Episode 0032 Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, its the Holiday Episode Youth Ministry
Summary: Thanks to our partners at CIY! Find Controlled Chaos Podcast on:| iTunes | Podbean | Google Play | Stitcher |YOUTUBE | Spotify Intro done by: The Honest Youth Pastor from Twitter Show Outline: Kurt and Justin talk about Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. They give some great programming tips and games to play during the holidays. They also share a lot of what their churches do for fun during the holidays. Listen to get some tips and tricks for the upcoming holidays! "1:00 Holidays for junior higher’s1:35 Kurt talks about his experience with Halloween2:31 Sponsor CIY Believe Tour4:16 Halloween in the church5:19 Why Kurt isn’t a big fan of harvest festivals6:23 Justin throws out an idea for Halloween7:47 Marketing campaign at Justin’s church8:52 Fun programming Halloween bits 10:49 Teach on something scary from the Bible 11:50 Justin tells a funny story about a bear 12:45 Thanksgiving time!12:58 Fun programming Thanksgiving bits from Justin13:50 ""Thanksgiving is a great time to teach on gratitude.” -Kurt Johnston14:02 Kurt shares some fun games 14:40 Remind parents to start traditions for Thanksgiving 15:36 No shave November for youth workers 16:52 “Choctober"" at Kurt’s church17:30 Politically correctness, no pilgrims and indians 18:28 Central Christian College of the Bible 19:51 What Kurt loves about CCCB, IT’S FREE!20:34 Christmas at church20:39 Justin discusses a fun game for leaders at Christmas21:20 Kurt gives teaching topic ideas 22:22 “Good youth ministries have a little percentage of weird.” -Marko? Justin Herman 22:35 Justin likes tacky Christmas23:44 Christmas decorations are not trickled in and out24:29 Kurt talks about his church trickling decorations25:06 Kurt talks Cheap-O-Joe Christmas decorations26:46 Christmas video bedroom break in 27:50 Tips for Holidays from Kurt29:10 “It is not your place to say whether costumes are sinful or not on Halloween.” -Kurt Johnston30:39 “I like taking them around staff offices to do Christmas caroling.” - Justin Herman 31:40 “We can also Christmas carol at our church offices and it’s still ministry.” -Kurt Johnston 31:58 “There are a lot of ways to serve people and it doesn’t always have to be the traditional serious way.” -Kurt Johnston32:10 Check out Orange curriculum for holiday themed stuff Whose on this episode? Justin Herman- Sandals Church Things Mentioned: CIY Believe Tour Controlled Chaos Book Kurt Johnston Central Christian College of the Bible CCCB.edu/chaos Crazy Days at CCCB Our Controlled Chaos Podcast Partner CIY, Christ in Youth. CIY- Christ in Youth Our Sponsors. Central Christian College of the Bible, Moberly Missouri (where Justin went to college) ORANGE- The XP3 Orange Curriculum Be part of #ChaosNation Facebook Group | Twitter | Instagram Meet the HOST! Justin Herman Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Email Question or Show ideas? Email Justin at Justin@ControlledChaosPodcast.com Controlled Chaos Podcast: A junior high ministry podcast for youth workers! Thank you for tuning in. The work youth workers do is hard work, thank you! Thank you for taking time to get a little more equipped to do Junior High or Middle School Ministry in your Youth Ministry or Student Ministry at your church. Keep it up!
