Lesson Plan:
Junior High and Senior High:
Opening Mixer: PowerPoint Christmas Quiz
Opening Game: deck the leader- just wait ‘til you see this one…It will not hurt.
Lesson: The Three Best Gifts Ever
Scripture Text: Matthew 2:9-18 (NLT)
After this interview the wise men went their way. Once again the star appeared to them, guiding them to Bethlehem. It went ahead of them and stopped over the place where the child was. [10] When they saw the star, they were filled with joy! [11] They entered the house where the child and his mother, Mary, were, and they fell down before him and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. [12] But when it was time to leave, they went home another way, because God had warned them in a dream not to return to Herod.
[13] After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up and flee to Egypt with the child and his mother," the angel said. "Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to try to kill the child." [14] That night Joseph left for Egypt with the child and Mary, his mother, [15] and they stayed there until Herod's death. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: "I called my Son out of Egypt."
[16] Herod was furious when he learned that the wise men had outwitted him. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, because the wise men had told him the star first appeared to them about two years earlier. [17] Herod's brutal action fulfilled the prophecy of Jeremiah:
[18] "A cry of anguish is heard in Ramah—
weeping and mourning unrestrained.
Rachel weeps for her children,
refusing to be comforted—for they are dead."
Closer: the youth will fill out three gift tags to give the gift of themselves or their talents to three different people this coming year.-SORRY NEVER GOT TO IT
Lee’s Evaluation:
Weekend Scale of Difficulty: 8
Attendance: Junior High: 76 Senior High 60
Service Length: same for both WOW!
Understandable Message: I always have more energy for the junior high. I left out part of the lesson for the senior high.
Volunteer/Student Involvement: great job getting in there with the youth. Benny no comment and Bill I hope you heal fast!!!!!!
Element of Fun/Positive Environment: GREAT time!
Music Playlist: AWESOME with the new setup!
Favorite Moment: BIG TIME and the evangelism Linebacker!
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Week 6 Lesson
Summary of Youth Group on 10/19/08
Junior and Senior High
Games:
1. How Clowns Do It: Used painter’s tape and hula hoops to create boundaries. Divided the group into two teams. Each team tried to get their entire group inside the taped area or the hula hoops. For both Junior and Senior high, all groups were able to get their team inside the taped areas (4 of them). When it came to the hula hoops, there were definite winners in the junior high and senior high. Point: rely on each other. Team work to accomplish the task.
2. Why and Because: Each person was given two blank index cards and a pencil. On the first index card they wrote a ‘why’ question and on the second they wrote a ‘because’ answer. We collected the question and answer cards. Selected volunteers to read questions and answers out loud. Point: fun and at the end I used it to segue into the lesson saying that sometimes we don’t always know the answer to the ‘why’ questions. For instance, why do bad things happen to good people? Why do we go through life’s storms? What purpose do they have?
Lesson:
Scripture – Matthew 7:24-29 The Wise and Foolish Builders
1. Began with a personal story. Took a CPR class recently as an annual requirement for work. It reminded me of an incident that happened three months ago. My cousin Mitch was boating off the coast of Wilmington with his wife and her two kids, Lucian (16) and Sarah (12). Everything was great until Mitch noticed storm clouds moving their way. They sought shelter at a nearby island. They were underneath an actual outdoor shelter when lightning struck. Mitch noticed Lucian was unconscious and began CPR once he couldn’t get him to respond. As he gave CPR he tried to get his wife, Toni, to call 9-1-1, but she couldn’t. He finally noticed she was unconscious too. So he asked Sarah to get his cell phone and call 9-1-1 while he performed CPR on two victims. Toni made it, but Lucian didn’t. He was pronounced dead before he reached the hospital. Why did this happen? Where is God?
2. We watched the NOOMA video, Rain.
3. I threw out the hypothesis that there may be some of you who are going through one of life’s storms today. Examples: not meeting expectations of others, someone has hurt you, someone close to you may be ill, dying or has died recently; peer pressure is too much. There is one place you can turn: God.
4. Conclusion: It’s during the times when we’re hurting the most that God holds us close to him.
Reflection: I’m not sure if I went over the top. I was definitely very emotional telling my story and relating to the kids.
Junior and Senior High
Games:
1. How Clowns Do It: Used painter’s tape and hula hoops to create boundaries. Divided the group into two teams. Each team tried to get their entire group inside the taped area or the hula hoops. For both Junior and Senior high, all groups were able to get their team inside the taped areas (4 of them). When it came to the hula hoops, there were definite winners in the junior high and senior high. Point: rely on each other. Team work to accomplish the task.
2. Why and Because: Each person was given two blank index cards and a pencil. On the first index card they wrote a ‘why’ question and on the second they wrote a ‘because’ answer. We collected the question and answer cards. Selected volunteers to read questions and answers out loud. Point: fun and at the end I used it to segue into the lesson saying that sometimes we don’t always know the answer to the ‘why’ questions. For instance, why do bad things happen to good people? Why do we go through life’s storms? What purpose do they have?
Lesson:
Scripture – Matthew 7:24-29 The Wise and Foolish Builders
1. Began with a personal story. Took a CPR class recently as an annual requirement for work. It reminded me of an incident that happened three months ago. My cousin Mitch was boating off the coast of Wilmington with his wife and her two kids, Lucian (16) and Sarah (12). Everything was great until Mitch noticed storm clouds moving their way. They sought shelter at a nearby island. They were underneath an actual outdoor shelter when lightning struck. Mitch noticed Lucian was unconscious and began CPR once he couldn’t get him to respond. As he gave CPR he tried to get his wife, Toni, to call 9-1-1, but she couldn’t. He finally noticed she was unconscious too. So he asked Sarah to get his cell phone and call 9-1-1 while he performed CPR on two victims. Toni made it, but Lucian didn’t. He was pronounced dead before he reached the hospital. Why did this happen? Where is God?
2. We watched the NOOMA video, Rain.
3. I threw out the hypothesis that there may be some of you who are going through one of life’s storms today. Examples: not meeting expectations of others, someone has hurt you, someone close to you may be ill, dying or has died recently; peer pressure is too much. There is one place you can turn: God.
4. Conclusion: It’s during the times when we’re hurting the most that God holds us close to him.
Reflection: I’m not sure if I went over the top. I was definitely very emotional telling my story and relating to the kids.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Week 5 Evaluation
Week 5 Evaluation
Hey Youth Leaders and Youth Council! Here is the next Blog Page!!!! Here is a form I hope you will respond to help us make each Sunday and each event better than the one before. My evaluation is listed below:
Weekend Scale of Difficulty: 7.5 large group games and large group teaching
Attendance: Junior High:78 Senior High: 80( wow!)
Service Length: 45 minutes junior high and 60 minutes senior high (too long???)
Understandable Message: same lesson both groups
Volunteer/Student Involvement: games led mostly by leaders and youth led worship time with debate
Element of Fun/Positive Environment: ???????????? more big group games!!!
Music Playlist: great set sorry for the limitaions
Favorite Moment: youth led debate and how the large group paid attention
Overall grade: A
Hey Youth Leaders and Youth Council! Here is the next Blog Page!!!! Here is a form I hope you will respond to help us make each Sunday and each event better than the one before. My evaluation is listed below:
Weekend Scale of Difficulty: 7.5 large group games and large group teaching
Attendance: Junior High:78 Senior High: 80( wow!)
Service Length: 45 minutes junior high and 60 minutes senior high (too long???)
Understandable Message: same lesson both groups
Volunteer/Student Involvement: games led mostly by leaders and youth led worship time with debate
Element of Fun/Positive Environment: ???????????? more big group games!!!
Music Playlist: great set sorry for the limitaions
Favorite Moment: youth led debate and how the large group paid attention
Overall grade: A
Monday, October 6, 2008
week 4 evaluation..
Week 4 Evaluation
Week 4 Evaluation
Hey Youth Leaders and Youth Council! Here is the next Blog Page!!!! Here is a form I hope you will respond to help us make each Sunday and each event better than the one before. My evaluation is listed below:
Weekend Scale of Difficulty: 9 the split meeting spaces opened up a new dynamic
Attendance: Junior High:106 Senior High: 55
Service Length: 75 minutes junior high and 60 minutes senior high (too long for me)
Understandable Message: Junior high was way different from Senior High
Volunteer/Student Involvement: some small groups had more focus than others-next time there will definitely be more activities if folks get done early
Element of Fun/Positive Environment: ???????????? We are going back to opening games next week to get energy out.
Music Playlist: great set…did my opening prayer and set-up help with participation,
Favorite Moment: seeing a 6th grader in the anctuary really focus and want to get serious about his relationship with God
Overall grade: B
Week 4 Evaluation
Hey Youth Leaders and Youth Council! Here is the next Blog Page!!!! Here is a form I hope you will respond to help us make each Sunday and each event better than the one before. My evaluation is listed below:
Weekend Scale of Difficulty: 9 the split meeting spaces opened up a new dynamic
Attendance: Junior High:106 Senior High: 55
Service Length: 75 minutes junior high and 60 minutes senior high (too long for me)
Understandable Message: Junior high was way different from Senior High
Volunteer/Student Involvement: some small groups had more focus than others-next time there will definitely be more activities if folks get done early
Element of Fun/Positive Environment: ???????????? We are going back to opening games next week to get energy out.
Music Playlist: great set…did my opening prayer and set-up help with participation,
Favorite Moment: seeing a 6th grader in the anctuary really focus and want to get serious about his relationship with God
Overall grade: B
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Week 3 Evaluation
Week 3 Evaluation
Hey Youth Leaders and Youth Council! Here is the next Blog Page!!!! Here is a form I hope you will respond to help us make each Sunday and each event better than the one before. My evaluation is listed below:
Weekend Scale of Difficulty: 8 ( on a scale of one to 10) our first “regular” youth went off well
Attendance: Junior High:112 Senior High: 65
Service Length: 45 minutes junior high and 45 minutes senior high
Understandable Message: Please tell me
Volunteer/Student Involvement: A+ thanks for getting really involved with the small groups
Element of Fun/Positive Environment: the video clips set a good tone/Last Word Rocked thanks you Tigner for your manly comment
Music Playlist: More loud…more loud…set James/Micheal Free…set was great!
Favorite Moment: James’ and Micheal’s Guitar solos to call us to worship
Overall grade: A-
Hey Youth Leaders and Youth Council! Here is the next Blog Page!!!! Here is a form I hope you will respond to help us make each Sunday and each event better than the one before. My evaluation is listed below:
Weekend Scale of Difficulty: 8 ( on a scale of one to 10) our first “regular” youth went off well
Attendance: Junior High:112 Senior High: 65
Service Length: 45 minutes junior high and 45 minutes senior high
Understandable Message: Please tell me
Volunteer/Student Involvement: A+ thanks for getting really involved with the small groups
Element of Fun/Positive Environment: the video clips set a good tone/Last Word Rocked thanks you Tigner for your manly comment
Music Playlist: More loud…more loud…set James/Micheal Free…set was great!
Favorite Moment: James’ and Micheal’s Guitar solos to call us to worship
Overall grade: A-
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Week 2 Evaluation
Hey Youth Leaders and Youth Council! Here is the next Blog Page!!!! Here is a form I hope you will respond to help us make each Sunday and each event better than the one before. My evaluation is listed below:
Weekend Scale of Difficulty: 9 ( on a scale of one to 10) our first “regular” youth went off well
Attendance: Junior High:122 Senior High: 80
Service Length: 50 minutes junior high and 40 minutes senior high
Understandable Message: Please tell me
Volunteer/Student Involvement: A+ thanks for getting really involved with the small groups
Element of Fun/Positive Environment: I love mixing up the teaching time into large and small group events
Music Playlist: I loved it when the band went into crowd. It really got them going
Favorite Moment: human leaf blower and food processor
Overall grade: A-
I am out of town Thursday afternoon until youth on Sunday. Call my cell to reach me.
lee
Weekend Scale of Difficulty: 9 ( on a scale of one to 10) our first “regular” youth went off well
Attendance: Junior High:122 Senior High: 80
Service Length: 50 minutes junior high and 40 minutes senior high
Understandable Message: Please tell me
Volunteer/Student Involvement: A+ thanks for getting really involved with the small groups
Element of Fun/Positive Environment: I love mixing up the teaching time into large and small group events
Music Playlist: I loved it when the band went into crowd. It really got them going
Favorite Moment: human leaf blower and food processor
Overall grade: A-
I am out of town Thursday afternoon until youth on Sunday. Call my cell to reach me.
lee
Monday, September 8, 2008
Week One Evaluation
I am Baaaaaaaaaaaaack! Youth Leaders and Youth Council! Welcome to your Blog Page!!!! As I told you in our orientation we will be weekly evaluating our Sunday activities. Here is a form I hope you will respond to help us make each Sunday and each event better than the one before. My evaluation is listed below:
Weekend Scale of Difficulty: 12 ( on a scale of one to 10) Without all you guys using all your gifts I do not know how yesterday would have come off. Doing these two events at the same time was difficult, and I think worth the time and organization
Attendance: Pareenteen: (waiting to get the numbers) Junior High:113 Senior High: 70
Service Length: 47 minutes junior high and 70 minutes senior high (too long)
Understandable Message: Please tell me
Volunteer/Student Involvement: A++++++++You guys were awesome!
Element of Fun/Positive Environment: I though the games went well for both junior and senior high
Music Playlist: Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Mark rocks!!
Favorite Moment: P,B, and J Plus
Overall grade: A
Thanks for the evaluation if you want to comment! and I cannot wait for next Sunday!
lee
Weekend Scale of Difficulty: 12 ( on a scale of one to 10) Without all you guys using all your gifts I do not know how yesterday would have come off. Doing these two events at the same time was difficult, and I think worth the time and organization
Attendance: Pareenteen: (waiting to get the numbers) Junior High:113 Senior High: 70
Service Length: 47 minutes junior high and 70 minutes senior high (too long)
Understandable Message: Please tell me
Volunteer/Student Involvement: A++++++++You guys were awesome!
Element of Fun/Positive Environment: I though the games went well for both junior and senior high
Music Playlist: Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Mark rocks!!
Favorite Moment: P,B, and J Plus
Overall grade: A
Thanks for the evaluation if you want to comment! and I cannot wait for next Sunday!
lee
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Youth Kick-Off Wrap up!
Hey Youth Leaders and Youth Council! Welcome to your Blog Page!!!! As I told you in our orientation we will be weekly evaluating our Sunday activities. Here is a form I hope you will respond to to help us make each Sunday and each event better than the one before. If you would please respond to the areas below we can evaluate this year's kick off! My evaluation is listed below:
Weekend Scale of Difficulty: 9-thanks to all of you guys for helping out in all the areas of inflatables, pictures and kitchen (…really in the Kitchen!!!)
Attendance: around 400 parents and youth from 4:00-7:00 (up from last year!)
Service Length: 90 minutes (too long???)
Understandable Message: how was the communication? The youth and adults that spoke did an great job!
Volunteer/Student Involvement: A+++++++++++++++++++++++++ you guys were awesome!
Element of Fun/Positive Environment: A-I was going ot move away from the inflatables this year ,but I am glad I did not! Do we need more or less next year?
Music Playlist: Light the Fire, Higher/Higher,… band you guys did awesome!
Favorite Moment: Seeing all the youth and parents back in the CLC. (… John Tigner’s new Jersey!)-What was your favorite moment?
Overall grade: A
Your Evaluation:
Weekend Scale of Difficulty:
Attendance: 400
Service Length: 90 minutes
Understandable Message:
Volunteer/Student Involvement: A+++++++++++++++++++++++++ you guys were awesome!
Element of Fun/Positive Environment:
Music Playlist:
Favorite Moment:
Overall grade:
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