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Youth Ministry Games : George

1. George Submitted by: on September 14, 2000
Materials: nothing
Messy Rating: No Sweat     Duration: 5-20 minutes    Cost: $0.00

Group members sit on chairs in a circle. Remove any empty chairs. Everyone tells his or her first name except for a leader. The leader gives his or her name as “George.”
The object of the games is to unseat George. The play begins: George alternately hits knees twice, claps hands twice and snaps each finger once to set up a rhythm. To the beat of the rhythm while snapping his or her fingers, George then says “George” and the name of another person in the circle. The person whose name George called must repeat his or her own name and add someone else’s without missing a beat.
This continues until someone “messes up” by either breaking the rhythm or calling the name of the person who just called on him or her. When someone goofs, he or she must move to the “last” seat in the circle - the seat at George’s left. Then other group member move clockwise to fill in the seats.
Now, the fun: When people move to new seats, they acquire new names because each chair keeps the name of the first person that sat in it. So every time a group member shifts to a new seat, he or she should ask the person leaving it, “What’s the name of this chair?” That way he or she will know which name to respond to.
The game ends when George goofs – determined unanimously by everyone else. If you choose to continue playing, George moves one seat to the left, causing everyone to change seats. The new person in the George seat becomes “George” and all other chairs acquire the names of the group members now sitting in them.

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