sugar-salesman
For this game, you need two identical bowls with spoons - one filled with salt, the other with sugar, and three students. Send students A and B (both forewarned) and C (unsuspecting) out of the room.Inform A (who already knows this) that he or she is to try to convince C to buy this bowl of sugar. Then let...
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jail-break-gym-tag
This game is played in your large room or gym, AND outside the room. The teams are leaders against students. The leaders try to catch the students and put them in 'prison'. In your gym (or main meeting room) the leaders can catch students by tagging them. Outside the gym, however, the leaders have the option of either tagging...
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rio-linda-kickball
A lot like normal Kickball with a bunch of backward twists (hence the name "Rio Linda," if you've ever been there, you know exactly what I mean!)Rules: All the bases are backwards. Run to 3rd first, then 2nd, and then 1st.  All players on a team get one time up and they get one pitch from their...
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ask-the-sage
A good game for jr high. Ask several volunteers to agree to be "Wise Sages" for the evening. Optional: Ask them to dress up and wait in several different rooms in your facility. The farther apart the Sages are the better.Next, prepare a sheet for each youth that has questions that only a "Sage" would be able to answer....
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indoor-mini-wiffle-golf
This game requires lots of prep work. You can bank on at least 2 1/2 hours between set up and tear down.For this game, you need to make a mini-golf course inside your church. There are a couple of ways to accomplish this. Both require mounds of junk to make obstacles out of. Get some putters (and have the...
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