Teen Ministry

Scavenger Hunt

By Janella Van Zee | 03.04.08

It wasn’t your typical hang out at the mall. When you read Judges 21:15, does it bring to mind any particular store at the mall? How about the Gap? Such was the challenge at the teen ministry’s scavenger hunt last month at Sunland Park Mall. Teen ministry leaders, Armando and Priscilla Mendez, divided the teens into three teams: girls, older boys and younger boys. Each team was given a list of ten verses to look up in their Bibles and then they had to match the verse with the name of a store at Sunland Park Mall. The first team to come up with all ten stores would win. Priscilla said, “I felt that this was the first time that the teen ministry as a whole had a fun time. They worked well within their groups, but of course, when the girls won, the boys were not so happy. There is still a controversy over who really won.” Armando said, “It was pretty encouraging to see the teens excited running up and down the mall with their Bibles in their hands looking up scripture. They didn’t care what people thought.” One team didn’t have anything to write with, but they improvised by taking cell phone pictures of the store names! The teens had three visitors come out for the scavenger hunt, none of whom had read much of the Bible, but by the end they volunteered to read scriptures out loud. They really bonded with the teens and since then one of them has been coming to church. Try your hand at matching these verses with store names and see how you do!

1 Peter 3:3-4, Matthew 1:18, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, Proverbs 23:5, Leviticus 11:22, John 13:10-11, Acts 26:12-14, Hebrews 12:2, Matthew 26:10-13

(Answers: Kay Jewelers, Motherhood Maternity, Champs Sports, American Eagle, Cricket, Bath & Body Works, Journeys, Lenscrafters, Perfumania)