Tools: None (As the leader, you may want to prepare some questions in advance.) Season/Theme: Summer/Swimming Pool Games The Game: Have the group members stand on the edge with their heels just barely on th...

Need some Easter discussion starters? We've got 'em.

Teenagers scare people and yet most church folk have a hard time seeing what you do as God's work.

Let's start with baseball. Imagine all of life were a baseball game. Think about it for a moment and decide what position you are playing and what it means figuratively.Are you pitching? Are you the clean-up hi...

Pamela ErwinZondervan/Youth Specialties, 2010, 240 pp., $34.99One problem with being in this career for 23 years is I occasionally get a swelled head and think I know everything. It is not a career choice that ...

Jeff SwansonThePlanBible, 2010, 4,156 pp., $9.99A disclaimer or sorts to begin. I knew a minister many years ago who kept—in her massive purse—a slip of paper that contained detailed instructions fo...

June marks the beginning of what many consider to be Hurricane Season. Anyone who has been in a hurricane or been affected by one knows the devastation they can cause. Technology is such that we cannot only see...

Make a list of the 10 TV dads. (Only two can be animated.) What are some of the qualities that make these dads stand out?Name five famous dads from Scripture. (No, not Joseph; that's too easy.) Name some qualit...

Would you rather sleep in a sleeping bag out under the night sky or in a five-star hotel with room service?Writer Paul Stevens once said camping is a form of play rather than work. As a challenge and exploratio...

Name the top five TV Moms. Which one is the closest to what you would call a real mom?Name five mothers from Scriptures. Write down one or two qualities you know about them.Have you ever watched an old bla...