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Future

Main Point:
Help students think about their future and the actions they do daily that get them there

Supplies:
1. Youth Challenge or Game props
2. Goal sheets, pencils/pens for everyone
3. Small Group questions

Kids Arrive: about 6:30-6:45

  • make them feel welcome
  • learn names and interests
  • give new people a New Person Form

    Bring it together: about 7:15pm
    "Hey, glad to see you all here. Welcome to ??????

    Introduce new people: give them a blow-pop, skittles, or snickers bar, etc.

    Youth Challenge:
    (an up front game/crowdbreaker) Have two students come up and do some challenge against each other. (Chubby bunnies, dollar hop, baby food eating contest, burp contest, etc. Be creative!!!

    Announcements: upcoming activities, events

    Games: Choose games from Game List

    Discussion Starters:
    Hand out Goal sheet- where I want to be in the future- five, ten, 15, and twenty years from now.

    Small Group Discussion:
    1. Some of you share where you are going to be at, your job, etc in 5 years; in 10 years, in 20 years:
    2. What was the hardest item for you to predict?
    3. Do some of these predictions make you think about your decisions today?

    Generic questions about the Future
    1. Do you feel the future is getting better or worse? Why?
    2. Do you think your future will be better than your parents? Why
    3. What factors/ingredients influence your future the most?
    4. Who has the greatest influence on your future?
    5. What is your responsibility for you future?
    6.How do your decisions impact your future?
    7. What have you done this school year (good, bad, major, minor), that affects who you are today?
    8. Can your decisions impact someone else's future? How?

    Wrap up:
    Transition: Listening to you guys talk, you have said- different people affect your future and that you also are going to have a huge impact on your future. A long time ago a God made a huge choice that has an incredible impact on your future.

    Gospel story
    Ending- you need to make a decision which will impact your future.

    Goal Sheet
    Where I Want to Be In The Future
    In 5 Years

    Age:
    Where you live(with parents, rent apt. with friends, own house, etc.):
    Marital status:
    Occupation/student:
    Income:
    What will your life be like?

    In 10 Years

    Age:
    Where you live(with parents, rent apt. with friends, own house, etc.):
    Marital status:
    Occupation/student:
    Income:
    What will your life be like?

    In 20 Years

    Age:
    Where you live(with parents, rent apt. with friends, own house, etc.):
    Marital status:
    Occupation/student:
    Income:
    What will your life be like?


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