MAIN POINT: Discussion starter. Once matched, you can ask a pre-typed question for the partners to discuss.
You will need some leaders to measure students when they come in. Everyone who walks into youth group gets a length of string (but make sure it isn’t their own). Each string is the same length as one other person in the room. Students have to match up with their partner when the game starts.
Idea by Young Life
Jonathan McKee
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Maha
January 4, 2013 at 12:00 amIt seems a good game but lacks some details and maybe the string should be something that provokes discussion .
William E. Jonson
November 4, 2014 at 12:00 amSeems fun enough….. but should have more descriptions under what causes the discussion.