78-STORM Event Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section 1 Principles 1

Section 2 Philosophy 1

Section 3 Purpose 1

Section 4 Preparation 2

Select DateSelect SpeakerSelect LocationSelect Your People

Section 5 Assignments 3

Driver CoordinatorCounseling CoordinatorPromotion CoordinatorAnnouncements CoordinatorGames CoordinatorFood CoordinatorWorship Coordinator

Section 6 Timeline 10Two weeks before STORMOne week before STORMNight of STORM

Orientation Suggested STORM Schedule Follow-up On Decisions

Appendix How to Conduct Counseling A-1

Follow-up Visitation Idea A-4

Skit Ideas A-5

STORM Forms and Samples A-10

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Principles

Matt 28:18 GOWe are commanded to GO make disciples, not hope some come in.

The key word is GO. STORM is one event where you can send your

students to go and reach others for Christ.

Acts 1:8 Reach your Judea

We have been empowered to witness to Jerusalem and Judea. This is

an awesome way to reach your Jerusalem and the villages around

youyour Judea. This may be the last opportunity for them to hear aclear message of Salvation.

Philosophy

A STORM meeting is a vehicle for the local church to send students

out to reach their friends with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

We had a 10th grade girl trust Christ at a STORM in

October. In February, while at school, she had a

brain aneurysm. That day she went into eternity to

see her Savior, instead of to the place of torment all

because she was brought to the STORM, heard the

Gospel message and received Jesus Christ.

Purpose

The goal is for your students to go out into the community and bring

back their friends, potentially tripling your group in size, while having

tons of fun and games and most importantly giving them a chance to

hear and respond to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.PUOPHLOOH

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Assignments

1. Driver Coordinator

a. Recruit drivers 3-4 weeks in advance.b. You will need one driver for every two students.c. Drivers can be anyone who drives safely...parents, grandparents, young

adults, etc. and need to be there by the orientation the night of theSTORM.

d. Get maps of areas in which you will pick up students.e. Get the names and addresses from the Top 10 List of friends to invite, to

help develop the most time-efficient driving plan for each driver.f. Assign the students to the drivers. If you have Christian school or Home

School kids who say they dont know anyone who is unsaved, team them

up with a public school teen or an outgoing young adult. They might havesome ideas where to look, such as Wendys, McDonalds, Basketballcourts, etc.

At one STORM, there was a student who was dis-couraged because he was pretty sure none of hisfriends would be able to come. His youth leader of-fered to take him out to invite them anyway. Theywent around to seven of his friends houses, butnone of them could attend. The leader shared thatthey still had 15 minutes so they tried one more.They found one Jr. High boy who could come andthat night he trusted Christ!

2. Counseling CoordinatorIf there is a leader in your youth ministry who has already been assigned forthe year to conduct follow-up of new believers, they would be a good personto be the Counseling Coordinator.a. Recruit counselors (one for every student you are averaging).b. Train counselors on how to lead a student to Christ (See How to Conduct

Counseling in the Appendix pages A-1A-3).c. Select the Counseling Roomd. Get Gospels of John, decision slips, and follow-up materials.

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Follow-up Material

Our interactive discipleship series gives you the tools to energize aneffective discipleship ministry, helping new believers understandthe important biblical truths that will firmly root and establish themin Christ.

Gospel of John and Decision Slips

This pocket sized Gospel of John is ide-al for counseling new believers. Inaddition, we also provide DecisionSlips (three-part NCR) which are ahelpful way to record decisions for sal-vation, assurance and dedication forthe individual. They also provide youwith the information needed for follow-up and discipleship.


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e. Make sure all decision slips are collected.f. Organize follow-up for all the students who made decisions.g. Recruit people to conduct the follow-up. If you do not have enough adult

help, maybe some of your stronger teens can work through the follow-upmaterial with their friends.

h. Schedule follow-up meetings (first two meetings are most effective ifdone within a week after the STORM).

i. Add visitors to your mailing list for all future events, and plan to call thembefore your next big event to invite them to attend.

k. Integrate the visitors into key Discipleship Groups.l. Ask Senior Citizens to bake chocolate chip cookies to take to visitors by

Cookie Patrol people during the next couple of weeks (See notes onCookie Patrol in the Appendix).

m. Develop a card that can be signed by a Cre8ive Discipleship group of thatteens age to send with the cookies.

3. Promotion Coordinatora. Consistently communicates with the leaders and the students about

the STORM, in order to keep the excitement rolling.- Dont have students invite their friends ahead of time!!! The key is to

catch them by surprise.b. Email Promotion

- Develop a contact list in your email program of all your students andkeep it up-to-date with visitors.

- Develop emails to send to your students, reminding them of the up-coming STORM (one month before, two weeks before, and day be-fore).

c. Design a flyer to leave at the homes of students you pick up that night. It

needs to include:- What it is- Where it will happen- Who is sponsoring it (your church name)- Address and phone number of the church- When it will start- When it will end- When their students will be home- Thank the parent for allowing them to come!- What the after-speaker food will be (40 lbs of Ice Cream, 50 lbs of

Walking Tacos or total number of pizza slices)d. STORM Tracker Cards, (A sample for your use can be found on Appendix

page A-10) student-orientated registration cards that can be easily filledout in the vehicles. Needs to include:- Name- Address- Phone- Birth Date- Grade- Email address- Blog sites/Instant Messenger screen name- Where they go to church now-if any- Favorite music, favorite TV program. (The last two enables you to

know their world a little bit better.)

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e. Promotional Posters(Order by calling LCM 888-932-5927)

f. Develop a Follow-up Note and Superbowl Letter or

Email to be sent to visitors after the STORM (usingaddresses from the STORM Tracker Cards). You canalso get one of your students involved and havethem develop the letter or email. Try to ensure thateach visitor receives five touches from your group:- Letter from the leaders- Letter or email from one of your students- Cookie Patrol visit, or something else creative

(For more information on Cookie Patrol, seeFollow-up Visitation Ideas in the Appendix pageA-4)

- Visit from one of your students and a leader- Send promotion about the upcoming Superbowl

4. Announcements Coordinatora. Make sure the announcements are exciting.b. Share about other events coming up as well as the STORM.c. Use skits as a creative way to promote the STORM and get teens involved

(have them do the skits) and excited.d. Can do skit in front of church so everyone knows about your event com-

ing up (See the Appendix pages A-5A-9 for skit ideas).e. Come up with some sort of cool announcement to promote Superbowl

that will be used during the STORM night.

5. Games Coordinator

a. Ensures a room/space is assigned for game time.b. Arrive 1.5 hours early to set up props and have all games and icebreak-

ers ready to go.c. Creates a fun, excited atmosphere from the very beginning as students

are arriving.d. Recruit adults and students to greet groups of students as they arrive and

collect their STORM tracker cards.e. Pre-Meeting Games Have some adults/leaders help run games like vol-

leyball or dodge ball to set an exciting atmosphere for teens as they ar-rive and before the actual meeting starts. You can also run some smallerice breakers to get the students interacting with each other, therebycreate excitement right away.

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Game Suggestion:

Getting to Know You Challenge- Give teens a sheet of paper with

various categories on one side and space to write in names on the

other. Their task is to find someone who fits in the category and

write in their name, without using any student more than once. The

categories could include things like: visited another country, taller

than 6 feet, has a brother, etc. Reward the first three teens finished

with something like a candy bar or T-shirt.

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f. Plan games for the meeting

6. Food Coordinator

a. Ideas for the Main EventBE CREATIVE!!! Remember food is the DRAW!!b. After you determine your food needs for the night, list all the items and

quantities of what is needed, and have adults sign up for them. Ask themto bring their items the Sunday before, if you have storage space, espe-cially if ice cream is involved.

c. If your STORM orientation starts before dinner, you may want to havelight finger foods available,

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Game Suggestion:Mummy Wrap Find out who is from what schools and get two vis-itors and one regular from each school for each team. (3 to 4teams minimum). The regular becomes the mummy and eachvisitor becomes the wrappereach getting a roll of toilet paper.Give them 90 seconds to wrap their mummy and have a panel of judges choose the winner for completeness and neatness. Thewinning school goes first for the food at the end. (Props needed-8rolls of toilet paper)

Game Suggestion:

Foot Signing This gets everybody involved. Know how manyschools are represented (or if few schools represented divide intogirls and guys or junior high and senior high) and have a chair rep-resenting each school at one end of the room. Have each groupline up single file with their chair. At each chair have two leaders.One leader has washable felt tip pens. The other leader is thecounter.

After the groups are lined up with their chair, ask for the teenwho is tough and can take any pain. They are to sit in the chairand take off one shoe and sock and put that foot on their other

knee. Draw a circle all around their ankle. Explain that each teen(one at a time) is to sign the teens, foot with their first name, givetheir marker to the next teen and move to the back of the line. (Itis possible a teen will sign their name several times if the line isshort.) Remember that one leader is to count each signature as itis signed on the foot. (If they wait till afterwards to count, it willbe impossible). Give them 90 seconds to go as fast as they can.Break the record of 36 in 90 seconds. (Props needed: 8 WASHABLEfelt tip pens.)


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Food Suggestions

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Ice Cream Sundaes:A general guideline for figuring out how many gallons of ice cream

you will need is to take your average attendance, multiply by 3 and

divide by 10. Example: Average attendance is 15, so 3x15=45 di-

vided by 10=4.5 gallons. So you would need 5 gallons of ice cream

(Good ice cream weighs 8 lbs/gallon). You can then advertise to

your students how many pounds of ice cream you will have, so they

can tell their friends when they pick them up.

Pizza:

A general guideline for figuring out how many pizzas you will need

is three people to each pizza. Example: Average attendance is 20

teens, you can expect forty to sixty teens (plus help), so 60 divided

by 3=20 pizzas. Based on how you have your pizzas sliced, you

can then advertise the number of slices of pizza, so the students

can tell their friends when they pick them up.

Walking Tacos:Ingredients and ratios (Again, go by your potential of 3 times your

normal attendance.)

Individual sized Frito corn chip bags (not opened)

Cooked hamburger in taco seasoning - 5 teens to a lb. of

Hamburger

Shredded cheese10 teens to a lb. of shredded cheese

LettuceOne head for 20 teensneeds to be shredded that

night.

Mild and hot chunky Salsa16 ounces for 15 Teens

Sour Cream16 ounces for 20 teens

Jalapeo Peppers (sliced)

Plastic spoons and napkins

Walking Taco Assembly - First each student will receive a bag of

Frito corn chips, which has been slit down one side by a leader.

Then they go down the line and add whatever ingredients they

want into their bag of Fritos for their Walking Taco. Advertise to

your teens how many pounds of tacos they will have, so they can

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7. Worship Coordinatora. Have background music playing prior to the actual meeting as teens are

coming in make it exciting to let them know something is happening!

b. Have upbeat song/s for beginning of meeting and something quieter toprepare their hearts before the Gospel message

c. Take care of all audio/video/PowerPoint and set-up. Be sure to have thewords of the songs visible, as visitors might not know the song.

d. If having teens lead or help with worship, make sure they practice andare done before the Orientation, so they can be a part of going out andpicking up their friends.

e. Make sure that heat/air-conditioning is set at a comfortable level.

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STORM T-Shirt

Get your students excited about evangelistic opportunitieswith this STORM short-sleeved T-shirt. Available in red.

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Timeline

1. Two weeks before STORM

a. Have skits the next two weeks, announcing the STORM and getting yourstudents involved to create more excitement.

b. Top 10 List- Two weeks before the event, ask the students to turn in a list of 10

unsaved friends or classmates with addresses that they would like togo after.

- Put these names on a prayer list to be given to your students and keypeople in your church (such as your Pastor), so they can start prayingfor their friends.

- Put names on cards that can be handed out to people in your churchso they can be praying for specific friends.

- Put the names on the list for the driver coordinator, so they can com-pile the names and addresses by logical driving areas and develop aplan for pickups the night of the STORM. If you put the names on adata base or spreadsheet and one of your leaders has a map pro-gram, you could import that database into your map program, andthe drivers would have locations right on their maps for the firstpickups.

- Do not get discouraged if they dont turn in names or if they say theydont know any unsaved.

- Dont give out the assignments ahead of time, or they might betempted to miss the Orientation.

- Put each name on small 1 by 1 post-it notes and have a cross drawnon a large poster board. On one side of the cross put Unsaved andon the other side put Saved. Put the post it notes of their unsaved

friends name on the unsaved side. This is an awesome visual of teenswho need salvation.

- Dont have students invite their friends ahead of time!!! The key is tocatch them by surprise.

c. Order counseling materials and become familiar with them

In Indiana, a van pulled up with 9 students gettingout and running for the door of a Junior High stu-dent. The teen was at the window when they pulledup and he saw them running for the door. Instead ofgoing to the door, he ran to his mom and said Momthey are coming for me, can I go? He did not even

know what it was about but he knew they had to becoming to get him and he wanted to be in on it!

2. One week before STORMa. Have another exciting announcement/promo skit.b. Print Promo Flyers and STORM Tracker Cards (See Appendix pages A10-13).c. Check on counseling materialsd. Get all props for Food, Games, Music and Sound Equipment.e. Have a final planning meeting with all your coordinators, staff and coun-

selorsf. Pray with your kids over the Top 10 List.

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c. Follow-Up on ALL the decisions- Make sure everyone knows where the counseling room is for teens

who trust Christ during the Gospel message.

- Decide who will greet the students in the counseling room and matchthem up with a counselor.

- Have counselors find out what decision the students made to be surethey understand, and record their names and addresses on the deci-sion slips for follow-up.

- Book the first follow-up meeting on the way home from the event, asthe decision is fresh on their hearts.

- Book the second follow-up meeting during the first meeting.- Have LCM follow-up books available.- Encourage everyone who came to bring all their friends to Superbowl

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Follow-up Material

Our interactive Discipleship Series gives you the tools to energize an effective discipleship

ministry, helping spiritually young believers understand the important biblical truths thatwill firmly root and establish them in Christ.

(On left hand side of homepage, clickresources, then Discipleship to view Follow

-up Materials)

First Steps

The first steps of any adventure can be exciting and scary.This booklet by Mike Calhoun investigates three stages of spir-itual growth and answers six vital questions that new believersask as they begin their adventure.

Knowing What You Believe

The second title of our series takes the one youre discipling tothe next level by shifting the focus from making church mem-bers to making disciples. This booklet by Mike Calhoun ena-bles you to establish mile markers for students lives, such asovercoming doubts, baptism, the Bible, and the foundationaltruths about God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.


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How to Conduct Counseling

1. During the message.

a. Half of the counselors are in sitting with the students.b. The other half of counselors are in the hallway or off to the side or back,

praying for specific names and for the Holy Spirit to work in lives.

2. During the invitationa. When the speaker asks the teens who prayed the sinner's prayer to raise

their hands, discreetly look around to see who is raising their hands. Bowyour head and start praying for them.

b. When the speaker asks for the teens who prayed the prayer to stand andmove (to front, back or side), stand and move with them.

c. If none of your students move, yet some have raised their hands, go to eachand ask if they want you to go forward with them. If they say no or shaketheir head no, dont push. Just back off and go out to see if they needcounselors.

3. During the counselingSee the Counseling Flow Chart on the next page.

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You can use the chart above or draw the visual on whatever you have. I have even drawnthis in the sand doing beach evangelism. We have used the Gospel of John as the mainverse for each point if all you have is a Gospel of John. Put in other verses if you choose touse your Bible.

The Bible teaches that we are part of either Gods Family or Satans Family. There is no in-between. Have them read John 8:44 (alternate verse Romans 3:10 and 23) and share thatwe are born into Satans Family. (Point to the circle on the left) There is truly no one goodin all things. That includes me and that includes you. (Always point at yourself first whenyou say this.)

Because we are part of Satans Family, we are headed to a place called hell. (Follow thelower arrow to Place of Torment). John 5:24 (Alternate verses are Romans 6:23a andRevelation 20:14-15). It is a place of everlasting torment and total separation from God.

Does this sound like a good place to end up? (If they say they dont believe in hellyoucan reply that if you said there was no gravity and jumped off Sears tower, my mind wouldbe changed when I hit the ground. To disbelieve does not negate a fact).

(Have them read John 14:6 (alternate verses are Ephesians 2:8-9 and Matthew 7:21-23).Some try to make it to Gods family through Baptism but end up in Hell (Follow arrowdownward on each point). Some try to get to Heaven by good works but it falls short ofGods Family and they go to hell as well. Some try to get to heaven by joining a church, butJesus says only through Him, not an organization, does a person come to the Fatherit isstill a work and they fall short and go to hell as well.

Have them reread John 14:6 as well as John 3:15-16 and John 1:12 (alternative verses areRomans 5:8, 6:23b and Romans 10:9 & 13). Help them realize that we cannot get there onour own, but only through Jesus can we become part of Gods Family. Jesus sinless life,

death and resurrection is our bridge from Satans Family to Gods Family. All they have todo is:Admit they are a sinner. (Do you understand that you are a sinner?)Believe that the only way to God is through Jesus (Do you understand that Jesus isthe only way to Heaven according to Gods Word?).Callon Jesus to be their Savior. (Dont just say words but truly believe what they aresaying.)

If they have never asked Jesus as Savior ask if they would like to ask Jesus to be theirSavior right now.

Sample Sinners Prayer (if you help them to praypause at each hyphen break)Dear Heavenly Father---Please forgive me a sinner.---Jesus, I believe you died for me---Jesus, I believe you shed your blood for me---Jesus, I believe God raised you from thedead---I believe you are the only way to heaven---I accept you now---as my personal

Two Families / Salvation Plan

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Eternal Torment (Hell)

Heaven

GodsFamily

Good works

Baptism

Church Membership

Satans

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Cookie Patrol Visitation

This is a non-confrontational way to see and encourage visitors be a part of the

youth ministry. Either have the teens or senior saints bake about eight to a dozencookies per visitor you plan to visit (Chocolate Chip cookies are best). Wrap thecookies on the plate and tape an envelope to the wrapping that has a signed Thank

you card by some of the teens in it with the following in it:

Thank you for joining us at our STORM meeting last ------ (put day of theSTORM). We have a great time getting together each week at (time) on (dayof the week). We would like to have you back so we can get to know eachother and more about God in our lives. If we can help you or encourage you,please call us at -----(phone number of leader or designated teen), or emailus at ------. As you eat these cookies, may they remind you of the SweetTime of learning and fun you can have with us as we learn more about howGod cares about us.

Praying for you!!!

When you assemble these platespray as a group before you go out. One or twoteens and a leader should be on a team to deliver the cookies. If the teen is home,

thank him or her verbally for coming to the STORM and share the next meeting andnext event with them. (Leave a flyer if you have one). This is a great time to en-courage them to come and bring their friends to Superbowl. Ask if they have anyquestions for you at that time. If they dont have any questions, thank them again

and tell them to enjoy the cookies. Leave with a smile.

If no one is home, try to leave the plate in a safe place where they can find it. Per-

haps have plastic bags to put the plate in and hang from the handle of the door.Make sure their name is on the envelope.

Pray for the students you visited as you travel back to the church.

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Peanut Butter Deodorant

(Gross but funny skit!)

Props: peanut butter, bread, jacket for the nervous guy that hides his pit stains atfirst.

3 characters: girl, guy, and another guy who has large pit stains on his shirt.

Nervous boy comes over (wearing a jacket over his pit-stained shirt) to girl'shouse to pick her up for a date.

Brother of girl answers door, small talk, and asks nervous guy to take off his jack-et.

Nervous guy refuses, and eventually does, revealing amazingly huge pit stains onshirt.

The girl's brother asks him about it, the guy says he just gets too nervous some-times, and he wishes there was something he could do about it.

The girl's brother says he used to have the same problem, before he found thebest deodorant ever: peanut butter.

The brother demonstrates, by showing his peanut butter-covered pits.

The nervous guy is impressed, and liberally, and I mean liberally, applies it to hispits.

Just then, the girl enters, says something like "Hey Steve, are you ready to go?"

And then the nervous guy, who is now confident, says, "Why bother going out fordinner? Dinner's on me!"

Then the girl gets a couple of pieces of bread that are sitting somewhere close andwipes them on his pits and eats them like a sandwich.

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STIDASkit Ideas

Blind Date

A guy and a girl are on a blind date. As they go through the getting-to-know-you

motions, he realizes that she is actually blind, so he starts doing all sorts of crazy

things. (This skit is only as funny as the guy you have doing the stupid things).

Finally she tells him that shes only blind in one eye.

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Doctor's Office

The scene opens with a receptionist at a doctor's office. A person comes in and

asks to see the doctor. The receptionist says the doctor is busy and to please take

a seat. A second person comes in to see the doctor. This person has an obvious

problem: Hives. He/she is continually scratching. Second person asks to see the

doctor and is told to wait and sit down. Second Person sits down next to first per-

son. Eventually, the first person starts scratching and the second person stops.

Second person is cured and leaves the office. A third person enters the office with

a dog bark. Third person continually barks like a dog. He asks to see the doctor

and is told to wait. The third person sits down next to the first person. The third

person eventually stops barking while the first person continues to scratch andthen starts barking like a dog. The third person leaves cured. The first person con-

tinues to bark and scratch. A fourth person enters the office. This fourth person

has a repeatable head tick. The person violently jerks his head back every few se-

conds. The fourth person asks to see the doctor and sits down. First person contin-

ues to scratch and bark and then starts a head tick. The fourth stops and is cured

and leaves. First person is sitting there with a head tick, barking and scratching.

Finally, girl comes into the office obviously pregnant. The first person who is now

barking, scratching and ticking takes one look at the girl and runs out of the office

screaming, "Oh no!"

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The Invisible Bench

This skit can involve up to nine people. Any more can get boring for the audience!

Person 1: walks on and sits down on the invisible bench (facing the audience).

Person 2: walks on, stops to look at Person 1 and asks, What are you doing?

Person 1: Sitting on the invisible bench.

Person 2: Oh! Okay, Can I join you then? (Person 2 joins Person 1)

Persons 3-7: (or however many you use) They come on one at a time and ask thesame questions and joins them on the bench.

Person 9: Finally-walks on, stops and asks everyone, What are you doing?Everyone: We are sitting on the invisible bench!

Person 9: But the invisible bench is over there! (pointing)

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STIDASkit IdeasClumsy Grocery Guy

This skit requires three people and a few propsa long table set up to look like a

grocery store checkout counter. Also, a vest or apron is needed for the checkout

guy. The grocery clerk stands behind the table/checkout counter with his arms be-

hind his back. Another person is behind him with his arms around checkout guy.

(Checkout guy doesn't use his arms during the entire skit. The person behind him

is his arms - great if you can rig a shirt that the checker wears, yet the person be-

hind sticks his arms through).

The skit begins when a lady comes up to the checkout counter with several items

she wants to purchase. (Choose a wide variety of items...bread, potato chips, toi-let paper, broccoli, eggs, etc.) The checkout guy is rude and clumsy. He smashes

the bread while he is bagging, opens the bag of chips and begins to eat them,

breaks some eggs, etc.you get the point. The lady is very upset, asking for the

manager, etc. The skit is completely ad-libmake it up as you go along. What

makes it so funny is that the checkout guy has no idea what the guy behind him

will do next with his hands...Be sure to spread a drop cloth...the more messy it

gets, the better the kids like it... End the skit by having a managertype person

come out and break up an ensuing brawl between the checkout guy and the cus-

tomer.

JC Penny

You can have as many people as you want dong this skit. The first person comesand sits down.

The second person comes out, and the first person says, "I like your shirt. Wheredid you get it?"

The second person says, "JC Penny."

The third person comes out and the first person says the same thing, "I like your

jeans. Where did you get them?"

The third person says, "JC Penny."

You can have this exchange with as many people as you want, complimentingtheir shoes, socks, jacket, etc.

Finally, after all of the people walk out, a boy comes out in a towel (with shortsunder), and nothing else on.

The first person says, "Who are you?"The boy says, "I am JC Penny."

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The Pencil Salesman

[Sales Manager and Dumb Salesman enter.]

Manager: Now I want you to pay close attention to me, so you can become a greatsalesman.

Salesman: Duhh, okay.

Manager: First you hold your pencils in you hand and say, "Pencils for sale." Prac-tice saying that.

Salesman: Pencils for sale, pencils for sale, etc.

Manager: Okay, that's enough. Next, the first question people will ask you is,"How much are they?" and you will say, "Ten cents. Three for a quarter."

Salesman: "Ten cents. Three for a quarter."

Manager: Right. They will ask you, "What color are they?" and you will tell them,"Yellow."

Salesman: "Yellow, yellow!"

Manager: Good. Then the person will buy one or else he will say, "No, I don't wantto buy one," and you will say, "If you don't, somebody else will."

Salesman: If you don't somebody else will.

Manager: Very good. Now, let's practice it once and then you are on your own.(They go through the questions and answers).

[Now the salesman is alone on the street corner calling out "Pencils for sale." Thefirst customer enters in a hurry, the salesman doesn't notice him, turns around,hits the customer and knocks him to the ground. He gets up, begins to dust offangrily.]

Customer: (outraged) Do you know how much this suit cost me?

Salesman: Ten cents, three for a quarter.

Customer: (furious now) What's the matter with you? What do you think I am?

Salesman: Yellow.

Customer: Say, would you like me to punch you in the nose?

Salesman: If you don't somebody else will.

[Customer begins to beat the salesman up and both run off stage.]

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Big Rig

Materials: several deodorants: spray, roll-on, pump, and solid. Slices of bread or

bun, jar of peanut butter, tank top.

Your character is a truck driver named Buck. He comes out, sits down, and starts

talking about how he drives the b-i-i-i-i-g r-i-i-i-g all over (the towns around your

area). But as he drives he gets powerful smelly and not just your average smelly

either. And here Buck falls into a rambling discourse about how smelly he is. "Im

talkin real smelly-just-got-my-nose-caught-under-the-belly-of-a-dead-fish-smelly,

stuck-my-head-in-a-hamper-smelly, dog-died-got-stuffed-in-a-closet-smelly, had-

a-dirty-diaper-fall-on-my-face-Whoo!

And so I tried me a roll on." Buck applies the roll on liberally. "I figure nothin

could beat the ol rooolllll on. So Is drivin down the road again going Man do I

smell mighty fine!, until I pull up into a truck stop and the lady behind the counter

says, Wooooeeeee, do you smell bad! and I did. I stink! And Im not talkin a little

bad. Im talkin dead fish washed up on shore, smelly ol dress sock been sittin in

my closet, skunk plastered to my radiator grill stuck my gym shorts in an ol locker

SMELLY! So I decided to use some of that there pump (apply pump liberally to

both sides.), and then I say Im smellin mighty fine. but you know somethin I

barely drove five miles and I dont smell fine at all. I smell really bad. I smell

(you figure it out).

Anyway, Buck then applies the stick and reenacts the smelly stuff, finds out he still

doesnt smell good and goes through the same with the aerosol. Buck finally says,

"But I finally found something that does work. Peanut Butter!" Buck now applies

the PB to the armpits. "Yep! A little bit of peanut butter and I smell mighty fine

while Im driving the big rig! But yknow, when Im driving the big rig, sometimes I

get powerful hungry! Thats why I carry a candy bar with me (pulls a Hersheys)

and so from time to time I make myself a little snack!" Buck swabs the candy bar

in the armpits and takes a big bite. "And now I dont get hungry while driving the

big rig!"

ANX

STIDASkit Ideas

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STORM Assignment/Responsibility Planning Sheet(This is to help have a clear expectation and communication of who is in Charge of

what!)Date: Church: Leader in Charge: Email:

Time (adjust

Accordingly)

Procedure Person in Charge Special Notes or helpers

4:45-5:15 STORM Starts(Orientation)

4:45-5:10 Car/Van Assignments During the orientationWrite down each driver

and which teens will be

going with them. When

the orientation is com-plete, you announce who

is going with whom. Give

to the drivers before the

orientation, the parents

note, the STORM tracker

cards and pens.

5:15-6:45 STORM the Town

6:00-6:45 Greeting students andFUN! Leaders welcomevisitors and collect theirSTORM Tracker Cards

This should be the leaders

greeting students and have

ongoing activities to keep

the visitors occupied.

6:45-6:58 Pre-meeting Mixing Ice-breakers

6:45-7:00 Training of Counselors

7:00-7:05 Start with five minutes ofupbeat singing

7:05-7:10 Icebreaker

7:10-7:18 Five Minute skit and An-nouncements

7:18-7:28 Meditative singing to pre-pare for Gospel message

7:28-8:05 Thirty-minute evangelisticmessage withInvitation.

8:05-8:15 Challenge to studentswhile counseling is beingdone with those whotrusted Christ.

8:15 40 lbs. of ice cream! (Orwhatever food you havechosen)

8:45 Thank them for coming;then take them home.

ANX

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STORM TrackerSTORM Tracker

Name:Address: _______________

City/State/Zip:

Email Address: _____

Phone:

Birthdate:

Grade:

Where you go to church:

My favorite music: __________

I would name my pet ant:


Name:Address: _______________

City/State/Zip:


Phone:Birthdate:

Grade:





Name:Address: _______________

City/State/Zip:


Phone:

Birthdate:

Grade:





Name:Address: _______________

City/State/Zip:


Phone:

Birthdate:

Grade:





Name:Address: _______________

City/State/Zip:


Phone:

Birthdate:

Grade:





Name:Address: _______________

City/State/Zip:


Phone:

Birthdate:

Grade:





Name:Address: _______________

City/State/Zip:


Phone:Birthdate:

Grade:





Name:

Address: _______________

City/State/Zip:Email Address: _____

Phone:

Birthdate:

Grade:




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All 7th-12th Graders

PARENTS PERMISSION SLIPChilds Name___________________________________________________________________________________

Phone Number(s) where parents can be reached___________________________________________________

I hereby authorize my child to participate in the following activity with Monclova Road Baptist Church :

STORM Meeting - 75 ft Subway Sandwich

October 14, 2009 - Monclova Road Baptist Church

7819 Monclova Road Monclova, Ohio 43542

Begins: 6:45p - Return Home by 9:30p

In the rare event of a medical emergency, I understand every effort will be made to contact the parents or guardians of

the child attending the event. If we cannot be reached, I hereby give my permission to Monclova Road Baptist Church to

seek medical attention for my child and authorize the physician available to hospitalize and secure proper treatment for

the child named above. I understand I am liable for any medical expenses that may arise.

Signature of guardian ______________________________________ Date 10/14/2009Parents Comments: ______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________

Documents

78-STORM Event Manual