Josh GriffinMore PostsI Need a Name!We’re planning some Wednesday night fellowship nights at The Refinery this summer. I can’t think of a good name for them, and the people sitting with me in my office right now are dumb (they told me to write that as a bit).
Think High School, not Junior High! I need a name … HELP!
JG
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April 11, 2008
Josh Griffin has been in youth ministry for 15+ years and serves as the High School Pastor at Saddleback Church. [read more]
Geoff Stewart serves the Jr / Sr High School Pastor at Peace Portal Alliance Church in Surrey B.C.
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How about calling it “the Night-Light”?
Loiter-Fest!
How about Connect?
Or if you want to have that ‘coffeehouse’ feel where kids can come and relax: Saddlebucks
Sorry, not much help here.
You could follow the same steps as most youth ministries:
1. Pick a high energy verb. (example: explode)
2. Emphasize an ‘x’ or a ‘z’ in the word. If the word does not have one of these letters, find another word. (example: X-plode)
3. Refer to the ministry by this title alone (example: never use the word “Wednesday” in front of students. Ever.)
4. Repeat for Junior High ministry.
Just call it “Chill”
Relax @ the Refinery (c)
I am being serious here, just in case you think these are weird.
Unbound
Firefight
Radiate
Sacrifice
Becoming Iron
Centered
Spotlight
Formation
Catacombs
Trinisonic (where God meets harmony)
Night of Awesome
Who doesn’t love Wednesdays?
Oh, You know, Wednesday nights…
I use the term Mid-week ConneXtions (for our wednesday night outreach)
Sit on your butts night?
engage.
We call ours U-Nite!
It stands for unity night or unite… One of the students came up with it and it has stuck ever since.
How about “Rewired”?
“Fuel” because it’s The Refinery. Plus “Fuel” is both a verb and a noun, opening the door to many promo opportunities.
what about Wednesday Night Hang Out Night On Wednesday
hey man, I think “forge groups”
ACTION – all church training in one night
So you have TEEN Action, YOUTH Action, et al
Or go with Greek and actually try to TEACH teens letters (before they go off to some drunken frat house). Example: Delta Tau Chi (Dedicated Teens for Christ) or Sigma Zeta (Student Zone). You get the pix.
Or go with some tie to a TV show. Eli Stone (a very surreal show) has the “LIVE BRAVE” theme going. Sure beats the theme of the Office (live nerdy)
“American Idol Results Show Night”
How about HSM “After Hours”.
Live Life Live. (Not sure just popped in to my head)
*To help with any confusion the first “live” is as in “breathing”.
The second is as in “at the moment”. Since they are spelled the same.
i like the after hours idea. what kind of format will this night have? we’re about to launch a monthly fellowship night, but are a little unsure about how to proceed — would love to know what you have planned!
Well what is it that you will be Doing Josh? What will the wed night look like, because what you are going to try to accomplish will effect the name of it? Let us know and then I think we can be a little more helpful
Coffee talk with Linda Richmond.
The Daily Grind
Wouldn’t it be the weekly grind? Since it is every Wednesday.
Chillaxin (that’s what summer nights are all about)
We call ours ‘the burn’. Its a 1 peter 1;7 ref as I assume the refinery is as well. We stay away from flame images though and use a black and white typewrite font. Actually our first logo we just ripped off the Cheap Trick logo, layers and all. Whats youth ministry without copyright violations?
How about:
2717
(as in Proverbs…hey actually help them remember a reference)
Burnin’ Down the House
(you could sample some Talking Heads for your promos)
MeltDown
(an obvious and possibly weak connection to the Refinery…this could also include Purify, WhiteHot, Fusion, and The Smelt…and I’m sure your junior high guys would have a field day with that last one)
It’s Wednesday, What Else Am I Gonna Do Night