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Backwards

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Introduction
Do we live life looking to what lies ahead or looking back?

Game Description
Students will navigate across a room looking into a mirror.

Game Materials

  • Hand held mirrors (or better – rear view mirrors from a car)
  • Obstacles

Game Preparation
Place obstacles randomly distributed around the the game play area

Game Play
Everyone must walk BACKWARDS from one side of the area to the other using only mirrors to see. You can do this as a relay race between teams or as individual participants.

Variations
Allow someone else to hold the mirror while a participant races forward.

Take it to the next level

  • Was it difficult to move forward while looking backward? Why?
  • What are some of the difficulties faced when we are focused on looking back?
  • How is this activity similar to focusing on our past and future?
  • What lessons can we learn?

Debrief
If you have ever driven a car, you can glance from time to time in the rear view mirror. As we move forward we regularly glance at it to keep us aware of what is behind us. The past makes us more knowledgeable and wiser. And in that regard, the past is good. But if you spend all your time looking in the rear view mirror you are sure to meet a disaster ahead. The same is true with life. We can learn some incredible lessons from looking back to the past. Someone has said that if you refuse to look to the past you are doomed to repeat it’s errors. We can learn from the past to avoid making mistakes ahead. But past failures can also prevent us from moving forward and sometimes we have difficulty seeing beyond those failures to a brighter future.

The past can be good or bad.. We can be content with our past accomplishments as easily as we can live with regret for our past mistakes. We can look back to reproduce the success we have experienced. But we cannot be content living in the past with past successes. We will never grow and move forward.

“Jesus replied, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.” —Luke 9:62, NIV

If you have ever mowed the grass with a lawnmower and then looked back, you’ll discover that you have often mowed in a crooked line. The key to mowing a straight line is to look ahead to a target or goal and move toward it. When you are mowing the lawn it is not so bad, because you can correct it by mowing over your mistake. When plowing a field, things are different. If you have plowed a crooked furrow in the field, you have to keep plowing crooked furrows to match your first rows. A person who plows has to keep his eyes fixed straight ahead on a goal or he’ll mess up the whole field.

Paul said: “…One thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:13-14)

Paul chose the call of God in Christ as his goal to fix his eyes upon. With our eyes fixed upon Christ we will be able to keep our life straight. Don’t focus on the Past! Look ahead! Look to Christ!

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Valentine’s Day Forward and Backward

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Description
In this Icebreaker game for your Valentine’s Day Party, youth will move forward or backwards when they meet the Valentine’s day criteria that is called out.

Resources

  • List of actions related to valentine’s Day or Dating
  • Chairs in a circle, one chair per person.

Preparation

  1. Arrange the chairs in a circle, facing inward to the center of the circle.
  2. Prepare the list of items

What to do

  1. Sit everyone in a chair and then read the instructions for participants to follow. Instructions should be related to Valentine’s Day or dating.
  2. If someone is in the chair you move to, just sit on his or her lap. You can stack people three or four high.
  3. The first youth to make it all the way around the circle wins. Have youth to take note of the chair they start in before you begin calling out situations.

Sample Instructions

  • “If you are wearing something red, move forward one chair”
  • “If you are wearing black, move back three chairs”
  • “If you have a cute stuffed animal at home, move forward one chair.”
  • “If you are not dating anyone right now, move back one chair.”
  • “If you like chocolates, move forward one chair.”
  • “If your birthday is in the month of February, move forward one chair.”
  • “If you didn’t buy your sweetheart something for valentine’s Day, move back Two chairs.”
  • “If you have said “I love you” to someone today, move forward two chairs.”
  • “If your sweetheart has a habit that irritates you, move back one chair.”
  • “If you have ever sang a serenade to your sweetheart, move forward 1 chair.”
  • “If you have ever gone out on a date with a best friend’s boyfriend/ girlfriend move back 2 chairs.”
  • “If you have ever made your own home-made Valentine’s Day card move forward one chair.”
  • “If you kissed on a first date, move back one chair.”
  • “If you have ever bought or received a red rose on Valentine’s
  • “Day, move forward one chair.”
  • “If you have never enjoyed a candlelight dinner on Valentine’s Day please move one chair backward.”
  • “If you have ever shared a drink using two straws in the same glass move forward one chair.”
  • “If you have ever forgotten to celebrate Valentine’s Day move back one chair.”
  • “If you have a special love song that you share as a couple move forward 1 chair.”
  • “If you have ever been embarrassed by your date on Valentine’s day, move backward one chair.”
  • “If you have ever received roses or a gift from a secret admirer move forward one chair.”
  • “If your car broke down on a date, move back 1 chair.”
  • “If you have ever called your sweetheart just to hear his/her voice move forward two chairs.”
  • “If you have ever called your boyfriend or girlfriend by the wrong name move backward 2 chairs.”
  • “If You have ever sent flowers to someone anonymously move forward 1 chair.”
  • “If you have ever gone to McDonald’s on a date move backward one chair.”
  • “If you have ever left your sweetheart a message of love on an answering machine move forward one chair.”
  • “If you have ever sent a Valentine without signing it with your name move backward one chair.”
  • “If you have ever Sent you sweetheart a mushy SMS message move forward one chair.”
  • “If you have ever bought your sweetheart an item of clothing that was too small or too large move back one chair.”
  • “If you initiated the very first kiss with your sweetheart move forward one chair.”
  • “If you blush when kissed move backward one chair.”
  • “If you have never been on a romantic date then move forward two chairs.”
  • “If you have held hands with your sweetheart in a public place move back one chair.”
  • “If you like to do things for someone to show you love them move forward one chair.”
  • “If you have ever received a call from an ex boyfriend / girlfriend while out on a date with your new sweetheart move back two chairs.”
  • “If you have ever been chaperoned on a date before move forward one chair.”
  • “If you have ever dated someone on the rebound move back one chair.”
  • “If you tend to be the decision maker in the relationship move forward one chair.”
  • “If you have ever refused to answer the phone after an argument with your sweetheart, move back one chair.”
  • “If you think having a steady is overrated, move forward one chair.”
  • “If you have ever walked out on a date move back one chair.”
  • “If you have ever been offended by the body odor of your sweetheart, move forward one chair.”
  • “If you have ever gone to a party with a date, but left with someone else move back one chair.”
  • “If you like to give gifts to show someone you love them move forward one chair.”
  • “If you have ever made an embarrassing body noise while on a date, move back one chair.”
  • “If you have ever been recognized by a friend while on a date, move forward one chair.”
  • “If you have not brushed your teeth today, move back one chair.”
  • “If you wore something special on Valentine’s day move forward one chair.”
  • “If you have ever eaten at a lousy restaurant on Valentine’s day move back one chair.”
  • “If a friend introduced you or set you up with your sweetheart, move forward one chair.”
  • “If you tend to be passive in relationships move back one chair.”
  • “If you are still friends with someone you used to date move forward two chairs.”
  • “If you have a difficult time expressing love move back one chair.
  • ADD your own…

Take It to the Next Level

  • Do you ever feel that some of your dating relationships are like this game – sometimes you move forward and sometimes you find yourself moving backwards?
  • As you think back over the past year, do you think you have moved forward in your relationships or backwards?
  • How do you measure progress in your relationships?
  • Do you ever feel you are going in circles in your relationships? Why?
  • What are some things that move relationships forward?
  • What are some of the things that create setbacks in relationships?
  • What are some Biblical guidelines for relationship?

Action Point

  • Take a few moments to commit your self to a couple plans of action (things to avoid or things to do) in order to improve the significant relationships in your life!

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LoveBirds on a Perch

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Introduction
This is a high energy elimination game for Valentine’s Day where one couple is eliminated from play each round until there is only one couple left.

Game Description
Every time the Valentine’s day music stops, participant must pair up with their designated partner.

Game Materials

  • Valentine’s Day Music – Use a few romantic tunes or famous love songs.
  • Large open area for people to mingle.

Game Setup

  1. All girls must stand shoulder to shoulder in a circle facing outward.
  2. All the guys form a circle around them, with each guy facing his chosen partner (Valentine).
  3. Make adjustments so that the inner and outer circles contain an equal number of people.
  4. Girls and guys must take note of their Valentine as they will need to find each other again every time the music stops.

Game Play

  1. Staying in a circle, the girls begin walking clockwise.
  2. The guys walk counterclockwise, also maintaining their circle around the girls.
  3. When the music stops and the leader calls out “Lovebirds on a perch”, both circles stop and the Valentine’s Day couples must immediately move to find their partners.
  4. The guy must get down on one knee with the other knee extended so that the girl may sit on it. The slowest couple to assume the “Lovebird on a perch” position is eliminated.


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Valentine’s Day Scavenger Hunt

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Description
This is the traditional scavenger hunt where participants are given a list of items to retrieve and bring back within a designated time limit. The Valentine’s Day scavenger hunt consists of a list of the Valentine’s Day related objects and some rules. Variations may allow photos of an object to replace the actual object or creative substitutions. The rules may forbid the purchase of items or restrict the participants from going to their own homes or malls to collect items. Various points are assigned to the objects based upon the difficulty necessary to obtain them.

Resources
Valentine’s Day List for each team.

Preparation

  • Make a photocopy of your list of items and rules for each team.
  • Set a time for groups to be back then send them off to collect the items.
  • Assign one adult as camera man / sponsor to be attached to each team.

Protecting Participants

  1. Don’t let any youth drive – put adults in charge and don’t allow horseplay on the roads like “Chinese fire drills”. Make sure everyone wears seat-belts or take major points away if they are caught on film without them on. You could also conduct the scavenger hunt on foot. You don’t want a participant killed while speeding during your scavenger hunts.
  2. Participants must obey all laws and instructions from sponsors
  3. Limit the play area and place people at strategic locations if needed to ensure the safety of participants.
  4. Make sure each group has a mobile phone and contact numbers for emergency.

Sample Rules

  • Only one object will be counted for each item on the list.
  • 500 points off for each minute after the deadline you are late.
  • Words written on paper or drawings will not be counted if used instead of a place or object.
  • Be respectful in everything you do.
  • Stay with your sponsor at all times and obey him/ her.
  • No collaborating with other teams.
  • Winners will be announced after the items are tabulated.

What to do

  1. Divide everyone into two or more groups and give them a time limit with which to find the items on the list.
  2. The first group that returns with the all the items or the most items on the list within the limited time wins.

Suggested Valentine’s Day Items
Heart shaped balloon, Chocolate Candies, Chocolate Kiss, Red Ribbon, Red Rose, Red Carnation, Italian Dinner Menu, Cupid, Valentine’s Day Card, Something with the words “Be Mine” written on it, Candle, Calendar with Valentine’s Day on it, Red Arrow, Heart pendant, love letter written more than a year ago, Lovebird, Passion fruit, Poetry on love, Sweetheart cup, DVD movie where some is serenaded, CD with a Love Song, Red and white Stuffed Animal, Honey, Valentine’s Day Candy Heart, matching rings, wedding invitation, Wine bottle, Red Dress, Something made from lace

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Superbowl Party Game Ideas and Activities

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American Football is a national past-time for most Americans and the most famous football game is the Superbowl! Just days away, the Superbowl is a great opportunity to tackle a few games with your youth while you score a few goals for the kingdom of God!

Here are some great ideas on the Creative Youth Ideas website to do Just that:

Christian Team
In many ways, the Body of Christ is similar to a football team. Use this Superbowl Teaching Illustration to show that, like a football team, the members of a church each have different positions and they all work together for a common goal.

SuperBowl Teams
Can you name all the football teams represented by these creative descriptions. This makes for a fun icebreaker for your Superbowl Party. You can also put the description on one name tag and a corresponding name for the football team on another name tag. When guests arrive, give them a name tag and have them try to find their match.

The Father’s Eyes
Use this touching football themed illustration for a sermon or talk at your Superbowl Party to teach youth about our Heavenly Father’s love for us.

Football Trivia
Do you know how many cows sacrifice their skins for footballs? The origin of the the football huddle? Check out this entry for fun football Trivia!

Spectator Sport?
Use this Football themed devotional to talk about pressing on toward our goal in life as Christians.

Not Looking Back
Superbowl winners get a gold ring and the team gets a trophy. To simply play in a Superbowl game is an accomplishment. To win is a great achievement. But as the years go by, we often forget who won which Superbowl game. The accomplishments fade. But Paul wasn’t interested in past accomplishments. He was focused on the future! Last year’s game was not as important as what lies ahead. Use this Football themed illustration to talk about giving up everything to pursue our calling in Christ!

SuperBowl Charades
In this classic football themed variation of charades participants must act out phrases or words in order for team members to guess the correct phrase. It’s great for your Superbowl party and has discussion questions and teaching points for living the Christian life. Use it for a half-time game or after game activity at your next Superbowl party!

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Hearts in a Bottle

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Game Description
Can you guess the number of Valentine Candy Hearts in the bottle?

Game Materials
A glass jar filled with Valentine Candy Hearts.

Game Preparation
Count the number of Valentine Candy hearts as you put them into the glass jar.

Game Play

  1. Pass the jar around as everyone is arriving and ask them to write their name and their guess at the number of Valentine Candy Hearts contained in the jar.
  2. At the end of your Valentine’s Day party, give a prize to the person who’s guess is closest to the correct number.
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Valentine Heart Tower

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candytower.jpgIntroduction
How high can you stack your pile of valentine candy hearts?

Game Description
In this game for a Valentine Party event, participants will try to stack a box of valentine candy hearts as high as possible. It’s not as easy as it may seem!

Game Materials

  • One small box of Valentine candy hearts candy for each team. (These are the heart shaped candies with phrases like “Be Mine”, “Love”, “Kiss Me” and other Valentine’s Day phrases printed on them.)
  • A timer or stopwatch

Game Preparation

  1. Divide the Valentine’s Day party participants into teams.
  2. Give each team a box of Valentine candy hearts.

Game Play – What to do

  1. Announce the objective – to build the tallest tower using only the Valentine’s Day candy hearts you have been given. At the end of the time, the group with the tallest standing tower will win! (30 seconds to one minute should be sufficient)
  2. Start the timer. Teams will rush to build their towers. But often they will get greedy and the towers will come tumbling down. Some teams may choose to stop and allow the time to run out. Others may keep going until the last minute. If a tower falls they can start over again.
  3. When the timer runs out, the team with the tallest standing tower is awarded the prize.

Variations

  • Play as couples or as girls against guys!
  • Play such that each person, in turn must add a single heart to the tower.


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Life-Size Foosball

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Location
This game can be played on a basketball court, a soccer field, tennis court, street soccer field, or any open space. It is easiest on a field or playing space that has line markers. To create a custom sized field outdoors, use stakes and string to mark the field into rows. Also set a goal marker on each end. Indoors you can use masking tape to tape the string to the floor in lines. It also makes a nice beach game using a large beach volleyball. Just draw your lines in the sand!

Energy level
High

Description
Played like foosball (also known as table soccer) this game is a less strenuous form of soccer that almost anyone can play.

Resources
soccer ball or kickball (To slow the game down a little and made it easier to play, use a large beach volleyball field

Preparation
If the field is not marked off into lines do so in such a way that there is one goalie for each team and the other players are evenly distributed across the field. Players must stay within their marked off boundary. The more narrow the field, the less they will have to run from side to side.

What to Do
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  1. Divide the group into two teams.
  2. Allocate the area between lines on the field so that the players are evenly distributed across the field with 2 or three players inside each area. Alternate areas between teams. All of the members of one team face toward the opposing team’s goal. (see diagram to the right) Rows can be very close or several feet apart, depending on the size of the chosen field area.
  3. Players may move freely to the right or to the left, but they may not move forward or backward at any time. Players must remain inside their designated area between the two lines.
  4. Play and score the game just like regular foosball. A point is scored for each time the beach ball or balloon goes over the opposing team’s goal-line or hits the wall.
  5. If a ball is kicked out of bounds, it is tossed back into the game by any player.
  6. A coin toss decides the 1st serve.
  7. The goalie on the serving team tosses the ball into play with his hands.
  8. Other players try to kick the ball into the opponents goal.
  9. If a player steps out of his boundary box, the ball goes to the opposing team.
  10. If a goal is scored, the team last scored upon gets the serve.
  11. The opposing team also gets to serve after a ball is out of play, or after a neutral dead ball.
  12. You can decide whether the goalie can use hands or not to block goals. Use of hands makes it much easier to block.
  13. The first team to score 10 goals wins.

Variations

  • For an indoor foosball variation using balloons and chairs see Air Foosball
  • Use your table soccer / foosball table for this lesson.

Take It to the Next Level

  • What is our goal as a church (or youth group / cell group)
  • In our group, each of us has areas of responsibility. Sometimes these areas are shared. Our area of responsibility will be based on God’s calling, his gifts, and even our personal interests. Whenever something falls into our area, we are responsible for handling it. What is the result of someone not handling their area in this game? How does it affect others on the team? How is this similar or different to the body of Christ?
  • In our own group, do we ever step into other people’s areas of responsibility? Why do we do so? What are some of the possible consequences of stepping into other people’s areas of responsibility? (They don’t have the opportunities to develop their own gifts and skills for ministry, we may neglect our own area, we burn out, we lose focus)
  • What are some of the areas we need to cover in order to achieve our goal or goals as a group?
  • What do you see as an area you can take responsibility for in our group? Why do you see yourself in this area? How will serving in this area help you to grow and develop your own gifts?

Action Point
Find your area and commit to covering that so that as a group we can achieve our goals!

Scripture
I Corinthians 12 – The Body of Christ

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Christmas People Bingo

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Location
Anywhere

Energy level
Low

Description
“Can you find someone who…..?” Played with a simple list or laid out in a 5×5 Bingo grid, the object of this Christmas game / Christmas Icebreaker is to get someone at the Christmas Party to sign for each item according to the stated Christmas related criteria.

Resources
Paper and pencil for each person, Timer

Preparation
Make a list of Christmas related characteristics and statements that could be true of someone at the Christmas Party. You might also want to personalize it with very specific characteristics of some of the Christmas Party participants you already know. You can also lay it out on a B I N G O format. A 4×4 grid or a 5×5 grid works well. The objective is to fill all the spaces in a row, column or diagonal or blackout (All spaces full).

Here are some simple Christmas related possibilities.

  • Born closest to Christmas Day
  • Can burp to the tune of “Jingle Bells”
  • Has received Socks for a Christmas gift.
  • Has started Christmas shopping already.
  • Has a real Christmas Tree
  • Has sat on Santa’s lap before
  • Likes to drink eggnog at Christmas
  • Has never been ice skating
  • Is wearing something red
  • Has built a snowman
  • Hums or sings along with Christmas Carols
  • Has gone Christmas caroling
  • Has more fun giving than receiving gifts at Christmas
  • Love peppermint candy canes
  • Would rather have ham than turkey at Christmas dinner
  • Has placed a star or angel atop a Christmas Tree
  • Has sent someone a Christmas card
  • Has a Christmas stocking
  • Likes snow
  • Doesn’t mind getting clothes as Christmas gifts
  • Likes to go Christmas caroling
  • Can recite the first two lines of “the Night before Christmas”
  • Still hasn’t finished Christmas shopping.
  • Knows what’s s/he’s getting for Christmas.
  • Plans to return at least one Christmas gift.
  • Knows all of the names of Santa’s reindeer.
  • ETC. ADD YOUR OWN

What to Do

  1. Hand out the Christmas People Bingo worksheet you have prepared and a pen to each person at the Christmas Party.
  2. Set the timer for 15 to 20 minutes depending on the size of the group and how much time you have available in your Christmas party schedule.
  3. Explain to the group that they will have 15 to 20 minutes to mix around and find different people that meet each of the descriptions on their Christmas worksheet.
  4. In order to fill the spaces they need to find another person who matches one of the Christmas related qualities or facts listed and then have them sign their name on the appropriate square. Each person may only sign one square per sheet
  5. Once a person has been identified they are to have that person fill in their name in the appropriate box. Emphasize to the group that they can not have the same person fill in more than 1 description in the Christmas Bingo grid
  6. The first person to finish the Christmas Bingo should bring it to you to mark for scoring.
  7. This Christmas Party game can continue until the allotted time is complete because it is common for some of the answers to be disqualified.
  8. When the timer goes off, check the winner’s Christmas Bingo sheet for accuracy. The person with the most correct answers wins.
  9. You might wish to consider having multiple prizes in case there is more than 1 winner.

Variation
Instead of preparing the list of Christmas related descriptions in advance, have the students at your Christmas Party create the list. “I want to find someone who….” Put all the items on a large sheet of paper or on a white board and have students number their papers and get the name beside each number.

Take It to the Next Level

  • As you were mingling around during the Christmas People Bingo icebreaker do you think we have more things in common with each other than you expected? Why or why not?
  • Which is more important, the things we share or the things that differentiate us? Explain.
  • Are differences a strength or a weakness? Explain.
  • How do all these interesting little Christmas related facts help to build relationships?
  • Why is it important to know a little more about others in the group?

Action Point
It is interesting to see how many things we have in common with others while we also are so different. Most of the time in relationships, it is a matter of perspective as to whether we want to focus on the things we share in common or the differences. Choose someone you met today to form a closer relationship with this Christmas that will last into the new year!

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Christmas Carol Soloist

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Location
Indoor

Energy Level
Low

Description
Can you identify the person humming the Christmas Carol?

Resources
• A list of Christmas Carols
• A blindfold

Preparation
None

What to Do

  1. Participants stand in a circle.
  2. Someone is blindfolded and stands in the center of the circle.
  3. The participants move slowly around the circle singing a chosen Christmas carol, rotating around the blindfolded person in the center.
  4. Whoever is in the center of the circle can call “stop” at any time.
  5. When the blindfolded person yells stop, the circle comes to a halt but the participants keep singing the Christmas Carol.
  6. While still blindfolded, the person in the center of the circle then points to one of the participants in the outside circle and everyone else immediately stop singing.
  7. The person who has been pointed at must continue to hum the melody.
  8. The blindfolded person then tries to attempt to guess the name of the one who is humming.
  9. If he or she is successful they exchange places otherwise the game continues.

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