Youth Ministry Summer Challenge

101 ideas to do this summer to stay connected with teens and build community!

The rules are simple: whichever group completes the most items on the list by Labor Day wins a prize!
Decide which activities your youth group will so and then share a photo in the AOD Youth Ministers Facebook Group with #101AODSummmer

Prizes:

1st: Pizza Party
2nd: Ice Cream Party
3rd: Donut Party

Fun

Have a picnic
Invent your own ice cream sandwich
Make your own grilled pizza
Movie night
Water balloon fight
Smores night
Camp-out
Watermelon seed spitting contest
Invent your own smoothie night
Virtual vacation night
Boardgame night
Pancakes and pjs
Un-birthday party
Glow night
Make up your own sport
Yard game night
Scavenger hunt

Adventures

Make your own popsicles/ milkshakes
Challenge another youth group to a sporting event
Bingo night
Trivia night
Glow in the dark capture the flag
Cornhole tournament
Retro game night
Life skills night
Field day/ olympics
Super Sundae night
Riddles and giggles night
Sno-cone party and sno-ball games
Host a summer book club
BYOM BBQ
Have a garage sale
Have a lemonade stand
Silent disco/dance party

Service

Serve & swim
Visit a nursing home
Volunteer in the community
Plant a garden
Serve the parish elderly
St. Elizabeth’s soup kitchen
Help with parish vbs
Cook for a homeless shelter
Host a food drive
Volunteer at a local food pantry
Clean a local park
Offer a free car wash
Host a school supply drive
Attend Prayer and Action
Penny night
Shirt-off-your-back night
Nickel and dime night

Creative

Painting night
Create a sidewalk chalk mural
Poster contest
Photo competition
Summer craft night
DIY kite night
Tye dye day
Talent show
Karaoke night
Create a flashmob
Make your own pinatas
Lip-sync battle
Video project
Duct tape night
Time capsule night
Nailed it – cookie night

Worship

Pray a rosary
Scripture study
Make a playlist of favorite Christian songs
Adoration & dessert night
Pick a saint, research their lives and share
Mass & breakfast
Mother Cabrini Shrine
Mass & sports group
Stations of the Cross at St. Malo
Vocations night
Bible study series
Cook for a homeless shelter
Day retreat
Create prayer journals
Attend Steubenville of the Rockies

Outings

Go to a baseball game
Bowling
Go to a Christian concert
Spend the day at Annunciation Heights
Go hiking
Go to a waterpark
Frozen yogurt night
Go to an amusement park
Ice skating
Pool party
Rollerskating
Beach day (Reservoir day)
Visit the zoo
Visit a museum
Escape room
Mini golf
Dress up and go to a fast food restaurant
Climb a mountain
Go fishing
Go to a movie