Memory Flip

Description
A life-size version of the classic memory card game (Also known in some places as "Concentration") where you attempt to remove all the cards from the game by flipping over two matching cards.

Key Truths
When we confess our sin, God chooses to remember them no more. At the same time he always knows and remembers our needs.

Materials
None

Preparation

1. Send two youth from the room along with a youth leader so that they are out of sight and ear shot of the rest of the group.
2. While the two youth are away, the remainder of the youth pair up and choose a matching sound to make such as a whistle, a couple, a choo choo train, a bird call, chicken cluck, etc. Have the pairs scramble themselves up and lie face down on the floor in rows like cards laid out in grid.

Game Play

1. Bring the two youth back into the room.
2. They take turns calling the names of two youths on the floor, who will turn over and make their sounds. When a matching sound is found, the pair stands behind the person who matched them.
3. When a person makes a correct match, they get an additional turn.
4. The player with the most matches at the end wins the game.

Take it to the Next Level

1. Read Jeremiah 31:34, Hebrews 8:12, Hebrews 10:17-18; and Matthew 10:29-31.
2. What does scripture tell us about God's memory?
3. Compare God's memory with our memory.
4. What are some truths we can learn about our relationship with God and what he chooses to remember and chooses to forget?