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This is an easy game of tag that will keep the kids on their toes. Supplies needed: something large enough for 2 kids to stand on (a bath towel, large sheet of paper, carpet square, etc.). You will need enough of these for each kid playing.
Randomly place them on the floor throughout the room, these [...]
Confrontation is not fun. To be honest, it’s difficult, uncomfortable, emotional, ugh, it can even create more of a mess than you might think. In ministry, despite our best efforts to guide and shape and build people up, sometimes we have to confront those we love and respect with some hard truth. It’s not easy [...]
YouthPastor.com has a section full of different types of games available.Â
This is a four part series outlining the basic characteristics of a typical junior high aged students. This is just a foundational list that all are encouraged to add to based on their experience or expertise.
Characteristics of a Typical Fourteen Year Old
Physical:
• High energy continues
• Generally healthy age-pushes through illness in desire to participate with peers
• Loud
• Alcohol and [...]
This is a four part series outlining the basic characteristics of a typical junior high aged students. This is just a foundational list that all are encouraged to add to based on their experience or expertise.
Characteristics of a Typical Thirteen Year Old
Physical:
• High physical energy
• Skin problems emerging; hygiene a key issue
• Girls: 95% of mature height in [...]
This is a four part series outlining the basic characteristics of a typical junior high aged students. This is just a foundational list that all are encouraged to add to based on their experience or expertise.
Characteristics of a Typical Twelve Year Old
Physical:
• High energy
• Much rest needed
• Growth spurt; signs of puberty
• Menstruation for majority of girls
• Food important, especially [...]
This is a four part series outlining the basic characteristics of a typical junior high aged students. This is just a foundational list that all are encouraged to add to based on their experience or expertise.
Characteristics of a Typical Eleven Year Old
Physical:
• Vast appetite for food and physical activity and talking
• Growth spurt of early adolescence for [...]
Mind mapping is a technique that organizes your thoughts and ideas into a visual map or diagram that is easier to process. It can be quite useful in brainstorming or problem solving, and some pastors, like Ed Young, use it to organize their sermons. If you would like to learn how to mind map, Innovation Network offers the following [...]
SimplyJuniorHigh.com has small group curriculum available.
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Granger Community Church has created a church resource website called wiredchurches.com. This website has access to various types of administrative documents and message series for an adult church setting but many of the tools and resources can be applied to Junior High ministry as well. Definitely take a look at the administrative documents because they’ll give you [...]