It is always good to be active and involved in your church.
Helping out and planning activities for the Youth Group at your church is always good....Teens and Children are the youth, and these youth groups are good for them when they constantly are learning goodness!
Young people always need to be involved in the church! start as young as they can attending church....Many times they have no one there to mentor them, teach them about Christianity, and often they are left alone all the time and this can lead to becoming involved with bad people, mischief and being on the streets, and we DO NOT need that! Everybody needs something to ground them, and something to keep them walking the right path in life....ALWAYS try to be a good, caring, kind, fun, respectful mentor to the youngsters! they get bored easily!...lol....
Youth Groups at the churches are good ways to get children/teens off the streets and involved in something good, teach them about God/Jesus, give them good activities to be involved in and to teach them to be good individuals who care and can change the world early on in life by being a good person....
EVALUATE ADULTS WANTING TO PARTICIPATE/IN CHARGE OF YOUTH----People who are going to be "in charge of'" the Youth Group need to first be monitored and known that they are very good people...we DO NOT need sick, nasty pedophiles near the children/youth groups, this happens too many times....and people do not know these sick nasty idiots are what they are and they abuse children, so people who are going to be involved in the children/youth groups NEED to be first evaluated and checked out....
We want to trust other adults with children but we need to know they are safe for them first! There should be at least three adults help with the youth groups....I think anyway, it is a lot of work!...lol...I have helped with the youth group before and it is a lot of work, and will make you tired!
PLANNING ACTIVITIES/FUN DAYS---Youth Groups need to be constantly active and involved in bringing goodness to the world, taking part in these activities helps them to learn values that will help them be a better person all through life.....
HUMANITARIAN WORK---They need to have humanitarian field trips where they will be driven by the adults who are (in charge of the youth group) to help work on community projects, plant trees/flowers, work on building homes, helping with those in need of assistance, visiting nursing homes to see residents, hand out cheerful greeting cards from the church and/or flowers, mowing lawns for the elderly and they donate their time on the weekends once a month....Sometimes they have humanitarian field trips and they help work on building churches/homes...They can start coat drives, canned food drives, shoe/clothing drives, help out at homeless shelters, donate time to help the local Animal Shelters...things like that are good humanitarian ideas.
YOUTH GROUP MEETINGS----The youth groups should have meetings with the Adults in charge of the group to discuss, chat, and think of ideas, think of fun activities they would like to be involved in, and any kind of good work they could be involved in..Youth Group Meetings should take place in the evenings on Sunday, or on Wednesday evenings after the children are out of school....There should be refreshments provided and there should be Adults there monitoring them at all times as always to keep them safe and out of mischief..make very sure they get home safely and not too late at night...Everyone should take part in the meetings and let their ideas be known....
VOTE ON IDEAS!----Parents could also attend the Youth Group meetings and be very involved in the youth group if they are good people and wish to help out....Everyone needs to understand one another, respect one another, NEVER try to take over and rule everything at church!!! Let everyone's ideas and opinions be known and then VOTE on which idea is the best ideas everyone chooses on those nights when they meet to discuss ideas for events, field trips, humanitarian work and fun activities! let everyone participate...everyone counts!
YOUTH CHOIR---I enjoy choir and I know that I participated in youth choir at my church when I was younger and I liked it very much!...Choir practice is usually sunday evenings or Wednesday nights like all the meetings at church, so youth choir should be before Adult Choir...
It takes a very well taught musician to make any choir work, someone who is trustworthy near the children, knows music, can sing, very animated, vocal training, likes music!....Can read music, knows the songs or can easily learn the songs....You also need a good musician or two that can help play the music in the Youth choir books or songbooks...that always helps out!...and someone who has patience with children, friendly cooperative when they need help learning the songs.....
The Youth Choir may have fundraisers to take field trips to music related events as well....should always be fun and they will keep attending!...Music is good for all children to learn and sing..Church is a good place to start! There should be songbooks given out to the children when they get to the Choir Practice and they should remain at the church, you can sometimes create songbooks from three ring colorful plastic binders with music sheets in them in order, placed in plastic sheet holders...these work well and keep the music in order/clean from smudges/dirt..etc....they can personalize/decorate these if they wish to....
BIBLE STUDY---The Youth Group will have Bible lessons and study on sunday evenings or Wednesday evenings at the church..sometimes a youth pastor and the youth group overseers will give the Bible Study and read the lessons....Christian themed reward stickers given out at Bible study for the youth are always fun when they complete their Christian Study workbook lesson page for that night.....Refreshments should be provided also, and then have a fun activity, like games, and pizza afterward....
FUN ACTIVITIES/EVENTS----Youth groups have gotta have fun! SO we always need to have plenty of fun events/activities planned for them..Ideas should be safe/affordable/and monitored by Adults who are good people....these are a few fun ideas I have enjoyed at my church as a youth:
SPORTS---They could have baseball teams at the church, and compete against other churches and maybe play the games on sunday nights at the local baseball field....We have went Bowling before and that was a lot of fun, VolleyBall games were always fun at youth group and they place the net up behind the church...Rockwall climbing with harnesses at a place for this at a business is often good....Taking part in walks for awareness of diseases, fundraising walks for good people afflicted with illness in the community, Taking walks of awareness for Animal Abuse Awareness and Fundraising for the local Animal Shelters, Taking walks to bring awareness to many good causes and good things at the church as well...
MAKING T-SHIRTS----Making T-Shirts for the Youth Group is always fun, you can have them printed at a local t-shirt print shop, and then you can tie-dye them with the youth and that is messy but fun as can be with colorful dyes and glitter paint/gels and the Adults/Parents to help out!...Wear them all the time when you attend the youth group days if you wish!....Make new different ones yearly, tie-dye is sometimes...have fun!
PIZZA PARTIES/MEXICAN FOOD---Youth Groups always like pizza parties and they enjoy refreshments all the time! they will more likely attend with food there!....haha!..Pizza parties and Mexican food that is catered for the Youth Group is always good for them...they like food to be there after a youth group day of fun activities/events....Having Mexican food dinners catered is always fun and you can have that there for them also, along with Pizza Parties, just switch them around to different days...having a good pizza or Mexican food meal is good every so often with the youth groups at church.....
ICE CREAM YOUTH SOCIALS-----Purchasing tubs of ice cream, taking them to the church, and having all the colorful/seasonal paper bowls/plastic spoons/cups there for the children is good and fun for them...make sure that you have diabetic desserts there for the children IF there is a diabetic child, and always know who has diabetes! we do not need anything terrible happening! Water, soda, or punch can be served also....Children/Teens can invite friends there or other youth there to attend and become interested in church....AS with all food prep this needs to be very sanitary as always!
it's always fun to purchase decorations at the Dollar Tree, Dollar Stores for these church events and decorate them seasonally, and according to the events colorful themes...that's good to work on...leave the decorations in plastic tub containers they belong to the church..store them properly...keep them clean....the church should have money saved for purchasing paper/plastic decorations for events..
THANKSGIVING---Talk about what you are thankful for, lessons in Bible about being thankful, crafts, make turkey shaped cookies and decorate them...
FUN HOLIDAY PARTIES----The youth groups like to attend the seasonal/holiday parties.
HALLOWEEN/FALL CELEBRATION--They can dress up in costumes and enjoy candy, refreshments, an old Halloween movie, Halloween Safe House at the Church where they are safe and have safe food there, punch bowl with cups to drink colorful punches, games, be gifted the cute whimsical goody bags full of candies and nostalgia! keep it fun! traditional...Fall craft projects are good also...
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION---A party to celebrate Jesus and they can have refreshments, games, gifted cute goody bags and maybe be given toys or office supplies that are themed Christmas--the week before Christmas....The first week of December they can help plan to work on the church Christmas Float and decorate it, and attend it...Plan for Christmas plays and make sets/costumes--teens are good at this work! Plan The Christmas Choir songs and work on this in November ahead of time....Have a fun Christmas Cookie party and decorate sugar cookies with kits....Ugly sweater contests for the teens/youth...is always silly and fun! have a good time! celebrate Christmas.Work on Christmas craft projects...
VALENTINES DAY--Decorate sugar cookies, hand out cute homemade Valentine Cards at Nursing Homes and/or to their parents/friends at church...enjoy Valentine Candies...Have Pizza and enjoy a pink/purple/white/or red heart themed decorated party..wear those colors and make red heart shaped crafts....you could even sing a few old Valentines Day themed songs from years ago...
EASTER---Have Easter eggs hunt, Easter crafts, lessons from Bible, gift the cute goody bags with small toys and crosses...I have already talked about Easter...lol...
4TH OF JULY---we always celebrate this day at church and we pay respect to the veterans with cards/flowers at the nursing homes, send greeting cards to the soldiers overseas, pay respect to all active and non-active military...Tell them thank you and show respect by donating extra time to make the cards and visit those in nursing home--say thank you! have fireworks available there for the youth group to participate in that are not dangerous---the colorful snakes, confetti poppers, smoke balls, but these too need to be monitored..Children should be taught about Independence Day and what they can work toward in life and the community to be thankful for freedom...the church should hold special banquets for the 4th of July and invite military families/veterans to attend the church and the banquets....say thank you!
CRAFTS---always needed at youth group!, fun and interactive way for children to learn about the bible, the Lord, and Jesus...They can take them home and keep them as keepsakes..i still have some of mine from years ago!...
Items needed for Crafts & Art projects for youth group are---beads for necklaces, paints--all kinds, sculpting bake clay, play dough, paper mache, glues, glitters, plastic stones, colorful pom-poms, pipe cleaners/chenille twisty, stems colorful sand arts, scissors, colorful construction paper, coloring pages, crayons, colorful pens, office supplies, reward stickers, staplers, markers, activity books for youth are needed....art projects can be ordered from Oriental Trading!...lol...always have been fun!
FUNDRAISERS---the youth may take special field days by vehicle to an event or social gathering and they may want to go on a church fun travel trip, visit museums, attend music concerts, state church youth meetings, or any special cause they may wish to raise money to be able to attend/go to these places/events..Things like garage sales, car washes, catered breakfast or meals that charge $4/plate, t-shirt sales, craft & art sales are good ways to have fundraisers.....
SUNDAY SCHOOL---Every sunday morning before church children should be in sunday school where they will learn the Bible and have bible lessons, crafts, art, and work in Christian activity books....this is always fun to attend for them and they can have instructional Sunday School teachers there to teach them the projects and the Bible lessons..then they go to attend Church with their parents if they wish to, the small children can stay in the church nursery, or go with parents to be seated in the church pews...crying children should go to the soundproof nursery until church is over...
BIBLE SCHOOL----During the summer, the youth groups can attend Bible School it is usually taking place in July before school season starts here...It will last a week and parents can help with all the Bible School events...it is fun!..I attended Bible school almost every summer and now that I am an adult I like to help out with Bible School and teach the children lessons/crafts...I helped with the puppets and made the voice for a few of them behind cardboard stand up sets...Goody Bags are needed at Bible School! they are so fun to create and give to the children all kinds of candies, toys, office supplies themed to the Bible School week...
These are themed, and you can purchase the Bible School lessons/sets from a Christian supply store or maybe even online somewhere--it tells you everything you need to work on and create to get the week started right!....You can hand out t-shirts/all sizes are needed for the youth and the Bible School overseers need these as well...you may create them or order them probably....it lasts only a week and takes weeks to prepare ahead of time..all kinds of activities they can work on, learn songs..it is good for children and ALL adults involved in this too need to be evaluated/monitored...Parents should be involved and understand one another, respect one another, be active in their children's lives/involvement at church....
julie
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