Games 2 for Youth Groups [Paperback]

Youth Specialties (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1997 | Series: Ideas Library, The (Book 2)

Nearly 400 more wild, creative games for guaranteed fun! - Baseball and Kickball Games . . . The national pastime is hereby turned on its ear by more nutty variations than you can shake a Louisville Slugger at. Plus other diamond games, like kickball. - Swimming Pool and Lake Games . . . Whether your water is a pond, pool, or Puget Sound, we've got contests, activities -- even a spectator Water Carnival (see page 117). - Wide Games . . . Got a few acres and a few hours to organize, strategize -- and then use stealth and cunning to infiltrate enemy lines, smuggle contraband through customs, or detect (and dispatch) aliens? These adventure games are perfect for camps and retreats! - Golf Games . . . You don't need manicured courses, motorized carts, or polyester pants. What you do need are people willing to golf with marshmallows, rubber bands, hula hoops, and croquet mallets. - Frisbee Games . . . Portable, ubiquitous, and supremely cool, flying discs hold hours of entertainment for your group. In fact, why not plan an entire day of Frisbee games? Plus . . . A bevy of relay races, outdoor games especially for large and small groups, 30-some soccer and hockey games, alternative football games, and enough water games (including water balloon games) to give your group a sopping good summertime! Whether you're a youth worker or recreation director in a church, school, club, or camp -- Games 2 is brimming with notoriously wild, creative, and youth-group tested games!

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Nearly 400 more wild, creative games for guaranteed fun. >From the leaders in youth ministry, Youth Specialties, comes the most complete library of programming resources on this planet

It led the way for 20th century youth ministry programming. Now the dynamic, updated Ideas Library sets the pace for 21st century youth groups. Totally redesigned and restructured from the inside out, this groundbreaking 11-volume library gives youth leaders

? the most off-the-wall games and crowd breakers
? the most creative and unchurchy Bible lessons
? the most attention-getting publicity campaigns
? a huge collection of laugh-till-you-cry skits and dramas that illustrate the Bible's principles in action today
? special events of every kind
? holiday ideas for everything from Christmas and Easter to the Super Bowl and Groundhog Day

Convenient, topical organization makes it easy to find the right idea for the right occasion, from action-packed games to dynamite camps and retreats. The Ideas Library is the most complete collection of youth ministry programming ideas on earth! All brought to you by Youth Specialties--the ministry whose heartbeat is to help youth leaders raise up young adults strong in the faith.

From the Back Cover

Nearly 400 more wild, creative games for guaranteed fun! - Baseball and Kickball Games . . . The national pastime is hereby turned on its ear by more nutty variations than you can shake a Louisville Slugger at. Plus other diamond games, like kickball. - Swimming Pool and Lake Games . . . Whether your water is a pond, pool, or Puget Sound, we've got contests, activities -- even a spectator Water Carnival (see page 117). - Wide Games . . . Got a few acres and a few hours to organize, strategize -- and then use stealth and cunning to infiltrate enemy lines, smuggle contraband through customs, or detect (and dispatch) aliens? These adventure games are perfect for camps and retreats! - Golf Games . . . You don't need manicured courses, motorized carts, or polyester pants. What you do need are people willing to golf with marshmallows, rubber bands, hula hoops, and croquet mallets. - Frisbee Games . . . Portable, ubiquitous, and supremely cool, flying discs hold hours of entertainment for your group. In fact, why not plan an entire day of Frisbee games? Plus . . . A bevy of relay races, outdoor games especially for large and small groups, 30-some soccer and hockey games, alternative football games, and enough water games (including water balloon games) to give your group a sopping good summertime! Whether you're a youth worker or recreation director in a church, school, club, or camp -- Games 2 is brimming with notoriously wild, creative, and youth-group tested games!

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan/Youth Specialties (September 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310220319
• ISBN-13: 978-0310220312
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #306,384 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the best resource for youth games, September 30, 2006

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Lynne Payne (Marion, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Games 2 for Youth Groups (Paperback)

I've been looking through many youth ministry game books, including all the Group resources, and honestly, the Ideas (published by Youth Specialties) is better than the Group books. These games are more creative, organized and categorized better, and easier to do and explain. I also like that some of the pages can be photocopied. My junior highers really like the active games. Buy as many of the Ideas books as possible, it's a good investment.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and easy to use!, March 23, 2000

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Traci Smith (Batavia IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Games 2 for Youth Groups (Paperback)

This book is a part of an "Ideas Library" for those who do ministry. The games are perfect tools for getting a group to interact and have a riproarin' great time. Great for leaders of all kinds of groups. The games can be adapted to meet the needs of specific groups.

5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE IT! Use it weekly!, March 28, 2011

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J. Jex "daisy girl" (Menomonee Falls, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Games 2 for Youth Groups (Paperback)

I use this (or Games 1 or 3) every Wednesday night for our youth group games, and I've found good special activity games in these books as well! They are a life saver and I recommend them to every youth leader who has a part in planning activities or games.