Wednesday Night: Make It Great How do you meet with students more than 42 Wednesdays out of the year and still keep that time fresh and full of life? This conference will provide guidelines for all elements of an effective Wednesday night: scheduling, student involvement, fun and games, and the teaching time. Come and learn how to put it all together.
Scheduling:
Series: Excel Spreadsheet
Materials: SimplyYouth, Lifeway, YS, InWord, Group, Student life, Student Discipleship Ministries
Speaker variety
Plan 4 weeks out, 3, 2 then 1 week (gets you thinking about what is coming up and allows you time to really think through
Schedule (on screen) that we use
10 minute rule- Plan on being ready to start the service/program 10 minutes before so you can be ready
Need Volunteers- Help run drama, head media, crowd control, counseling, guests
Student involvement:
80% rule- If a student can do it 80% of what you can do then let them do it.
Leader prayer/prep meeting before
Planning team- Big Idea or Set up team
Prayer
Games
Media- Make videos, slideshows,
Greeting
Band
Testimony-Share your story (written out, why?)
Fun and Games
Play Heads and Tails/ numbers
Up Front games (not demeaning)
One on One- Numbers, gorilla man gun,
Everybody, four corners, last man standing, telephone,
Game schedule:
List out all your games and put them on a schedule and then you don’t wear one out and they all get to be played regularly.
Listing
Impossible shot
Bucket ball
Helmet of shame
Four corners
Power point games
Dot races
Plungerball
4 corners
Last man standing
PRIZES-
Freebies “you have not because you ask not” use leaders, stay away from churchy words…
Music for games
Camera for up close (if you have a screen)
Welcome guest- gift, card
Resources:
Jonathon’s resources (the source4ym.com
Les Christie
SimplyYouth Ministry- power play
Game on
Teens like to see themselves…
Slideshows- radfiler, animoto, muvee
Media shout
powerpoint
Teaching time
Variety- let someone else teach, maybe your pastor or a good teacher…once every month or six weeks
Speakers
Video- keepvid, handbrake, moyea
Made video clips, wingclips, spiritclips, sport clips
Activity- application time, using tables, invitation, discussion, kid share a point,
Time limit- 20 minutes! Or less…
ONE Thing! Get them to take home one thing to remember, work on, rely on…
Coke Box offering-
Take home reminder, nail, sticker, card, words on their hands
Decorations- for promo (do it early) build excitement…
Foam board- paint them or get kids to do it or
Overhead-painting
Billboard signs-
SERIES:
At your service- serving
Bill and tom’s
Fear factor
Gameday
Gardening with elroy
Gilligan’s island
Go against the flow
Heart of a champion
Heroes
How God sees me
How not to be a complete idiot
How to annoy your family
I give up
i.d.
idiots guide to Christianity
Lets make a deal
Mythbusters
On the Road
Outbreak
Reel to real
Reverb
Shout it out
Spiritual graffiti
The Quest
The Relationship Game
Tough Questions
Toxic
Worst Case Scenario
Brainstorming-
-Spiritual Warfare
-Evangelism
-Friendship
-Sex
Websites
http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/