Bible Study Incentive Ideas for Kids
Your teen and preteen students may need incentives to study the Bible. While not every incentive will appeal to every student, some incentives will appeal to a significant percentage of your students. Incentives that students feel are fun and worth the study effort may give you the best return on your efforts.
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Special Activities
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Offer youth who achieve various goals such as memorization of Bible passages, completion of Bible activity sheets or active participation in Bible study classes the opportunity to earn points that can be used to participate in various activities. For example, you might allow students to earn an invitation to a pool party or a concert. You could post a list of future events and the point values required so students have sufficient time to earn the necessary points.
Students from families who lack sufficient funds to cover these activities may find this incentive desirable. You may consult group sponsors and teen leaders for activity suggestions.
Bible Games
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Instead of pitching the idea of a study, cloak your study in games and other enjoyable activities. You may find Sword Drills where students race to find the appropriate scripture or Bible trivia questions you create from study materials encourage students to get involved in Bible study.
Several Christian organizations post crossword puzzles, word search and other Bible activities for free on their web sites, so you won't have to create all of the activities yourself. Students may enjoy the competitive nature of the activities.
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Study and Fellowship
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Offer kids in your target age group the opportunity to come together for fellowship and Bible study. Begin with a shared meal, followed by Bible study and a fun activity. For example, the kids can get together to eat hamburgers and hot dogs at the local bowling alley, study the Bible lesson in a quiet area around the lanes you have reserved and then play a game or two of bowling.
The group may choose several options for activities and rotate where the Bible study occurs to take advantage of the facilities such as basketball or volleyball at a gym and rollerskating at your local roller rink. The variety and the shared activity can provide the incentive you want to have kids show up and participate.
Prizes
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Offer stickers, patches, certificates, prizes or cash incentives for students who memorize the most scripture within a given time limit or who complete certain Bible projects. Provide a list of passages you want the students to learn or suggestions for projects so they have some focus and ground rules for the competition. Adult sponsors may provide assistance and resources for the prizes.
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