Fun Things for Church Youth Groups
Keep your church youth group lively and fun and your meetings will attract members. Spiritual development and fellowship are two key features of church youth groups and both can happen in a variety of environments. Though quiet Bible study is useful and enlightening, active, fun activities will engage members, offering dynamic opportunities for growth and learning.
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Community Outreach
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Young people learn how to be productive members of society by giving of themselves. Helping others is an enjoyable and purposeful way to spend time. Youth groups can be of service to non-profit groups such as Habitat for Humanity. Lending a hand to community projects gives young people a sense of belonging. Volunteering at food pantries and kitchens or aiding those who have fallen on hard times is a duty and honor. Teenagers can learn from their elders by spending time in conversation, playing cards games or going for walks. Teams of young people can make a difference by performing household chores for people who need help.
Thoughtful and Attentive
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Spark discussion by playing Spin the Bible. Have students sit in a circle and spin a Bible. Whomever the Bible is pointing toward opens the book to a random page and reads a verse. Then he explains what the words mean to him.
Pass The Towel rewards teamwork and observational skills. Everyone sits in a tight circle. One member sits in the middle. Those in the circle pass a rolled towel from person to person, behind their backs, while the member in the middle tries to guess who has the towel. Those in the circle can play it straight, hardly moving at all, or ham it up and pretend to pass the towel.
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Trust Me
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Mine Field teaches listening skills, cooperation and the importance of having faith in a friend. One player is blindfolded. Another player is stationed on the other side of the room. Place obstacles between them. Chairs can be used for older students; pillows are safe for younger members. Have the sighted player call out instructions to the blindfolded teenager so the blindfolded player can safely navigate his way through the space. An option for older groups is to have more than one team playing.
Active Outdoors
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Get your group giggling by playing Turn Over a New Leaf. Lay an old blanket or sleeping bag on a flat, grassy space. Have all members stand on the blanket. The object is to work together to flip the blanket to its other side without any players touching their feet onto the grass.
A new twist on an old favorite is Rock Paper Scissor Baseball. Set up bases and a home plate as you would for a baseball game. Divide the youth group members into two teams. One player from each team starts at home plate. One player walks heel-to-toe towards first base; the other walks heel-to-toe toward third base. When players meet they play rock paper scissors. The winner continues around the bases. The loser runs back and another player begins to walk. Each time a player rounds the bases he scores.
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