In this crowdbreaker, youth will try to guess the identity of a murderer, before they are murdered.

1. Christian Youth
Camp - Murder
In this crowdbreaker, youth will try to
guess the identity of a murderer, before
they are murdered.
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2. Game Materials
Deck of playing cards, chairs arranged in a circle for 6 to 52
players. Reduce the cards to the number of players available
to insure someone gets the “murder” card.
Optimal Group Size
6 or more youth
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3. Game Venue
Open area large enough for the groups to form a circle. This
game can also be played as part of a youth camp. Simply
decide the boundaries of when challenges/ murders can or
cannot occur. One common variation allows challenges and
kills only during mealtimes.
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4. Game Play
1. Sit the group in a circle and pass out one card to each person,
(they can not show their card to anyone else).
2. In the cards passed out there needs to be a joker. The joker is
the murderer, and the murderer’s job is to kill everyone in the
game. The murderer does this by winking at the others before
he/she gets caught!
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5. 3. Group members can jointly issue a challenge to identify the
identity of the murder. There must be two challengers. Without
discussion or communication between them of any kind, on the
count of three they must each point to the person they believe to
be the murderer.
4. They should be careful. If they point to different people both
challengers are dead and out of the game. This is true, even if
one of them is correct about the identity of the murderer. If they
both point to the same person, but that person is not the
murderer, they are also killed.
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6. 5. When a member sees someone wink at them, they have been
killed, and they need to count (silently) to 5 and say, “I’m dead”
and flip their card over. Alternatively they can liven it up with a
dramatic death scene.
6. If you have already been killed or died because you guessed
incorrectly you can no longer guess the killer.
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7. Bible Studies based on the book of Jonah
Only. This youth camp curriculum was
designed to teach the basic truths
of obedience in addition to evangelism in the
context of a Biblical character. The advantage
of going through a book and looking at one
man's story is that we see not only the
teaching but the example. It becomes much
more real!
Camp Curriculum - Whale of a Tale
-> Tell me about “Whale of a Tale”
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8. Creative Youth Ideas
Camp Bible Study Series
“Who Do You Say that I AM?”
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-> Tell me about “Who Do You Say that I AM?”
Jesus asked the disciples, "Who do others
say that I am?" It was easy to answer
because it required no conviction, no
commitment, and no risk. But then he
follows that question with another, "Who
do YOU say that I am?"
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9. Live the Fruitful, Abundant Life
Jesus Promised. Great for youth camps or
weekly Youth Bible Study. There are 7
Primary Bible study Sessions in the series.
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-> Tell me about “Fruit Of the Spirit”
Creative Youth Ideas
Youth Camp Bible Study Series
“Fruit Of the Spirit”
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10. "The Great Adventure" is western
themed Bible study series loosely based
around the song of the same name by
Steven Curtis Chapman. It was initially
written for a large Texas Church to use for
their Summer Youth Camp but has since
then proven popular around the world.
Camp Curriculum - The Great Adventure
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-> Tell me about “The Great Adventure”
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