Lads to Leaders
From the Lads to Leaders website:
“Lads to Leaders & Leaderettes is a tool used by churches of Christ to provide an effective year-round, Bible-based youth leadership program for students from Kindergarten through College. It can be adapted to your congregational needs and is always under the authority and oversight of the local eldership. Congregations that utilize this tool can equip young people with the knowledge and skills to become Bible school teachers, personal workers and effective speakers. Young men learn what it takes to be leaders in the Lord’s church and are prepared to be future elders, deacons and ministers. These youth can then take these talents into communities in need of Christ, even before they graduate from high school.”
The Lads to Leaders program culminates in a convention in which participants compete in several areas, some of which are puppet theatre, speech, song leading, art, Bible bowl, debate, and music composition.