Click on DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS and print them out or view them on a different screen, then click on DOWNLOAD CLUES for the clues in the form of a Microsoft Powerpoint and you are ready to go!
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Now rewritten for in-person use!
"What fun! Thank you for giving me something to keep my ministry going!"
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Len Bogacki, Director of Youth Ministry, River Glen Presbyterian Church, Naperville, IL
"THANK YOU SO MUCH for creating such an awesome... resource! My middle school and high school girls’ Sunday school classes just recently played the Christmas Escape Game as an illustration for a Bible lesson we were going through. It was such a blast! Thank you for creating something that was thoroughly enjoyed."
Stephanie Evans, High School Girls’ Sunday School Teacher​
Christmas Escape Room
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Take your youth or small group through this series of ten escape room challenges, written to make them as easy to set up as possible.
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The Escape Room was written with 11- to 18-year-old youth and students in mind, but can be used with older children or adults. It's primarily aimed to be fun, but could be used to lead into a talk on Christmas.
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Everything else you need, you will probably have already e.g. wool.
I'd love your feedback, and if you want to submit your time, we could get a leaderboard going!
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You can download for free two of the ten challenges for this Escape Room. Advertising JPEGs, full instructions and Powerpoints for both online and in-person versions are only £5.
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See two sample challenges here.
Designed by Tim Robbins, Dave Thornton, Hannah Elphick and A Little Elf.
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If you spot any problems or want to help design the next Escape Room, get in touch.
Photo by Dan Kiefer on Unsplash. Design by Jack Percey.
Christmas Leader Board
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Quizzical Santas (Bournemouth & Winchester)
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Roots (Holy Trinity, Eastbourne)
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The Turkeys (SMB Younger Youth, Canterbury)
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The Trumps (Emsworth & Bournemouth)
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Big Brain Time (Central Baptist, Chelmsford)
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Santa's Elves (Christ Church, Winchester)
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One Life Church Pilgrims' Group (Kampala, Uganda)
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ArkEXtra (Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire)
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River Glen Youth Group (Naperville, Illinois, USA)
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Kathryn's Elves, Sawston, Cambridgeshire
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Toast (Central Baptist, Chelmsford)
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Samuel and the Gummies (Vancouver BC, Canada)
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Jonathan and Theodore (Jersey)
20.18
26.41
28.54
31.58
33.04
34.30
36.07
37.56
39.15
39.47
40.30
42.25
52.15
"Thanks, loads of fun and easy to do over Zoom!"
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Simon, Winchester
​To join the leaderboard, send your team name, time, group (if applicable) and location here, stating you've completed the Christmas Escape Room.
CHRISTMAS UNWRAPPED ADVENT DEVOTIONAL 2024
Want something a little bit more meaty? Check out the new for Advent 2024 Christmas Unwrapped Advent Devotional. Created by Megan Graham and designed by Jack Percey, this resource has a question to ask then a few verses to read that link in to some key Christmas themes. It's great to give to families, children or young people (and adults would get a load out of it too!) and it will help those who are unfamiliar with daily Bible reading to get in the habit. Download it below.
"Thanks for putting together the Christmas Escape Room! It was a lot of fun."
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Irene
"We have been using your escape rooms in some of our socials and they have been great :-) Thank you so much! The young people and leaders have absolutely loved doing them :-) In fact, we’re gonna do one of them again with another group next Thursday :-)"
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Sam Clarke, Youth Minister, St. Michael's Church, Stoke Gifford
HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT THIS MINISTRY
It's worth saying that I work on this in my spare time. I'm a full-time church youth worker. Find out more about me here.
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If you want to support this work, the only resources for which I ask for payment is my book and two of the escape rooms, so please buy the book here. and buy the Escape Rooms here.
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Sign up to become a member if you want to find out first when new material is added.
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If you adapt these or create your own, then please get in touch. I'd love to share things that work well more widely.
ENJOYING THESE ONLINE RESOURCES?
​Get more ideas and support for your youth ministry with my manual for youth ministry:
RAISING THE BAR: Nearly Everything You Need to Know about Christian Youth Ministry.
