Youth Group Games - Praise the Lord

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Here's a quick, fun Youth Group game that you can modify to your class and your Youth Group lessons. Kids of all ages love to have fun and laugh, so what better Youth Group games could you choose than ones that fit into having fun, laughing, and of course, praising the Lord?

Praise the Lord
Youth Group Games
Photo: Bill Gantz

Praise the Lord Youth Group Games

You'll only need a few things for this Youth Group game:

• upbeat music
• a CD player or ipod
• room to move
• and kids to yell, "Praise the Lord"

Choose music that the kids can move too. Some great Christian songs we love are:

1. Francesca Batistelli- "This Is The Stuff"
2. Chris Tomlin- “Sing, Sing, Sing”
3. Jeremy Camp- “Jesus Saves”
4. Newsboys- “God’s Not Dead”
5. Casting Crowns- “Courageous”
6. The Afters- “Light Up The Sky”
7. Chris Tomlin- "Our God"
8. Chris Tomlin- "I Will Follow"
9. Tenth Avenue North- "You Are More"
10. Brandon Heath- "Your Love"
11. Mandisa- "Stronger"
12. Newsboys- "I Am Free"
13. Matthew West- "Strong Enough"
14. Kutless- "Strong Tower"
15. Philips, Craig, and Dean- "Friend of God"

You can also use VBS songs, Sunday School songs, or any other songs you have available.

What to Do:

When playing Youth Group games, try to keep the mood light. Picking games that need to be structured is a must. I know this from experience. Once, I had the kids run around the room to find a certain person. When they found them, they were supposed to say a bible verse together.

Sounds pretty easy, right?

Wrong.

The kids ran around bumping into each other, then trying to scream the verse louder than the other person. The only thing it did was give me a headache and the kids didn't learn a thing.

It was a lesson well learned.

Okay, back to this game.

This Youth Group game will be played by having the kids dance when the music starts and freezing when the music stops and shouting "Praise the Lord". Each time they kids freeze, have one child read the memory verse for the night. Then, start the music up again.

Continue until everyone has had a chance to read the verse.

You can also have the kids walk in a circle, crawl, hop, or anything else that they find fun.



May God bless you as you teach the kids about the Lord Jesus Christ!
 

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Adam and Eve | Temptation | Youth Group Activity

Friday, June 7, 2013

The bible story of Adam and Eve is a great way to teach Youth Group kids about temptation. While many kids will know the bible story of Adam and Eve, some may not. As Youth Group leaders or even Sunday school teachers, we assume the kids have heard basic bible stories, but this isn't always the case.

A lesson I learned...

This past Wednesday night I said, "You've all heard the story of Noah's Ark, right?"

To my surprise, three kids in our Youth Group didn't have a clue who Noah was or even what the ark was.

These three kids were not regulars and had been coming with other kids for several weeks, but I assumed they knew the story, but they didn't. This taught me a good lesson - never assume anything!

Adam and Eve Bible Story
Temptation
Youth Group Activity
Photo: grongar

Adam and Eve Bible Story

Begin by laying a bit of foundation. Start with the basics of how God made Adam and Eve and how they were allowed to stay in the Garden of Eden as long as they didn't eat the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Go on to explain how Lucifer was once an angel, but the temptation to rule over God became to great and caused Lucifer and the angels who followed him to be cast out of heaven. Today we call him Satan or the devil.

Of course, Lucifer didn't stop there. He wanted to trick Adam and Eve into eating the fruit. He even tries every day to get us to do things we shouldn't. He is tempting us. We have to rely on God to help us with those temptations.

Maybe it is smoking. Maybe it is drinking. Maybe it is talking back to your mom and dad. Maybe bullying kids at school or stealing. It could even be running away or taking drugs.

Ask the kids if they can name some temptations they may face.

Wait for answers.

Explain how Satan disguised as a serpent tricked Eve into eating the fruit and that she also gave some to Adam. The serpent tempted Eve with being able to know as much as God.

Eve gave into temptation causing she and Adam to be thrown out of the Garden of Eden forever.

Youth Group Activity

This Youth Group activity is great to use as a reminder of how easy it is to give into temptation. Stress over and over again how important it is to resist the devil and pray for God's help to do so.

What you'll need:

• a large piece of paper like bulletin board paper or a white sheet (you can also use a wall or large rock)
• paint
• paint brushes, stencils, or stamps

What to do:

Have a teen or adult paint a tree trunk on the paper or sheet. Then, give the kids a paint brush or stamp and let them create the leaves on the tree. We let the kids go outside and pick large leaves off of trees and used them as stamps.

Let the kids work to add leaves to the top of the tree until you feel it is finished.

Once finished add this verse along with a serpent to the bottom of the paper or sheet:

 

Mark 14:38 KJV

 

Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

 

 

Be sure to hang the tree where the Youth Group can see it each time they enter the room. Talk about the tree often to remind kids that temptation comes in all forms and we can't resist them ourselves. We need God's help.

 



 

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