I am currently in charge of the 5th & 6th grade youth group at our church. Now this is an age group that often gets overlooked, because they are really too young to be included in the junior high group but are still too old for some of the elementary functions. So our [...]
Here is an indoors youth ministry game that takes some prep (mainly how not to get things broke like church stuff and yourself) but is a lot of fun. It’s glow in the dark capture the flag.
There are many ways you can twist this so be creative and come up with your [...]
Here are some thanksgiving youth ministry ideas and activities that you can begin preparing for around Thanksgiving day in your youth ministry.
Gourd Hockey – Yep just find some small sized gourds and yes hockey sticks would be best but can probably be replaced with some type of tough broom. You don’t hafta [...]
Here is a youth ministry powerpoint game you can play with your youth. Works good as an ice-breaker thing. So get the: Which has more game and download it and then right-click the zip file and open it up.
This is an oldie but a goodie. If you have never tried playing a game called shuffle your buns for your youth ministry, then you need to because its a great warm up ice-breaking – possibly chair-breaking experience!
How to play:
Have your students circle up with their chairs. Have one student step [...]
Want something crazy to kick off the fall? Add Strobe Light Dodgeball to the mix of say a Lock In or game evening in your youth ministry.
Not much to explain here other then you may have to monitor the injuries and reinforce to the strong boys that they can’t whip a [...]
Tanks is an outside game played if you have a larger group. May be even worth it to make it a special invite friend water night or something.
How it works:
Gather the students in groups of 10. The groups are going to huddle facing each other but then select 1 person from [...]
I’m a fan of scavenger hunts. For some reason, our junior high kids love the basic concept of accomplishing various activities, finding a list of items, or taking certain pictures in a “race” type format. Because they go so well, we are always looking for a new approach to this age old activity. This [...]
Kahootz (made up word basically for a game that makes it appear that you have telepathy) – is a fun game to play in your small group. It takes only two people to mesmerize the rest of your group.
How To Play:
You will be the one to tell your group that you [...]

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