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Psalm 126:1-2 \u201cThen was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, the LORD hath done great things for them. The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.\u201d
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  1. Schedule everything.\n
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    1. Teenagers can tell when things are not scheduled and planned.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      1. When planning an activity, make sure the teens and the parents know all the details at least a week in advance.\n
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        1. What is the cost?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. How should they dress?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        3. Where do they drop off and pick up their teens?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        4. What are the locations and times?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        5. The more information the teens and parents have, the easier it is for you to make the event fun and exciting!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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          1. Make sure your youth workers know the schedule in advance.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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            1. If you are ever going to be more than 5 minutes late, contact each parent and let them know.\n
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              1. Communication is KEY for parents to keep sending their teens to youth events.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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                1. Keep your services lively!\n
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                  1. Always open with something exciting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  2. Keep a balance in your singing. Sing Scripture songs, hymns, and spiritual songs.\n
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                    • If possible, have a live pianist for all songs, openers, and games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    • Play games.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    • NEVER skip preaching!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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                      1. Keep your Sunday school assembly lively!\n
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                        1. Make sure every teenager is greeted as they enter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        2. Have games accessible for teens to play before Sunday school.\n
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                          • The more you have, the earlier the teens will show up!<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                          • We open our youth center 45 minutes before Sunday school and our Young Fundamentalist time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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                            • Every time I go to unlock our youth center, there are already teens waiting to enter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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                              1. This builds excitement and anticipation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              2. Make sure the games you provide do not conflict with any Biblical principles.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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                                1. Remember, we serve a risen Saviour! Let\u2019s reflect that in all that we do<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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                                  Jonathan Wells | Youth Pastor
                                  Parkside Baptist Church<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                                  Psalm 126:1-2 \u201cThen was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, the LORD hath done great things for them. The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.\u201d Jonathan Wells | Youth PastorParkside Baptist Church<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"","format":"standard","video":"","gallery":"","source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"0","layout":"no-sidebar-narrow","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"float","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"0","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_food_recipe":[],"enable_food_recipe":"0","food_recipe_title":"","food_recipe_description":"","food_recipe_serve":"","food_recipe_time":"","food_recipe_prep":"","food_recipe_level":"","food_recipe_keywords":"","food_recipe_category":"","food_recipe_cuisine":"","food_recipe_yield":"","food_recipe_calories":"","enable_print_recipe":"0","ingredient":[{"item":""}],"instruction":"","jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"jnews_podcast_option":{"enable_podcast":"0","podcast_duration":"","upload":""},"jnews_podcast_series":null,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"jnews-series":[],"class_list":["post-1944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-4-today"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Orange-and-Yellow-Bold-Fun-Quote-Instagram-Post-3.5-\u00d7-3.5-in-1024x1024.png","blog_images":{"medium":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Orange-and-Yellow-Bold-Fun-Quote-Instagram-Post-3.5-\u00d7-3.5-in-300x300.png","large":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Orange-and-Yellow-Bold-Fun-Quote-Instagram-Post-3.5-\u00d7-3.5-in-1024x1024.png"},"ams_acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1947,"href":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944\/revisions\/1947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1944"},{"taxonomy":"jnews-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fjnews-series&post=1944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}