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Posters
Notes in the registers
Announcements in assembly
Group bible study
Invitation cards (like business Visiting speaker
cards). Once again you could
have a competition to see who Social event
could design the most attractive Video
business cards
Games
Invite your friends- this is always
the best way! Quizzes
Crafts
Ask the school for a notice board
for the group Role play
Debate
Prayer
School based project e.g. Litter pick
An act of service (e.g. Operation Christmas
When organizing a programme it is important Child shoe boxes)
to have variety in both content (your themes)
and activity (what you do). Here are some
examples of the different sort of content and
activities that you could have: Each group is different, but here are a few ideas
that have worked in different schools
b. Some groups meet specifically to pray for drop in to a room, have tea / coffee/ juice
friends and the school. If you don’t have and biscuits and an opportunity to relax,
time to organize a programme don’t give chat and discuss.
up meeting together! Who knows what
God can do in answer to the prayers of
young people in school. Check it out!
(James 5 verse 16b) g. Others follow the 3 week cycle of:
h. You could have a 6-week series (half a If you invite a speaker who has an
term) on themes such as love/ friendship, interesting story/job you might want to
peer pressure, sex, drugs, exams and let the Head teacher/ RE /PSHE / Careers
worry. These subjects, as you know, are teacher know beforehand so that they
on the minds of your friends and the could be involved in lessons or assemblies.
gospel is relevant to each one of them. If a missionary speaks French or Spanish
for example, I’m sure the Modern
Language teachers would like to use
him/her. Most schools like to have visitors
i. You could have a series of about six into the school.
weeks based on film clips and then
discuss subjects that arise
Make sure beforehand of course that the
speaker is available!
iii) Do .... Review and evaluate what you Here are a few ideas that have worked
are doing. Make sure you stop every for some groups:
now and then to review how things are
going.
a) Food! This can be a bit tricky these
What has worked well? days as lots of schools have ‘Healthy
Eating’ policies. If you are going to
What did not go so well? offer food, make sure you are not
going to ‘get into trouble’ over it.
What could have been even better? The same applies for prizes for
quizzes and games. Again, you know
Which activities / meetings seem to best what is allowed in your school.
have helped people get to know God
better? b) Music some groups have music
playing in the background before the
What have people enjoyed doing? meeting starts.
These can be difficult questions as we c) However, the best way to make
often find it hard to give and receive people feel welcome is to chat to
comments in a constructive manner. them, show an interest in them, treat
Remember to speak with love, gentleness them with respect and remember
and sensitivity. Make sure you also get things about them.
the comments of the group members
(not just the leaders) as they will have
valuable things to say.
vi) Don’t …. Neglect your school work.
Primarily you are at school to learn.
iv) Don’t …. Get discouraged if not many Being involved in a group is a brilliant
come! We live by faith and not by sight! thing to do, but it must not be at the
(2 Corinthians 5:7) expense of your education as this is a
bad witness.