Well, I survived my first all-nighter in awhile. I realized around 2am that maybe this wasn’t such a great idea, me being 40 and all.
Then I got thinking about all the dumb youth ministry ideas I’ve had or been involved with over the years…here’s a primer:
- Limbo contests (don’t ask)
- Chubby Bunny
- All-over the city scavenger hunts (too many kids, not enough cars…)
- “Harvest” parties on October 31 (just call it Halloween and be done with it!)
- “Survivor” eating contests (think: snails–come to think of it, I wasn’t thinking when I dreamed this one up)
I’ve heard of youth pastors doing stuff from ‘Jack-Ass’ (“let’s play with a Tazer, everyody”), getting kids to eat raw liver (to win tickets to a sporting event) and then leaving kids unsupervised at all-nighters.
But this takes the cake. What was the yp thinking? What was the senior pastor thinking?
