Looking back over the last 12 months is something many organisations do at this time of year. The television is inundated with award shows, gala evenings and retrospectives of the previous year. This all culminates with the Oscars later in spring, notable for the fact that the Americans don't seem to have become embarrassed by the whole thing!
This month, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Evangelicals Now Youth Column End of Year Quiz. How much can you remember about the last 12 articles?
Notes:
Allow 30 minutes for this quiz. During that time there is to be no talking. Please answer question 1 and nine others. Answer all the questions before you rush to the recycling bin to fish out old copies of EN. Please do not send in your answers.
Question 1
i) Did you receive any of the Youth Leader's Stocking Fillers last year?
ii) Were any of them useful?
iii) Have you worked out what to do with a rubber chicken yet?
Question 2
i) How is the Christian Union in your local school?
ii) Are you involved in praying for the students and supporting them?
iii) Have you visited the battleground?
Question 3
i) What tribes are in your youth group?
ii) How are you building relationships with the individual young people?
iii) Are you having conversations with your youth group, beyond the weather on to real subjects?
Question 4
i) Who are the positive role models you are introducing your young people to?
ii) Are you using older young people to be positive models for children?
Question 5
i) Name the seven diseases your church may have.
ii) Have you managed to apply the cure in time?
Question 6
i) What are the five universal answers to youth work questions?
ii) Are you praying for the young people in your care?
iii) Have you established clear goals for the work?
Question 7
i) How did you follow up the young people over the summer?
ii) Were your young people full of enthusiasm after their summer camp?
iii) Have you attempted to learn any memory verses this term?
Quickfire multiple choice
Question 8
The best incentive for youth groups, according to the current EN youth columnist, is:
a) Food
b) Pointed sticks
c) Extra pocket money
d) Sainsbury reward points
Question 9
Using words like 'spurious', 'proliferate' and 'engender', show that the columnist:
a) Has a random word generator on his desk
b) Reads his word of the day toilet paper
c) Overuses the thesaurus in Microsoft Word
d) Is really ghosting for someone more intelligent
Question 10
The overall aim of Christian youth work is:
a) To relive our own childhoods
b) As a great excuse to become a 'playstation' expert
c) To hang out with the 'kids'
d) One day to present young people mature in Christ
Happy New Year!
Roger Fawcett
