Be creative and come up with some ingenious decorations for them to use. If you are still short items for the home or apartment, going to garage sales is a perfect way to find the missing pieces. You should also include go home for stateside cards. Each team member should have the opportunity to throw their pennies. The drawing could be a Bible scene, Moses, the Mona Lisa, a Christmas tree, a dog, etc. Pray and ask God to guide their words to encourage those who will receive them. Teaching your youth how to pray for people they do not know will have an unknown but beautiful impact. Arrange transportation, either a bus or, if your group is small, you can use some of the cars belonging to the adult leaders. Give them a break from the sometimes toxic culture we live in and help them learn how to focus on Christ. Each group chooses a mummy, and the elected mummy stands still while their teammates roll them up. Sit down if you have a TikTok account. Request a list of missionaries and where they are working. All you need are some cardboard boxes, balloons, treats, candy, and a special gift. You will also need enough laundry baskets for each team. Cut a hole out of the center large enough to fit easily over the paper towel roll. A team is out when each member of the team has completed one of the staging areas. Create an invitation to invite visitors to your youth group and church. It would also be a good idea to do the parties in themes, such as Mexican night, Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc. Game Instructions. You can devise a fun game for the losers that makes them feel a little less like losers. After nothing could Choose a fundraising activity to help provide the funds to purchase small stuffed animals to send to your local childrens hospital. This trip will be an incredible opportunity to see Him work! Taking place in January 2012, the first Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) comprised 63 events and brought together 1,022 athletes from 69 countries. Your follow-up time for this outing should be to pray for each name the group collects. Work together to find good ways to let your missionaries know that someone at home cares and is praying for them. Get a set of playing cards for each team and put a pack on each table. How many people do you pray for each day? Materials Needed:You will need poster board, colored pens, a writing pen, index cards or a pad. You will set up stations with objects and instructions. Get physical. The student left holding the mouse when the cat catches it is out. Put some duct tape, sticky side out, on each ping pong ball. These will be a great way to introduce your youth group and church. Collect enough Yahtzee games for each one of your groups. Each player has a turn at rubbing a balloon on their clothes to build enough static electricity for it to stick to them. Begin by dividing your group into teams of 6 to 8 players. Then someone says start, and you start reading from John 14:10, and they get to open their Bibles. Maybe they could sing at church BBQs, fellowship meals, orphanages, childrens wards, cancer hospitals, or many more. WebPrep a trashcan that can hold the trashy unkind scenarios on the Action Cards. Purchase enough paper plates for each player to be able to have a shot at the target. With little effort, you can introduce your youth group to what God is doing around the world. Place your map of Israel on a bulletin or corkboard. Every camper has an envelope with their name on it, and people can deliver Agape Notes to their envelope. Get equal-sized and shaped pumpkins so that each team has the same chance of success. For example, you plan to read starting in John 14:10. Collect the donated diapers and plan a pizza night for your youth. It could be things like sunglasses, a watch, keys, a hairbrush or comb, a pen, chewing gum, etc. In need of some different ideas for games, activities and events for your youth group? Prepare a list of questions on biblical geography. This continues until youre down to two players. Materials Needed:You will need funds for a trip, transportation and adult chaperones. Are you looking for a great way to get your group back together after a long summer? SUPPLIES Piece of paper (one for each student) Pen/pencil for each student Pennies (10 per student) GAME PREP Each student will play this game as individuals. Once they make it to the basket, they put the balloon in their teams basket, and the next player can then start their turn. Once one is halfway through the maze, start the next player. The first team who successfully builds a card house with the most cards wins. However, inside, what they are in desperate need of is encouragement. If possible, recruit a leader for each location to restack the cans. Once all the youth have tossed their pennies, the winning team is the one who has the most pennies in their boot. Bible: 1 Corinthians 13; Romans 12:9-10 (NLT) Bottom Line: Our love for others should be How often do we need this as adults? At the end of each turn, record the score, and then the next youth takes their turn. The actual expense will depend upon the size of the activity you choose. Go through each Action Card and decide together whether its kind or trash. Each youth gets a turn at asking you, the youth pastor, a question. Ask your kids to sit in a circle. Locate a kitchen to use, either in your church or the home of a church member. All you will need is super sticky post-it notes and markers. They will know who in your church membership needs some help with painting. Your youth ministry supplies the notepaper. Have the room set up so that you have chairs in groupings of two, facing each other. Solicit scholarships from the church membership and plan fundraising activities to help cover the costs. Your prayer should be that this concert will be a pivotal event for your kids, one which solidifies their faith as they see so many other young people worshiping the Lord. You can hold a car wash, dessert auction at the Thanksgiving Fellowship, sell baked goods, etc. Make sure they write their name at the top. 1. Create a large number of trivia questions. Instill the concept of working together to extend the Kingdom of Christ while they are still young, and the impact will be exponential. You can use the homes of the youths parents or the homes of the youth leaders. Purchase materials to make diaper trees out of the donated diapers and bag them like a gift. Working with sick children can be a long-term project for your youth. Their story will raise awareness for the agency or home and encourage those listening to do more for the needy. Materials Needed:You will needmaterials/internet to send an invitation to people in the neighborhood, board games, carnival games, popcorn, hotdogs, drinks you would find at a carnival, and goody bags. There are many good ways to make this a big event. Purchase various types of toppings, dough, and be sure to purchase enough so that every taste can be satisfied. Note: the water pitcher can be as small or big as you want. Choose a night to take the decorations and decorate the facility. If your church does not have the funds to purchase paint for the project, you can let your youth plan great ways to raise the money. In place of paper, you could also use fabric purchased in the clearance aisle of your local sewing store. Examples of items to use are firefighter pants (real or a costume), a fun womans hat, a baby stroller, rain boots, a bathrobe, and a bucket. Materials Needed:You will need a projector, DVD player or any other streaming device, a projector, aking-sized sheet hung from two trees or two net frames for sports like soccer or volleyball, blankets and snacks. You will need whiteboards, markers, and index cards for the trivia question. To win, the person must hang on the wall for one full minute. Perhaps you could gift diapers, school clothes, or supplies for children in need, etc. A good possibility is to help with afternoon tutoring or ESL classes. Put half of a team on one side of the lane and the other half opposite them. Ask your youth to take random photos of strangers with their phones when out in public places. Freedom to have church and choose what we believe has not and does not come free. Materials Needed: Remember playing the memory game when you were young? It will be a mini Youth Conference, and it will encourage the kids as they see others their age seeking God. Each student will have a turn to draw a number from the bucket, and then you will show the student the corresponding photo. They continue saying random sit down commands until only one person remains. Write instructions on the index cards like: Your church has sent you to work as a missionary in South America. 10 Comfort Games That Encourage Kindness, Community and Well-Being. People will fill them with cash or checks and bring them back to the church on a specified day as an offering for the clinic. Once all teams have attempted each room, the end the team with the most tokens wins. Solicit youth group families to host the events in their neighborhood. This activity will teach your youth about a precious part of your church family and bless many of your senior adults. Our youth are facing challenges and stresses every day that we never had to handle. Purchase some world maps and section them off with a black marker. Many churches do pop-up events for small children, but your pop-up events would take place in the neighborhoods where your youth live. This is a great game to play in the fall when there are a lot of new students entering the group. 3. If your church family does not have anyone serving, you can contact the closest Military Base and see if they will allow you to bless some of their servicemen and women. Participants needed: 6 or more. Check with the church or agencies to see if there is a place to house your youth while there. They then pass their pitcher on to the next person in line. Note how his actions led to blessings, healings, and salvation. Choose one student to leave the room. You then play the game show host and read the interesting facts that were provided and ask the students to guess who it is. The key to the fun is that they must do something with the object before passing it on, and everything must move to the speed of the music. 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