It happened just the other day. The mom of a ten-year-old boy was remarking about the things he does not want to do — things like go to Sunday School, read a devotional. . .

and use soap.

Ten-year-old boys are all about action and adventure.

This one, in particular, is all about baseball.

Some are all about screens.

So. . . how can we introduce preteen boys to the action and adventure in the Bible?

Let’s talk about having an undercover devotion club. (Last time I posted about a Traveling Book Club for preteen girls. You can read it here.)

WHAT YOU NEED FOR EACH BOY

• A high-interest devotional book such as Dare U 2 Open This Book
• A Bible with an awesome cover
• A small metal box or bag with a padlock
• A pair of shades for each member
• An invisible ink pen and reader (available at carnival supply stores)

THE CLUB IN ACTION

• Plan a mission briefing event.
• Each boy will be issued one of the bags (described above).
• Explain that each book is the same. Each boy may choose one of the devotions to respond to in the book he has first, using the invisible ink.
• Plan a time to meet again and exchange bags. Continue until each boy has had an opportunity to enter data (a devotion response) in each book.
• Each boy keeps one of the devotionals to complete on his own.