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| JONATHAN’S TEN BEST GAMES FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO DON’T LIKE GAMES! WEEK 2 – Jonathan’s 10 Best and Why They Work |
July 25, 2001
We’re glad to provide you with effective resources, programs, games, events, discussions, and ideas! Whether you are a volunteer, a youth leader, a youth pastor, or DOUG FIELDS, we can use these practical tools to help our ministries.
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STUDENTS WHO DON’T LIKE GAMES!
— WEEK 2 —
Jonathan’s 10 Best and Why They Work
As I told you last week, I am consistently asked, “Jonathan, what is the best game you got?” (You notice that proper grammar is not a priority with us youth workers!) So here’s week 2 of the best I’ve got! (In actuality, these games are already on my list- but some people want the guided tour!)
Game #3 ? STEAL THE BACON HOCKEY STYLE
This one’s great! Again, remember NOT to say “Now we’re going to play a game!” (rule #1 of “Jonathan’s Seven Deadly Sins of Game Leading” )
https://thesource4ym.com/games/deadly.asp
Just announce that you need everyone to stand in two lines and start numbering them off.
This is the traditional “Steal the Bacon” but with hockey sticks and a ball. The idea is this: Divide into two teams (four if you’re brave- then run the game the same but in a big square). Line each team along the sidelines of the play area. Number them off- teams must be even so each number has an opponent across the play area. Place approximately 10 hockey sticks in the middle of the play area and a small ball. Specify one wall as the direction one team will go- and the opposite wall for the other.
Yell out a number (11, for example). Both “number 11’s” run out, pick up a hockey stick and try to hit it toward their specified wall (or goal). First to hit their wall (or goal) with the ball, wins that match.
This game gets more interesting as you yell out multiple numbers (eg: “3,7,13 and 15!”) You end up with a little hockey match!
Students always love this game!
Game #4- JOUST
Why is it that we enjoy beating the snot out of one another. Something must have happened when Eve ate the apple!
Equipment:
-2 five gallon buckets
-2 jousting sticks (4 ft. sticks with foam rubber ends) or two pillows
-Soft area to play (grass area or padded floor)
To Play:
-Place buckets up-side down, about 3 feet apart.
-2 players stand on buckets, each with a joust stick or pillow (pillow fight style)
-When judge says “go”, each player tries to knock the other player off his bucket.
-Try to discourage “head shots” and other “cheap shots.”
Remember to stop this game while they still want more!
Game #5- PULL APART
This is the heinous game where all the guys link up (get in a big pile and hug, grab each other, whatever necessary to try to stay linked together) and when you say “go,” the girls try to pull them apart. Once a guy is pulled to where he isn’t touching any other guys, he’s out and needs to go sit down. Last two guys together are the winners.
I don’t suggest reversing the gender roles on this game. Guys don’t need to be grabbing girls. They’ll have dreams for weeks! (Face it, guys are twisted!)
Game #6 – TAPE HEAD
This is one of the best games you can play with a crowd or an audience!
The up-front person (M.C.) divides teams (in big audiences you can make each section of chairs a group). Each team has a designated team captain or runner standing in front of their section and wearing a hat with tape all over it (sticky side up). The M.C. then yells out a demand for a somewhat common item that people might have on them. The team finds that item and sticks it on their team captains/runner head. The first captain/runner with the item stuck to their head who runs up to the M.C. wins that round.
Good Items to Call:
I need a shoelace
I need a student body card
I need a piece of chewed gum
I need a picture of a baby
I need 13 shoes tied together
I need a drivers license
I need a self-plucked red hair
I need 3 belts hooked together
I need a hand written note
Teams must leave the items stuck on the hat until the end of the game.
Great fun! Take Pictures!
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are all on Jonathan’s huge game page!
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Jonathan McKee is president of The Source for Youth Ministry and author of the new book “Do They Run When They See You Coming? Reaching Out to Unchurched Teenagers.” (CLICK HERE FOR THE BOOK) Jonathan speaks and trains across the country and provides free online resources, training, & ideas for youth workers at www.TheSource4YM.comDelivered free via e-mail to subscribers each week. We encourage you to distribute this newsletter freely and ask only that you not change its contents.
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Jonathan McKee is the author of over twenty books including the brand new The Guy's Guide to FOUR BATTLES Every Young Man Must Face; The Teen’s Guide to Social Media & Mobile Devices; If I Had a Parenting Do Over; and the Amazon Best Seller - The Guy's Guide to God, Girls and the Phone in Your Pocket. He speaks to parents and leaders worldwide, all while providing free resources for youth workers on TheSource4YM.com. Jonathan, his wife Lori, and their three kids live in California.