Ice-Breakers and Heart-Warmers: 101 Ways to Kick Off and End Meetings

If you are starting a new small group, it is important to start building community right from the first meeting. Ice-breakers get the group off to a good start. Instead of jumping immediately into the study and discussion of your group's topic, ice-breakers help everyone prepare for the meeting. Ice-breakers are fun and interesting ways for people to learn more about each other, and they encourage everyone to talk in a lively, non-threatening way. Ice-breakers help people move out of the business of the day and begin the exciting task of small group conversation. Heart warming stories are a great way to end a meeting. They indicate that the meeting is over, and help to foster the bond that the group has formed during the meeting time. The heart warmers included in this book are spiritual in nature, and encourage honesty within the group. With ICE-BREAKERS AND HEART-WARMERS, you will soon have a cohesive group, there to support one another behind the groups stated purpose.