Spontaneous Melodramas 2

And a dozen teens start laughing hysterically, piling into a human 'boat' that helps set up the mind-blowing miracle of Jesus walking on the stormy Sea of Galilee.

Maybe you're after a booster shot for midweek youth group meetings that feel 'same old, same old.' Or you've just been asked (last minute, of course) to run the service at the shelter during your mission trip, and you need a jolt of energy that'll draw kids into your lesson. Whatever your creative need, Spontaneous Melodramas 2 will fill the bill.

Continuing where its predecessor--Spontaneous Melodramas--left off, this volume offers another two dozen tales from the Old and New Testaments that bring the biblical accounts to life . . . with distinctive, contemporary twists!

Although these no-rehearsal skits will leave your students in stitches, the humor never buries the message of Scripture. So you can be confident when bringing your kids--whether or not they're familiar with the Bible--into sketches like:

The Sumptuous Spare Rib (Adam and Eve)
Touched by an Angel (Jacob's wrestling match)
Love on a Threshing Floor (Ruth and Boaz)
The Wizard of Eyes (Jesus heals the blind man)
The Great Pool Party (Healing at the pool)
Dead Man Walking (Jesus raises Lazarus)

Spontaneous Melodramas 2 is full of flexible skits that youth workers, Sunday school teachers, camp counselors, and retreat directors can use for discussion starters, icebreakers, or talk intros. And they're natural fits for Bible study programming, all-nighters, mission trips, camps, retreats, parent meetings, and many other events.

More than a year's worth of slapstick, pratfalls, and fun, Spontaneous Melodramas 2 will make the Bible--and its unforgettable characters and adventures--extra memorable for your students.

This volume from Youth Specialties contains 24 more impromptu skits from the Old and New Testaments (with a modern, humorous twist) that help bring Bible stories to life.

Founder of Simply Youth Ministry, Doug Fields has been in youth ministry since 1979 and is currently on staff at Saddleback Church in Southern California. He's the director of Purpose Driven Youth Ministry, and the author and co-author of more than 50 books, including the bestsellers Speaking to Teenagers and Your First Two Years in Youth Ministry. Doug Fields ha sido pastor de jovenes y lider de ministerios durante mas de treinta anos. Despues de graduarse de la Universidad Vanguard en 1984, recibio su maestria en divinidad del Seminario Teologico Fuller. Sirvio durante 18 anos como pastor de ensenanza y de jovenes en la iglesia Saddleback en California. el es autor de mas de cincuenta libros, incluyendo Recargado y Ministerio de jovenes con proposito, ganador de la medalla de oro. Tambien ha viajado por todos los estados unidos y a paises como Australia, Alemania, Filipinas y Brasil, como instructor del programa. Doug es fundador del ministerio Sencillamente Joven. El y su esposa, Cathy, tienen tres hijos.

With 15 years of youth ministry experience, Laurie Polich serves as pastor of small groups and discipleship at Ocean Hills Covenant Church, in Santa Barbara. She's the author of several books including Help! I'm a Small-Group Leader training curriculum and book, Studies on the Go: John, and Small Group Qs, and she speaks frequently to students and youth workers across the country. Laurie Polich es miembro del equipo de entrenamiento de Especialidades Juveniles . Cuando no esta dando clases sobre el ministerio con adolescentes en la Azusa Pacific University, habla en campamentos, conferencias y convenciones tanto para lideres juveniles como para jovenes por todo Estados Unidos. Laurie es Tambien autora de Ayudenme! iSoy lider de celulas!

Duffy Robbins is a professor of youth ministry at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania. He's also the bestselling author and coauthor of Enjoy the Silence, Speaking to Teenagers, Memory Makers, This Way to Youth Ministry, and many more. A thirty-five year veteran of youth ministry, Duffy speaks around the world to teenagers and people who care about them. He's made it this long in youth ministry because he figured out the secret to budgets, dealing with parents, and working with church staff!