SMS Memory
A mid-week challenge for older groups: everyone sends the memory verse to the group chat at a set random time, and closest to the mark wins.
- Players
- 3–100
- Ages
- 15+
- Time
- 10 min
- Prep
- Low
- Equipment
- 1 item
What to bring
- Mobile phones
Before the session
- Check your organisation's child-safe communication policy and use a channel it approves
- Set up the group chat with at least two leaders in it, and get parental consent where your policy requires it
How to play
For older groups only, and only where your organisation's child-safe communication guidelines allow leaders and group members to message each other. Pick a random time during the week, say Wednesday at 5pm, and challenge everyone to send the memory verse at exactly that time. Whoever sends it closest to the target time wins. For smaller groups, give a prize to everyone who remembers. Send it to an approved group channel rather than to a leader's personal number, keep at least two leaders in any group chat, and never message a young person one to one. Check your group's policy on parental consent before adding anyone under 18. Good for keeping the verse in mind between meetings.
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