Ran-Dumb Youth Ministry Meme #32

Free Resource #45: "Words to Winners of Souls" by Bonar (E-book)

This free resource includes:

-The importance of a living ministry

-How to walk with God in faithfulness

-How to walk in the Spirit and in Prayer

-Revival in ministry

-How to reap a harvest of souls for Jesus

CLICK HERE (to get it for FREE)

Game #31: "THE BIG BURGER BATTLE" (big group)

 

Here a quick little group game to play to go along with "A CHEESEBURGER NIGHT" and/or the lesson "NO MORE CHEESY CHRISTIANS" that I posted yesterday. It is a game similar to my "Sink Battle Ship" game. It was a huge hit with the group on our cheeseburger night that we did a few weeks back.  

 

 

Supplies:
- 6 fast food style ketchup and mustard squeeze bottles
- 4 rubber hamburger dog toys
- 2 small rolling kitchen carts or 2 small tables
- 2 different color bandanas enough to identify teams

Set Up:
- Game Area: indoor or outdoor area large enough space for your group to have 2 large teams and be able spread out and run.  Divide the area in half, marking off the center line however you like make to defined “team territories”, similar to “capture the flag”.  On the far end of each playing area have your kitchen cart/table with your 3 squeeze bottles standing up and spread out at an equal distance. 

- Teams:  divide your whole group into 2 big teams and assign them a territory.

- Game Play/Rules:
The game is played similar to “capture the flag” with 2 teams battling to get into each other’s area without being “tagged”.   The difference in this game is instead of “capturing” you are trying instead to “destroy”.
Each team will battle to get into the opposing team’s territory with a hamburger, using it to knock over one the squeeze bottles, while also trying to defend their own bottles.   First team to knock over all 3 of the other team’s bottles wins.

- There is no jail in this game.  If a play is in the opposing team’s territory and gets “tagged” (2 hands) they simply give up the hamburger to the person who tagged them and return to their own side.  -  Hamburgers may be passed, or used to score.  Once a hamburger hits the ground in the opposing teams territory it changes possession.

*As always continue to check out the "GAMES" tab above to see the ever growing list of games!

Lesson: "NO MORE CHEESY CHRISTIANS" (Cheeseburger Night)

Mc Donald's in our town is doing $.49 cent cheeseburgers every Wednesday night, so I decided to come up a whole night based on CHEESEBURGERS!!!

Here is a great, fun theme night including:
- A Full Lesson (with object lesson, video clip idea)
- Fun Additional Ideas
- A Crazy Big Group Game!

Lesson/Night Overview/Main Thought:
"A Cheeseburger without a burger is just cheese, Like Christianity without Christ is just cheesy!”

Key Verse for the Night: John 1:14

CLICK HERE (to get the PDF for the Night)

 

* also continue to check back at the "LESSONS" tab above for my slowly growing list of lessons and series!

News U Can Use: "Teens and Social Media" (Infographic)

• For Facebook North American active users numbers are declining
• The average age of Facebook users has risen from 38 to 41 years old
• The number of Moms getting on Facebook is rising sharply
• Teens are increasingly going mobile and Facebook is not their favorite app
• There are a lot of hot, new apps like
  -  Kik Messenger
  - WhatsApp (*see last week's post- "JH/MS Ministry App #5?)
  - SnapChat
  that are grabbing the attention of teenagers

CLICK HERE (to see the bigger version)

Top 10: Things You Don't Want To Hear Your Senior Pastor Say?

10. "Man, Your Wife is Looking Smoking Hot Today"

9. "Can I Borrow Those Skinny Jeans?"

8. "I Just Booked a Gospel Quartet for the JH Boys Lock-In"

7. "I Need You to Explain the 'Blue Flame Thing'?"

6. "Can You Tell This is a Toupee?"

5. "Do You Want to Explain The Speeding Ticket in the Church Bus?"

4. "I am Thinking about a Mud Wrestling Outreach Event?"

3.  "Due to the Recent Lawsuit, We Need to Change a Few Things?"

2.  "I Have Been Working Out, Check out These Abs?"

1. "That is I Quit, You're In Charge...Good Luck?"

Monday Morning Video: "Church: Why the Mass Exit?"

Church: "Why the mass exit?" from Ed Burton on Vimeo.