Beyond Leftovers
Beyond LeftoversThere were two things I quickly realized when I started in youth ministry: 1) Kids love to eat 2) Adults have some valuable talents to contribute to our youth. So, I created a program called Beyond Leftovers. The early church in Acts 2 shows the importance of breaking bread together. This is something that unfortunately is not as common in most homes. Some kids don’t even know what it looks like to eat dinner together “as a family”. So, with this program we will occasionally have dinner before youth group, which the adults help with. After the dinner, the youth band plays and I give a short message. 
After the short message we break into small groups which will be led by the adults. I will give those who are helping, the small group questions well in advance, so they are prepared. This is done on a rotational schedule. Beyond Lefotvers will be marked on the youth calendar and the day we have this program the youth group will meet at 6pm instead of 6:30.