High school ministry room

I think it is interesting that the term 'Christian' was first used by those who were not. The evidence of a different life was so evident, folks had to come up with a term to classify them.

Use a space on your walls to put up a prayer wall like this. Using fabric scraps, tissue paper, or anything lightweight and flexible and give each color a topic of prayer request. Encourage the youth to go each service and pray over some of the colors, maybe even recruit a few who want a way to serve to go and pray over them and help reset the board every couple weeks.

(Photo courtesy of Memories on Clover Lane) Is everyone familiar with chalkboard paint these days? I have seen it on many blogs. What a fun idea! The photo above is a framed magnetic chalkboard wall, that one of my favorite bloggers made in her kitchen. Here's a link with details about how she did it. You can write on it AND it's magnetic. So cool. I just had my first experience with chalkboard walls. My friend Stephanie asked if I would help write on the walls of their new youth rooms at…

Remember those days where the highest form of technology that kids owned was a CD player? Well yeah, those days are gone. Cellphones have showed up in a HUGE way. I never thought I would see the day that an 11 year old would be carrying a nicer phone than me, but none the less that time is here. Adults are bad enough with cellphones in church much less a middle schooler...so how do we cut out those cellphone distractions? Reverse psychology of course. MAKE IT FUNNY! In our classroom we have…

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Balloon Faith!!! How do we explain to our teens that God is always there? We can't see him. We can't touch him. So...where is he? I...

Children and young people are innately curious about life. Growing up raises lots of questions, some to do with their experience, both the good and the bad, and some to do with their sense of wonder at the universe we live in and whether there is more to life than meets the eye.

I posted a picture of our brand new IMPACT wall on Instagram this past week and had quite a few people asking for more details on it. Thought I would share, so here goes: 1) IMPACT is the name that encompasses all of serving in our high school ministry. When we talk about IMPACT, students know it is about getting involved and making a difference in someone’s life. 2) The IMPACT wall is a way for students to see what opportunities in a self-service, low pressure way. No one mans the wall, but…

Youth Group Lesson - Jealousy DOWNLOAD PDF OF THIS LESSON Bible: Proverbs 13:40; 1 Corinthians 13:4 Description: When we let jealousy control our life, we aren’t truly living. Instead, we’re rotting away. When we’re jealous of others, we’re not being thankful for the blessings we have in our own life. Jealousy is going to be a part