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What’s on Your Bucket List?

Use this icebreaker to launch a discussion on our priorities in life, whether our plans for life reflect God's plans, or what it means to establish and achieve goals. You'll need a clean bucket, sheets of paper, scissors, and pens or pencils. Use this...

And Now, for a REAL Icebreaker...

Before your group arrives, have a circle of chairs set up around a table.  On your table, have a block or mold of ice ready, and a hammer. You could create your block by freezing water in a Bundt cake pan; after freezing the water, dip the pan in...

God Doesn't Use Cookie Cutters

... but you will. Try this icebreaker to get your group members talking about the gifts God's given each of them. Use this to introduce Bible passages including 1 Corinthians 12; Romans 12:4-8, or Ephesians 4:1-16. You'll need: Cookie dough, cookie...

Finding the Missing Pieces

Before your small group begins, set a simple jigsaw puzzle on a coffee table. Take two or three pieces and place them on the opposite side of the room. As your guests arrive, encourage them to help you build the puzzle. When it becomes apparent that...

Identify Yourself

For this icebreaker, you'll need one small object for each person in you group -- such as a rock, coin, tissue, or pencil -- and a brown paper bag. Place all your items into the bag, and have chairs arranged in a circle before everyone arrives. Have...

Ping-Pong Pop

For this icebreaker, you'll need masking tape, pencils, one plastic spoon and one Ping-Pong ball per person. To prepare for this game, divide your playing area in half by placing a masking tape strip across the middle of the floor. Distribute pencils...

Trading Up

For this icebreaker, you'll need a deck of cards. Shuffle the cards and deal four cards to each person. Tell players to look only at their own cards. Explain that when the game starts, players each have to trade their cards quickly with someone else...
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