I Have Something to Admit to You
I have something to admit to you that I’ve never gone public with. What I’m about to share with you through this article might shock you. It could anger you. It may make you laugh. Or, it may make you feel normal.…
Top 10 Worst Ideas for Summertime Small Group Activities
10. Share hot cocoa in front of the fireplace. 9. Snowball fight. 8. 24-hour Star Wars trilogy marathon. 7. Dress up like pilgrims and have a Thanksgiving feast. 6. Build a snowman in the form of your favorite Bible character. 5.…
Share Deck
Photocopy and cut apart these cards so every two people will have a full deck of cards. My favorite sandwich is… My favorite TV show is… After school I like to… Before school I like to… A book I really like is… I like to listen to… It really bugs me when… I love it when… I’m scared of… I like a friend to… I wish I could… I make friends by… What I most like about God is……
Miracles Never Cease!
Challenge kids to believe the unbelievable by taking them on this biblical journey that will challenge their thinking from this strange but true department! MIRACLE PIG RETURNS FROM THE DEAD LONDON, Ky.-Dr. Campbell Mercer figures there’s something that happens at least once in every doctor’s career that he can’t explain.…
Stolen Goods
When I was 12 someone stole my 10-speed bicycle out of our back yard. When I was 14 someone ripped off my flute from the junior high band storage closet. I was outraged. I had mowed 30 lawns to earn enough money to buy that bicycle.…
A Jr. High Choir That Doesn’t Sing
If you ask junior highers to sing what happens? Some kids whisper that they have laryngitis while others sneak for the door. Kids feel self-conscious about changing voices that squeak like unoiled doors one minute and crackle like thunder the next.…
Teaching Basic Life Skills to Kids
From wardrobe coordination to time management few junior highers know the day-to-day skills that’ll help them succeed. Two-income families single-parent families and blended families are all busy and few junior highers today learn basic life skills at home anymore. Eric comes to our junior high meetings in the strangest combination of clothes.…
The New Dating Game
Traditional teenage dating is dead. So say the editors of the “big three” magazines that cater to teenagers–Seventeen, Sassy and ‘Teen. “A date used to be when a boy would specifically ask a girl out make plans pick her up and meet her parents,” says Sarah Patton senior editor of Seventeen magazine.…