Pass around the pack. Dice and Dare Prep time: 15 Minutes Write 12 get-to-know-you questions on a board. Have students sit in a circle. Have each student roll the dice once and answer the number question shown on the dice. Take turns going around the circle. A lot of energy.
Life-Size Tic Tac Toe Prep time: 5 minutes Arrange three rows of three chairs so that there is a square of nine chairs total. Arrange the student into two teams. Each team takes turns sending one member to sit in a chair. The first team with three in a row wins! Bank Robbery Prep time: 30 minutes Buy several boxes of streamers. Tape them horizontally along the hallway as if they were lasers in a bank. The fastest student wins a prize. The Worm Olympics Prep time: 5 minutes Prepare two sleeping bags.
Pair up students in pairs of two. Each person in a pair gets in a sleeping bag on the ground one pair at a time. Have each member of the team race each other from a starting line to the finishing line. Creative Activities Have time to buy a few things and organize youth group games and activities? Yarn-Wrapped Cardboard Letters Prep time: 60 minutes Decide a word that you want to spell with letters that correspond to the number of kids.
Pre-cut letters from cardboard. Pre-cut 1-yard pieces of yarn. Pre-cut 10 pieces of masking tape per letter. Give each student one letter , 10 pieces of tape half-taped to a paper plate so that they are easy to grab, and 10 pieces of 1-yard yarn.
Show students how to wrap one piece of yarn over the letter at a time until the entire cardboard letter is covered in this way.
Tape the beginning of a piece of yarn to the bottom of the letter. Wrap the yarn around the letter without any gaps until the yarn runs out, and then tuck the end of that piece of yarn under the original piece of tape. Begin a new piece of yarn. Repeat until the entire letter is covered.
This game for groups is one fun way for youth ministry students to make something and show off their creative abilities. H4 Static and dynamic content editing A rich text element can be used with static or dynamic content.
H4 How to customize formatting for each rich text Headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, figures, images, and figure captions can all be styled after a class is added to the rich text element using the "When inside of" nested selector system.
List Item 1 List Item 2 List Item 3 Headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, figures, images, and figure captions can all be styled after a class is added to the rich text element using the "When inside of" nested selector system. Churches can take advantage of this trend by making themselves relevant in their daily digital lives. Here, we'll look at why digital discipleship is a necessary strategy for reaching the next generation. We explore ways you can support a creative environment in this recent article.
How to Measure Church Growth With a Hybrid Worship Service While opinions on hybrid services and worship vary, most agree that it can benefit people who may not attend such services regularly. The challenge is, how do you measure or track growth in such a set-up? In this article we provide some standards and best practices to follow when selecting how to measure and track church growth for in-person and virtual church members. Space: Outdoor on concrete.
Four Square Instructions. Everyone Is It — Super fun and a great, I mean a great way, to burn energy! A tag game that is for everyone. Good old freeze tag, you might be surprised how much fun youth will have playing games they played as elementary kids.
Freeze Tag Instructions. Again, another throwback that your youth will have fun doing, but in order to really play this right you need a lot of kids. Red Rover Instructions. This will get your group to quiet down and test their ability to stay quiet while playing a game. Silent Ball Instructions. Equipment: A kickball and four bases.
Space: Open field. Kickball Instructions. Equipment: A ball and two goals. Crab Soccer Instructions. Equipment: balls, cones, and hula hoops. Space: Open space. Defenders of the Cones Instructions. Remember that anyone can join in an outdoor game; whether it is a parent, kids, neighbors or friends. By following these simple little rules, we can all make sure that everyone has a great time. There are so many to choose from!
Think about what kinds of things you and your friends enjoy doing. This no-preparation and no-prop icebreaker is ideal for large groups. Then have a Twister tournament and see who can get tied up in the craziest knots. This game also is a hit at carnivals or festivals, if your youth group organizes those types of events.
Cool everyone off—literally! Freeze a stack of wet youth ministry T-shirts beforehand, separated by layers of wax paper. Jump on the oversized-gameboard trend with this fun matching game. Beforehand, create pairs of squares that contain matching images or Scripture verses on one side. Mix up the squares and place them on the ground outside, blank side up. This quick and easy game will help kids release a bunch of energy in a short amount of time.
Be sure to mark off the playing area so everyone stays within certain boundaries.
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