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Holy-Ween

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Objective:
The goal of this Edge Night is to give the middle school youth a better understanding of the history of Halloween. This nightwill also give the middle school youth an opportunity to have an alternative “Holy-ween” party. Overview: Before Christianity came to Europe, the eve of November 1st was a common day of celebration for many Celtic tribes living in modern-day Great Britain. In preparation for the beginning of winter, the people of the land would ring in the new year by celebrating

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Edge Night

Welcome To The Family

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Objective:
 The goal for this session is to give the middle school youth an opportunity to grow in community and welcome all the sixth grade youth to the Edge family. Overview: Social Nights are a great way to engage the middle school youth. These nights not only break up the catechesis during the semester, but they give the Core an opportunity to practice relational ministry. Social nights also give each of the youth an opportunity to get to know others in their community. They are able to build

Spotlight Magazine

Spotlight Magazine, Volume 06: Heroic Virtue

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Spotlight Magazine is part of Life Support that provides readers with articles, updates, issue Life Nights, social Life Nights and much more! This valuable resource helps youth ministers and Core Members stay “plugged in” to the current trends in ministry and youth culture. Below is a list of what you’ll find in this issue. Table of Contents Heroic Virtue: Life Teen 2009 Theme Heroic Virtue: Life Night on the Virtues Building the Bridge: Connecting Life Teen & the Edge Turning

Life Night

So You Think You Can Dance?: A Social Life Night

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal for this night is to build community and fellowship by creating group dances with the Core team that are fun and clean. The night will also affirm Christian morals through the art of dance and pray for teens sharing their gifts and talents in the performing arts. Life Night at a Glance: This night is loosely based off of the reality show “So You Think You Can Dance?” If you are not already familiar with the show, take some time to watch a few episodes on Youtube.com

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Edge Night

“You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out, Kid!”

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Objective:
 The goal for this session is to give the middle school youth an opportunity to grow in community and celebrate Christmas together. Overview: Social Nights are a great way to engage the middle school youth. These nights not only break up the catechesis during the semester, but they give the Core an opportunity to practice relational ministry. Social nights also give each of the youth an opportunity to get to know others in their community. They are able to build relationships and friendships. Social

Life Night

The Big White Elephant: Christmas Social/Service Project

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Goal for the Life Night:
 The goal for this night is for the teens to spend time in community and exchange Christmas gifts. This night will also give the teens an opportunity to participate in and practice charity through a service project in the season of giving. Life Night at a Glance: Christmas—the season of giving. This Life Night combines a service project with an opportunity for the teens to participate in a crazy gift exchange. The night begins with the teens gathering and voting on the

Life Night

Lights Out Dodge Ball

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Goal for the Life Night: 
 To let the teens and the Core have a blast playing a classic game with a new twist and give them a thought-provoking image of Christ as the light of the world. Life Night at a Glance: The bulk of the night will be devoted to letting the teens play dodge ball. The night will end with some prayer time reflecting on Christ as the light of the world.

Life Night

Generopoly?

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Goal for the Life Night:
 The goal of this night is to have fun and challenge the teenagers to embrace the virtue of GENEROSITY, as contrasted to the sin of GREED. Life Night at a Glance: The night is centered around a game called “Generopoly.” We will break into groups of 8-10 and make game pieces. The board will be displayed on the big screen (or TV). Teams will roll a dice and move their piece to the indicated square and tape it in place. Each square will have an action for the group to

Life Night

Life Teen Improv

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Goal for the Life Night:
 To engage the teens in clean improvisation competition and have fun while growing in community. Life Night at a Glance: The LIFE TEEN Improv is based on a popular Improvisational group called ComedySportz. A ComedySportz match features two teams of comedy “actletes” competing for laughs and points, while a referee keeps things moving and calls fouls. An average of 3-5 games are played during a match. Every show is different, with different players, different games,

Life Night

Krazy Kickball

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Goal for the Life Night:
 The goal of this night is to have fun and allow the teenagers to let go of the worries of high school and retreat back to grade school recess when the played kickball. Life Night at a Glance: 
The night is really simple and allows the teenagers to have fun. Each team is formed by individual teenagers choosing a card from a regular deck of cards. Each inning, the team rolls dice that will make them do “Krazy” things throughout the inning. The night is fun so don’t