52 small group warm up questions on Family LIfe

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Family Life Small Group Warm Up Questions:

1.Looking back at the past year, what was a family goal you feel you accomplished or made progress on? What is a goal you have for your family in the upcoming year?

2.Looking back at the past year, what was one of your favorite family memories? What sort of memories do you want to make in the year ahead?

3.What are some of your favorite things about your family? Least favorite things about your family?

4.How did discipline work in your family growing up? Did it work? What is discipline like in your family today? Is it fair? What would you change about it?

5.If you could go back in time and change something, what would you change and why?

6.If you could go forward in time and know something, what would you fast forward to find out?

7. Which family member had the biggest spiritual impact on you? Why? How?

8.If you were to prioritize three things to do before you died, what would it be and why?

9.If you could have one prayer answered in the future, what might it be?

10.What was a favorite food dish from your childhood family gatherings?

11.What was your favorite part of family gatherings growing up?

12.If you the Lord gave you 25 more years of life, what goals or hopes would you have for yourself in the future?

13.If you had to choose one of your five senses (taste, touch, smell, sight, hearing) to lose, which one would you choose? Which sense would you never want to lose?

14.Which abilities do you fear losing as you age (memory, walking, etc.)?

15.If you were the leader of your country and could make one permanent change, what would you do?

16.If your house was on fire, what five things would you prioritize to get out of the house?

17.Would you rather be more famous, wealthier, more athletic, or more intelligent?

18.If you could tame and have any animal as a pet now, what would it be? What would you name it?

19.What is the craziest food you have ever tried? Would you eat it again?

20.Would you describe yourself as more of an introvert or extrovert?

21.What were the best three days in your life so far?

22.What was the most difficult three days in your life so far?

23.What is something about your future that you look forward to?

24.What is something about your future that scares you?

25.What was one of your favorite hobbies as a child?

26.What are some of your favorite memories of your mother? What spiritual influence did she have on you?

27.What are some of your favorite memories of your father? What spiritual influence did he have on you?

28.What was your relationship with your grandparents like when you were growing up? What sort of grandparent do you aim to be?

29.What are some of your favorite birthday memories? Family birthday traditions?

30.What is one of your earliest memories? Most impactful childhood memories?

31.What is one of your favorite family traditions? Why?

32.Do you have any siblings? If so, how did you all get along over the years? What are your relationships like now?

33.What were some of your favorite games to play growing up? Do you still play any of them today?

34.What were some of your favorite childhood hobbies? How did they impact or grow you? Do you continue any of these hobbies today?

35.Who were some of your childhood friends who had the biggest impact on you? Do you continue those friendships today?

36.Did you ever have to move between towns/cities as a child? What the hardest things about moving? What were the best things about moving?

37.What do you look forward to about growing older? What do you fear about aging?

38.What were your favorite things to do outdoors when you were growing up? What do you still enjoy to do outdoors? What do you not enjoy doing outdoors?

39.What are you most thankful to God for about your childhood?

40.What are you most thankful to God for about your family today?

41.How would you describe yourself in five words?

42.What was your first paying job like? What did you learn from it?

43.What were some of your biggest life lessons from school? From sports?

44.What was something difficult you did in life? How did you grow from it?

45.What is your favorite thing about the season of life you are in now? What is something difficult about this season?

46.If you could free up time in your weekly schedule, what would you remove? What would you add to your weekly schedule?

47.What are your best characteristics? Areas in which you’d like to improve?

48.Who has been a big encourager in your life? How did they encourage you?

49.Who in your family are you the most like? Which family member do you wish to be more like?

50.What are some characteristics of a good friend? How do you seek to be a good friend?

51.Would you consider yourself generous? How do you want to be more generous with your time, talents, and treasures?

52.When was a time you made a courageous stand? What was that like? How do you want to be more courageous in the future?

Extra ? = What are some characteristics of a good boss? A good employee? What was your best/worst boss like? Best/worst employee like?