Church & School – Club Game Resource Sheet
Why play games?
Some people assume that playing games is trivial and irrelevant, used to break up the boredom,
waste some energy or fill in some time. Whilst there may be an element of truth to this, I hope you
also come to see that playing games is usually an important part of any youth session. When playing
games young people are more likely to engage and when young people are engaged they are more
likely to learn and retain more information.
Web based resources:
2000 Games and ideas- www.youthwork-practice.com/
Youth group games- www.jubed.com
free kids activity resources- http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/kids_games_and_activities.htm
free student ministry games, ideas and fundraisers- www.egadideas.com/
200 games and ideas for youth work- www.youthwork-practice.com/
Icebreaker games collection- www.icebreakers.ws/
Card games and tile games from around the world- www.pagat.com
Free Christian youth work resources - www.myfishbites.com/
Free list of youth group and camp games- www.youthgroupgames.org/
Games suitable for youth groups and adolescent or pre- adolescent age groupswww.youthgroupgames.co.uk/
Proven and tested good games- www.thesource4ym.com/
For further games ideas and resources, please visit our Pinterest page:
http://pinterest.com/churchandschool/games/
Diocese of Carlisle – Growing Disciples