This has been a whirlwind of a month. Blogging has been down due to the crazy busyness that had taken over my life. But, it has led to some wonderful events, one of which I would love to highlight here: INSOMNIA.
INSOMNIA was an All-Night event for the Middle and High School students at Forefront Church (both Brooklyn and Manhattan). OK, to be real, they are all Manhattan students, because the oldest child we have at Brooklyn so far is 5. Ha ha. But one day!!
We played so many great games, and the kids and adults had a blast! One of the games we played was "Photobooth Challenge." The 2 teams were given a box of props, 2 hours and a list of photo and video prompts. Here is some of what came out of that:
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| "World Peace" |
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| "It's a Small World After All" |
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| "Taste the Rainbow" |
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| "Addicted to Technology" |
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| "INSOMNIA" |
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| "Disney Movie" |
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| "Instagram" |
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| "ET" |
I couldn't believe some of the things these kids came up with. And the leader participation was hilarious!
I specifically enjoyed teaching the students my favorite big group game: Murderer in the Dark! You have everyone draw a card, and whoever gets the Ace is the murderer. Then you turn off all the lights and try not to get "killed". The students enjoyed it so much that we ended up playing for almost 3 hours! I will say I very much liked the round when I was the murderer and won by killing everyone!! ha ha. (Yeah, this doesn't sound very church-y does it!) We also played some other classic Youth Group games: Steal the Bacon, Ga-Ga Ball, Signs and Extreme Spoons!
It has been such a blast working with the Student Ministry out here in New York. I keep telling people this, but I think these kids are the best mannered teenagers I have ever met. They are always trying to help people not feel left out, They listen to their leaders, and they are generally happy and not moody! Granted we only see them one, maybe 2, times a week. So their parents may have other things to say!
