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:
3 Examples of peer pressure- Have students come up and role play the following events

1. Rick and Slick walk home every day from school together and stopped by the mini mart for a Pepsi. One day Slick grabbed some Skittles and put them in his pocket. They snuck out and ran home. Soon Slick tried to convince Rick to grab some candy. Rick gives in. Act out Slick convincing Rick to steal.

2. Gina and Kneisha were best friends. Gina wanted Kneisha to go to a party with her at Slick's house. Slicks parents weren't going to be home and rumor was that there was going to be 5 kegs of beer there. Gina convinces Kneisha to go. Act out Gina convincing Kneisha to go.

3. Malik Muhamad and Bill Whiteman were walking and Bill, not watching where he's going, accidently bumps into Mike. Malik convinces Bill to kick Mike's butt. Act out whole situation.

Now replay each situation with a positive reversal to peer pressure!

Wrap Up:
Peer pressure is hard. Commercials - just say no- sometimes don't seem realistic.

1. Leave
2. Offer a better idea
3. Change the subject

Resisting peer pressure at times might take some risk. You may risk looking like a wuss. You may risk not hanging out with some friends. But these are risks that are worth it.

Read The Dilema

The Dilema
to laugh is to risk appearing a fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out for another is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk rejection.
To place your dreams before the crowd is to risk ridicule.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To go forward in the face of overwhelming odds is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing.
He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, grow or love.
Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave.
He has forfeited his freedom.
Only a person who takes risks is free.
A person who never risks is dead!

The only way to find freedom, is through a relationship with God.