Help! My Games Stink: 52 Amazing Games for Youth Ministry

by Jon Forrest

Overview

Ever tried an icebreaker with a tiny bit of pyrotechnics? Get students attention without burning down anything. Jon Forrest has developed an essential resource for youth ministry leaders, volunteers, youth camp workers, and anyone called on to lead events with students. Filled with 52 creative, fun games for small and large audiences, this resource will draw your group together and create an environment where relationship building and learning can take place. Jon Forrest also shares relatable personal narrative based on his many years of youth ministry experience. This book provides instruction needed to gain the right skills in leading games along with the tools of ideas for success. The games are divided into categories for planning convenience. Added words of wisdom and encouragement for student ministry staff is provided in the final chapter of the book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781614840886
Publisher:	Randall House
Publication date:	06/27/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	150
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Jon Forrest has been working with students at Bethel Free Will Baptist Church in Ashland City, Tennessee for about 25 years. He spent six years earning his four year degree from Welch College, proving he should have "applied himself" like his parents instructed him. His passions include collecting Nerf guns (he estimates well over 400 guns in his collection) and lobbying Chick-fil-A to get Honey Roasted BBQ Sauce out of the little pillow packs and into the larger foil covered plastic containers where it belongs. Because he is crazy about students, he loves encouraging fellow youth workers, which he will do until he dies probably at the tender age of 107 at his expansive estate. His wife Carrie and daughter Ellie lovingly put up with him.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Section 1 Why Do We Need Games in the First Place; Section 2 No Prep/No Props; 1 Uh or Um; 2 Look Up; 3 Count Phalanges; 4 Clumps; 5 Questions Only; 6 Mental Ping Pong; 7 Say Anything; 8 Invisible Chalkboard; 9 More or Less; Section 3 Team Building; 10 Wacky Wedding; 11 Iced Tee; 12 Cupper Upper; 13 Minefield; 14 Six on Bricks; 15 Antigravity Stick; Section 4 Games in a Circle; 16 Protect the President; 17 Sit Quickly; 18 Body Part Musical Chairs; 19 Pass the Spoon; 20 Ezekiel 1:16 Game; 21 Blindfolded Samurai; 22 King of the Ring; 23 Camera Spoon; Section 5 Group Games Ending With a Winner; 24 Pirates Attack; 25 Zombie Apocalypse; 26 Cup Grab; 27 Odd or Even; 28 Fast Straw; 29 Peep Spitting; 30 Gorilla Man Gun; 31 Lady and the Tramp; 32 Evolution; Section 6 Up Front Games Ending With a Winner; 33 Sock it to Me; 34 Mad Hops; 35 Yay/Boo; 36 Water War; 37 Bucket Ball; 38 Who's the (Wo)Man; 39 Greed; 40 Quick Clothespin; 41 Bottle Flip; 42 Egghead; 43 Split or Steal; Section 7 Big Starters; 44 Drop Cloth; 45 Cookie Unicorn; 46 Tissue Issue; 47 Hallelujah Handshake; 48 Cookie Face; 49 BFF; 50 Ultimate Frisbee; 51 Pantyhose Tug of War; 52 Winning Streak; Section 8 Help Beyond the Games