Games For Youth Ministry

Game Master and Youth Minister are two titles that often go hand in hand. Whether you have the experience or not, approaching games for your events and retreats can often become an overwhelming task. Creativity can become stifled as other tasks and to-dos overwhelm your plate. Youth Group Games was designed by J. Roger Davis, who has decades of games experience. These books are designed to help you have easy and effective games ready for the next time you put on a big event.

Game Master and Youth Minister are two titles that often go hand in hand. Whether you have the experience or not, approaching games for your events and retreats can often become an overwhelming task. Creativity can become stifled as other tasks and to-dos overwhelm your plate. Youth Group Games was designed by J. Roger Davis, who has decades of games experience. These books are designed to help you have easy and effective games ready for your next mid-week service, retreat, or big event.

Messy Games is one of seven books within the Youth Group Games line. Getting out of the norm and adding a little mess to your recreation time always adds a lot of fun to your service, retreat, or event. Some of these games will stink, and others are sure to make your group go bananas! Utilizing his decades of experience, J. Roger Davis shares his expertise on 25 must-play messy games he has used over the years!

Can you guess which one of these NBA logos has been FLIPPED and is NOT THE REAL LOGO?

Can you identify the board game by simple looking at a single game piece?

Who has had the greatest variety of friend experiences? Find out by having the whole room stand up (or having students who can’t stand raise a hand), and then having them stay standing if what’s read is true of them. Otherwise, they sit down until the game is over (or you generously let everyone back in after a few rounds) and see who is left standing.

Pro-tip: The last question has to do with karaoke and can lead to a karaoke showdown if you want to keep the fun going!

It’s either your favorite carb, or you run from it and all its gluten. Either way, bread is bread – so can you tell the difference between close-ups of it and other things?

Whether you intentionally watch the news or not, we all catch the headlines. See how much you’ve retained from these stories straight out of everyday life, entertainment news, science updates or more...

Figure out the missing word in an effort to WORD UP. Each word builds on the next.

You will be given the name of a famous animated movie. It's your job to determine what company produced the movie based on the four choices given.

Simply determine whether the following actions are considered Lucky or Unlucky around the world.

How well do your students know their favorite celebrities? Have them try to spot the one lie hidden among two truths, whether by playing it like a gameshow faceoff, or “guys vs girls” by asking for someone from the room to stand up and shout out an answer when you call on them!

Ever face off against a big boss, rescue a princess or watched someone do it? Have a blast remembering the classic retro games that made us as you power up from one question to the next!

You will be given the name of a Christian band. Simply decide whether the band is real or fake.

Take a trip back in time to the year 2000. Simple choose what you think is the correct answer to each question.

You will be given a specific McDonald's menu item and a FALSE calorie count. You simply determine whether you think the REAL calorie count is more or less.

See who can get the closest to the actual answer.

You will be given a picture and the name of a weird sport native to a specific country. Select which country the sport belongs to.

You will be given a category. One at a time, list one item in that category. The first person or team who cannot correctly list an item in the given category without repeating an answer is eliminated.

You will be given a category by which you and the members of your group will have to line up in.... WITHOUT TALKING! The first group to line up correctly wins a point.

See how many of these slogans you can match with the correct state.

You will be given a quote from a person in the Bible. Simply choose whom you think said it.

You will be given three words or phrases that all share one common bond. Simply guess what links all three of them together.

You will be given a color. Go head-to-head naming something that is primarily that color. If you freeze and can't say one in 3 seconds or if you repeat an answer already given, your opponent scores a point.

See how many of these crazy presidential trivia questions you can answer correctly.

Being a youth minister also means you have to be a games expert, whether you like it or not. The two are synonymous, and YM360 is committed to providing you with fun, engaging, fresh, and exciting games for your students to play each week. We know finding high-quality games at an affordable price is challenging. That is where an Annual Games for Youth Ministry Membership comes into play.

BECOME A G4YM MEMBER TODAY AND GET:

• WELCOME GIFT: A One-time $50 CREDIT to use on any classic or premium game, you instantly get your first year membership back plus some. It’s a use or lose it kind of credit, so be sure to put it to good use! 
• 50% off additional games purchased during your G4YM Membership

You will be shown a picture of a musical instrument that looks kinda like a trumpet, but isn't a trumpet. Simply choose from a list of instruments to correctly identify the name of the instrument.

Match the correct animal character name with the type of animal it is.

You will be shown a picture of a musical instrument that looks kinda like a guitar, but isn't a guitar. Simply choose from a list of instruments to correctly identify the name of the instrument. 

You will be given the meaning of a Dinosaurs' name. Simply match the correct Dine name with the meaning given. 

How well would you fit in if you were in say... Australia? Let's find out by seeing how well you know what these Aussie slang terms mean.

You will be given a quote from a famous Disney character. Simply choose whom you believe said it.

How well would you fit in if you were in say... England? Let's find out by seeing how well you know what these British slang terms mean.

You will be given a word that is missing a set/sets of double letters. Be the first to correctly guess the word with the missing letters.

You will be given the name of a specific Greek or Roman god. Simple decide which is which.

You will be given a clue and one letter of the answer. That's pretty much it. Let's do this!

You will be shown the picture of a specific U.S. Quarter. You simply decide which U.S. State it represents.