5th Quarter Video Ideas

It’s 5th Quarter season again.  Many of you are gearing up for that 5th Quarter Party, and hoping for a great turnout from the big game.  If you need some help planning, check out this blog post and this one too.  Maybe your speaker cancelled on you, you need a back-up speaker plan, or you simply wanted to show a video this year.  Here are some video ideas that may work:

 

Other Ideas: 

• I Am Second – Tony Dungy, Jason Witten, & other football stars
• Game Plan For Life – Joe Gibbs website full of football stars giving their testimony and salvation message.

Feel free to comment and leave video ideas that you have used in the past.  Let’s help each other make these 5th Quarter parties a success…which means seeing students meet their Savior, Jesus Christ!

 

 

5th Quarter – Fifth Quarter Party Ideas for Youth Ministry

Here is a free, already assembled kit to build a 5th Quarter Party for your Youth Ministry:

1. Planning
   a. Determine location – needs to be close to church, need to have students from your ministry that attend that school
   b. Contact School – Find out game prices, locate home game schedule, get permission to announce party at game
   c. Contact Student Organizations – FCA, Student Venture, etc. will all help you get the word out
   d. Contact Speaker – while you may be capable of speaking at the event, your mind will be in a 1,000 places so you will want a speaker (Also may want a band too)
   e. Food & Prizes – Begin planning food donations early, Contact local business for crowd-drawing prizes
   f. Assign Youth Leaders – Assign your youth leaders to various tasks such as Food Coordinator, Prize Coordinator, Game Leaders, Etc.
   g. Draw a map of your facility – Plan out where each event/game will take place
2. Games & Activities
   a. Produce a Mix CD – Popular Christian music mix that keep the party up
   b. Quarterback/Long-snapper Challenge – Can be done with hula-hoops as targets, be creative
   c. Free Pedicures – Girls need something too
   d. Paper Football Tournament – How could I resist?
   e. XBOX – Get the Madden ready
   f. Mini-Football Game – Half the gym with cones works well – play non-contact with similar rules to “Ultimate Frisbee” but use a football instead
   g. Prize Table – Use this also as your registration
3. Spiritual Aspect
   a. Encourage students to invite friends before game
   b. At game – use flyers for students to invite friends and peers (here are some ideas on how to make the flyer)
   c. Speaker must present clear gospel presentation
   d. Counselors ready – After invitation of speaker have counselors ready to answer questions and provide Gospels of John or Bibles to those that made decisions
   e. Follow-up – Have students follow-up too! Use myspace, facebook, email…anything to contact the students to get them to come back.
4. Miscellaneous
   a. Make sure there is enough food for everyone that “could” attend
   b. Be Advised – There will be a time restraint if you typically cut off at Midnight – most games will not finish till at least 9:30 or 10pm – SO BE ORGANIZED IN YOUR SCHEDULE
5. Schedule Example:
   5:00 – leaders meet with Speaker
   5:15 – students arrive
   5:15-45 – prayer & student training
   5:45-6:00 – leave for game
   6-6:15 – arrive at game
   9:30 – doors open for 5th quarter
   9:30-10:30 – food served & games played
   10:30ish – speaker & giveaway!
   11ish – invitation & counsel time
   11-12ish – party time
6. Need more ideas – check out this blog article for more 5th quarter ideas!