Check the target Did you hit your mark? Ask for feedback. Ask key kids too. It is wise before your talk to to ask an experienced leader to listen carefully, and time the talk also. Ask for constructive feedback. You will get a bunch of "great job" and "way to […]
Monthly Archives: February 2008
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Plato’s order of perception Credibility (who are you?) Compassion (do you care about me?) Content (what do you have to say?) Use at least 2 of these: Something… Personal Visual Interactive Surprising Tangible Review your notes and write at least two or three key “feelings” that should be obvious (anger, […]
Jesus is the answer. Find scripture from the gospels that show what Christ has to say about this topic. Ask for help if this is hard. Apply it to your life and theirs. Give them a challenge. How does this fit everyday life? What does this look like when it […]
Identify: Hurts, Needs, Interests. Current Events, Individual Events, What they value Address a problem they perceive Help them identify the meaning of life and the purpose of life Tools: Team brainstorm, ask kids, read some blogs, post a survey. Also use a series of talks. Bold and brash topics will […]
Brain Freeze Race Basically this is a race to see who can finish a 16 liter bucket of 7-11 Slurpee the fastest. You need 2 big buckets of Slurpee (7-11 will generally give you a good deal on the stuff) and however many straws you need for the team members. […]
It might be too late for this, but last night we did the dating game club. It went over great. It helps it you blindfold the guy and put a divider between him and the girls. It also helps if the girls use fake voices to avoid being recognized. Here […]
Looking to spice-up music in club? Try using a Cajon. It is a drum type thing. You hit it in the middle and it makes a loud and strong bass sound. If you hit it near the top it make a snare sound, like a snare drum (it actually has […]
Many of you already know this, but Myspace is losing its grip on being the "in" thing for students. Facebook is all the rage. I overhead a group of 17-20 year olds last night… "Braa, I never check Myspace anymore. I can’t remember the last time I did". It seems […]
Last Monday we did Pillow Fight and PJ Night Club. The key event was the pillow fight to start club. We bought about 25 pillows as extras from Savers/Goodwill just in case. Most kids brought their own. We went outside on the street, broke into two teams and lined up […]
I just stumbled across these… Looks like a beach ball that has questions on them. Might be useful for a campaigners meeting? Maybe an all-area leadership or even at camp in a leaders meeting? I’m thinking about getting one. Has anyone ever used one? (Click the picture for the link)