Bible Name Puzzle
For older teens and
adults. A great ice-breaker activity! It just might stump you! (The puzzle is
for everyone, but the solution is
for our Support Partners only.)
The
Body Parts Game The
Body of Christ is made up of many parts. "The head bones connected to the
neck bone...the neck bones connected to the..." A great icebreaker
game!
Bible
Book Clues
Locate 17 books of the Bible by reading clues, then filling in the blanks.
Players are also challenged to write their own clues.
Chariot
Races Inspired by a
lesson on Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch from Acts 8:26-39.
JONAH & GOD'S GREAT
LOVE?
I bet you thought the book of Jonah was mostly about a man eating fish! In this
object lesson and word search puzzle, you'll discover another truth! Click the
title for more.
The
One Way GameThis
game emphasizes that Jesus is the only way to get to God.
W.W.J.D.?
- W.W.J.S.? A fun
way to get your class to discuss,
What does it REALLY mean to
follow Jesus?
Ice Breaker Games & Activities!
Looking for creative ways to get your group to open up and talk? Try
one of
these great
ice breaker ideas!
The Amazing "Psalm 23" Race
Players,
the sheep, must use Psalm 23 for clues to finding their sheep pens. Loosely
based on the popular game show, "The Amazing Race".
OFF
TO THE RACES
Players are
challenged to race their Ping-Pong balls along a course to finish the
race. Players learn about the Apostle Paul's statement, "I have
fought the good fight, I have finished the race..."
ONE MEDIATOR A
prayer game. "There is one mediator between God and men...Jesus..."
REVERSE THE CURSE
Jesus healed the man with leprosy and he heals us too. (Mark 1:40-45)
Resist
The Devil
Players "the
soldiers" work together to keep and "guard" their boundaries
in order to resist the devil and flee from him (James 4:7).
HEAR NO EVIL The object of this game is
to reinforce that we must learn (sometimes by trial and error) which voice to listen
to, God's voice or Satan's voice. This game will work well with ages 5-11 because they will probably take longer to rationalize what’s going on. If you play with ages above this,
realize you may only need to perform it one time, because everyone will get what’s going on by the end of the game.
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Bible Stack-O!
An
exciting new Bible card game for kids and adults. Learn the books of the Bible
from Genesis to Revelation. There
are three official ways to play, but this link also provides unofficial
ways to play such as "Stack-O Solitaire", "Bible
Memory", "Spoons" and a variation of "Go Fish: Go Search
Your Bible" to name a few!
F.B.I.
"Faith Bible Investigators"
Emmalea
Butler wrote this game for an
after-school Bible club called the Great Adventure Club. This six week session's adventure theme is called The F.B.I. (Faithful Bible
Investigators). The F.B.I. has 10 teams called "Units" and
the unit members are referred to as "Agents".
Diminishing Returns
Players
or teams guess clues to Bible books trivia, the sooner the correct answer is
given the more points awarded, points diminish with each additional clue!
Bible Books Rapid Fire
A
fast-paced Bible books card game whereby players attempt to get their cards in
hand in
exact sequence.
Bible Books Race
A
fast-paced, team oriented game to assemble the books of the Bible into
sequential order.
BIBLE NAME SCRAMBLE Players must unscramble the books of the Bible and put them back
in order. A good memory game!
Hidden Hugs
A great game for Valentine's Day or Friendship Sunday.
LOVE-TOSS
(1
John 3:16-18) Players focus on love actions, not just love talk.
PIN THE FLAG ON THE BIBLE
In
this fun twist of an old classic, children are challenged to pin
their flags on God's Word and know what it's about!
BIBLE WORD FUN
How creative can you get? Play three great Bible word games: Words-Worth, Treasure Hunt,
and Bible
Bits. Click the title to learn how to play.
SUPER BOWL SUNDAY
SCHOOL
Teams
compete to move their footballs to the end zones by answering Bible questions
correctly.
BIBLE
SPELL
Teams compete to spell out the right Bible name, while describing 'other words' to
get the right answer.
Ten
Commandments Race Players
race to fill in the correct answers on the tablets. A great memory builder!
TEN COMMANDMENT'S GAMES
CLIMB UP MOUNT SINAI
Players are reminded of how Moses was instructed by God to climb up Mount Sinai
to receive the Ten Commandments. Accompanied with a lesson and a craft.
HOT
BRICKS
Played like musical chairs except you pass around a toy brick and the person
that is holding it when the music stops has to state one of the commandments. If
they can't give one, they are out. Created by Caroline P., a student from Joyce
Kaack's sixth grade Sunday School class. rjkaack@hotmail.com
THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT?
A
low-activity game whereby players
are challenged to arrange the commandments into the order they consider
to be the most important, (from greatest to least). Bible lesson
included.
SEARCH ME...KNOW ME
The first
of three games in a Psalms series.
An adaptation of Blind Man's Bluff and
Marco-Polo based on Psalm 139.
Combined activity with a lesson and a craft.
CLEAN HEART The second of
three games in a Psalms series.
'Clean Heart' focuses on Psalm 51, a prayer of
repentance and cleansing.
FRUITFUL TREE
The
third of three games in a Psalms series.
Focuses on Psalm 1, comparing the righteous and the wicked.
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BUZZING BEE HIVE
In this game, the bees must tag the wasps, so they can BEEcome BEElievers
and go to heaven, the Bee Hive. "Taste and see that the Lord is good!"
Psalm 34:8
SURVIVOR - TEMPTATION ISLAND EVENT
Through various
fun games, activities, and group Bible discussions, participants will
learn that temptation is from Satan and can lead to sin. Participants
will also learn how to receive God's power to resist Satan's
temptations.
LIVING WATER RELAYS
Focuses
on receiving the Gift of Faith and the Gift of Giving.
Bible
Scavenger Hunt
Players
fill in the missing Bible word to figure out what they are looking for and then
search the playing
area to find the object.
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ALPHA & OMEGA RELAYS
Children will learn that Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega, the First
and the Last.
PLEASE
PASS THE FRUIT
Teams compete by passing the
fruit. Players will learn about the Fruit of the Spirit and be challenged to
show their fruit in the world.
REPENT!
A fun game of
going in the wrong direction then turning and going the right way!
QUICK DRAW
This
western themed Cowboy / Cowgirl game encourages kids to memorize
Scripture.
WORD BUILDER
Teams work together to write words onto other words that are
Bible-related.
RIGHTEOUS VS. WICKED
To live a righteous life you grow towards God.
To live a wicked life you move away from God. Similar to Red Light-Green Light.
Jesus
Feeds 5000 - Children hunt for candy and
share their loot.
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DEFEAT GOLIATH
Players
take turns trying to knock down the giant!
MISSING THE MARK
Sin is explained when players attempt to hit the target...but
inevitably will miss the mark.
NARROW
WAY RELAYS
Teams work together to
collect parts of a Bible verse as they move along a narrow path.
Players learn about Jesus' statement, Enter
through the narrow gate. For
wide is the gate, and broad is the road, that leads to destruction, and
many enter through it. But small is
the gate, and narrow the road that leads to life and only a
few find it." (Matthew
7:13-14)
sent in by Deb High, she was inspired by the 'Body of Christ'
game, but didn't have enough room to play it in her classroom. She said she
'adapted the game' but in reality, she developed a whole new game. Click the title to read on.
BIBLE CARDS
A
new way to use regular playing cards! ACE=God, King=Jesus Christ,
Queen=the Church...click the title to get the rest!
BIBLE JEOPARDY
In this fun Bible Trivia game, players compete to answer questions from the
following categories:
HEROES * EASTER * BIBLE FACTS * NUMBERS * OLD TESTAMENT MEN * BIBLE TIME PLACES--
Thanks goes to Colleen Volstad for this great contribution! (Click the title
to get the directions and the questions!)
JOURNEY TO THE PROMISED LAND
This game was submitted by Ellen Patterson, a Sunday
School Network subscriber. Ellen wrote in
to say, "The questions that I used were based on the curriculum my class has been studying. This covered Moses and the Exodus from Egypt, The
Israelites and The Ten Commandments, The 40 years of wondering---God giving the Israelites
manna and water, Rahab and the
Israelite spies, and The Walls of Jericho. Of course, this worked well
for a game based on a long journey!" Click the title for the
directions.
RANDOM
ACTS
Divide class into two
groups. One person from each group takes a turn to open the Bible at a
random page, picks a word or phrase that strikes him or her, then act it out. If
a group member guesses correctly, their group scores two points. If
incorrect, the other group gets a chance to guess. If correct, the
group scores one point. (Copyright 2001 Lucille Dass - The Holy Spirit
Church - Penang, Malaysia.) Thank you, Lucille, for sharing your
ideas with the rest of the world!
What's Wrong? Kids will learn the importance
of every word in Scripture.
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Bible
Spin-The-Bottle
Players
spin the bottle to determine who answers a Bible trivia question.
BIBLE BUSTER RELAYS
Bible Busters was sent in by Suzanne Mossman, another contributor to the Sunday
School Teacher's Network! In this fun and lively action game, kids will learn
the books of the Bible...and have fun doing it! Awesome! That's what this site
is all about! Thanks for sharing, Suzanne!
WHO WANTS TO BE A
CHRISTIANAIRE?
(For Team Play!) 'Christianaire' was sent in by, Carol Baldridge, another dedicated subscriber to
the Sunday School Teacher's Network! Carol writes, "To play this
game you will need a set of multiple choice Bible questions, a chalk board and a
writing instrument. To set up the score boards you set up two of the following:
Life lines - V (Verse of scripture), C (eliminate Choices), R (Response from
another) Strikes - 1, 2, 3 (each team gets a chance for three misses before
ending the game) Score - 1-15 (we usually draw triangles with numbers in them)
Now to play the game: Multiple choice Bible questions are asked to each team
alternating between teams. A team may choose a lifeline, or answer the question.
If they miss the questions they score a strike and the question passes to the
next team. If they answer correctly, they score one of 15 points and the game
continues with the other team answering the next question. The game continues in
this fashion until one team scores three strikes or fifteen points. Note:
Playing this game does not indicate that you are, or are not, a Christian. It is
just a fun game to help educate one with Bible facts." (Thanks for sharing,
Carol!)
Who Am I?
In order to play, "Who Am I?" you divide the class into teams or
allow each child to compete against one another. To begin, you describe a person
from the Old or New Testament. For example: "I baptized Jesus. Who am
I?" (John the Baptist-Matthew 3:13) Or, "I was anointed king by
Samuel. Who am I?" (King David-1 Samuel 16:13) This idea was sent in by Pat
Rogers, a regular contributor to the Sunday School Teacher's Network. Pat says,
"We played another version of this game whereby there were multiple clues
with variant points for each clue. 5 points for the first & hardest clue,
then downward from there."
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Bible
Concentration
Players will learn the
definitions to some very important Bible words! (For upper elementary to adult.)
SEEING GOD IN
EVERYTHING
"The Heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his
hands." (Psalm 19:1) In this game, the players will begin to train
themselves to see God in all things. Thanks goes to Yulonda Smith of
'Living Holy Family Worship Center in Greensboro, NC. for this great game idea!
Click the title for the directions.
3 Great Games from A-ZRequires
NO preparation, NO supplies and NO set-up. They are easy, quick
"fill-in" activities for those last few minutes in class.
Bible 4-Square Where kids learn to be four square on God's Word!
Evangelism
Tag Players
race to tell other's that Jesus loves them!
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Bible Boggle
Pick a Bible category. Example: "Books of the Bible", "Kings of
the Bible", "Women or Men of the Bible", "Psalms 23"
(or any chapter that the kids have studied), "Beatitudes",
"Spiritual Gifts", "Books beginning with a certain letter of the
alphabet", etc. Give the players one minute to list as many items as they
can think of dealing with that category. After one minute, the kids take turns
reading their list. If two or more players have the same item, they must cross
it off. Players get one point for each item that remains on the list. (The
teacher is the judge - and makes the decision of what is allowed for a point.)
Do as many categories that you have time for and the one with the most points
wins. Another great game idea contributed by Deb High.
BIBLE BOOK NAME GAME
(For Grades 3-6) In this noisy and rambunctious game, children will learn the books of the Bible
and where to find them. This game was sent in by Dr. Phil, one of the
subscribers to the Sunday School Teacher's Network (SSTN). If you're not signed
up for the free network, you're missing out on a wonderful resource for your
classes! (Click the title to get the 'Bible Book Name Game' directions.)
BODY OF CHRIST
(1
Corinthians 12:12-26) Players learn that the body of Christ is many parts, and that they must work
together to accomplish their goal.
Sticky
Stereotypes
What do you think other people think of you? In Sticky Stereotypes you'll be challenged to consider how God thinks of you!
A good game for teens.
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GUARDIAN
OF THE TREASURE
Jo Ellen Nakles developed the 'Guardian' game for her Sunday school class. She
writes, "I used this with my pre-teen group, and it was a big hit. It is a
very physically active game, and the kids loved getting down and crawling around
on the floor, trying to steal each other's treasures! Players will learn, how to
set their sights not on earthly things, but on things above." (Click the
title to get the directions.)
BIBLE BINGO
Assemble Bible pictures onto Bingo-size playing cards. (For example, Adam and Eve
in the Garden, Noah and the Ark, Jesus Feeds The Multitudes). Mix pictures in
different order for each card. You can reference the pictures to their
corresponding Bible verses too. Call out the Bible picture, or verse and have
the players mark their cards with playing chips. First to get all the pictures
in a horizontal, vertical or diagonal row wins! This was sent in by Angie
Reveles. Thanks for sharing Angie!
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BELIEVERS-BOWLING (Matthew 28:18-20, Acts 8:1-8 and 26-40) Players use their abilities to help the 'blind' player. Emphasizing being a
witness for Christ.
GOD IS OUR REFUGE (Psalm
46:1, Colossians 3:3)
Players make dice to play this game, then unscramble the words to win!
ARE YOU SATISFIED?
"Are You Satisfied?" teaches children to be content with their
circumstances. (Editor's note: Paul tells us in Philippians 4:11-12,"...for
I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances..." An important
lesson for young and old!) Sent in by Deb High.
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WHO WANTS TO BE A
BIBLEAIRE?
This game was sent in by Deb High, a very committed and creative 7th and 8th
grade Sunday school teacher. Deb writes, "Here is a game I made which is a
take off from the millionaire game. In the Sunday school classroom I had 10
levels. At the third level they won a can of pop. At the 6th level and 10th
level a MacDonald's gift certificate. Of course you could work out anything for
the game. I also used 'lifelines', the kids could poll the class, use a 50/50,
and call on a friend in class.
Deb is a regular contributor to the Bible games page and I think this is
probably not her final answer! Deb, Thanks again for your hard work! (Click
the title to get the Bibleaire questions.)
BIBLE TIC-TAC-TOE
For Two Players or
Two Teams. You will need a pack of Bible trivia questions to play this game. You
can write your own questions, or purchase them. If playing in a class, divide
class into two teams, "X's" and "O's". Draw a large Tic-Tac-Toe
grid on the chalk board and number the squares 1-9. Players/teams take turns
answering the Bible trivia questions called out by the teacher. Players may
confer with their teammates to give an answer. If a correct answer is given,
that player or team scores an "X" or "O" in one of the
numbered positions of their own choosing on the grid. If a player/team is unable
to answer a question, the opposing team may have an opportunity to answer it and
score an "X" or "O". If no one is able to answer the
question, the grid space remains blank and play continues as before. First
player or team to get three in a row wins!
Fall Games
HARVEST PARTY GAMES
Lynne, from Scotland, has sent in a complete Harvest Party event for
kids to enjoy and learn about the importance of thanking God. Click the
title to get a real apple adventure with games, crafts and Bible
lessons!
T-H-A-N-K-F-U-L
Players compete to
complete the THANKFUL List. Two ways to play: indoors or outdoors!
Thank You God For...
A variety of games,
crafts and activities to prepare your class for Thanksgiving.
Shamrock Shuffle
A fun
St. Patrick's Day game which emphasizes
the Trinity.
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