Comments on: The Youth Group Intern

By: LPittsburgh

LPittsburgh — Mon, 17 May 2010 19:12:46 +0000

While in college, I interned with a good friend of mine. We were actually in that same church's youth group while we were in high school. Our senior year of high school at camp in Wisconsin, one of the girls' cabins woke up with human poop on their front step. No matter who we accused of the crime, the boys blamed it on chewy, the pink yard flamingo that was a staple at camp. Unfortunately, the mess was cleaned up by one of the girls that also wound up interning for this church. Years later, the true culprit came out and we laugh about it to this day. This may be a disgusting story but the best part is that five years later the guilty party and the poor girl who cleaned it up…are married.

By: Fruitcake

Fruitcake — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:24:00 +0000

I was given a link to this entry because I am a youth group intern. I also decided tonight just for the fun of it, to do a game based on the old game show “beat the clock” On that show they were usually given an easy task like “put the 3 balls through the hoop” then just as the clock would start to count down, the host would “remember” that the contestants had to do it blindfolded.

On my version, I am going to give them an easy task like walk around the outside of the church building. then just as they are about to start, I am going to tell them that there are 4 rules about how it must be done. but I am not going to tell them the rules, they have to find out for themselves as they go along.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:00:00 +0000

As a youth ministry intern last year, fresh out of college, I watched from a distance as a group of high school students attempted to get a deer into their room at the winter retreat. They were supposed to be asleep almost 2 hours earlier, but I didn’t care. I was so silly that I actually made phone calls to their room in hopes that the entering deer might go ridiculously crazy. The deer actually did go into their room, but thankfully no one was hurt. Even if something bad did happen, I would’ve never admitted to knowing what was going on. ha

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:12:00 +0000

My junior year in high school we got a new youth pastor. It was still his first month on the job and he had to baptize a few people at the evening service. The youth choir happenned to be singing that night also and the choir loft was strategically placed right beside the baptism pit. My friend’s brother went to walmart as soon as he realized this and bought as many goldfish as he could and dumped them over the edge of the pit right before the service started. The YP freaked.

By: Jon and Mollie

Jon and Mollie — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:33:00 +0000

I love this comment from one of my students: “Remember when ‘youth intern guy’ had the bonfire and we took turns jumping over it and then we chased each other with branches that were on fire….that was awesome….”

I found out 3 months later….

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:04:00 +0000

I was a youth intern for a summer. It was a small church in a small town where the youth pastor and I out numbered the kids. I dug a 4 foot deep drainage ditch for 50 ft along the church. Under my humorless fascisto senior pastor this was clearly the best summer of my life.

By: Kat

Kat — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:05:00 +0000

ok, so, I was a youth intern….fun times, fun times….

but the stories I have as a youth are more astounding…..

best one: during a lock in, people were joking around turning off the lights in various rooms and when one certain room’s lights were turned off, somebody had the bright idea to throw a folding chair…..and lo and behold, my friend got hit in the eye with the leg of a flying folding chair…..yeah….its a bit strange….

By: Oslerfamily

Oslerfamily — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:18:00 +0000

Oy! Stacy from Louisville – we did the for sale sign thing too! (Must be regional – I’m from Cincinnati!) Also we did the day after elections sign thing……only that one no one minded as much! And we did the ex-boyfriend’s house and left church folk alone.(Catch that? Boyfriend didn’t go to church, ergo the discourse)

By: Kerri

Kerri — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:03:00 +0000

Many of our youth interns grew up in this church, and one is now employed at the YP’s assistant. This guy likes remote-controlled vehicles and can be seen driving them in the church. We have a nice big sanctuary. Plenty of room for a remote-controlled helicopter. Which is exactly what he brought one Friday afternoon – where the helicopter got out of control and got stuck in one of the chandelier lights. The chandeliers are designed to be lowered to floor level, but the process takes 45 minutes. So, he lowered that chandelier, got his chopper, and reversed the process, starting the chandelier on its rise to the ceiling. Rather than check on the chandelier after its return, he left. Unbeknownst to him, something went awry, and the chandelier got stuck halfway down. No one noticed this until Sunday morning, and, of course, the motor for raising the light was burned out. So, after “Black Hawk Down,” we had “Chandelier Down.” Fun times!