When a group needs to be surprised: Reason #1

Some groups, especially a group of highly religious youth, are just too serious! Full of stress and anxiety, they simply can't let down and enjoy the life that God has given them. It is fine to appreciate their desire to be productive and spiritual, but... sometimes, to come to an appreciation of God's good creation, they simply need to lighten up! For us to help them in this generally means catching them off guard. With some youth groups if we scheduled a mission project we'd get a good turnout but if we scheduled a fun night, few would come - homework comes first. (I know, I know, I've had groups that only came on fun nights, also. But super-serious youth groups are very common.) These are kids that need us to surprise them, to catch them off guard, to play with them. It is truly a joy to watch a group of very serious young adults let down and, at least briefly, become the children they should be.