This is a great activity to get your group thinking about the topic you are presenting. My wife and I typically break the room into small groups of three to four and have them brainstorm together. We will give them the POWER WORD of our lesson for them to brainstorm about. For the purpose ofContinue reading "5-3-1 LITERACY ACTIVITY"
G.R.O.W. IN GRACE
This is a quick overview of Christian growth that I have used with new converts and thought it may be helpful in your perspective ministries. We know that if something is alive, it is suppose to grow. We are going to look at a four-part acrostic on the word G.R.O.W. to give us an outline ofContinue reading "G.R.O.W. IN GRACE"
PERSONALITY BALL
NEEDED: A Beach ball This is a great icebreaking activity that was created by a group of 7th grade students. Everyone stands in a circle and you throw the ball to each other. When you catch the ball you take your right hand and whatever color your hand is on you have to say yourContinue reading "PERSONALITY BALL"
1) WHO’S YOUR JONATHAN? YOU NEED A TRUE FRIEND!
1 Sam 19:1-6 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. 2. But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secretContinue reading "1) WHO’S YOUR JONATHAN? YOU NEED A TRUE FRIEND!"
BEACHBALL ABC’S
OBJECTIVE: This is a great activity to get participants of all ages talking about the content you are teaching. Whether you are using this as a pre-telling strategy where you are gauging your groups knowledge of a topic your getting ready to teach, or a retelling strategy where you are gauging what your group has justContinue reading "BEACHBALL ABC’S"
7 X-CITING WAYS TO SUPPORT PRAYER IN YOUR MINISTRY
7 X-CITING WAYS TO SUPPORT PRAYER IN YOUR MINISTRY This resource will give your ministry se7en ways to make teaching prayer intentional: 1) HAVE A CONSISTENT PRAYER TIME At Se7en Student Ministries we adopted the“Se7en Prayer Challenge.” All you have to do is pray se7en minutes every day at 7:00 pm. 2) HAVE GROUP PRAYER EVERY WednesdayContinue reading "7 X-CITING WAYS TO SUPPORT PRAYER IN YOUR MINISTRY"
SHRINK O’MATIC
Students will have to work through difficult circumstances to complete this activity. INSTRUCTIONS: Break your students into teams Give each team a tarp Tell them that the tarp is an ISLAND and the grass is the OCEAN Then instruct the teams to fold their tarp once without stepping in the ocean Keep giving them instructionsContinue reading "SHRINK O’MATIC"
6) IT’S REAL, IT’S REAL
IT’S REAL, IT’S REAL, I KNOW THAT IT’S REAL THIS PENTECOSTAL BLESSING AND I KNOW, I KNOW IT’S REAL IF THIS IS NOT THAT, THEN WHAT IS THIS, AND WHERE IN THE WORLD IS THAT? Acts 2:14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men ofContinue reading "6) IT’S REAL, IT’S REAL"
THINKING ABOUT THINKING
I recently posted several tweets about the topic of thinking. I was asked what I was working on. I'm really not working on anything particular . . . I'm just thinking. However, it has been my experience that what I think on now becomes material for things that I am doing later. So startContinue reading "THINKING ABOUT THINKING"
SEVEN NORMS OF COLLABORATION
Today's post is from the great people at http://www.thinkingcollaborative.com/norms-collaboration-toolkit/. This is a framework to use as "norms" in your Sunday Morning Youth Class or with your team members in a staff meeting. You will also find these principles useful in a one on one meeting with a parent or parishioner. I am using their seven keyContinue reading "SEVEN NORMS OF COLLABORATION"
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