Category: Youth Group-Money & Stewardship
Ranking Challenge: Contentment #37
A church youth-group game or growth exercise focused on contentment. Scripture: Matthew 6:21. Workshop exercises: 1) Introduce the theme and read Matthew 6:21. 2) Groups receive ten actions connected to contentment and rank them by importance, wisdom, or helpfulness. They must reach a group agreement and defend their top three. 3) Ask students what they learned about contentment. 4) Have each participant choose one practical way to apply the lesson this week. 5) Close with a short prayer or optional reflection.
Teaching notes: Keep the activity age-appropriate, voluntary, welcoming, and centered on Christian character. Use Matthew 6:21 in context and invite discussion rather than forcing personal disclosure. Adapt for group size, mobility, disability, available space, and time. Avoid humiliation, hazing, dangerous physical contact, elimination that repeatedly excludes the same youth, or sharing private information. Maintain normal church safeguarding and adult-supervision practices.
Story Builder: Advertising #36
A church youth-group game or growth exercise focused on advertising. Scripture: Matthew 6:21. Workshop exercises: 1) Introduce the theme and read Matthew 6:21. 2) The group creates a story one sentence at a time involving advertising. Pause at decision points and let teams choose what a Christlike character should do next. 3) Ask students what they learned about advertising. 4) Have each participant choose one practical way to apply the lesson this week. 5) Close with a short prayer or optional reflection.
Teaching notes: Keep the activity age-appropriate, voluntary, welcoming, and centered on Christian character. Use Matthew 6:21 in context and invite discussion rather than forcing personal disclosure. Adapt for group size, mobility, disability, available space, and time. Avoid humiliation, hazing, dangerous physical contact, elimination that repeatedly excludes the same youth, or sharing private information. Maintain normal church safeguarding and adult-supervision practices.
Would You Rather: Generosity #34
A church youth-group game or growth exercise focused on generosity. Scripture: Matthew 6:21. Workshop exercises: 1) Introduce the theme and read Matthew 6:21. 2) Read age-appropriate either/or choices connected to generosity. Students choose, explain reasoning, then discuss how biblical wisdom might influence the decision. 3) Ask students what they learned about generosity. 4) Have each participant choose one practical way to apply the lesson this week. 5) Close with a short prayer or optional reflection.
Teaching notes: Keep the activity age-appropriate, voluntary, welcoming, and centered on Christian character. Use Matthew 6:21 in context and invite discussion rather than forcing personal disclosure. Adapt for group size, mobility, disability, available space, and time. Avoid humiliation, hazing, dangerous physical contact, elimination that repeatedly excludes the same youth, or sharing private information. Maintain normal church safeguarding and adult-supervision practices.
Minute Mission: Stewardship #33
A church youth-group game or growth exercise focused on stewardship. Scripture: Matthew 6:21. Workshop exercises: 1) Introduce the theme and read Matthew 6:21. 2) Teams receive sixty seconds to complete a quick challenge connected to stewardship. After several rounds, discuss what the challenges reveal about the theme. 3) Ask students what they learned about stewardship. 4) Have each participant choose one practical way to apply the lesson this week. 5) Close with a short prayer or optional reflection.
Teaching notes: Keep the activity age-appropriate, voluntary, welcoming, and centered on Christian character. Use Matthew 6:21 in context and invite discussion rather than forcing personal disclosure. Adapt for group size, mobility, disability, available space, and time. Avoid humiliation, hazing, dangerous physical contact, elimination that repeatedly excludes the same youth, or sharing private information. Maintain normal church safeguarding and adult-supervision practices.
Role-Play Switch: Work #32
A church youth-group game or growth exercise focused on work. Scripture: Matthew 6:21. Workshop exercises: 1) Introduce the theme and read Matthew 6:21. 2) Pairs act out an unhelpful response involving work, pause, switch roles, and replay it using a wiser Christlike response. 3) Ask students what they learned about work. 4) Have each participant choose one practical way to apply the lesson this week. 5) Close with a short prayer or optional reflection.
Teaching notes: Keep the activity age-appropriate, voluntary, welcoming, and centered on Christian character. Use Matthew 6:21 in context and invite discussion rather than forcing personal disclosure. Adapt for group size, mobility, disability, available space, and time. Avoid humiliation, hazing, dangerous physical contact, elimination that repeatedly excludes the same youth, or sharing private information. Maintain normal church safeguarding and adult-supervision practices.
Creative Poster: Needs And Wants #31
A church youth-group game or growth exercise focused on needs and wants. Scripture: Matthew 6:21. Workshop exercises: 1) Introduce the theme and read Matthew 6:21. 2) Teams create a quick poster, slogan, or visual explaining needs and wants. Each team presents in one minute and gives one practical application. 3) Ask students what they learned about needs and wants. 4) Have each participant choose one practical way to apply the lesson this week. 5) Close with a short prayer or optional reflection.
Teaching notes: Keep the activity age-appropriate, voluntary, welcoming, and centered on Christian character. Use Matthew 6:21 in context and invite discussion rather than forcing personal disclosure. Adapt for group size, mobility, disability, available space, and time. Avoid humiliation, hazing, dangerous physical contact, elimination that repeatedly excludes the same youth, or sharing private information. Maintain normal church safeguarding and adult-supervision practices.
Question Toss: Giving #30
A church youth-group game or growth exercise focused on giving. Scripture: Matthew 6:21. Workshop exercises: 1) Introduce the theme and read Matthew 6:21. 2) Students gently toss a soft ball or pass an object. The receiver answers a prompt about giving, asks the next question, and passes it on. End with a Scripture reflection. 3) Ask students what they learned about giving. 4) Have each participant choose one practical way to apply the lesson this week. 5) Close with a short prayer or optional reflection.
Teaching notes: Keep the activity age-appropriate, voluntary, welcoming, and centered on Christian character. Use Matthew 6:21 in context and invite discussion rather than forcing personal disclosure. Adapt for group size, mobility, disability, available space, and time. Avoid humiliation, hazing, dangerous physical contact, elimination that repeatedly excludes the same youth, or sharing private information. Maintain normal church safeguarding and adult-supervision practices.
Silent Line-Up: Saving #29
A church youth-group game or growth exercise focused on saving. Scripture: Matthew 6:21. Workshop exercises: 1) Introduce the theme and read Matthew 6:21. 2) Challenge students to arrange themselves according to a harmless category without speaking. Debrief communication, then repeat with a saving-related ranking or sequence. 3) Ask students what they learned about saving. 4) Have each participant choose one practical way to apply the lesson this week. 5) Close with a short prayer or optional reflection.
Teaching notes: Keep the activity age-appropriate, voluntary, welcoming, and centered on Christian character. Use Matthew 6:21 in context and invite discussion rather than forcing personal disclosure. Adapt for group size, mobility, disability, available space, and time. Avoid humiliation, hazing, dangerous physical contact, elimination that repeatedly excludes the same youth, or sharing private information. Maintain normal church safeguarding and adult-supervision practices.
Build It: Budgeting #28