thought of the day / Reflections on Youth Group

Thought of the day: 
If you think you have enough games planned for a middle school youth group night…
ADD TWO MORE because you WILL no doubt run out before the nights done.
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* I thought to myself before I hosted the night as make-shift Y.P. (youth pastor) Christian: “these are too many games.”  NOPE.  Just enough. The night went off [...]

Youth Groups and rejection

Wayne Rice, author of Junior High Ministry believes junior highers are often neglected by the church. Ya think? 
No this isn’t true in allllll churches but from what I’ve seen it happens quite often; I’m not event talking about ‘program’.  There could be a program in place for the junoir high kids, but is the church- the PEOPLE really, honestly, caring a dang about them?  [...]