FourFiveSix.org: Great Ideas for your Preteen Ministry

Do you have Sundays when there is no preteen ministry? Do you want to intentionally connect the preteens to the main service? Here’s an idea to help you with either of these: a “big church” scavenger hunt.

Today on the podcast, Sean talks about this concept and gives suggestions for making a day in “big church” a meaningful way for preteens to connect with the adult service, and for the preteens to connect with the preteen ministry even on “big church” days.

Have a question about preteen ministry or a unique preteen ministry idea that we can feature on our podcast? Send it to [email protected]. Looking for a great community of preteen leaders that you can plug into? Join us at http://fourfivesix.org/.

Do you have Sundays when there is no preteen ministry? Do you

Today on the podcast, Sean talks about this concept and gives

Have a question about preteen ministry or a unique preteen

Today on the podcast, we hear from Laura Karr and Rachel Warren

Visiting other ministries around the country (or even just

Whether you travel across states, or take a Saturday night to

Laura Karr is one of the curriculum reviewers for

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Last week in Elevate preteen ministries, the lesson was based on

So the team in Elevate put together a pre-service time with

The marshmallow war was one part “Capture the Flag”, one part

The field was split in half with cones. Boys on one side; girls

The object for everybody was to get the hats from the opposite

In the four corners of the field were leaders with a bucket of

If anybody was on the opponents’ side and got hit by a

It was a blast!

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Being a volunteer at camp can be tough! Today on the podcast, Sean and Jaime share 3 ways that they make sure to take care of the volunteers at E-Camp:

A two-hour break each day – Check out: “Give Cabin Leaders a Break” to find out how that works.

Daily Surprise Gifts placed on the Volunteers Sleeping Bag

An Oasis at Camp – ours is in the Camp Nurses’ Cabin

In what ways do you take care of the volunteers at your camp? Let us know in the comment section below.

Have a question about preteen ministry or a unique preteen ministry idea that we can feature on our podcast? Send it to [email protected]. Looking for a great community of preteen leaders that you can plug into? Join us at http://fourfivesix.org/.

Being a volunteer at camp can be tough! Today on the podcast, Sean and Jaime share 3 ways that they make sure to take care of the volunteers at E-Camp:

A two-hour break each day – Check out: “Give Cabin Leaders a Break” to find out how that works.

Daily Surprise Gifts placed on the Volunteers Sleeping Bag

An Oasis at Camp – ours is in the Camp Nurses’ Cabin

In what ways do you take care of the volunteers at your camp? Let us know in the comment section below.

Have a question about preteen ministry or a unique preteen ministry idea that we can feature on our podcast? Send it to [email protected]. Looking for a great community of preteen leaders that you can plug into? Join us at http://fourfivesix.org/.

Preteens enjoy engaging their brains with silly tasks and games. This is one such game.

It’s a very simple idea, but it makes for a challenging game.

How quickly can you put your eye on your elbow?

Imagine if the names of your body parts were suddenly switched. Now your finger is your eye, and your eye is your finger. Now your elbow is your ear, and your ear is your elbow.

Now, how quickly can you put your eye on your elbow?

Using only sticky notes, this silly game will get your preteens laughing and having fun as they play “Eyes on Everything”.

This game is a small part of the Blue Ocean Quarter of the Deeply Rooted Curriculum.

Have a question about preteen ministry or a unique preteen ministry idea that we can feature on our podcast? Send it to [email protected]. Looking for a great community of preteen leaders that you can plug into? Join us at http://fourfivesix.org/.

Today on the podcast, we hear from Desi Ash, a “Next Generation Associate” at a church that provides student booklets for preteens, junior high, and high schoolers to engage and involve them in the lessons being taught.

Find out how these booklets help them to engage and involve the students in the services, and see examples (below) of what these “Student Booklets” look like.

Desi is one of the curriculum reviewers for the Blue Ocean Quarter of the Deeply Rooted Curriculum.

Have a question about preteen ministry or a unique preteen ministry idea that we can feature on our podcast? Send it to [email protected]. Looking for a great community of preteen leaders that you can plug into? Join us at http://fourfivesix.org/.

Today on the podcast, we hear from Desi Ash, a “Next Generation Associate” at a church that provides student booklets for preteens, junior high, and high schoolers to engage and involve them in the lessons being taught.

Find out how these booklets help them to engage and involve the students in the services, and see examples (below) of what these “Student Booklets” look like.

Desi is one of the curriculum reviewers for the Blue Ocean Quarter of the Deeply Rooted Curriculum.

Have a question about preteen ministry or a unique preteen ministry idea that we can feature on our podcast? Send it to [email protected]. Looking for a great community of preteen leaders that you can plug into? Join us at http://fourfivesix.org/.

Volunteers can be anywhere on a spectrum of serving, from barely doing anything for the ministry to sold-out die-hard committed.

What should be our goal, then, as a leader of volunteers when it comes to their commitment level? Should our expectation be that the entire team be 100% committed…or at least moving in that direction?

Today’s podcast takes a look at some of these questions, and proposes a more responsive approach to the leaders who are everywhere on that spectrum of commitment, including those who are stepping forward, and those who are stepping back.

Have a question about preteen ministry or a unique preteen ministry idea that we can feature on our podcast? Send it to [email protected]. Looking for a great community of preteen leaders that you can plug into? Join us at http://fourfivesix.org/.