Rocky Railway

Caboose on the Loose (Game for VBS or Youth Ministry)

This is a train themed game. It is an active, running game and requires not equipment. Use it as a bonus activity for Rocky Railway VBS or to have some fun at a youth ministry meeting.

Train Tag (VBS or Youth Ministry Game)

Filed Under: Active Games

This is a no supplies required game which can be used on the spur of the moment. This makes it perfect for youth ministry, youth group, or Vaction Bible School, especially the Rocky Railway VBS theme.

Sleeping Conductor (VBS Game or Youth Ministry Game)

Filed Under: Active Games, Games

This is a fun easy game for youth group or Vacation Bible School. All you need is a small piece of paper to be the ticket. It is moderately active and can be played indoors or outdoors. Since there is not a lot of running, it even works in a meeting room.

The readings for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time for Year B invite us to be transformed by the call of Jesus. So possible themes for this Sunday are evangelization, vocations, and discipleship.

January 25 is the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. St. Paul's encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus converted him from a persecutor of Christians to a fully committed follower of Jesus.

January 26 is the feast day of Sts. Timothy and Titus. St. Timothy is the patron saint of stomach ailments. St. Titus is the patron saint of the United States Army Chaplain Corps.

St. Angela Merici is the founder of the Ursuline order of religious sisters. She is the patron saint of the sick, the disabled, and all those grieving the loss of parents. Her feast day is January 27.

St. Thomas Aquinas is a 13th century saint and a Doctor of the Church. St. Thomas was influenced by the philosopher Aristotle and was known to for his logical and reasoned approach to theology.

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He tells the number of the stars; he calls each by name.

This quote from St. John Bosco reminds us to think before we act

Oh, that today you would hear his voice: “Harden not your hearts as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the desert, Where your fathers tempted me; they tested me though they had seen my works.”

As he passed by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets into the sea; they were fishermen. Jesus said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.”