Bible Millionaire

What fun! Everyone had a great time with our first game show night. We had 10 contestants, but nobody made it all the way through. Apparently the questions were a bit more advanced than we figured. So, either we make the questions easier...or we start hitting the books. The books of the Bible, that is.




NO JOURNEYOUTH GROUP ON 21 NOVEMBER DUE TO THANKSGIVING.

See you on November 28th for our special game show, Bible Millionaire.

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Thanks

Thanksgiving is next week, so we thought it fitting to reflect on the importance of giving thanks.

First we revisited our Compliment Challenge from last week. Everyone mentioned one compliment that they gave during the week and how they reacted. Amy complimented...everyone...and their clothes... Good job everyone. And Amy...nice shoes.

Kate handed out slips of paper to everyone with specific instructions. a Grand Prize winner was announced. Matt! (and the people rejoiced! hurray.) He was given a treasure box filled with candy. Others had instructions to go ask for a piece, one at a time, until all the "treasure" was taken. Only one person said "thanks".

We discussed the situation. How everyone felt.

There is a story in the Bible in Luke (who was a doctor) that described how, as Jesus was traveling from Samaria to Galilee, ten lepers called out to Jesus for mercy and healing. Jesus heard their desperate cries, had compassion, and told them to go show themselves to the priest. All headed for the temple, and on the way realized they had been completely healed. Only one man turned around to thank Jesus. Jesus asked rhetorically, "Where are the other nine?"

We discussed the situation. How everyone felt.

We are all lepers needing the healing of God. Christ has the power to save us from certain death. We just have to ask. Cry out to Jesus for mercy and healing. And He will.

We now can live life completely, not isolated but fully restored. How grateful we should be to the God of the universe for saving us from death. Thankfulness should flow from us like a fountain. Every moment in every situation.

Here's our verse;

"In every thing give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus" 1 Thessalonians 5:18.

We then created a "WE ARE THANKFUL" banner upon which everyone jotted down some things we are thankful for. Hung it up in the sanctuary.

Then Kate had everyone write a thank you note to someone. Then she handed out a personalized thank you note to everyone. And then there were hugs...and it was good.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Alicia! And THANKS to Alicia for bringing in cupcakes, cookies and pop for everyone. You are truly a joy, young lady.

We had three guests tonight, Alicia invited Stephanie. The DeBoer's invited Rebecca, and Ashley.

we ended the night with some games; Egg, Chicken, Dino... and leave the room scenarios.

that's all folks. Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Self-Esteem

Tonight we discussed an issue lots of our youth have to deal with - self esteem. Most of us have been blessed with great families and friends that support and encourage us, but sometimes we still struggle with people and situations that really tear us down and make it hard to see ourselves as the precious treasure God has created us to be. All of us deal with criticism and sometimes even ridicule. If we don't have a healthy self image, then it's easy to internalize this negative input and start to think that we are ugly, stupid, worthless - you name it.

We all know the saying "sticks and stones...", but words do hurt. a lot.

We need to realize that God passionately loves us, just like we are, and has created us for a wonderful beautiful purpose...and through Christ we can do anything. (Phillipians 4:13)

Everyone wrote one thing that they are good at on the board - what a variety of talents!!

For fun, we had three individuals role-play a scenario and were, well, let's just say they were misunderstood....just ask them if you'd like to hear the details.

Also, we crowned a new stare down contest champion - Alicia!!

Everyone got a purple Spirit bracelet to remind us not to complain~ cause nobody likes to be around a complainer... plus, the Bible explains how some complainers ended up...1 Corinthians 10: 10 And do not grumble, as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel.

you don't want to mess with the destroying angel. just not a good idea.

Compliment Challenge~everyone is to attempt to compliment at least one person this week and share with the group next week how it goes.