Last Night at Contagious

We had a great group of students last night at Contagious.

Our Youth Ministry Team is up to the number of adults we need right now so now it is time to invite 2 more ladies and 2 more men to join the ministry team so we will be prepared for the growth.  We are up to 10 family group leaders and 3 ladies in the kitchen.  That would be an average of 1 youth minister per 6 students and that's a good ratio for now but prayerfully the group will grow over the fall semester and as it grows so will our team.

"Welcome to the Planet.  What on Earth Am I Here For?" is our current series that we kicked off last night.  Last night was the intro:

1.  You were planned for God's pleasure

2.  You were formed for God's family

3.  You were created to become like Jesus

4.  You were shaped for serving

5.  You were made for a mission

Over the next 5 weeks we will unpack each of these points and help students to discover their purpose in life.  I know when I was 16 I would have loved if someone could have laid out my purpose clearly and precisely, it would have been a huge help.

The curriculum comes with:

• MP3's of each message
  
• Outlines (including the fill in the blanks)
  
• Powerpoint slides for each message
  
• Promotional material
  
• Powerpoint trivia games
• Audio commentary from Doug Fields
  

I take the outline and make it mine by filling it in with my illustrations and commentary and adjust it to fit our youth group.  I also take some of the promo material to make the student handouts with their fill in the blank outlines.  (for more info or to purchase this curriculum or other curriculum or youth ministry helps check out Simply Youth Ministry, you can get there by clicking the blue box on the top of my sidebar)

Last night we watched the following clip from Everybody Loves Raymond:

Youth ministry first for me last night: Student brings their own snack to Hang Time - steamed oysters.