How to Teach a Church Youth Group

Church youth groups are a great ministry for a church. Keeping a group of teenagers' attention can be difficult. Being prepared and organized can change the chaos of an out-of-control meeting into an exciting and spiritual worship service.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Lesson for youth
• Songs and lyrics
• Powerpoint presentation or visual aid
• Extra Bibles

1. Choose a lesson plan. Review and pray over your lesson. Pick a lesson that is relevant to youth. Put the lesson in words younger people can understand.

2. Pick a few adults and older youth to help in the meeting to control talking. Having help in the service will allow you to concentrate on the material.

3. Place Bibles around the room or under the chairs. Many youth don’t have Bibles or forget to bring them.

4. Start the meeting with a few songs that allow the children to stand and release energy. If the song has hand or body movements, do the movements with the youth. Slow them down using worship and praise songs. These songs will get them in the mood to sit and listen.

5. Pass out sheets with the lyrics or have the lyrics on a Powerpoint presentation. Many youth may not know the words and this helps them participate.

6. Use visual aides while teaching. Powerpoint presentations and short videos are good for keeping the youth focused on the lesson. These also help get your point across more clearly for some students.

7. Talk about personal experiences and use examples. This will help the youth relate to you and the lesson.

8. Ask for someone to read the scripture from which you are teaching.

9. Question the youth during the lesson to keep them involved. Ask if they have questions for you.

10. End the lesson with prayer and invocation.

Tips & Warnings

• If a child refuses to stop acting up, have them removed. One child can disturb a whole room. This also will give incentive to the other students to act correctly.
• Never teach by using examples with names or people the youth might know.

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on 7/25/2009 Great article!