Table of Contents

Introduction — Themed Gatherings

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Games:

Parlour Games
Moving and Mixing Games
Party Games for Active People
Games for Young People
Large-space Games — for energetic, suitably clad, young people
Games for Christmas
Ideas for Church Groups:

General pointers
Fellowship Meetings
Minute Minder and Agenda Guide
Role of `Person in Charge of Meeting’ (PCM)
Special Sundays and Church Related activities
Quizzes on General Topics:

Days of the Week Gods
Greek and Roman Gods and Goddess
Planets named after Roman Gods
Famous Couples
New Zealand Facts
Facts about other countries
Famous New Zealand Books and Authors
Maori gods and goddesses
Maori Words
Famous Kiwis
Animal Quizzes
Word Teasers
Words within Words
Common Expressions: Are they from Shakespeare or the Bible?
Bible Quizzes:

Biblical Journeys
Biblical Places
Biblical Partners and Lovers
Food in the Bible
Flowers, Fruit and Nuts in the Bible
Bible Foods and Who Ate them
Bible Children with stories
Bible Mothers and their Children
Bible Fathers and their Sons in Genesis
Other Biblical Fathers and their Sons
Biblical Fathers and their Daughters
Bible Trees
Who or What completes the phrase?
Bible Characters synonymous with a particular action or quality
Bible Firsts and Lasts
Bible Numbers
Bible Riddles

About the Author

Rosalie Sugrue has been organising programmes all her life beginning at age 10, when she initiated a Secret Six Society for classmates in her street. With support from her mother, (who was banned from meetings but permitted to provide snacks), weekly meetings, complete with passwords, minutes and planned programmes, lasted for two years before morphing into a Junior Red Cross Society with a larger membership and a more ambitious programme. Rosalie went through Girl Guides, helped with Brownies and was a Boys Brigade leader. She has taken leadership in Sundays Schools, Youth Groups and student camps. A feminist at heart, Rosalie was instrumental in bringing women into full membership of New Zealand Jaycees, being the first woman to ever address a Jaycee Conference as a (local) member (Rotorua 1974). She has held various positions in National Council of Women, been the National Programme Convenor of the Methodist Women's Fellowship and organised countless meetings, socials, and U3A groups. Rosalie currently runs social programmes for a group of elderly women. Although retired from primary school teaching, she continues to tutor struggling readers and achieves success by inventing educational games and activities geared to each student's needs. All games and activities in this book have been successfully used in groups that Rosalie has led. She is a lay preacher and has plays, poems, prayers, Bible puzzles and articles published in many church magazines.