Youth Ministry Lessons: Not all children have the blessing of growing up in “safe” low crime areas. But in some of those areas with high crime rates, new policies and laws are being implemented to fight the crime and keep the residents safe.
Youth Group Lessons: Young girls trying to raise enough money for a trip to the water park had all the right intentions as they opened a lemonade stand. But the police shut them down, is this a case of following the rules or going overboard?
Youth Ministry Lessons: Kids ages 8-18 spend seven and a half hours each day plugged into media devices. Given these new numbers, it should come as no surprise that international terrorist groups are heavily looking to media to recruit youth.
Youth Ministry Lessons: The words “porn” and “church” are not often seen in the same sentence, but pastors are now confronting the reality that pornography is readily available to members of their flock and effecting their lives.
Youth Group Lessons: In a culture that is increasingly becoming over sexualized, it seems that the ones most at risk are the average, young, American girls who are looking to teen idols to help shape and form their sexual identities.
Youth Ministry Lessons: The average playhouse usually consists of a plastic structure that costs one hundred bucks. But for some well-to-do families a hundred bucks would be about the cost of the door for a grandiose playhouse.
Youth Ministry Lessons: Every First Lady of the United States has her anchor program that is the driving force behind her influence while her husband sits as the President of the United States. First Lady Michelle Obama is targeting obesity rates among children.
Youth Group Lessons: In a recently released poll, people were asked what was the rudest city. Not surprising to some, New York City was near the top, but one man is on a mission to change that perception!