minutes- young life（分钟,年轻的生命）.doc

Minutes Minutes began very early in Young Life. The “minutes” name evolved from the fact that Young Life was a club and a club always had the minutes of the last meeting. Early clubs (1940’s and 50’s) had officers, a president, a vice-president, secretaries and bouncers. The secretaries did the minutes, and they almost always involved the kids with the use of their names and a review of the events of that week. Therefore, we have the name, “minutes”, and it is still used today (even though we don’t actually keep the minutes anymore) because it is a good distinction from “skits” which are usually all leaders, and minutes involve kids up front. You can call them whatever you wish, but keeping the distinction is helpful. The purpose of having minutes in club is three-fold. First, is to have fun in club. To get kids laughing is as important as getting them there. Second, we have minutes as a promotion for club. The conversation around school the next day is often, “You should have seen what they did at Young Life last night.” Third, minutes involve the students in club. Take Off What You Don’t Need Minutes or What’s The First Thing You’d take off Minutes? In this contest you get 3 kids and take them out of the room. Tell the crowd that this is an intelligence contest. “We will tell each person to take off something they don’t need while they are sitting under the blanket. The object is to take off the blanket which they don’t need.” Meanwhile, have another leader tell the three guys what is going on. This is a set-up on the crowd rather than the 3 kids. Have them go out one at a time and have the first two take off a few items like a watch, socks, or shoes. “Is this it?” “No!” Then have them “realize” what is going on and take off the blanket. Then have the 3rd person come out. (Have him put a pair of shorts under all of his clothes in the back room). The 3rd person proceeds to take off all of his clothes (also a pair of boxer shorts), throwing