Recent Posts
Creative Youth Ideas
Return To Blog Listing
Resources for youth leaders, pastors, and ministers for camps and meetings using devotions, games, illustrations, Children's sermon, Bible Studies, creative ideas, activities, MORE
Recent Posts Tagged With 'humor'
Aggie Inventions
Inflatable Dart BoardWaterproof teabagsHelicopter Ejection seatScreen door on a submarineTransparent Blackout drapesRecycled Toilet PaperNon reflecting mirrorSolar Powered Flashlight Others?...
Church Secretarial Typos
For his years of ministry, our departing pastor, the Reverend Johnson was presented with a plague. (plaque) Plan not (now) to attend the Easter Musical, April 14th."...
Waiting Till the Last Minute?
A minister waited in line to have his car filled with gas just before a long holiday weekend. The attendant worked quickly, but there were many cars ahead of him. Finally, the attendant motioned him toward a vacant pump. 'Reverend,' said the you...
Noah's Wife
A preacher, ending his sermon, announced that he would preach on Noah and his Ark on the following Sunday and gave the scriptural reference for the congregation to read ahead of time. A couple of Sunday school boys noticed something interesting about...
Hillbilly Computing
LOG ON: Making the woodstove hotter LOG OFF: Don't add no more wood MONITOR: Keepin an eye on that woodstove DOWNLOAD: Gettin the farwood off the truk MEGA HERTZ: When yer not keerful gettin that farwood downloaded FLOPPY DISK: Whutcha git from tryin...
The Easiest Part Of Being A Mother Is Giving Birth
For the first four or five years after I had children, I considered motherhood a temporary condition - not a calling. It was a time of my life set aside for exhaustion and long hours. It would pass. Then one afternoon with three kids in tow, I came o...
Great Men of God
It was a warm summer day. Two elders decided to invite one of the deacons to their weekly fishing trip. The deacon was excited and decided to go. When they were all in the boat and the boat was well out in the middle of the lake one elder said, "Oh n...
Old Family Bible
A little boy opened the big and old family Bible with fascination, and looked at the old pages as he turned them. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible, and he picked it up and looked at it closely. It was an old leaf from a tree that had been ...
Job Advertisement
JOB ADVERTISEMENT!! The Kingdom of God is hiring! Are you ready to apply? Do you qualify? JOB TITLE: Disciples for Christ JOB DESCRIPTION: Tell the dying world how to live through Jesus Christ NUMBER OF AVAILABLE POSITIONS: Unlimited; everyone is...
Cowboy's Guide to Life
DON'T SQUAT WITH YER SPURS ON: A COWBOY'S GUIDE TO LIFE by Texas Bix Bender Never kick a fresh cow chip on a hot day.There's two theories to arguin' with a woman. Neither one works.Don't worry about bitin' off more than you can chew. Your mouth is p...
Don't Walk
A little old lady in New York for the first time, crossed Times Square against traffic and somehow managed to make it safely to the opposite curb, where a traffic cop was glaring at her with strong disapproval. "Didn't you see that sign?" he asked. ...
Angry?
One man had such a problem with anger that he stopped driving and started taking the bus to work. One morning he overslept and had to drive. When he opened the garage door he saw that the rear wall--the one his teen-aged son smashed when he stepped o...
Youth Minister Performance Rating
Far exceeds require -ments Exceeds Require -ments Meets Require- ments Needs some improve -ment Does not meet minimum requirements Adapta -bility Leaps tall obstacles with a single ...
Coming or Going?
One day, a cattle farmer heard one of his cows lowing out in the field behind the barn. It sounded like she was in hard labor. He went out, and, sure enough, it was a breech birth. He tried to turn the calf around, but it was too late--the legs were ...
Where I Came from
As she tucked her little girl into bed, it happened... "Mommy," the little girl pleaded, "where did I come from?" The mother sighed and cleared her throat before speaking. "Well, honey. I knew some day you'd ask mommy this question,"and for the n...
Dead Horses
Texas wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. However, in the Church we often try other strategies with dead horses, including the following: Changing ridersBuying a strong whipTrying a new bi...
Christ of the Andes
Years ago, a large statue of Christ was erected high in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile. Called "Christ of the Andes," the statue symbolizes a pledge between the two countries that as long as the statue stands, there will be peace...
Top 20 things overheard on the Wise men's journey
20. You've heard the old saying about the Camel being the ship of the desert? WELLLLL, I'm getting seasick. 19. OK, we got gold. We got the frankincense. We got the Myrrh. Think we should get something more practical, like diapers maybe? 18. I thou...
Christmas Humor
"Christmas is the season when people run out of money before they run out of friends." - Larry Wilde "I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included." - Bernard Manning "What do you call people wh...
Top Ten Reasons College Students Are Going Home for the Thanksgiving
10. You'll know that your turkey is a Butterball rather than a Grade E yet semi-edible furball. 9. Your mother will not be serving your mashed potatoes and stuffing with an ice cream scooper. 8. Pumpkin pie is a great alternative to green Jello. ...
Thank God
A man had been lost and walking in the desert for about five days. One hot day--actually, they're all hot--he comes to the home of a preacher. Tired and weak, he crawls up to the house and collapses on the doorstep. The preacher takes him in and nurs...
For what we are about to receive
Two men were walking through a field one day when they spotted an enraged bull. Instantly they darted toward the nearest fence. The storming bull followed in hot pursuit, and it was soon apparent they wouldn’t make it. Terrified, the one shouted ...
Turkey Talk
What does a turkey say? "Gobble, gobble, gobble"? A jewelry-lovin' turkey? "Bauble bauble bauble" A dyslexic turkey? "Boggle boggle boggle" A turkey in the shoe repair shop? "Cobble cobble cobble" A turkey with a sore leg? "Hobble hobble hobble....
