Take a day and tour four different worship centers in your community.  The four could be a Catholic church, a Jewish synagogue, an Islamic mosque and a very different type of Protestant church.  For example, if you are Assembly of God, choose an Episcopal church.  If you are Lutheran, choose a church which meets in a storefront.  If you are Catholic, choose each type.

Have you ever seen those beautiful sand sculptures at beaches?  The ones with the fine details?  If not, put together a powerpoint slide show of some masterpiece sand sculptures to plant ideas into the youth and parents' heads.  Then plan a day for everyone to gather and build their own sand castle--one family unit to each sand creation.  

During a building project, family dynamics come out.  Use what you observe for a further discussion.   I was able to ask some poignant questions as a result of this project.

 Don't forget to take pictures of the finished creations and post in a prominent spot at church.  

 This is going to become an annual event for our church.  

This is a parent/teen game done in the format of The Newlywed Game.  A parent and their teen has a chance to compare their answers to some questions for points and prizes.  Lots of game/idea books have this idea but the following are exact notes that we used which were very helpful to pull of this large and memorable evening.