Again, this game can easily be played in large or smaller groups. This Bible game requires a little prep time to determine topics. Remember, though, that the topics will need to be drawn, so you want to make sure it's a verse or character that can be illustrated in the time allotted.
It will also require something large to draw on like a whiteboard, chalkboard, or large paper on easels with markers. The team will need to draw out whatever is on the paper, and their team needs to guess. After a predetermined period of time, the other team gets to guess the clue. Bible Bingo takes a bit more preparation, as it requires you to create cards with various Bible topics on each, and each card needs to be different.
You will also need to take all the topics and have them printed to pull from a bowl during bingo. Bible Ladder is about climbing to the top, and about putting things in order.
Each team will get a stack of Bible topics, and they will have to put them in order of how they happen in the Bible. So it could be a list of Bible characters, events, or books of the Bible.
It's simple to create index cards and use tape or Velcro to put them up on a board. The Bible Book It game requires the host to give a biblical character or event and the contestant needs to say what book of the Bible the clue is from. For characters or actions that occur more than once, it can be a rule that it must be the first book in which the character or action appears often characters are referenced in both the New Testament and Old Testament.
The activity teaches listening to the true voice of God through his word to navigate at times a very dark world. A leader places a 4-foot 2-by-4 on the ground. Other leaders blindfold all the youth and tell them that one at a time they are going to be lifted on the board, which will be about 3 feet off the ground, and see if they can walk across the board from one side to the other.
The board actually never leaves the ground. Two leaders pick the first youth up and another puts his feet on the board. The leaders let the student go and encourage him to walk on the board. The activity teaches walking by faith and not by sight. Two leaders act as missionaries and hide. They hold a small flashlight turned on and pointed straight up for games played at night or in the dark. The youth each hold a small Bible and search for the missionaries.
Other leaders act as guards in a foreign country and speak with crazy accents. They seek to catch youth. You repeat the process. So you have to try to get to the empty the couch and call the right names to get folks on the couch. This takes some thinking but is fun and competitive in a non-athletic way. Each person should write down the names of 10 people — either famous people or people everyone in the group knows.
Go around and collect them in a basket or hat. You should have quite a few names in the basket. Split into 2 or 3 teams each team having around three or four members.
Round One. Pick a team to start — one member of that team gets the basket of names, picks out a name, and has to try and describe that person to the other members of his team. Once they guess correctly, pull out another name from the hat and so on. The team has one minute to go through as many names as they can. If they get stuck on a name, they can pass and move onto the next name.
Move onto the next team who do the same as above. Round Two. Similar to Round 1 but you can only use one word to describe the person to your group. The group will be aware of all the names in the basket from round 1 so it is easier than it sounds. Score a point per name guessed as above. Round Three. Add up the scores at the end to see who wins! If you have a group of athletic, competitive students this one is for you. Keep some band aids on hand for this one just in case.
This one needs no explanation, but feel free to add twists. Include more than one flag, take turns having the teams play offense and defense, play with three or four teams going against each other, etc.
This is another classic, but is always a hit with youth groups. Make it extra fun by doing it once a year and utilizing interesting competitions: students vs. The key to a good match-up is to put a small number of the strongest against a large number of the weakest. For example, take a handful senior high boys and place them against 30 middle schoolers. When there are more than 50 students, this game is a lot of fun. Play duck-duck-goose as you normally would, however when a few people get tagged and they go to the middle, then they begin another game of duck-duck-goose.
Everyone is in a straight line, with multiple teams doing this. First team that gets to the last person and has the correct word wins.
Divide students into teams and have one student face off against another student from the other team. Play five seconds of a popular song from iTunes and have them guess. This one is a favorite because it requires strategy and teamwork.
The game is divided up between two teams. The goal is to get a ball into a basket. This can be a basketball hoop, but I have found it just as fun playing it with laundry baskets placed on a table. Each player has their own chair and is played in rounds. At the beginning of a round, the players have a short amount of time to place their chairs in a position. Once placed, they are not allowed to move from their spot.
They then must pass the ball to each other, without it getting intercepted by the opposing team. After each round the players become more strategic and shift from focusing on offense and defense. Likewise, a team that has no one in the middle of the field is unable to make an adequate pass to their teammates.
An interesting side effect of this game is the loner and unpopular student will often become the most passed to player. They are the ones that are open, because the opposing team neglects to place a chair next to them to guard.
Bible drills can be fun but with a twist on an old classic game, students can translate it into real life skills. If so, put a lot of pressure on your balloon. Continue to call out stresses kids face until the list is exhausted or the balloons are broken. Have kids turn to a partner and discuss these questions: Which thing made you put the most pressure on your balloon?
How did you feel as you pressed on your balloon? Read aloud Philippians Form groups of four, and have one person from each group leave the room. Have the remaining three people in each group do an action of their choosing, such as waving their arms, jogging in place, or clapping. Ask them to continue their action and not say anything when the person from their group comes back in.
Tell them the goal is to get the person who comes back in to join them in performing their action. Let the groups continue their actions for a minute and then stop. What did you group members do that did or did not work?
Read aloud 3 John Ask: When is a time someone influenced you to do something good? Were any of their influential strategies similar to what our groups used today, such as enthusiasm?
Form groups of four to six. Have the people in each group link arms. Then choose one person in each group to face the opposite way from the others. The one person facing the opposite direction tries to pull the group his or her way. Afterward, ask: How did you feel during this game? Read aloud Ephesians Say: Peer pressure is when friends — or peers — pressure us to do something.
What does this verse say about peer pressure? How can we live out this verse in our lives this week? Form groups of four, and give each group a can of a diet lemon-lime soft drink. Have groups each pass around their can as each person shares an example of something that makes them really angry-and shake the can a couple of times.
Then have each group toss the can quickly from person to person as they tell what they do when they get mad. The person who first drops the can must open it. Ask: How was what happened to the insides of the can like or unlike what happens to our insides when we get angry? What does this verse say to do with our anger? Have one person in your group quickly say a string of one-digit numbers while another adds the numbers in his or her head. The entire time, have other kids say random numbers aloud to distract the adding person.
Read aloud Psalm Ask: According to this verse, what does the psalmist concentrate on? Have one person stand on one foot in the middle of each group and try to balance as the other people in the group help the person balance. Then have the people in the group try to stop the person from balancing on one foot. Afterward, ask: Which way was easier to balance-the first time or the second time?
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