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Each and every week we post the internet’s latest offering of viral and nearly viral videos for you to use in programming, club, or group. Some make good teaching illustrations, bumpers, filler, or countdowns. Enjoy. Girl plays flute and beatboxes at the same time Lionel Richie’s Hello Guy makes up a song on the spot. [...]

Stash Subscribers, be sure to check your inbox. Your monthly download was sent today. Last month you received the Smashed Series on under age drinking. This month is a short two week series on love in our series, “I’m with Stupid.” In this conversation you look at helping students navigate bad choices and also have [...]

This is Nostalgia Electrics 3 in 1 Breakfast Station. It retails for $49.00. It was on sale today at Manufacture’s Clearance. By the time I saw a link for it online today it was already sold out. And with it… my camp super-powers, hopes for humanity, and dreams of life better lived… sadness. Here’s a [...]

Steve Surine of Oakwood Bible Students submitted this game his group plays. It sounds fun. Here are the instructions straight from Steve. We call this game “Hallway Garbage Ball” but I’ve also heard it called “Hall-Ball,” “Hallway Ball” or “Bruisin’ Basketball.” My students love this game. It’s great for middle & high school students, and [...]

QRAWR (the most challenging app to spell) offers a pretty awesome integration for youth ministry and younglife. The premise is simple… QRAWR sends you a roll of stickers and you apply those stickers in places of interest. When someone sees the sticker and scans it with their smartphone QRAWR opens up a posting platform for [...]

Hey friends, I wanted to post up a sample of the first week of a two week series for Valentine’s I’m releasing today to our Stash Subscribers. If you haven’t subscribed I would encourage you to do so. Last month subscribers got the four week series, “Smashed” on under age drinking. Next month subscribers get [...]

You’ve probably seen in and around the web lately sites sharing pictures of famous people together in candid snapshots. Maybe it’s our love for nostalgia or maybe it’s just the fascination we have with wondering what all happened when these people came together. Using these images (click to enlarge and save) you can create a [...]

SwissMiss posted up this video from growingleaders.com. The video is a book promoting piece of typical communication mistakes that every presenter makes. I enjoyed watching it and it brought out some underlying themes for how to and how not to communicate to an audience. 1. Be prepared and don’t hide behind your talk. 2. Avoid [...]