Written by Mark Kirgiss, Senior Area Director, Greater Lafayette, IN
The foundation of any WyldLife leader’s ministry is contact work. However, many WyldLife leaders struggle to find ways to do contact work with middle school kids. Our WyldLife leadership team brainstormed together 65 ways that any WyldLife leader can do contact work.
- Attend a football game
- Attend a volleyball game
- Attend a band concert
- Attend a choir concert
- Attend a baseball game
- Attend a softball game
- Attend a swim meet
- Attend a basketball game
- Attend a wrestling meet
- Serve in the concession stand
- Attend a school play/theatre performance
- Visit a middle school lunchroom
- Chaperone a middle school dance
- Chaperone a school trip
- Help coach a sport
- Volunteer to work at a track meet
- Run with the track/cross-country team
- Be a substitute teacher
- Do after-school tutoring
- Go to a movie
- Go out for a Coke
- Order pizza and watch a movie
- Go to a coffee shop
- Go out for ice cream
- Go bicycling
- Go miniature golfing
- Go swimming
- Go geocaching
- Go bowling
- Go roller skating
- Go ice skating
- Go sledding/inner tubing
- Go to a thrift store
- Go to an amusement park
- Go fishing
- Go camping
- Go canoeing
- Take a kid to breakfast
- Take a kid to lunch
- Take a kid to dinner
- Invite kids to your home for a meal
- Cook a meal with kids
- Make cookies with kids
- Volunteer with kids at a soup kitchen
- Play laser tag
- Play wiffle ball
- Play kickball
- Play dodgeball
- Play Frisbee/Ultimate Frisbee/Frisbee Golf
- Play basketball
- Play paintball
- Play ping-pong
- Play “Home Run Derby”
- Play pool/billiards
- Play video games
- Play board games
- Work out together
- Make necklaces/bracelets
- Make a “mix-tape”/playlist
- Give manicures/pedicures
- Paint ceramics
- Host a bonfire
- Host a New Year’s Eve party
- Help kids fundraise for camp
- Have a kid join you as you run errands
What would YOU add to this list?
