Did a fun youth ministry exercise today – a brain dump on fun questions and prompts/discussion starters for your small group leaders. I’m using them this week to help my leaders make connections and spark some discussions, thought I would share them for you to borrow/steal as well. Enjoy them for your church/personal use, too:
- Introduce yourself: name, school, where you are from
- Share an embarrassing moment
- How you met your spouse (if applicable)
- Favorite place to go, event to attend
- Biggest celebrity you met/saw once
- How is online-school going?
- What do you miss most since COVID?
- Favorite Power Ranger
- TRUTH OR DARE: you actually watched the new Dora the Explorer live-action movie
- HOT TAKE: The Sonic the Hedgehog movie was actually pretty good!
- What sport do you play?
- Would you ever be in the school musical?
- Birth order – are you oldest, youngest, middle, etc
- Describe your parents in one word
- What’s one thing you would NEVER change about yourself?
- Show me a picture from your Camera Roll you thought about but never posted. Why/why not?
- Have you ever graffitied something? If so, what was it? If not, why not?
- Describe your sibling(s) in one word
- Describe yourself in one word
- What’s one thing you would change about yourself?
- What’s your GPA and how does that make a) you feel or b) your parents feel?
- Who is your favorite sports team?
- Who is your celebrity crush?
- What is your favorite Bible character?
- What is one of the fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace etc) that you wish you had more of?
- Worst nightmare. Describe in vivid detail
- Who is the best ninja turtle (there is only one right answer)?
- What is the best pizza topping?
- Do pineapples belong on pizza?
- What’s your “go to” Starbucks order?
- Is “cancel culture” a good thing?
- Scale of 1-10 how good are your friends?
- What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?
- Google Docs or Microsoft Word?
- When was the last time you went camping?
- Camping or glamping?
- If you could fly anywhere, where would you go?
- If you had the antidote to COVID-19 what would you charge?
- Marvel or DC?
- Which Star Wars movie is the best?
- When was the last time you read the Bible?
- Is your house the house where everyone hangs or do you go so someone else’s house?
- What’s your gamertag?
- Fortnite vs Minecraft. Choose one
- Favorite TV show
- Favorite snack
- In-N-Out or Chick-fil-a?
- Olive Garden is the last restaurant on planet earth. How often do you eat there?
- What age did you get a cell phone?
- Android or Apple?
- What is your first impression of me as your Life Group Leader?
- What is the best cookie on planet earth?
- Diet Coke or Coke Zero? If you say Diet Pepsi you’re kicked from the group
- What do you want to be when you grow up?
- What major do you want to take in college?
- What college do you want to attend?
- How much much pressure do you feel from your parents in school/life/work/play?
- Do you work? Where was your first job?
- FACT: The Mandalorian is the best thing on Disney+
- HOT TAKE: Mulan was terrible. So bad I think it was terrible without even seeing it. Discuss.
- Are your friends struggling with COVID-19 stuff?
- How is your mental health? Anxiety?
- How does Instagram make you feel when you’re left out of something?
- Do things bother you a lot or do you let stuff roll off your back?
- Extroverted or Introverted
- HOT TAKE: Crossfitters just weird old former athletes.
- When you get old, I want to retire in …
- What is your favorite Bible verse?
- What is your favorite book of the Bible?
- When does God speak to you?
- When do you feel God’s presence?
- Are you a Christian? How do you know?
- When was the last time you prayed?
- Is your heart heavy/burdened about something right now?
- Are you dating someone?
- Do your parents pay for your gas? Cell phone? Insurance?
- When was the last time you said, “thank you” to someone?
- What was the last card/letter you hand wrote?
- When was the last time you lied?
- Your parents describe you in one word: _____________
- Your friends describe you in one word: ________________
- Last movie you watched in theaters.
- Batman Begins is the best Batman movie. Not a question. Nothing to discuss. Just a point I wanted to make.
- People put their life on the line all of the time. What would you die for?
- Who was the last person you said “I love you” to recently?
- What is your favorite memory in your life so far?
- What is one memory that immediately makes you sad?
- What is your favorite car?
- If you could be a professional at one extreme sport what would it be?
- If you could be called any other name than your own what would it be?
- What would you do if I gave you $10 right now?
- You were the star of a movie, what would it be?
- What do you think is the most epic movie/tv show fight scene you’ve ever seen?
- Who’s your BFFFF and why?
- Tell us the best Dad Joke you’ve got?
- You’re a one-hit-wonder. What would the name of your song be?
- What’s the last meal you’d want to eat before you die?
- Would you rather walk backwards everywhere you go or yodel every time you spoke?
- What is the most important quality you look for in friendships?
- Have you had the Travis Scott meal at McDonalds?
So fun! Hope they’re helpful.
JG
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