Hit preteen game “The Aetherlight” releases a second episode with new locations, new weapons, and new characters—even as it continues to draw young players into the Old, Old story. The fledgling Resist...

Remind fathers that the fun times that they spend with their children and other youth in the church are formational and valuable.

Played just like Duck Duck Goose except the ducker carries a bucket with water in it. Instead of saying goose, the ducker dumps the bucket on the person who will get up and chase the ducker to tag him/her befor...

In this game you split the kids up into groups - the number of people in the group does not matter as long as you have two or more teams going against each other. Have teams line up single file behind a tabl...

There is this seasonal struggle in youth ministry surrounding curriculum. Which one should we use? Is there one that's perfect? How can we get the best curriculum for the least amount of money? What one will...

Summer is over. Camps, conferences, missions trips, and VBS are in the rearview mirror. Fall is staring you in the face. August is a transition month for most student ministries. There’s a different mindset ...

Line three rows of three chairs like a tic tac toe board. Make teams out of nine or more kids. Give them each numbers starting at one and so on, so that each team has one of each number. Have a team on each sid...

I want to acknowledge and confess my deepest struggle and frustration as a youth worker. It comes from that overbearing parent who thinks you are doing youth ministry all wrong. It comes from parents who consta...

"Daddy, will people make fun of me?" I didn't expect that question to come out of the mouth of my oldest child when she was 5 years old and one day away from heading off to her first day of kindergarten. ...

This is a fun way to create teams for other games—especially with large groups or for games like softball, kickball, etc. Choose two people to serve as captains of their respective teams and inform them they...