Jon Jolly: My Life & Youth Work

thoughts, ideas and reflections on working with young people

Entries Tagged ‘games’

Youth Work Links for 5th December to 9th December

These are my youth work, youth ministry, childrens ministry and schools work links for 5th December to 9th December. For more related links, check out my links page

Don’t Buy the Lies. - Youth Ministry Forum - Reflections on common lies within youth ministry
Help for Young Life Leaders NOW - Aimed at Young Life Leaders, but [...]

Chairball

Sometimes called Benchball, this is a classic youth work team game that has similarities to netball and basketball.
Numbers: groups of around 10 or over (even numbers make the teams fair).
Suitable for: anyone.
Preparation time: none.
Venue: any open space or hall.
Safety First: This is a gentle physical game that requires people to stand on a chair or [...]

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 (as [...]

Youth Group Games

You may have noticed a number of posts recently about games that can be used with youth groups. This is going to be a regular feature that I’ll add to as much as I can. Coming up with creative games to use with a group can often be quite frustrating, so I hope to document [...]