Our
youth personally read the entire Gospel of John!
At
our weekly youth group meetings, we would assign three chapters of the book to
read and mark for homework. Then, at our next study, each youth would share a
verse that the Lord spoke to him in those chapters and how he could apply it to
his life. It was
amazing to see that
these 13-23 year olds read their Bibles each week and understood God’s message
for their lives for themselves!!
To
celebrate this accomplishment, we threw a “John Party”, and invited the group
to come dressed as a person/object mentioned in the Gospel of John, and to
bring a John-themed snack. While Paco
dressed as John the Baptist, and I dressed as “Living Water”, other youth came
as Lazarus, Thomas, a grape, and Jesus. The snacks were even more creative: “bread of
life”, “wine”(grape soda), “fish”(tuna salad), “Lazarus hotdogs”, a “fire” of
Cheetos, and
more. We celebrated
answering trivia questions from the book of John and sharing our favorite
verses.
