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Musical Christmas Gift

February 23, 2007

This game needs a room big enough to allow your students to get into a circle.We had approximately 100 kids at our annual Christmas Party. We wrapped 6 gifts in MULTIPLE layers of wrapping paper, each with a different color/pattern so that it was obvious. Some gifts had 2 “layers,” some had 8. None had the same amount of...

Beat til Bang!

February 23, 2007

This is a great game to film for a later advertisement for your Youth Ministry. Let’s face it; every person on Earth likes to hit people with those Nerf-like pool noodles. This game allows your students to take their pent-up Algebra frustrations out on each other in a very funny way.Supplies Needed:You will need cheap goggles, 4-6 noodles, 8-10...

Anywhere Games, Big Room Games, Games & Icebreakers

12 Days of Christmas

February 23, 2007

Note: It is great to have a live band for this game, but it is not completely necessary. A CD and CD player will work.We told the audience to huddle together in 12 different groups. The groups can be of any size, as long as they are relatively the same size. Each group is assigned one gift from the...

Mixers

Mugger Hugger

February 23, 2007

Note: This game requires at least one video projector screen viewable by the entire crowd.This is a hands-on get-to-know-you mixer. It is perfect for your first night back from summer or Christmas break when you may have new adult leaders and/or new students.Explain that each adult leader’s face will flash on the screen with their name under/above/beside it. Whenever...

Games & Icebreakers, Up-Front Games

Celebrity Impersonations

February 23, 2007

This up-front game pits students against adult leaders to see who has the best impersonation skills. You can choose the students as they walk in and register at your event. For the students who are up for the challenge, have a picture and short bio of the character or celebrity they will be acting out. You need to coordinate...

Music Discussions

Lose My Soul

February 20, 2007

(featuring Kirk Franklin & Mandisa)Main Point of Discussion: What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? (Matthew 16:26)The Song: “Lose My Soul”TobyMac’s “Lose My Soul,” which appears on his albums Alive and Transported and Portable Sounds, is an...

Movie Reviews

Astronaut Farmer, The (7/10/2007)

February 20, 2007

Rated PG for thematic material, peril and language.Directed by Michael Polish (Northfolk)Starring Billy Bob Thorton, Virgina,Madsen, Bruce Dern, J.K.Simmons and Bruce WillisThe Astronaut Farmer is the emotional story about Charles Farmer’s (Billy Bob Thorton) dream to travel in space, and how that dream affects the people around him. Although once a promising astronaut, Farmer left NASA after his...