Christian games and activities for Children's Ministry
1. Bible Memorization Games
📜 Find the Verse
📝 Materials: Cards with verses written in parts.🔹 How to play:
Divide the children into teams and give them cards with parts of a verse.
They must arrange the cards correctly in the shortest possible time.
The team that assembles it first and recites it correctly wins.
🔤 Lost Verse
📝 Materials: A whiteboard or cardboard. 🔹 How to play:
Write a verse on the board and let the children read it.
Delete a word and ask them to say what it is.
Continue eliminating words until they remember it by heart.
2. Competition and Teamwork Games
🏃♂️ Race of Faith
📝 Materials: Obstacles (chairs, cones, ropes).🔹 How to play:
Create a circuit with obstacles symbolizing challenges in the Christian life (temptations, trials, decisions).
One child will run the circuit blindfolded while another guides him (representing God and his direction).
The importance of trusting in God is reinforced.
🌊 Cross the Red Sea
📝 Materials: Two large blue sheets or cardboard. 🔹 How to play:
Divide the children into two teams.
They must run from one side to the other while two adults hold the sheets and move them (as if they were waves).
The story of Exodus 14:21-22 is reinforced.
3. Games for Reflection and Christian Values
💡 The Light of the World
🕯️ Materials: Candles or lanterns.🔹 How to play:
In a dark room, turn on a flashlight and explain to the children how Jesus is the light of the world (John 8:12).
Each child receives a light and must share it with another until the entire room is illuminated.
The call to share the gospel is reinforced.
❤️ Chain of Blessings
📝 Materials: Strips of paper and colors. 🔹 How to play:
Each child writes on a small piece of paper something good that God has done in their life.
Then they join the papers in a chain.
It talks about gratitude and how God blesses us every day.
4. Action and Movement Games
🕺 Jump and Answer
📝 Materials: None.🔹 How to play:
State a statement and if it is correct, the children must jump.
If it is false, they must remain still.
Example:
"Noah built an airplane" ❌
"Jesus calmed the storm" ✅
🚦 Red, Yellow, Green (The Way to God)
📝 Materials: Red, yellow, and green colored cardstock. 🔹 How to play:
He explains that red signifies sin (it separates us from God), yellow is the opportunity to repent, and green is accepting Jesus and following him.
Show the colors and the children should act them out:
🔴 Stay still (sin stops us).
🟡 Walk slowly (think about our decision).
🟢 Run towards the goal (accept Jesus and follow him).
5. Games with Recycled Materials
🏗️ Build the Tower of Faith
📝 Materials: Cups or building blocks. 🔹 How to play:
Each child says an action that strengthens their faith (pray, read the Bible, obey) and places a cup or block.
If they say something that weakens faith (lying, disobeying), a block is removed.
It is reinforced that faith is built with good deeds.
🎳 Biblical Cakes
📝 Materials: Empty bottles and a ball. 🔹 How to play:
Write words on each bottle (fear, lie, anger, disobedience, etc.).
The children must knock down those bottles with the "ball of faith".
It reinforces how God helps us overcome sin.
