33 Ways You Know You Were A Youth Group Kid
Hey, can I borrow your Jars of Clay CD to bring to the lock-in?
1. You were so excited that your crush was also going to the lock-in.
2. You know ALL the hand motions to “Lord I Lift Your Name On High.”
3. You had one of these. (Extra point if you had your name embossed on the cover in gold.)
4. You at one point decided to kiss dating good-bye.
6. This was the greatest album you’d ever heard.
9. You burned all of your secular CDs at a church bonfire but then “backslid” and bought new copies of everything.
10. You used curse word substitutes like “son of a biscuit,” “frickin’,” “what the fudge,” and “dad gum it.”
13. Every Wednesday night you were at Fuel, The Edge, Fire, Reverb, The Blaze, Kindle, or Echo.
15. You went on a mission trip to Mexico, Guatemala, Haiti, Ghana, Nicaragua, Uganda, or Venezuela.
20. You prayed at school during “See You at the Pole.”
22. You knew the best Sunday school kids had Bibles that looked like this.
23. You were encouraged to “share your testimony” with your classmates.
24. You went to TGI Friday’s after youth group with a party of 14, and everyone ordered water.
25. You knew the most important question in the world was “How far is too far?”
26. You had that one girl who would always cry and be dramatic when praying out loud. (Or you WERE that girl.)
28. Instead of Halloween, you went to your church’s “Harvest Festival.”
29. All the concerts you went to gave you the opportunity to sponsor a kid.
30. You “guarded your heart” or knew someone who guarded their heart.
32. Your parents would only let you listen to TruthFM, WayFM, The BridgeFM, HopeFM, LightFM, ShineFM, or PraiseFM. (Safe for the whole family!)
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chengl 3 months agoI’ve never heard of many of the things on this list, perhaps because I grew up in a small town. I could not imagine why people would be burning CDs. Most secular CDs are fine by me. The main thing that stuck out to me about my youth group was all the drama. Even at church there are cliques just like in high school. I’m just glad that the church I’m in now isn’t so bad in that regard.
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SlytherinSarah 3 months agoEvery single one of these, to the T. Well, Wednesday night’s was Missionettes/Royal Rangers night.
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A.Leigh 3 months ago#2 Way to get that song stuck in my head, even though I haven’t heard it in YEARS. Dang it. And the “just” thing is so true. So very, pathetically true. At least they usually let you volunteer (mind did, anyway). It got even worse when they put you on the spot and made everyone participate.
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taraparkerl 3 months agoGreat post. We definitely had a lot of those things in my youth group. I wouldn’t trade those days for anything. Great times, and great friendships.
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ericabarrhemsatha 3 months agoNot only was this my childhood, the van pictured in #21 is in my town and I pass it at least 3 times a week. I might have to consider a restraining order, buzzfeed.
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Benjamin Sapiens 3 months agoCatholic youth group mostly consisted of some Bible reading and/or a very basic discussion of some theological topic, a prayer or two, and then games and snacks in the church basement. Plus the occasional all-day convention or bottle drive and a Living Stations of the Cross at Easter. The main difference, though, was that no one, even the leaders, were particularly enthusiastic about any of it.
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Lil girl with cancer 3 months agoI used to bully the shit out of the christian kids in middle school. Reading this list makes me know I did the right thing and they deserved it.
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drawingablank 3 months ago
Also very similar to going to a Christian school from kindergarten to 12th grade like I did.
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knoweighbro 3 months ago
This was hilarious. Brainwashing camp! I guess you’d have to send your kids to this if you wanted them to swallow the crazy nonsense. What a waste.
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ellenjhof 3 months agoI am comforted to know this didn’t only happen in the middle of Kansas - I thought I was alone in all the weirdness that is youth group. I have nothing but great memories of youth group that involve about 90% of what you listed. What I wouldn’t give to go on another retreat/ski trip/summer camp with all of them! (side note: haters, just let us weird youth group kids have our thang.)
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