Archive for March, 2010

POP Fridge

Mar 24, 2010 No Comments by Eric Gallagher

This is just a quick little fundraiser idea that we have used.  Our youth group bought a smaller fridge and filled it only with pop and water.  It is not a dorm room fridge but is about half of the size of a normal fridge.  We buy 12 packs of pop and sometimes bottles, put [...]

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Mascot Scavenger Hunt

Mar 19, 2010 1 Comment by Eric Gallagher

This youth group scavenger hunt is much like those shows you see on T.V. where a mascot appears or is found in weird places around the world.  The youth group will make their own mascot out of paper and pens (or more stuff if you want to get really creative) and then they will take [...]

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Rosary Couples – Small Group Idea

Mar 16, 2010 No Comments by Eric Gallagher

These youth ministry small group ideas are just quick little things you can do with a small group to mix things up a bit. Rosary Couples As an activity to start the small group meeting have everyone break in to two or three people, give them a rosary, instructions on how to say the rosary, [...]

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Starting a Catholic Youth Group from Scratch – Part 1 of 10 – Set Goals

Mar 13, 2010 1 Comment by Eric Gallagher

I was very blessed when I came to my parish to be able to start from scratch.  Here are some tips that I would give any youth leader starting from scratch…

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Sending Text Blasts – Email to SMS

Mar 12, 2010 No Comments by Eric Gallagher

A new trend that I have been receiving information about is sending text blasts to groups in order to get out quick announcements.  This is an excellent idea for youth groups.  In a nutshell, every cell phone number has an email address. When you send an email to that address, it is received as a [...]

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