Trying to come up with unconventional icebreaker-type questions for fellowship group

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I’m assigned to lead a fun-question-for-discussion every Friday night’s church fellowship - can’t really call them icebreakers since we’ve all known each other for a while, but basically, it should be about 7-10 minutes of fun chat led by a question.

I’m trying to think of things that would be suitably non-boring (none of that “what is your favorite ice cream” yawner stuff) but also can’t go offensive (I would ask “If our fellowship were to produce a movie, who would be suited to play which role?” but don’t want someone then piping up, “Oh yeah, Alice should totally play the villainous bitch!”) Any suitably provoking but harmless ideas?

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‘Have any of you been in a situation where people around you reacted unexpectedly? I remember one time I was like, “Would you look at the marbling in that meat! That’s gotta be tender!” and everyone else at the autopsy was like [horrified expression’].’

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Which one of the 12 apostles are you most like/would want to be?

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Does have one pretty awkward answer.

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Bring Cards Against Humanity to the next session.

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Ginger or Mary Anne?

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And for the men; “The Professor or Gilligan?”

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What is the strangest place you went on vacation to?

For Me- Joshua Tree.

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We use similar sorts of questions when we screen potential participants for focus groups – in those, we’re looking for people who give more than two-word answers, and can talk about the “why” behind their answers.

A lot of those sorts of questions could work for your purpose; they can include things like:

  • What is your favorite childhood memory about the holidays (could be used for Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc.)? What makes it your favorite?
  • If you could have dinner with any person, living or dead, who would you choose? And, what would you like to talk about with them over dinner?
  • What is your favorite TV show (or movie, or song) right now? Why do you like it?
  • If you could choose any other career or occupation, other than what you are doing right now, what would it be? Why would you select that occupation?
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The live one, or course.

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If you pick the dead one, you get their portion of the dinner, too!

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What do you collect? can lead to some really fun and interesting discussions.

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Only if you’re sure everybody in the group is Christian.

– never mind; missed that this is specifically for a Christian fellowship group! Probably a good question, in that case.

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In this case, the OP is doing the icebreaker for his church fellowship group, and IIRC, he is a member of a Christian church.

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Realized that a bit too late and was editing while you posted that, @kenobi_65.

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No worries! I was fast on the draw. :frowning:

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Two truths and a lie is always a fun one, and can work with almost any group.

I had 'em going once at a meeting where I talked lovingly and longingly about how I had to give up skydiving when I had my wrist surgery a couple years back.

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I’d think your favorite Gospel or favorite book of the Bible would also work. Love to see if anyone picked 1 Chronicles or one of the other books that can be a bit of a slog.

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I like this one.

Maybe the rule could be that members take turn with the ice breakers? An indefinite series of these would be wearing on the moderator. Other suggestions:

-Cats: declawed or not?
-Cats: inside or outside?
-Bicycles: ride through stop signs?
-Amber alerts: useful or not?
-CRT: what is it?

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Uh…these two sound like they could lead to enormous quarrels… 0___0