Last Sunday we ran a joint youth event with St Margaret’s Angmering and St Peter & St Paul’s Rustington called iWorship. The purpose was to hang out, have a meal and worship together allowing a chance for the youth to get to know young Christians from the other churches. It was a great event and [...]
River Crossing
This is less of a game and more of a simple logic puzzle. However by dressing up and acting out the scenario, our Ignite group (11-14′s) has had a lot of fun playing! Numbers: groups of up to 10. Around five or six works well. Suitable for: older children and younger teens (8-14′s). Preparation time: [...]
Speed Pictionary
I mentioned this game before as it is one we’ve used quite a lot over the years. Because it’s so simple to play and requires hardly any preparation, it has become a back-up safety net for when we’ve got some spare time. However like anything, it can become boring if overused! Suitable for: most ages [...]
Wet & Wild Human Bowling
This is definitely a summer game for outside but a firm favourite with the young people round here! We’ve used the Wet & Wild Human Bowling game every year as part of our big summer festival and even those who’ve done it many times still come back for more. Suitable for: most ages and abilities [...]
Poverty Assembly
Last week I took a 15 minute assembly for Year 7 in Secondary School on the theme of Poverty. This session was only meant as a basic introduction to the theme, so is deliberately lightweight but is designed to get the children thinking about their own personal response to poverty this Christmas. This assembly plan [...]
Giant Stingball
Butt Charades!
Discussion: Homosexuality and the Bible
We’ve recently been tackling some difficult themes at Fuel, our church youth group for 15′s+ and the most recent was the topic of Homosexuality and the Bible. The following is the notes that I prepared for the evening and they were designed as a discussion starter. As such they are in no way a comprehensive [...]