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Verse of the Week

Last year one of my awesome volunteers made a suggestion that really caused me to think.  It was a Tuesday evening, after youth, the leaders and I were having a debrief like we do most Tuesdays.  We were discussing the night and how it went when this leader said: “Devon, I have noticed that the students don’t really know their Bibles”.   What she meant was that students didn’t bring their Bibles and if you asked them to find a verse…

The Power of Fun

Youth Group is an interesting thing to handle.  In some ways it is like a mini-church service except let’s be honest, we don’t play games at church.  There aren’t any church services I have been to that has said before the message we are going to play tag or dodgeball.  Yet for most youth groups games are a part of the rotation.  Is this because the youth leaders are trying to fill time or perhaps there is something more intentional…