Youth Survival Night

Youth Survival Night sometimes is more about if the adults in charge can survive. There are lots of active kids who come mostly to get their hands on a ball and to be with friends.
Other churches provide a youth night so we have some competition, but since we moved from Weds. to Tuesday nights now they can attend more than one church sponsored youth night.  The blue church Baptist) a block away has one too.  The kids refer to the LDS church as the white church.

This night the Elders played Dodge Ball with them which is a hit with the pre-teen to mid teens age.

Can you tell the Elders from the youth?  Don't miss the one in the center with the red ball cap on backwards.  That is our Navajo Elder who has played college basketball.

Brother Nelson our Native American who takes charge of Youth Night, does a cooking skill in the kitchen each week.  This night he showed the kids how to make tuna sandwiches and how to open a can using a knife.

Of course getting something to eat is always popular with kids.  He calls them in to the kitchen 3 or 4 at a time to demonstrate then they prepare their own.  Next week is Mac and Cheese.

We are trying to provide a safe place to be and also to teach them some survival skills.

As Spring approaches plans are to teach them some gardening skills, outdoor survival and also we have planned to have a few events to invite the whole family like a family picnic.





In a classroom the younger ones, mostly girls, were stringing beads to make bracelets or key chains.

Sister Pipe is trying to come with a craft each week for others to do.  These girls are finishing up dream catchers that they started last week.


I come prepared each week to do group games if the interest is there like
Charades, Hangman, To Tell the Truth.  Sometimes we play UNO or Checkers.

It depends on how many are there, their ages and who wants to do what.