Search & Find
This is a great way to get people to find their small groups. This was used for a Freshman Catholic School retreat and thought I would share it.
Make the groups certain categories like Food, Movies, Places in (your state), etc… Keep the categories very general.
Then make a sticky note for each person and put something on the sticky note that would fall in the category of their small group. Every person should have something different on their back, but by asking yes or no questions to their peers they will soon find out what group they belong in.
Have the small group leaders stand on one end of the room. The people must find as many members of their small group that they can, go to their small group leader and ask if they are the leader for their category.
Soon all of the small groups will be figured out.
It takes a little bit of prep beforehand, but is a great way to get everyone moving around before they chat in small groups.
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