We just had our first tween to teen fellowship!
We had all the fixins for a junkfood junky (aka: teenager), pizza, hot wings, chips, brownies, cookies, and soda! Then Jason gave a message on keeping your heart clean from sin and rebellion. One of the troubled young people sought help afterwards; what a blessing! A couple of the teens brought some friends, we had a good turnout! We followed the service with the games! I had so much fun looking for and thinking up games for these kids. Thankfully we have a very good natured crew of kids who like to have fun! I was blessed to have grown up in church knowing what good clean fun was all about! We had the best teen fellowships and outings! So now I get to relive those good ole memories through these kids in watching them compete and go crazy! I've got a few more crazy games up my sleeve! When I run outa those ideas, I'll be giving my "old" teen director a call!
Team 2 were the winners~!
The night grew dark, the cameraman still needs to figure out how to take good pictures in the dark! So, we didn't get any pictures of the potato relay! That was a funny one too! The teams raced each other in transporting a potato between their knees to another bucket across the parking lot. If they dropped the tater, they had to start all over! It was rather comical to see the kids' creativity come into play!
One of our favorites growing up: Fruit Basket! This accounted for many a broken chair! We didn't break any chairs or backs, though we did end up with a few knot-heads!
Bro. Russell found a new way to play ping pong! Girls vs. Guys! You'll never guess who won? The Girls! Sorry girls, you've proven once again that females have WAY too much hot air to blow!
We had to add more craziness to the night, so..... we buried M&Ms in whipped cream! The kids raced each other in eating all the M&Ms, hands free! Made for great pictures!
I figured, with enough sugar in them, they would be crazy enough to go along with anything that was written out for them to do! So after popping a balloon which they had chosen, they were to perform the task written on a piece of paper that was previously inserted into the balloon. First, we had fun just getting some balloons to pop! Those balloons were pretty resilient! I went first to prove that I wasn't above getting in on crazy! Thankfully, I had a fairly decent one! I had to draw an ocean scene blindfolded or in the dark! I did quite well, if I should say so myself!
So yes, some of us were quite amused! Jonathan tries his hardest to whistle "Yankee Doodle" with a mouth full of Cheezits! Glad I was behind him! The crackers were flying, that's pretty much ALL he was accomplishing!
Zac was challenged to blow up a balloon until it popped! Of course, he was given the longest balloon in the bag! Poor guy, he's really trying, he's red here!
We ended up just calling it good before he passed out on us! Way to go Zac!
Daniel got to carry a partner across the room this way. I hope Jonah's back is okay!
Overall, we had a great time! Thanks all you guys for making it a great night! I got to let loose with the kids and be a kid again! That's the best part in working with kids, you have an excuse to act crazy and not like some stuff-shirted adult!
Looks like a lot of fun, we will have to use some of those games with our teens :)
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