Below is a vox pop that I made recently for Youth Group. The series is called “What Do You Mean?” and is looking at a number of words in the Christian faith that are hard to understand. Other words we have looked at have included justification and atonement.
The vox pop on sin asks two questions
What does the word sin mean?
Can you use sin in a sentence?
If you would like to use this vox pop for your own group or would like to use the title, please contact me and I’ll get the file to you somehow.
This video is another one in 720p HD. With the ease of use of HD video, most of the videos that I do from now on will be in 720p HD. Longer upload time but will look sweet on your widescreen monitors. If you have any advice for me on how to make my videos better, please do suggest it to me (through contacting me or the comments below).
So last weekend I went on KYCK with the youth group at Willoughby. Twas a great weekend for all, and somewhere around 100 teenagers committed their lives to Christ over the weekend! Partay in heaven! Here are some reflections from each other the talks (which were on Ecclesiastes), also, check out Nathan Lee’s reflections from the weekend, he’s a smart dude.
Talk 1: I’m a creature, not the creator. Life is but a breath and I need to stop, remember God and bring him glory.
Talk 2: Thank God for the gifts that he has given us. Stop and do that now.
Talk 3: Enjoy the season that you are in, and thank God for those moments that he gives you.
Talk 4: Our God is good, and his grace is enough! Jesus will fix the world.
Talk 5: Stop making excuses. Stop putting it off. Trust Jesus. Have a go. Serve God.
Talk 6: Remember your creator in the days of your youth. (How good was the end of the talk, where he just walked out!)
These have mostly come from my Twitter stream, just incase you thought you had seen them before.
A great weekend overall, and it was great to see God working.
I’m currently sitting in the loungeroom of the house in which my youth group is staying. It’s started raining which is disappointing for the 4 people in our group who just went for a bush walk, also disappointing for the person in that group who left their sunroof open, but all is good, some of our youth group girls are covering the hole with glad wrap. All around good times.
There have been some great lessons so far on KYCK. We have been encouraged to remember that we are creatures, not creators. We have also learnt that there are different seasons in life, and we shouldn’t wish those seasons away, instead, we should thank God for the good things we are given.
Dave Miers is speaking in the next session tonight and will be challenging everyone to put their faith in Christ if they have not done so already. Tonight is hopefully going to be one of the most important nights in a number of lives. I’m praying that tonight, God will be working in the hearts of the youth so that many may be saved. Will you join me in this prayer?
This weekend is the final weekend of KYCK, and I’m going with a bunch of youth to Katoomba for the weekend to hear some talks on Ecclesiastes. I’m really looking forward to the weekend, it’ll be sweet!
I’m going to be Tweeting throughout the weekend and might even put up a blog post from my phone, but we’ll see how we go. If you want to follow my Tweets then you can here. Also, if you want to see all of the Tweets from KYCK, then go to this post by Dave Miers to see a list of all Tweets coming from KYCK.
Below is the advertising video for KYCK this year, and below that is a video I made reviewing KYCK from our youth group a few years ago.
KYCK is always a great weekend when thousands of young people are challenged by the gospel, the Christian message. Please join us in prayer, and if you haven’t been challenged yet, then read this.
I been on over 30 Christian camps over the years, and on many of these camps I have experienced some very annoying games.
This post is somewhat of a break from the usual youth group games that I write about as I actually recommend that you don’t play these. However, if you do want to play them, whether to fill time or annoy some campers, please understand that once you start them, they cannot be stopped! Here they are… (All of these games are designed to be played in a camp environment, but may work at other times, they will all work with anywhere from 2-100s of people)
The Game
Moose
Any Form Of Rhythmical Clapping
Cup Rhythms
Little Bobby Stories
I’m going on a train, and I’m taking…
Riddles
Random Handoff
The Man In The Moon
If you actually want to read about some youth group games that you would play, then please visit my main page of youth group games with a list of over 50 games (it’s growing all the time!). But for now, continue reading below for an explanation of the 9 annoying youth group games never to play on a camp.
Messy games are some of the most fun games you will ever play at youth group!
Where else in your life will you have an opportunity to throw baked beans over each other, or to get egg through your hair legitimately? Messy games are great fun!
However, as with all games, you need to be careful when it comes to safety, and this is especially true with messy games. Please when playing messy games, thinking through the safety of each game and how it will work with your particular youth group. Messy games require a lot of planning, but will lead to a lot of fun.
So here is the list of 9 fantastic youth group games that will leave you a bit messy, read past the break for a detailed explanation of each game.
Home Made Lemonade
Ox Tongue Tag
Ultimate Banana
Paint Mines
Touch Melon
Catch An Egg
Cheesels Beard
Find The Smartie
Paint War
This post is part of a series, if you would to read about more youth group games, please visit my main page of youth group games, where you can find a growing list of over 40 youth group games!
This 5 part series takes a walk through Jesus’ life (Birth, healing a bling man, feeding thousands, dying and rising to life) from the point of view of a fly. They are very well done. Props to the campaign for an amazing DVD resource (these + Bigger than the World Itself). If anyone can share a legit place to download these, please share.
There are so many times at youth group where not everyone knows each other, and it’s kind of awkward, and people aren’t really communicating with each other. So you think… “Get to know you game!” (or ice breaker)
In order to help you out, I have compiled a list of 9 youth group games that you can play to get to know everyone, also known as ice breaker games. Now these games can be used by any group, but before you use any of them, think about how they can best be used for your group, and remember to think each game through in your head before you play them at youth group. Also remember that when playing get to know you games, most kids will be feeling quite awkward, that is why the game is there, to help them out in not feeling awkward. So please explain these games really really well, and give whoever is playing them absolutely no reason to feel awkward.
So here are the 9 games that I will explain in detail in this post.
Chivalrous Dudes
2 Truths, 1 Lie
Everyone Who…
Knights, Horses, Cavaliers
Appointments
Find Someone Who…
Toilet Paper
Remember Everything
Fast Name Circle
If you’re looking for other youth group games to play, perhaps you would like to check out my Main Page of youth group games where I have written an explanation for over 35 youth group games (this number is growing all the time).
But for now, continue reading below to learn about 9 not awkward youth group games to play to get to know everyone (ice breakers). Continue reading
