The only thing worse than breaking the ice by yourself, is never breaking the ice at all! One of the tensions that we face as Life Group leaders is figuring out how to take a group of people (many of whom don't know each other), and help them open up in a way that will connect them with the group, which will ultimately help connect them with God.
As we head into our second week of groups I want to encourage you to continue looking for creative ways to break the ice and build those friendships.
Here's a great Ice Breaker that I used in my group last week.
Description: Below is a list of 20 questions. Take these questions and print them onto individual slips of paper, then place them in a hat and have each group member pull one of the pieces of paper out of the hat and answer the question on the paper. I gave people the option of putting the question back and picking another one if they didn't to answer the question that they drew. Remember, we're going for ice breaker not inquisition!
Depending on the size of your group you should probably budget 10-20 minutes for this activity.
HAPPY RELATIONSHIP BUILDING!
1. What is something you have won and how did you win it?
2. What is something you should throw away but can not?
3. What books have made a big impact on you?
4. What do you take for granted the most?
5. What is your all-time favorite movie and how many times have you seen it?
6. Where is your perfect dream vacation spot?
7. How many bones have you broken? Share the details?
8. When did you get your first traffic ticket? Share the details?
9. If you could go back in time, what year would visit? Why?
10. If you wrote a book about your life, what would it be called?
11. Which is the greater tragedy: an innocent person imprisoned or a guilty person set free?
12. When does the end justify the means?
13. When is OK to lie?
14. When was the last time you said, “It was my fault I am sorry. Explain the situation.
15. What makes you stand to your feet and cheer?
16. What one thing do you wish for more than anything else?
17. What do you think are the most common misconceptions about God?
18. What does “being spiritual” mean to you?
19. When and how often do you pray? What motivates you to pray?
20. What has produced the greatest spiritual growth in your life?
Note: Ice-breakers from “The Complete Book of Questions” by Garry Poole.
2. What is something you should throw away but can not?
3. What books have made a big impact on you?
4. What do you take for granted the most?
5. What is your all-time favorite movie and how many times have you seen it?
6. Where is your perfect dream vacation spot?
7. How many bones have you broken? Share the details?
8. When did you get your first traffic ticket? Share the details?
9. If you could go back in time, what year would visit? Why?
10. If you wrote a book about your life, what would it be called?
11. Which is the greater tragedy: an innocent person imprisoned or a guilty person set free?
12. When does the end justify the means?
13. When is OK to lie?
14. When was the last time you said, “It was my fault I am sorry. Explain the situation.
15. What makes you stand to your feet and cheer?
16. What one thing do you wish for more than anything else?
17. What do you think are the most common misconceptions about God?
18. What does “being spiritual” mean to you?
19. When and how often do you pray? What motivates you to pray?
20. What has produced the greatest spiritual growth in your life?
Great idea to have a Blog! Great job Kevin!
ReplyDeleteOne thing I plan to do is to mix up the order of activities in the group. For example, moving the time for watching a video later in the group and starting with a "check in " time at the start of the group, a time to ask for prayers, etc..