Youth – Psalms (Summer 2023)
August 4, 2023
August is usually a time that winds down with youth ministry, and our hope is that this will lead to some renewed excitement and energy when we pick back up at the end of the month! I’m sure that many of you who helped out with a full week of VBS are grateful for this. […]
Continue ReadingJuly 20, 2023
Last night marked our last Wednesday night youth group until the school year begins this fall. It was a little sad to think that I won’t be seeing all our students in the same context every week this next month, but we still have a lot to look forward to with VBS and other events […]
Continue ReadingJuly 13, 2023
Youth group this week included a get-to-know you game, a giant game of human foosball, and discussion groups as we continued our series through the Psalms. The past couple of weeks we have been using mixed discussion groups as a way to study the psalms together. My goal is to not just teach our students […]
Continue ReadingJuly 6, 2023
At youth group this week we played a game with some silly questions to help students get to know one another, and we cooled off in the heat with some water balloons while playing capture the flag! Our lesson was a bit more interactive with the goal that our students will be able to practice […]
Continue ReadingJune 28, 2023
This week at youth group we studied Psalm 72 which is the last psalm in book 2 of the Psalms. Some of the themes present in book 2 are thirsting for communion with God, seeking rescue from God’s enemies, and dealing with and confessing sin. Psalm 72 holds onto the promise the Lord made with […]
Continue ReadingJune 21, 2023
Youth group in the summer usually looks a bit more casual as we try to provide space for our youth staff to have the option to take sometime to rest. This gave us a little more time this week to play games and hang out while also jumping into our study on the Psalms. We looked […]
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