You can’t have youth ministry with out gross games. For some reason it’s so wrong, but it’s so right. 

I love ‘em. I don’t know if it’s an American thing (see the Glutton Bowl) or just one that youth seem to enjoy. From fear factor nights (balut anyone? - yes it’s been done), to egg nog chugs…  (click at your own risk) there are many, so many amazing disgusting games. 

Love them or hate them, they can be good tools to pull kids in. 

So let me ask you this… do you have any favorite gross youth ministry games?

Yes, stop. Everything. Now.

Go on over to Joel Klampert’s blog and check it out. There’s also prizes if you register on his site.

The site has changed my life. I’m a better husband. I won the lottery. I no longer have that embarrassing rash. And I now can speak Mandarin Chinese… fluently.

Why are you still here reading this when you should be over there…

Click here

[So, how's that for a endorsement, Mr. K?]

Have any good ideas about summer camps? Like to win free youth ministry materials? Well, the guys at Rethinking Youth Ministry are having a contest…

To enter our “Rethinking Youth Ministry Summer Camp Contest” simply post a comment to this blog entry sharing your creative church camp idea. Have more than one idea? Great! Each idea you share will be treated as a separate entry in the contest drawing.Contest ends midnight Saturday June 7 so post your ideas before then and good luck! Winners (selected randomly using random.org) will be announced here on Sunday June 8. Of course, the prizes are nice, but the real goal here is to share the wealth of our creativity with others who are out there in the trenches of youth ministry!

Go here to enter.

Be the first to 1) name the people in this picture, and 2) why it’s amusing that they’re sitting next to each other. If you’re the first one to do so - you win a prize*…

The winner will be announced at the end of the day.

*prize yet to be determined

Here it is. There’s only one week left to Christmas. My brilliant wife, Miriam, had a brilliant idea. We’re going to host the (pause for effect) the:

1st Annual Delony Christmas Card Contest Bonanza of Amazingness!

That’s right people. You could be the first winner in history! Something no one in history has ever done first in history.

Here’s how you play.

1) Find a Christmas card.

2) Make sure it’s Awesome.

3) Make sure it doesn’t Suck.

4) Check it again for maximum Awesomeness and for lack of Suckiness.

5) Put it in envelope. Lick envelope. Seal envelope. Stamp envelope. Put envelope in mailbox. Raise the red mail box flag. Wait for postal worker to remove it from mailbox.

6) Wait in eager anticipation till December 31st to see if you’re the glorious, grander prize winner! If you win, you will receive a majestic, amazing prize (or some present that I couldn’t return after Christmas), be featured on this blog, and so much more!*

Send entries to:

1st Annual Delony Christmas Card Contest Bonanza of Amazingness!

c/o the Delony Family

326 S Stillaguamish

Arlington, WA 98223

The prizes will be voted on by a panel of distinguished judges (age ranges 2-5 years old) on December 30th and 7pm PST (better known as bed time).

Enter and win!

*“so much more” is a term subjectively defined by the writer of this blog. The actual prize could be so much less.

Note: There is no actual cash or plane tickets (as seen in picture above) awarded for this contest - simply an idiot’s smile of joy (see above picture) and a mystery box filled with goodness - mailed to you. So don’t quit your day job just yet.