2. They perpetuate the myth that youth ministry is just a bunch of silly games.
A lot of students at our church don’t come to youth group. I’m working on boosting involvement. But one obstacle is the image that these programs are “just fun and games.”
If I sent my own child, who returned and said, “I don’t feel well. We played dodgeball with fish tonight”… Then I’m not sure I’m ever letting my kid return.
Call me crazy, but I just don’t see any benefit to playing disgusting games. If you have one, I’d love to hear it. But for me, gross games in youth ministry serve as nothing but a threat to real ministry. In our program, we will never play them.
What are your thoughts about playing gross games in youth ministry? Do they have any purpose, or have you banished them, and why?
