Last night at youth group we followed culture by creating our own Harlem shake. Not a big deal, and surprisingly easy to accomplish. I have boxes of props (mostly hats) that we used to make the crazy even more crazy. we began with everyone looking rather tame, chatting like they normally do while one person in a motorcycle helmet danced alone in the back. we filmed that for about 30 seconds. Then everyone ran to grab a prop and returned to their space. we had one student flicker the lights and everyone danced for about 30 seconds. Then I just edited the two together and overlaid the Harlem shake music, making one quick video to enjoy.
We also played a few rounds of Four on a couch. I usually begin with one normal round before imposing the rule that everyone must switch names with the person on their right when they sit down. It's good game, not a great game. kind of low energy and lots of thinking. But part of what makes it good is that it's so confusing that no one really gets frustrated when someone makes a mistake.
At our large group time I showed slides to emphasize the story of John 12:1-8. the slides were made from pictures that we took from the week before, which made the story much more fun, especially since it was such a simple story. The dialog after the story was about how we choose to worship God. Mary choose to worship with blessing, using her resources to honor God while Judas advocated for more of a following approach by serving the needs of others. a good discussion ensued.
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