Activity Resources for
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The Comfy Chair: Good Conversations in the Bag
A great game of fun, sharing and Christian group building experience for junior and senior youth groups.

Tween Time: Fellowship and Service Projects for Preteens (Volumes 1 and 2)
These resources are written with the energy and idealism of preteens in mind. Each program tries to reach, teach and unleash preteens to do ministry of their own.

Experiential Youth Ministry Handbook
This innovative resource offers a ton of intentional activities with a purpose, specific program sequences, and adaptable templates for making games resonate with the heart and mind of youth. The author unpacks why the right approaches to intentional activity will make the spiritual stuff stick.

Spiritual Awakening: A Guide to Spiritual Life in Congregations
This book was written to help people become more aware of the presence of God. It is based on a practical approach and is more like putting on a play than reading about a play. It is like being married, or at least dating, rather than exploring theories of relationships.

Controversial Discussion Starters
With this resource youth leaders are able to help teens find biblical answers to today's tough issues using the unique point-counterpoint approach for discussions. As teens talk and check the Bible they begin to form convictions that stay with them into adulthood. And photocopiable pages make each discussion ideal for any size of group.

If 2: The Journey Continues
This book offers a collection of 500 completely new and tantalizing, provocative questions that really make you think. It's an excellent resource for discussion starters.

Playfair
Jam-packed full of non-competitive games for any event such as a party, conference, or getting the meeting started.

The New Book of Games
Great outdoor games for all ages of youth from 8 to 80

Youth Ministry Encyclopaedia
Quizzes, games, communication exercises, and much for to make those boring youth meetings fun

Deep Within
A meditation and prayer guide for lent, directed towards students.

Drama for all Seasons
A number of various skits and plays based from scripture.

Acts: Church on the Move
A great study guide with 10 inductive studies for teens on Acts 1-12.

Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness
This book written by Robert K. Greenleaf, on his theory of servant leadership, is a great resource for those wanting to be a leader or teach leadership to their youth group.

Don't Panic! The Essential Youth Ministry Handbook
This Niagara Youth Ministry handbook is full of games, worship ideas, music and much more. A Must for any leader!

Jump Starters
100 active and inactive games geared to get any discussion going.

Follow Me: Meditations for Private and Group Worship
A number of meditations, each with their own theme, which are great for any meeting setting, season, or age group.

Serendipity Youth Bible Series
This series contains a number of books relating teenage problems, and interests to bible studies. Available in topics such as morality and finding an identity,

Ice Breakers and Heart Warmers
This resource is full of great ice breakers suitable for any kind of meeting.

Get ‘Em Talking
Are you having trouble getting your teens to talk? This resource offers 104 interesting and exciting ideas to start a discussion within a group.

Youth in Canadian Society
10 Study sessions geared towards Canadian youth. Sessions topics include, Home and Family, Sexuality, and Native Youth.

When Did We See You?
This resource offers over 60 creative activities to help fourth- eighth graders recognise Jesus today.

Crowd Breakers and Mixers for Youth Groups
Games and activities to help them get acquainted, get organised and excited for youth group. Great if you have an active but shy group.

Retreat Ideas for Ministry with Young Teens
This book is a collection of two overnight retreats and four one-day retreats. Each retreat is complete with themes, games, and worship ideas.

Creative Meetings, Bible Lessons and Worship Idea
This book is full of ideas on how to lead a youth group throughout the church year. Even offers suggestions on how to handle guest speakers.

Creative Junior-High Programs from A to Z
This book contains 13 complete, ready-to-use, topical meeting ideas.

Honouring our Neighbour's Faith
A various number of studies centred on our neighbour's faiths. This resource examines faiths from the Church of Scientology to Buddhism.

What Will Tomorrow Bring?
This book is the study of aspirations of adolescent women. Great discussion starters are found within.

The Jesus Difference
This resource contains games, discussions, activities, crafts and much more suitable for any youth group of any size or age.

Teamwork and Teamplay
A guide to co-operative and adventure activities that build confidence and teamwork and many other skills a group will need to achieve goals well.

Young People as Prophets and Young People Building a Better World
An ecumenical youth work packs, which have games and bible studies about our faith and its relationship to our world.

Arts and Crafts for Lent
This book holds a great number of crafts and art ideas for the lent. The topics for such crafts range from Mardi Gras to Passiontide.

PWRDF Youth Initiative
This is a wonderful binder outlining the objectives of the PWRDF and its goal to connect youth with the world. The binder includes games, studies and discussion topics on all of the world's continents.

Youth Spirit
A book chock full of program ideas for youth groups and youth events.

13th Gen: Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail ?
A book geared towards older teens and young adults. Questions about their life are raised, answered and challenged. This book is meant to generate meaningful discussion.

Pick and Choose: Program Ideas for Youth Ministry
These cards contain 200 creative ideas for customizing your meetings; crowdbreakers and games; group builders and affirmations, quick devotions, etc.

Choices
Stimulating situation cards invite players to make real choices when faced with moral dilemmas that an individual encounters from childhood through old age.

Bible Mad Gab
A great family or youth group game with puzzles to “sound out” from the NIV Bible.

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