Help please?

GodDreamer · 11-06-2005, 04:58 PM

hey hun! well, what do you guys usually do for youth group? personally i think you should do a little bit of all three. maybe play a big group game (you can find ideas through google, just type in group games in the search bar) first, then sings a few songs, followed by a devotional...then just have some fellowship time afterwards...don't worry, i'm sure you'll do just fine. you'll be in my prayers hun! God Bless.
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Cookiemobsta · 11-07-2005, 12:18 AM

My advice (though this might be difficult) is to not pick something out of the book of devotions, but instead speak from your heart. Pick some issue that's really near and dear to you, and base your message around that
I'd also be careful about playing games; they'll get people riled up and since you don't have the authority or the clout of the pastor, it might be difficult for you to get people to settle down and listen to you speak.
Since scriptures are the inspired word of God, there's a lot of power in them, but be careful about just standing around and reading scriptures without stopping to unpack it. It's ok if you read a few verses and then explain how it relates to your topic, but shy away from reading entire chapters. IMO, if you read a large chunk of scripture without unpacking it, your listeners are only going to get the shallowest level of meaning from it, whereas most scripture can go really deep.
And finally, don't be nervous

Anything worthwhile that happens that day is going to be by God working through, and God isn't going to mess up.

Godsgirl_sarah · 11-07-2005, 08:38 AM

Wow, thanks! Great advice. Well, the meeting went okay I guess. It wasn't awful or anything. Thanks again..

onfire4christ · 11-11-2005, 07:20 PM

Good to hear it wasnt "awful"

What happened?

Godsgirl_sarah · 11-12-2005, 02:38 PM

Well. I decided we could do a study on the days of creation, just as a general thingy. Not a whole lot of people showed up, like 8. We read and sort of discussed the first couple chapters of Genesis where it talks about creation, then we fingerpainted our 'renditions' of what each day would've looked like on this huge sheet of paper. It was fun, and it's always good to refresh yourself on the history in the Bible, right? lol

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GodDreamer GodDreamer Edit Apostle	hey hun! well, what do you guys usually do for youth group? personally i think you should do a little bit of all three. maybe play a big group game (you can find ideas through google, just type in group games in the search bar) first, then sings a few songs, followed by a devotional...then just have some fellowship time afterwards...don't worry, i'm sure you'll do just fine. you'll be in my prayers hun! God Bless. love GodDreamer __________________ True beauty is when one can still smile through all of life's tears. "The bible is alive, it speaks to me" ~Martin Luther "Nobody ever died of laughter." ~Max Beerbohm "If you love somebody, let them go. If they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were." "Live as though Christ died yesterday, rose from the grave today, and is coming back tomorrow."
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Cookiemobsta Cookiemobsta Edit Prophet/Prophetess	My advice (though this might be difficult) is to not pick something out of the book of devotions, but instead speak from your heart. Pick some issue that's really near and dear to you, and base your message around that I'd also be careful about playing games; they'll get people riled up and since you don't have the authority or the clout of the pastor, it might be difficult for you to get people to settle down and listen to you speak. Since scriptures are the inspired word of God, there's a lot of power in them, but be careful about just standing around and reading scriptures without stopping to unpack it. It's ok if you read a few verses and then explain how it relates to your topic, but shy away from reading entire chapters. IMO, if you read a large chunk of scripture without unpacking it, your listeners are only going to get the shallowest level of meaning from it, whereas most scripture can go really deep. And finally, don't be nervous Anything worthwhile that happens that day is going to be by God working through, and God isn't going to mess up. __________________ It's funny...we can be a liar, a cheat, a thief, a deceiver and a trickster with a foul mouth and a prideful spirit. We won't help the poor, and turn our faces in shame when we come across the needy and less fortunate But we'll still call ourselves "holy" because we keep our pants zipped up. Adding on to the hypocrisy, the Believers among us WHO DON'T keep their pants zipped still declare themselves to be "holy" because their intentions are directed towards the opposite sex. -http://www.hollywoodJesus.com/
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Godsgirl_sarah Godsgirl_sarah Edit Evangelist/Missionary	Wow, thanks! Great advice. Well, the meeting went okay I guess. It wasn't awful or anything. Thanks again.. __________________ I'm just a nobody trying to tell everybody about Somebody who can change anybody.
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onfire4christ onfire4christ Edit Prophet/Prophetess	Good to hear it wasnt "awful" What happened? __________________ Ash-- "I would like you to give a message. Please do your best to tell the world what is happening to us, the children. So that other children don't have to pass through this violence."
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11-12-2005, 02:38 PM	#6
Godsgirl_sarah Godsgirl_sarah Edit Evangelist/Missionary	Well. I decided we could do a study on the days of creation, just as a general thingy. Not a whole lot of people showed up, like 8. We read and sort of discussed the first couple chapters of Genesis where it talks about creation, then we fingerpainted our 'renditions' of what each day would've looked like on this huge sheet of paper. It was fun, and it's always good to refresh yourself on the history in the Bible, right? lol __________________ I'm just a nobody trying to tell everybody about Somebody who can change anybody.
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