Card game kid needs to win in church (8)
I believe the answer is:
cribbage
'card game' is the definition.
(cribbage is a kind of card game)
'kid needs to win in church' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'kid' could be 'rib' (I've seen this before) and 'rib' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cribbage that I've seen before include "Card game scored with pegs" , "SPORT/GAME" , "Card game for two to four players" , "Card-game" , "activity for couple sitting at table" .)