dumped on the floor before everyone arrives. Hide between 1 and 3 pieces around the room (remember...
Everyone remembers their very first slip and slide out in the yard on a hot summer day. Here is a fun variation.Get approximately 50 feet of plastic tarp and items that would be found on a banana split (ice cream, strawberry syrup, caramel syrup, chocolate syrup, banana pieces, and maraschino cherries). Pile items on top of the tarp and...
The Adulteress Woman (John 8:1-11)I've used this Thought-provoker with groups of unchurched kids who don't know the Bible, and I've used it with adults with cemetery degrees, it works equally well! Read John 8:1-11 aloud. Then ask for volunteers to come up and act out the different parts of this passage- they won't have to act as much as...
Main Point: We all get the opportunity to leave a legacy. Let’s make sure that the one we write with our lives is worth putting on our tombstone. Discussion Starter: Who Taught Kareem the Hook Shot? The following is an article that was written by one of sports’ greatest writers, Rick Reilly, and was printed in Sports Illustrated in...
Main Point: Jesus is a Man of compassion and love and is much more concerned with our future than our past.Discussion Starter: Reading and Recreation of The Adulterous Woman (Jn 8:1-11)Read John 8:1-11 aloud. Then ask for volunteers to come up and act out the different parts of this passage - they won't have to act as much as...
Main Point: The only people who can please God are those who live according to God’s Spirit. Discussion Starter: The People Who Please GodGive each student a pen and a piece of paper that has three blank spaces on it (down the left hand side of the sheet). Then ask them to write down the names of three people...