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KWhite · 23rd November 2009

Fun story for you:

I took my youth group on a retreat this weekend. Our theme was "GO," which stood for love God, love Others. During one of my lessons, I referred to a verse in Philippians that encourages people to "do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others over yourselves." I discussed how that verse is easy to talk about on a retreat, but hard to actually live out in the real world. To demonstrate that, we offered the kids a $100 bill and told them that they could decide who got to take it home. The only catch was that they had to come to a unanimous decision, and that they had to be able to tell me how their decision making process followed that verse. All the adults left the room to allow the kids to work out their decision. Then, about 15 minutes later, the kids came and got me to let me know that they had come to a decision. They had unanimously decided to give the money to an inner city mission that our youth group volunteers at once a month.

I was so proud of them! Middle school and high school kids are offered $100 and they decide to give it away.

I thought that story might fit well with our little discussion board and brighten someone's day.

23rd November 2009	#15032
KWhite Gear Head Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 37	Fun story for you: I took my youth group on a retreat this weekend. Our theme was "GO," which stood for love God, love Others. During one of my lessons, I referred to a verse in Philippians that encourages people to "do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others over yourselves." I discussed how that verse is easy to talk about on a retreat, but hard to actually live out in the real world. To demonstrate that, we offered the kids a $100 bill and told them that they could decide who got to take it home. The only catch was that they had to come to a unanimous decision, and that they had to be able to tell me how their decision making process followed that verse. All the adults left the room to allow the kids to work out their decision. Then, about 15 minutes later, the kids came and got me to let me know that they had come to a decision. They had unanimously decided to give the money to an inner city mission that our youth group volunteers at once a month. I was so proud of them! Middle school and high school kids are offered $100 and they decide to give it away. I thought that story might fit well with our little discussion board and brighten someone's day.