Alice and I are directing a CRU Camp next week called Getaway, and I just completed the booklet for camp (56 pages!). I wanted to include a section in the booklet that will allow kids to understand what it means when a Bible reference is shown, so I created this little diagram below (Click for a larger version).

I wanted to share this with you all incase you wanted something similar to share with kids trying to understand how to read the Bible. I know that if I didn’t understand what those numbers meant, it would be pretty confusing.

Please feel free to use this as you want, and share it with anyone who might find it helpful.

I hope you have really enjoyed the 99 youth group games that I have written about so far. A number of people have told me how helpful they have been, so I’m very glad that they have helped at least some people. I think that the games that I have written about have been good, but you can never have enough games to choose from can you? So I have decided to do a bit of research and find some other quality sites that supply youth group games. Some of the best things about these sites is that a lot of them employ really great search functions that allow you to find a game exactly for your needs.

I hope you enjoy this list

Youth Group Games

This is one of the most comprehensive sites I have seen for finding youth group games. The have a wide variety of categories and an excellent search feature that will help you to find just the game you are looking for. This is a must see!

Youth Group Games @ Jubed

Another great site with a helpful and thorough search tool. Has around 109 games to search through, and is definitely worth your time.

Games 4 Youth Groups

This site doesn’t look very pretty and it’s categories aren’t specifically for Church youth groups, but it does have a very wide range of games (they boast 1000 games!). They also give basic information about each game such as minimum group size, age recommendation and preparation time among other things. Definitely worth a look.

Youth Group Games (.org)

This site is simple and beautiful in nature. The main function of it is built around a simple search tool where you select the number of people in your group and the age. It then comes up with a list of games with a brief description, click on a game for more details. A very elegant way to find a youth group game.

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In my experience youth groups tend to have a lot of space, but I’ve also had times when I have very little space to use. It’s times like these that classroom games come in handy. These are the type of games that you can play in a small amount of space with a lot of people.

The games in this post are games just for that situation, they can be played in a small amount of space with resources that you would typically find in a classroom (chairs, tables, whiteboard etc.). These games can be played in small groups or in groups up to about 20-40 people, and if you’re creative you could probably modify some of them to work in much bigger groups.

So here’s the list of 9 youth group games that you can play in a classroom. Keep reading below the break for a description of all of these games.

1. Silent Ball
2. Heads Down Thumbs Up
3. Hangman/Martyr Man
4. Straw Towers
5. Blind Guidance
6. Heads or Tails
7. Scategories
8. Coin Rugby
9. Balloon Netball

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Wide games are great! We’ve all been to that camp or youth group night where we spend an entire evening playing the one game, it’s incredible fun!

When you’re on the other side and actually planning a wide game, it can be quite the opposite. Because of the planning that is required to successfully pull off a wide game, they can at times be quite stressful to organise, and then when the night comes you need everything to work perfectly in order for maximum fun to be achieved. But when they work, boy are they fun.

This would probably be enough space to play some of these games

This list of 9 games are not completely organised wide games for you, rather they are ideas from which your planning can springboard from. At some stage in the future, I hope to fully plan a number of wide games and have them, as well as all resources needed for the game, available for download at some stage in the future.

But for now, here are 9 ideas for youth group wide games that will get you started in planning for that special night (or day).

• Murder Mystery
• Team Challenges Game
• Water Fight
• Spotto
• Scav Hunt
• Vampire
• Capture the Flag
• Glow in the Dark Games
• Find the People

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Food is fun. Everyone loves food. Therefore everyone loves games that involve food. And if you have a youth group full of kids who especially love food, then you should definitely check out these food related youth group games.

Everyone in your youth group will regularly deal with food, which makes food very engaging and interesting for games. However, play games that involve food can also sometimes be more risky than other games. So you have to be extra careful when planning for and playing food related youth group games. There are two big things that you can do: 1. Check for allergies before planning anything (which is good to do anyway incase you want to share a meal together) and 2. Be extremely hygienic, make sure you stop accidental double dipping or anything like that.

A lot of these games are very scalable, that is to say that you can play with with small groups or large groups. One this to remember when playing with large groups is that activities with food may need more supervision to keep things sensible, so maybe rope in an extra leader or two if you can.

So here are the 9 tasty youth group games that are all about food. Keep reading below for a description of each game on this list.

• Chocolate Game
• Masterchef/Ready Steady Cook Challenge
• Smartie In Flour
• Malteaser Soccer
• Liquorice Structures
• Taste the Difference
• World’s Largest Banana Split
• Skittles Chopstick Race
• Orange Bowls

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Have you ever wanted to, just for one week, change up the Bible teaching in your youth group? Well here are some ways in which you can do that.

Drama is a tool used in schools all over the world to enhance teaching, and today I’m going to show you some games that will help you enhance your Bible teaching.

Some of these games (if you can call of these games) are best suited to small groups, and some of them are suited to larger groups. Whatever the situation, pretty much all of these games require a large amount of explanation, and for younger kids, scafolding. By this I mean that you need to be really explicit with both your instructions and explantions. And more often then not it is very very good to have an example of these ready so that your youth group guys know what to do.

Drama is scary at times for High School teens, but it can also be really really fun and a great learning experience. The difference is in the environment. If you think that you can make your youth group a good environment for dramatic games then go ahead! If you think that your youth group may struggle, then maybe just use these as ideas for other creative possibilties.

Remember that with games that require people to take on a character, this character could be a real person (such as Judas or Paul), or it could be a fictional character that represents a group from the Bible (Joan the hungry woman in the crowd or Steve the Corinthian).

Below is a list of the games, read below the break for a detailed description of each game.

1. Conscience Ally
2. Hot seating
3. Role Playing
4. Role Walk
5. Monologuing
6. Dramatic Bible Reading
7. Silent Bible Story
8. Film a Bible Story
9. Make Your Own Puppet Show

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