How Do You Plan Missional Activities For A Youth Group?
First we must understand what a Missional Activity for a youth group is. Missional Activities are any activity done for someone else. When working with a youth group,the key is to find a way to make serving others fun. The following ideas are things I’ve actually done with a youth group over the past 12 years. One of our favorite things to do as a group was to visit Nursing Homes. We would go to a different Nursing Home every Sunday (We rotated through 4 different ones in our town and when there was a 5th Sunday, we would rotate through the other Nursing Homes in our area). We would sing songs, play games, do crafts, etc. For every holiday, we had a small gift for each resident (these were things like cards, hand lotion, a small craft item, etc. ~ It’s important to find out if anyone is on a special diet or if anyone has any allergies before choosing the gifts). At one of the Nursing Homes, each teen “adopted” a grandparent. This was someone they gave special attention to and would vis
