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discipleship
creative icebreakers
Another resource would be Chapter 6 of the book, The Ultimate Roadtrip. Here are the suggested icebreakers
from that book.
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Best/Worst
Have each person share their best and worst moments
from
the previous week. Try to steer the group away from
school items. This icebreaker is an easy one to
use at first and gives you good feedback concerning
their life at the moment. Some veteran groups do
this several times a year ... the answers become
more honest as you go.
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Most Unique
Go around the room and have each person share something
that makes them different from anyone in the group,
like, "I've never left the state I was born
in' or, "I am one of ten kids."
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Two Truths and a Lie
Have each person make three statements about themselves:
two true statements and one lie. For example, "I've
never broken a bone. I have five sisters. I was
born in Yugoslavia" The group tries to guess
which statement is the lie.
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Personal Scavenger Hunt
Take five minutes and find the following
items in your wallet or purse: Something that ..
- you've had a long time.
- you're proud of
- reveals a lot about you.
- reminds you of a fun time
- Concerns or worries you.
Have each person share the first item. Go around
again on the second item, and again until you have
gone through each one. Don't feel like you have
to use the whole list because it will take too long.
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Get To Know You Questions
- What do you do for fun?
- What would be your ideal vacation?
- What is the most memorable activity you did
with your family as a child?
- What quality do you appreciate most in a friend?
- What is one characteristic you received from
you parents that you want to keep, and one you
wish you could change?
- What is a good thing happening in your life
right now? What makes it good?
- If you knew you couldn't' fail and money was
no object, what would you like to do in the next
five years?
- What would you like said at your funeral?
- When, if ever, did God become more than a word
to you, and how did it
happen?
These questions can be spread out over time where
everyone answers one and then use another question
another week or you can put them in a hat and people
answer
the one they pick.
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Did You Know?
This is great for a group that doesn't know each
other
well. Find interesting facts about individual group
members before the group meets. Try to discover
information that sets each person apart from the
others, such as "I have a tugboat named after
me" or, "I once wrecked the same quarter
panel of my car four times" or, "I have
a twin."
Then make a sheet with one fact from each person
and a blank beside this fact. Give everyone in the
group a sheet and five to seven minutes to find
who goes in each blank. When they find the right
person they must also learn one other fact about
that person. At the end, introduce everyone in the
group in the order on the list.
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Chart Your Life
Thinking back as far as you can, draw a line graph
to represent your life. Consider the high points,
the low points, moments of inspiration, moments
of despair, leveling off times, and where you are
now. The line will probably be a mixture of straight,
slanted, jagged and curved lines. After you've drawn
it, share what it means to you with the group.
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M&Ms Game
Pass a bag of M&M's around and tell everyone
to take a few. Then, before they eat them ask them
to share something for every M&M. For example,
something about their family for every red one,
something about their plans for the future for every
green one, etc.
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Most Deprived
Buy a large bag of M&M' and give each person
the same
amount (try ten M&M's). Start by stating something
you've never done that you think everyone else has
done (thus the name "Most Deprived").
For example, you might say, "I've never had
a birthday party," or some other true statement
about yourself that you think everyone else has
surely done. Then, everyone who has had a birthday
party pays you an M&M. You pay everyone who
has not had a party. Keep playing until everyone
has a turn or until someone runs out of M&M's.
Obviously the idea is to come up with the most M&M's
and be most deprived. This activity takes longer...
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You Write the Questions
Give each person a 3X5 card. You pick the
topic and let them write the questions. For example,
you choose "friendship" as a topic, and
they each write out a question for anyone in the
group to answer about friendship. For example, "What
do you value most in a friend?" or, "Who
was your best friend growing up and why/"
Then pile all the cards face down in the middle
of the group and let people draw.
Topic ideas: jobs, life gals, funny
stories, hobbies, family, fears, dating issues,
significant relationships, relationship with God,
etc.
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My Life in Pictures
Bring a newspaper or magazine. have each
person tear out a picture, article or anything they
think tells something about themselves. If there's
enough time they can make a collage that tells more
about themselves.
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House on Fire
Ask, "Your house is on fire, and everyone is
safe. You have thirty seconds to run through the
house and collect three or four articles you want
to save. What would you grab? Why?" After everyone
has done this, the group can discuss what they learned
about the things they value.
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Make Believe
If you could go anywhere in the world now, where
would you go and hwy? If you could talk to anyone
in the world, who would it be? Why? If you could
talk to any person who has died, who would you talk
to and why? If you could wish one thing to come
true about your upcoming summer, what would it be?
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Deserted Island
Ask, "You've been exiled to a deserted island
for a year. You are told you may take three things
you want, apart from the essentials. What would
you take and why?"
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Heroes
Ask each member to name three people, past or present,
they
admire. Why? Or, ask them if they could interview
anyone in history, who would that be and why? What
one or two questions would you want to ask?
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