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This guy has found a truly useful way to spend his free time; this kind of imagination is what our ministries need! I love the idea...
9.12.2006
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Isaac Arten is a youth minister, author and speaker based in St. Louis, MO.
"You look so young, and then out of your mouth comes this wisdom!" --J.N., on Isaac's teachers' workshop.
"Well, I'm sure we're paying you millions of dollars." --B.D., on Isaac's salary
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i'm looking for ideas.
My church is starting a high school youth group that i will be leading. We've got a great study that we are using, but in addition to Bible study time, i want there to be a getting to know eachother, hang out fellowship type time.
suggestions/ideas for the last part (or where to find ideas) would be greatly appreciated since my ideas currently include only a very short list of "get to now you games"
Ideas? (Or ideas for anything special to do with the first few meetings?)
Ice-breakers and games are great; there's a huge library of resources like that at www.youthministry.com.
You might also think about putting in a partner-type activity (pray with a partner, quick discussion questions for groups of 2-3-4, that kind of thing) to get to know each other.
CSMSG's group, starting this year, focuses every meeting around a project that serves one of the ministries of the church; working together on something gives a nice touchstone for discussion of the lessons later on and some great "remember when" moments that help the group bond.
That's the beginning of my list; check out the website I listed to grab a whole variety of things. Hope it helps; anyone else, feel free to chime in!
Isaac
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