Bible Survivor: This game is a spinoff on the popular television series.

Divide your youth group into two

teams. Use Bible trivia questions and quiz the teams. When a member of a team gets the question
wrong, he is eliminated from the team. Also, incorporate fun Bible challenges, such as "eating manna"
(manna could be white Italian bread pieces---see which teen can eat the most to win). Use your
imagination. Kids will have a blast with this game.
Bible Charades: This is an oldie but goodie. Have the teens break up into teams. The number and size of
the teams will depend on your youth group. Then take turns acting out different Bible stories while the
other teams guess what story the group is acting out.

Name that Church Song

 Record several church songs on a CD or MP3 players before the gathering. Give each player
a sheet of paper and play 5 to 10 seconds of each song. Some song examples include "Shout
to the Lord," "Jesus Loves Me" and "Going Home with Jesus." Have each player write down
the name of each song. A player earns one point for each correct song. The player with the
most points at the end of the game wins the game. For a variation, have the player guess the
artist and award an extra point for each correct artist name. Make the game less difficult by
allowing players to work in teams instead of individually.

Scavenger Hunt
 Before the game, hide a several items around the church for the players to find. Hide two of
everything in the same place. Divide group into two teams. Give the teams separate starting
points so they will not arrive at the same place at the same time. For instance, place two
apples in the sanctuary and tell one team to look for an apple and return to you with one
apple. The other team could be sent for paper clips in the kitchen and later look for the
apple. Continue the game until one team wins by bringing you all the items on your list. This
best works with adults because teens or children may run through the halls of the church
and cause damage to the building.

Pass the parcel

Everyone's heard of "Pass the Parcel", so you might think this sounds a bit lame as a youth group game,
but it can work well if you add a little twist.

For those that don't know "Pass the Parcel", you wrap up a prize (eg a box of chocolates), then add
multiple layers or wrapping (up to 20 times). Within each layer, add a smaller prize (such as a lolly or
small chocolate).

The group sits in a circle and "Passes the Parcel" around the group with some music playing in the
background. When the music stops, whoever is holding the "Parcel" unwraps one layer and keeps the
small prize hidden within that layer. This continues until the last layer is unwrapped and whoever has
the parcel wins the prize.

Now, the twist. As well as adding a small prize within each layer, add a written "Challenge" of some sort
that the person unwrapping the layer must complete. The challenge can be something the person must
do in front of the group, or something share
For example:

 Sing a song to the group

 Tell the group your most embarrassing moment

 Do 20 push-ups

 What did you want to

As a result, you end up with a game that is fun, but also doubles as a sharing game and a great
icebreaker.

Bible Drill
When youth leader says "draw weapons", each person sits on a pew or chair with their Bible held up in
air with binding facing them (this is to keep people from putting their fingers IN the Bible while hold it
up so there is no cheating). Youth Leader calls out a scripture (i.e. John 3:16), makes everyone cite it
back to him and then will say "Charge". Everyone tries to find that scripture in the Bible. The first person
to find the scripture AND have his finger on the verse will stand up and start saying the scripture, if he is
right, he gets one point. Play to whatever amount of points you would like - have a gift or a pat on the
back for winner. (My kids usually are just happy to be a winner; they don't care about a gift)

We absolutely LOVE this game and it's a good builder for the group because they learn the books of the
Bible and where things are found.

VARIATION: Play the same way but use a Concordance to pick verses that have the same "keyword" in
them (i.e. pure). First person to guess the word that is showing up in all verses gets an extra point - then
pick a new "keyword". (That way, everyone has to LISTEN to the verses that are being found)