CASUAL THINGS TO DO WITH STUDENTS OUTSIDE PROGRAMS

 

  • Game Round Robin—play a short game and enjoy munchies at each small group members’ house
  • Go to a Movie on Tues. night at the Valley Value –cost: $3.75 (as of 6/17/10). Discuss the movie afterward at a coffee shop-go to www.christianitytoday.com or www.pluggedin.com  for discussion questions on most movies
  • Go On A Photo Scavenger Hunt— www.egadideas.com for lots of ideas
  • After a snow storm-have a shoveling party: walk around a neighborhood and offer to shovel for people who haven’t yet cleared their sidewalks.  Meet afterward for hot chocolate & popcorn
  • Go To Tundra Lodge’s water park on a cold winter day (day passes sold)
  • Go Bowling
  • Participate in “Snow” sports after a snow storm...Tubing At Calumet County Park is great fun and inexpensive-phone: 439-1008
  • Get together to brainstorm a service project your group could do over Christmas break or spring break
  • Call Q-90 and ask them about volunteering for one of their special events
  • Call Life! Promotions and ask how you could help them
  • Have a Pizza Making Party-be creative with the ingredients!  Invite younger siblings to help out
  • Take a trip down “Memory Lane” - get together and share funny photos from your past-you could share testimonies too!
  • Invent a new board gave and then play it
  • Conduct a “random acts of kindness crusade” - Jump in a van and search the city for kind things to offer to do for people spontaneously (Ex. Wash car windows at a gas station, return shopping carts for shoppers at Wal-Mart, stop by one of your group members homes and do a long dreaded chore for the family, etc.)
  • Take your group’s siblings to a fun place like TDS, Air it Up, a movie, Soccer Heaven, etc. and give the parents some free time together!

Keep this list fresh...Visit www.egadideas.com  website and click on  the “fellowship/friendship” category listing on the left side of the web page for  lots of fun ideas of things to do!