Any ideas I can include in this year's youth programme at church? activities and such.?

Question

Our group comprises of youths between 13-19 and 20/above. Our theme this year is bonding.

Answer 1

From my experience, I have learned that the teen activities need to be something that they will remember for years to come. You can't please everyone all the time, so you need to find some sort of middle ground that they will all remember.
At my church, I plan 1-2 activities a month. Also, at least one activity in a two month time frame is a really big one. Some examples are: Church-Wide Ice Skating, Church-wide roller skating, the young men's camping trip, the girls lock-in at the church, an annual parent's dinner (where the teens serve the parents), an annual banquet for the teens, a few exciting scavenger hunts, a bonfire in the country, water wars ( everyone brings hundreds of water balloons and squirt guns), 4-way volleyball, a giant food fight, and the list goes on.
Also, have several outreach ministries for the teens to work in. In my church, our teens are involved in our nursing home ministries and several other ministries that we have.
Finally a few ideas that might help with your youth program
1. Get the parents involved
2. Get each teen involved
3. Have good activities
4. Write your teens letters letting them know how much they are appreciated.
5. Visit them at there house
6. Call them at home and let them know you are praying for them
7. Make sure to let them know that they are loved

I will end with these two quotes,

"People spell love T-I-M-E."
"People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care."

Hope this helps.
AH

Answer 2

Talent Search,Spiritual dancers,Fashion show,Dinner cooked and served by the youth.Be sure each event includes everyone and all ages even the cooking the little ones could be responsible for the deserts with assistance from the older ones.The main thing is the planning and organization strictly from the the youth.Whom ever is elected for the Coordinator delegate each person a project.I know this will be a momumental affair.You all stay blessed in the Lord

Answer 3

Anything involving teamwork or partnerships.

I once saw a film commissioned by a school from a Christian film company called "Beyond Winning" which is the theis there is more to life than just winning, it's about playing the game the right way and giving all you got.

In college acting we did an exercise called "part of" in which one person goes out and does something and another person becomes "part of" that and somtimes even changes what you think it's supposed to be.

That's how simple bonding is.

Answer 4

Anything active. Check out your community. Rediscover local (inexpensive) attractions--parks, waterways, recreation centers. Have hikes, cookouts, etc. Fellowship together is great bonding experience. Check into the 'out of the box'--Dick's Sporting Goods has a climbing wall that is inexpensive. Look into service projects as a way of bonding with the community. Serving meals at shelters, community clean up, battery exchanges for smoke detectors, etc.

Answer 5

A good Easter play would be nice, if you have people with the talent to make it happen. (Directors, Producers, Prop makers.)
Also, include some Adults in the play. The youth take it a lot more serious when the Adults are a part of it.

Answer 6

You can do a skit where you stone a child for picking up sticks on the sabbath.

Or Tell some of the kids to put blood on their doors at night, then go around and kill the ones that didn't get the memo!

Or maybe drive a spear through an interracial couple?

All lovely biblical activities...

Answer 7

Keeping with the spirt of Jesus and the disciples, you can pair them up and send them out two by two to do some sort of "scavenger hunt" or different fun tasks where they have to work together and then come back together and have a party and have them all talk about and compare their experiences, how they felt and what they learned.