Youth Group Lore
This snack has fed approx. 97% of all youth groups since 1998
What is pizza?
This prophet got so angry after God spared a city from judgment that he sat outside the city hoping to watch it get destroyed anyway.
Who is Jonah?
This app somehow convinces people to watch strangers reorganize their fridges at 1:00AM
What is TikTok
This famous elephant died in St. Thomas after being struck by a train in 1885.
Who is Jumbo?
This phrase from a youth leader usually means "we are about to play a game that violates several safety guidelines."
What is "trust me"?
A left-handed judged who assassinated a Moabite king by stabbing his fat stomach so deep that the knife was swallowed up into him.
Who is Ehud?
This phrase means someone is emotionally overreacting in dramatic internet fashion.
What is "crashing out"?
St. Thomas earned this nickname because of its massive importance to Canadian railways.
What is Railway City?
This event is spiritually meaningful but mostly remembered for sleep deprivation and gas-station snacks.
What is a youth retreat?
After Samson's betrayal, the Philistines did this to him before imprisoning him.
What is gouging out his eyes?
This phrase means someone intentionally posted something controversial just to get attention and comments.
What is rage baiting?
This building became one of the city's most famous abandoned buildings, used in several movies/TV shows.
What is the St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospital?
This youth group punishment somehow became a tradition despite everyone clearly hating it.
What is eating gross mystery food?
After defeating Goliath, Saul had David collect this strange item from hundreds of dead Philistines in order to marry his daughter.
What are foreskins?
This phrase describes realizing it's 2:00AM after saying "just one more video" for an hour.
What is doomscrolling?
This hidden network beneath St. Thomas has fueled decades of local rumours and urban legends.
What are the the railway tunnels?
The emotional moment happens when the worship leader starts playing softly underneath the sermon conclusion.
What is the altar call?
What is cutting up her body into pieces and sending them to the tribes?
This online phenomenon describes people becoming experts after watching two YouTube videos.
What is "armchair expertise"?
In the late 1800s, St. Thomas reportedly had more of these per capita than almost any other Canadian city because of railway traffic.
What are hotels?