Verse 1

D G D

Ačiū Tau, Golgotoj mirei.

D E7 A

Ačiū Tau, švariu padarei.

D G D

Ačiū Tau, kad laisvas esu,

G D A D

/Amžina meile mylėjai Tu./(x2)

Verse 2

D G D

Ačiū Tau, kad Tavo esu,

D E7 A

Ačiū Tau, kad tvirtas einu,

D G D

Ačiū Tau, kad siela many

G D A D

/Jaučias taip saugiai tavam glėby./(x2)

Verse 1

D G D

Ačiū Tau, Golgotoj mirei.

D E7 A

Ačiū Tau, švariu padarei.

D G D

Ačiū Tau, kad laisvas esu,

G D A D

/Amžina meile mylėjai Tu./(x2)

In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This Cornerstone, this solid Ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease
My Comforter, my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand

In Christ alone who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
Till on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live

There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ

No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life's first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
Till He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand

1 Verse:

H E/H H

Rejoice in the Lord now and al - ways

F#/H H

Sing it again we rejoice

H E/H H

Delight in the love He has shown us

F# H

Gratefully lift up your voice

G#m E

His gentleless among us

F# H

will join our hearts with praise

G#m E F# H

We gather in His goodness a family of grace

Chorus:

G#m F# H E H

With each breath Heʼs given praise the Lord

F# G#m E H

In these times we live in we will praise the Lord

G#m F#/A# H E H

Throughout evʼ - ry season I am sure

F# G#m E H

We have every reason to praise the Lord

Instrumental:

H E H F# G#m E

2 Verse:

H E H

Rejoice and be anxious for no - thing

F# H

Praying for all that you need

H E H

Come with a song of thanksgi - ving

F# H

Lay your requests at His feet

G#m E

His peace will fall upon us

F# H

to guard our hearts and minds

G#m E

In Christ who reigns eternal

F# H

Shepherd of our lives

Chorus:

G#m F# H E H

With each breath Heʼs given praise the Lord

F# G#m E H

In these times we live in we will praise the Lord

G#m F#/A# H E H

Throughout evʼ - ry season I am sure

F# G#m E H

We have every reason to praise the Lord

Instrumental:

H E H F# G#m E

H E H F# G#m E

3 Verse:

H E/H H

Rejoice in the Lord now and al - ways

F# H

Tell of the good He has done

H E/H H

Worship the Lord to remem - ber

F# H

All of the joy yet to come

G#m E

The hope that burns within us

F# H

the dark cannot destroy

G#m E

With praise thatʼs never ending

F# H

we say again rejoice

2 Chorus:

E H

With each breath Heʼs given praise the Lord

F# G#m E H

In these times we live in we will praise the Lord

G#m F#/A# H E H

Throughout evʼ - ry season I am sure

F# G#m H/D# E H

We have every reason to praise the Lord

Tag:

F# G#m H/D# E H

We have every reason to praise the Lord

You ask a question that can be answered with either “yes” / “no” or "true" / "false."
Participants, with their eyes closed, must take a step either forward or backward:

• Forward = Yes / True

• Backward = No / False

Participants who gave the wrong answer are eliminated. The last remaining participant is the winner. 🎉

📖 Easy Bible Questions

1. Did Noah build an ark? (Yes)

2. True/False: David killed Goliath. (True)

3. Was Jonah swallowed by a big fish? (Yes)

4. Did Moses part the Red Sea? (Yes)

5. True/False: Jesus was born in Bethlehem. (True)

6. Was Peter one of Jesus’ disciples? (Yes)

7. Did Adam and Eve live in the Garden of Eden? (Yes)

8. True/False: The Bible has 100 books. (False — 66)

9. Did Jesus walk on water? (Yes)

10. Was Paul’s name always Paul? (No — it was Saul first)

11. True/False: The Ten Commandments came from God. (True)

12. Was Joseph’s coat many colors? (Yes)

13. Did Samson have great strength? (Yes)

14. True/False: The first book of the Bible is Exodus. (False — it’s Genesis)

15. Was Mary the mother of Jesus? (Yes)

16. Did Jesus feed people with bread and fish? (Yes)

17. True/False: Daniel was in the lions’ den. (True)

18. Was King Solomon very wise? (Yes)

19. Did Judas betray Jesus? (Yes)

20. True/False: Revelation is the last book of the Bible. (True)

Old Testament

1. Did Noah’s ark rest on Mount Ararat? (Yes)

2. Was Abraham’s first son Isaac? (No — Ishmael was first)

3. True/False: Joseph’s brothers sold him for twenty pieces of silver. (True)

4. Did Moses cross the Red Sea with the Israelites? (Yes)

5. Was Solomon known as the strongest man in the Bible? (No — it was Samson)

6. True/False: The Ten Commandments were given on Mount Sinai. (True)

7. Did Joshua fight the battle of Jericho? (Yes)

8. Was Jonah swallowed by a whale? (Yes — “great fish,” often said as whale)

9. True/False: Ruth was the grandmother of King David. (True)

10. Was Goliath killed with a spear? (No — with a sling and stone)

New Testament

11. Did Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem for a census? (Yes)

12. True/False: Jesus turned water into wine at a wedding in Cana. (True)

13. Did Jesus call twelve disciples? (Yes)

14. Was Peter the disciple who betrayed Jesus for money? (No — Judas did)

15. True/False: Jesus fed 5,000 men with five loaves and two fish. (True)

16. Did Jesus write any books of the Bible? (No)

17. Was Paul shipwrecked during his missionary journeys? (Yes)

18. True/False: Zacchaeus climbed a tree to see Jesus. (True)

19. Did Thomas doubt that Jesus had risen until he saw Him? (Yes)

20. Was Revelation the first book of the New Testament? (No — it’s the last)

General Knowledge

21. True/False: The Bible has 66 books. (True)

22. Is the book of Psalms in the New Testament? (No — Old Testament)

23. Did King Herod try to kill baby Jesus? (Yes)

24. True/False: The shortest verse in the Bible is “Jesus wept.” (True)

25. Was John the Baptist older than Jesus? (Yes — by about 6 months)

26. Did Paul write most of the New Testament letters? (Yes)

27. True/False: The Tower of Babel was destroyed by a flood. (False)

28. Was Esther a queen in Babylon? (No — she was queen in Persia)

29. Did Elijah go up to heaven in a chariot of fire? (Yes)

30. True/False: The last book of the Bible is Genesis. (False)

Stand in a circle, close together. Choose a player to start. The first player says “Zip” or “Bong.” If they say “Zip,” the turn passes to the player on their left. If they say “Bong,” the turn passes to the player on their right.

The next player must quickly respond, within one second, by saying “Zip” or “Bong” to take their turn. If you don’t respond within one second when it’s your turn, you are out of the game. Also, if you speak out of turn or laugh, you are out. Only the player whose turn it is may speak, and they can only say “Zip” or “Bong.”

The game continues until only two players remain – both of them are declared winners.

Tagline:
"Don’t touch me! Don’t make me laugh! Don’t make me move!"
Your youth are going to be bent over in hysterics while playing Penny Chinny. This simple game is both a battle of wits and coordination as players attempt to be the last one standing with a penny on their chin.

Materials Needed

• One penny (or small object) per player

• Optional: Other objects (pencils, marbles, etc.) for variations

Number of Players

• Minimum: 3

• Maximum: No limit

Setup / Preparing the Game

• Can be played indoors or outdoors.

• Collect enough pennies or chosen objects for each player.

• Players should be in relatively close proximity but spread out enough to have opponents on all sides.

Instructions (Read Aloud to Group)

1. Everyone begins by placing a penny on their chin, usually while looking straight up.

2. Keep at least 3 feet apart from other players at all times.

3. Once everyone’s penny is balanced, the game begins.

Goal:

• Be the last player standing with a penny on your chin.

• You cannot touch the penny with your hands.

• To win, you must try to make other players drop their pennies using creativity:

  • Make them laugh

  • Try to scare them

  • Walk close to them

  • Anything else you can think of, without touching them

Elimination:

• If a player drops their penny or touches it with their hands, they are out and must move to the side.

• Eliminated players can still try to distract remaining players.

End of Game:

• The game continues until one player remains with a penny on their chin.

Variations

1. Use Different Objects:

   • Replace pennies with pencils, marbles, or other small objects.

   • Ensure each player gets the same object for fairness.

2. Force Players to Move:

   • Increase difficulty by making players take steps at timed intervals (e.g., 5 steps every 30 seconds).

3. Add Throwable Objects:

   • Use safe throwable objects, like Nerf balls, to distract players.

   • Do not throw at the head or directly at the penny. This is for distraction only.

The goal of this game is for everyone to stand in a circle and hold hands with other participants in the circle. But that’s the easiest part! Once you’re holding hands, you’ll need to untangle yourselves to form a complete circle.

How to start:

• Everyone in the “knot” should stand shoulder to shoulder.

• Then, each person raises their left hand and reaches across the circle to hold the hand of someone on the opposite side of the circle.

• Next, raise your right hand, reach across the circle, and hold the hand of someone else on the opposite side.

• No one should hold hands with the person directly next to them.

How to play:

• Once everyone is holding hands, the goal is to untangle yourselves to form a circle.

• You cannot let go of hands, but you may need to twist arms or switch handholds if necessary.

• If you accidentally grab the wrong hand, simply re-grab the correct hand as quickly as possible.

• Communication and planning are essential to untangle smoothly. It helps to focus on one step at a time.

Ending the game:

• The game ends when everyone has untangled and formed a complete circle.

• If it turns out that, because of handholds, it’s impossible to form a circle, link as best as you can to finish the game (it’s okay if the initial handhold wasn’t perfect!).

How to Play:

• Divide the group into small teams.

• Each team has 2 minutes to plan a frozen pose that represents a Christmas activity or scene (e.g., building a snowman, the Nativity).

• Other teams take turns guessing what the frozen pose represents.

Why it’s fun:
This game brings out creativity and teamwork, yet it’s very simple.

Christmas activities and scenes for freeze frames:

1. Building a snowman

2. Decorating a Christmas tree

3. Wrapping presents

4. Opening gifts on Christmas morning

5. Sledding down a hill

6. Caroling from door to door

7. Baking Christmas cookies

8. The Nativity scene

9. Family sitting by the fireplace

10. Santa Claus climbing out of a chimney

11. Elves making toys in Santa’s workshop

12. Rudolph (the reindeer) leading the sleigh

13. Drinking hot cocoa

14. Throwing a snowball

15. Ice skating

16. Snowball fight

17. Christmas Eve dinner

18. Reindeer flying

19. Watching a Christmas movie (e.g., Home Alone or another film)

Tips for Leaders:

• Optional prompts: Write them on slips of paper and let teams draw one at random.

• Encourage creativity: Allow teams to interpret the scenes however they like—it makes the game funnier.

• Add a timer: If you want, use a 30-second limit to create quick-fire freeze rounds.

We will play a game called “I Was Walking Down the Street…!” It is a game of quick thinking, creativity, and storytelling.

We’ll start by gathering everyone in a circle. The game begins with one player who says: “I was walking down the street…” and finishes the sentence with something creative or outrageous to begin building an imaginative story about their walk and what they saw or experienced.

After the first player completes a couple of sentences and starts the story, the leader will say “stop” and point to another player, who must continue the story from where the previous one left off. We’ll keep switching players, with each one picking up the story where it ended, until everyone has had a turn… or until the story comes to a complete conclusion.

We will play a game called “60 Seconds Figures.” In this game, you will work together as a group and, using only your bodies, create several figures. You will have only one minute to build each figure.

We’ll start by dividing into groups (if you have fewer than 8 young people in total, don’t split into groups). Then I will announce the name of a figure, and you will have one minute to figure out how to create it together. If the object has moving parts, make sure to include them in your construction.

Try to be as creative as possible, because in each round I will judge the winner. The team that collects the most wins by the end of the game will be the overall winner.

List of figures:

• Flower

• Elephant

• Bicycle

• Dump truck

• Guitar

• Television showing a program

• Spider

• Dining table

A fun, team-based cup game for a youth meeting. Here are a few options you can run with just plastic cups and some space:

1. Tower Build Challenge

Setup: Each team has 30-70 cups.

How to Play: Teams have 3–7 minutes to build the tallest free-standing tower.

Win Condition: Tallest (and stable) tower wins. (Fun twist: blindfold 1–2 team members and let others guide them verbally!)

2. Cup Stack Relay

Setup: Each team has a stack of 10–15 cups at one end of the room.

How to Play:

1. First player runs to the cup stack, builds a pyramid (e.g., 4-3-2-1).

2. Optional: claps hands above head.

3. Then they collapse it back into a single stack.

4. Run back and tag the next teammate.

Win Condition: First team to have all members complete the task wins.

Variation: Add obstacles they must run around on the way.

3. Cup Transport Relay

Setup: Each team gets one cup and one spoon.

How to Play:

• Place a pile of small objects (marbles, ping-pong balls, candy) in a cup at one end.

• Each player must carry one object in the cup (balanced on the spoon) across the room to an empty cup.

• If they drop it, they go back and restart.

Win Condition: Team that moves all objects first wins.

4. Cup Balance Battle

Setup: Each player gets 1 cup filled halfway with water (or ping pong ball), and balances it on the back of one hand. Teams face off in an open space.

How to Play:

• Players move around trying to knock cups off their opponents using only their free hand to tap the cup.

• No pushing, shoving, or touching the opponent’s body—only the cup.

• If a player’s cup falls or spills, they are out.

Win Condition: The last team with players still balancing cups wins.

About school & September:

• What’s your favorite subject, and what’s your least favorite?

• Do you have a favorite teacher?

• What’s the funniest thing that has happened to you at school?

• If you could cancel one school subject forever, which one would it be?

• If you could add a new subject to school (like “nap class” or “video games”), what would it be?

• What was the best thing you did this summer?

• Do you prefer studying in school or online? Why?

Fun & easy ones (school-themed):

• If the school bell could play a song instead of ringing, which song would you pick?

• Which subject would be more fun if it was turned into a video game?

• If you could change the cafeteria menu to anything, what would it be?

• If school uniforms had to be superhero- or fantasy-themed, what would yours look like?

Hobbies & free time:

• What movie or TV show can you watch again and again?

• If you had a YouTube or TikTok channel, what would it be about?

• What game did you play the most this summer?

• What do you usually do when there’s no internet?

School & learning:

• What’s one school supply you can’t live without?

• Do you prefer group projects or working alone?

• If you could switch places with a teacher for one day, what subject would you teach?

• Do you prefer math with numbers or math with words (like word problems)?

Daily life & fun:

• What’s your favorite snack to eat after school?

• Are you more of a morning person or a night owl?

• If you could design your dream backpack, what would it look like?

• Do you like listening to music while doing homework? What kind?

Creative & silly:

• If your pencil case could talk, what would it say?

• Which cartoon or movie character would make the best classmate?

• If you had a magic button that could skip one part of the school day, what would it skip?

• Would you rather have homework every day but only 5 minutes long, or no homework but extra 1 hour at school?

RECAP last week

Lets briefly discuss revelation – general revelation & special revelation.

General revelation – that God exists.

Through creation Romans 1:18-20 & through conscience Romans 2:14-15

Special revelation – miracles, signs, dreams, visions, theophanies, Christophanies, prophets & the Bible.

Questions for discussion:

1. Question – Why should we be interested in proving that the Bible is true & can be trusted?

   1. For our own knowledge and benefit – increases our confidence especially in sharing the gospel.

   2. To help others - We are commanded to give a defense of our faith (1 Peter 3:15)

      1. Sometimes people that we share the gospel with may have genuine doubts about the Bible. Not for the purpose of making them believe the gospel and be saved, but to help them overcome any genuine obstacle they may have to the gospel.

      2. It is God who saves, not men! We cannot convince anybody to believe the gospel!

      3. Christianity & the Bible & its claims are today mocked openly by the world. Science vs. Bible. History vs. Bible. Geology vs. Bible. To such people who speak to you in such a way, we can give a logical, reasonable, response that defends our faith and our God. If we truly love God, we will have a zeal to defend His name. But do not “cast pearls before swine”!

So lets also look at how we can respond to the common questions raised about the Bible.

2. Question about (Textual reliability) - How was the Bible created?

a. Didn’t men write it? Who decided which books go into it and which don’t? Why those 66 books only? What about the Apocrypha?

Old Testament:

By the time of Jesus the Old Testament was already ‘’. OT of modern Bibles comes from the Masoretic text.

New Testament: 

• All the books of the New Testament were written during the lifetime of the apostles and contain apostolic teaching.

• Scripture agrees with scripture – so those books that do not agree with the rest of the books were not accepted as canon. Paul quoted the gospel of Luke. Peter quoted Paul, Jesus and Paul quoted OT. 

• Churches were already reading the Biblical books such as letters from Paul to the churches. Only the books accepted by all churches as authoritative became canon. Apocrypha fail these criteria.

b. Manuscripts & Translations

1. The original ‘autographs’ written by the Apostles and the other authors were inerrant – none exist today.

2. Copies of those autographs are what we refer to as manuscripts

3. Over 5800 manuscripts exist, way more than many other secular classical texts. The manuscripts themselves agree very closely with each other – there are no differences that affect theology or doctrines.

4. The manuscripts were compiled into texts over time by scholars.

5. We have 3 main texts from which all modern Bibles are translated – Textus Receptus, Majority text, & the Critical Text. 

6. The critical texts differ based on how they were compiled. Still the differences are minor.

You Can Trust the Bible - Part 1

Question to the group: Before we start studying specific books of the Bible, I think its important to think about the Bible, the book.

What questions or doubts do you have about the Bible? About the Bible as a book?

I have some questions: Can we trust the Bible? Can we believe everything it says? Hasn’t science disproved the Bible – don’t evolution and fossils disprove the Bible’s creation account?

Goal of this study: 

• Understand why we can trust the Bible (that it is historically, textually, prophetically and scientifically reliable).

• Understand that the Bible is our standard for truth & is the ultimate authority in our lives.

Questions for discussion:

1. What does the Bible claim about itself? Let us 

Key verses:

• 2 Timothy 3:16-17 NKJV

  16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

• John 17:17 NKJV

  Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.

• Hebrews 4:12 NKJV

  For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

• Isaiah 55:11 NKJV

  So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

• James 1:22 NKJV

  But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Questions for discussion:

2. What does the Bible claim about itself?

   1. God authored it – it is His word.

   2. It is living.

   3. It is truth.

   4. It is powerful, authoritative, sufficient for the Christian.

   5. It convicts men of sin.

   6. It points to Christ (John 5:39–40, 46)

   7. In summary: the Bible claims that it is the standard for truth & the ultimate authority in our lives.

Consequence: The Bible is exclusive. Since the Bible is true, then every other claim about God is wrong. Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Paganism, Atheism, Pan-theism, every philosophy or world-view is wrong.

Question: Do we really believe this? How can we?

1 Corinthians 2:14-16 NKJV

14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. 16 For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

• We who are saved by faith in Jesus Christ receive the Holy Spirit.

• So we are able to believe & understand the Bible.

• The person who is not saved does not have the Holy Spirit dwelling in them and so cannot believe the Bible is true (exclusively), nor understand the Bible.

• Our starting point is that we believe the Bible is true & we believe it. The Holy Spirit gives us this faith! But Christianity is not a blind faith, far from it!

• So we do not need any other evidence or proof that the Bible is true, but since the Bible is true, it will stand up to any scrutiny and we can demonstrate it later.

Joshua 1:9
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

Proverbs 3:5
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.”

Psalm 23:1-3
“The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
he refreshes my soul.
He guides me along the right paths
for his name’s sake.”

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people…”

Proverbs 4:23
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”

Proverbs 9:10
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”

Psalm 119:105
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.”

1 John 4:8
“Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.”

2 Timothy 1:7
“For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.”

Psalm 139:14
“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”

Isaiah 41:10
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

Romans 8:31
“If God is for us, who can be against us?”

Psalm 34:4
“I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.”

Ephesians 4:32
“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”

Psalm 27:1
“The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?”

Matthew 5:16
“In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”

Psalm 34:17
“The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.”

Philippians 4:13 (KJV)
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”