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 [...]
Mascot Scavenger Hunt
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 [...]
Rosary Couples – Small Group Idea
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, [...]
Starting a Catholic Youth Group from Scratch – Part 10 of 10 – Adult Team
This is the last of 10 posts in this series. Although I know I have not covered everything, I am hoping this will give you a good start and thought process on your group. This post will be on starting a volunteer team of adults to help you with your mission. One of the biggest [...]
Starting a Catholic Youth Group from Scratch – Part 9 of 10 – Media
This is 9 of 10 from our series. This post will focus on media, the great things it does for our youth group, and some tips and tricks that I have used. This may be meant more for a group as it gets bigger, but when it comes to media, it is essential to [...]
Starting a Catholic Youth Group from Scratch – Part 8 of 10 – Games
This is post 8 of 10 from our series. In this post I will give a few hints and ideas regarding games in the beginning stages of a youth group. As mentioned in a previous post I must spend a great deal of time on recruitment and retention for our youth group because the program [...]
Starting a Catholic Youth Group from Scratch – Part 7 of 10 – Curriculum
This is post 7 of 10 from our series. This post will give a little bit of insight on the programming and curriculum that may work well for a small group as a youth group is just beginning. I agree, it is very hard to plan for a small group of people, especially if you [...]
Starting a Catholic Youth Group from Scratch – Part 6 of 10 – Outside Involvement
This is part 6 of 10 from our series. This post will be focusing on the involvement of a youth minister outside of the office and regular youth group activities. I wanted to focus on this topic a little bit because of a situation I was in not long ago. Our pastor decided to [...]
Starting a Catholic Youth Group from Scratch – Part 5 of 10 – Organization
This is post 5 of 10 of our series. This time around we are going to give you some tips on organization that will help you in the future. These are all things that have helped me be able to look back, remember things that have happened, people who have attended, etc. This post will [...]
Starting a Catholic Youth Group from Scratch – Part 1 of 10 – Set Goals
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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