Select 5 contestants to battle it out in an effort to light a fire the quickest using a magnesium flint. Make a small pile of different items contestants can use to light their fires with. Things like: A4 paper, newspaper, coconut husk, bark, twigs, hay, dead grass. Give each contestant a magnesium flint to use … Read more
The most classic ‘thinking on your feet’ kind of game is the coke skull. It’s one of those games that is great to get you out of a pickle. Students race each other to smash down a can of coke. Once you have the contestants on stage a great variation to catch them off guard … Read more
Buy a few hundred or a few thousand glow sticks (depending on the size of your group) from a $2 junk shop and use about 30 of them to tape around a soccer ball with clear packing tape. Then use the rest to mark out your soccer field and also for your players to wear. … Read more
If you have access to a few old shopping trolleys this game can be lot of fun. Here’s what you’ll need. – Shopping trollies (don’t steal them) – A large pile of cardboard – 5 Rolls of clear packing tape per team How to play Select 2 contestants for each team. A driver and a … Read more
There are so many uses for temporary fences in youth ministry! From games, security, stage design, and sectioning things off, they really are a must have. You can pick them up for about $38 each at a hardware store making them a fairly cost effective item to add to your setup arsenal. USES FOR TEMPORARY … Read more
Using cardboard walls is a cheap & light way of sectioning off areas of your building that you don’t want used during your youth program. To get large pieces of cardboard like the ones pictured below you can either buy large sheets of cardboard from a cardboard factory, use fridge boxes, or glues small pieces … Read more
If the auditorium you host your youth ministry in is too big for the amount of teenagers you have attending your youth ministry then you should do two things. 1. Pray that God will give you the ideas and opportunities to reach more teens so that you can fill that auditorium 2. Build a high … Read more
Wooden stands are one of the many ways to section off areas of your building you don’t want to be used during your youth program. Build a few of the stands picture below and run a horizontal pole or length of timber across the top of two of them. You now have a portable frame … Read more
Just like in a girl’s connect group room, the atmosphere we as leaders create can either enhance or detract from the dynamic of the group. Boys connect group rooms don’t require as much creativity as girls rooms but with the right setup, it can launch your group into a far less awkward time. Make the room … Read more
1. Pray for your teens If your teens don’t come from a Christian family, you’re probably the only person praying for them. Ask God to prepare their path, and to save their family. 2. Remember their names After the first 5 introductions calling your teens bro, sister, man & dude just don’t cut it. They … Read more
