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Available
ftom:
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UtaEaMethodistChurch
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Taea! Mayang
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Tel:03-7031526Fax:03_?031572
E-mail:chrkan@pc
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Tableof Contents
Introduction
. ... .. .4
TheCellMeeting
Agenda:. . . . .
.......5
Purpose
o sf l c eB r e a k e .r .s. . . . ,
.......6
Oifferent
Typesof lce-Breakers
..
............,'.7
F o rM i x i nAg r o u nadn dc e t t i ncgr o u pp a r t i c i p a t i o n
f o r G e t t i nAgc q u a i n .t e
. .d. . .
........15
F o rS t a r t i nCgo m m u n i c aAt im
o no nC
g ellMembers
Complete
thefollow.ng
sentences:
PositiP
v ee o p l.e- . . . . . ,
chitdhood
...........
A b o uMt yF a m i .t v. '
A b o u t M y s e t f. .. .. -. .. : . . :- . : : . ' '
A b o uMt y s e-l M
f yF e e t i n o. s
AboutMyseff- Mi opinlo-ns. . . . . .
"""':"
A b o uMt y s e- tMf ic i , , i . "t i i r , . . . . . . . : . . .
e ingo
A p p e n d2i x: p e o p t B
..... -.....11
.......17
. . . . . . . .. . . . . . l 8
....-....18
......le
'.....2o
' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' . . - . 21
:. ::: :: .:::. .:::. ..... ....3,
D. ForEnmuraging
Teamwork
or GroupRjationship
Appendix
1: LetMe Introduce
you . . . . . . . . . . .
............8
. . . . . . . . . . . 24
. - . . . . . 2T
.......ea
Appendix
3: cingerBreadMan. . .
.........30
App€ndix4: CreativeDraMng. . .
.
.........31
Appendix
5: t.e. TestI
f . e T. e s2t
......
t . QT. e s t 3. . . . . : . .
t . eT
. e s4t . . . . . . . . .
. . . .. . . . . 3 2
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.....' 34
t . eT. e s_t A n s w .e. r: s: . . : : . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .3 :
q p p € { d 6k : T o p
T e nW o r sttc e b r e a k /evrE
s y E tRo
B e U s e d !. !. . - . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
A Colleclionol tce Brcaketsfor Ce croups
l.
Introduction
Thisis a collection
of icebreakers
for CellGroups(CG)accumulated
ovetthe years.
w-ere
collated
ftom
various
sourcesincluding
Jhey
trainingresource
books,thoseused
in-ourdifferent
CellGroups,
theIntemetandfiomthosewhohadattended
seminars
or
workshops
thathadsomeinteresting
ones.Overtheyears,C"ffl""O"o f.rn OUVC
andother.churches
haverequested'this
-rpirrti"n j" m"v-o!9"i-io'rppr"","," ,n"
valuesof icebreakers.
I hopethissmallcollection
is helofulin makingyourcell meetingmoreexcrtingand
meaningful.
lf youhavecomeacrossinteresting
andhefptrficeOrJafrclsi
pleasesend
th.em
to meto beaddedto thene)crelease.
n,iy con"truifueuoliJu'iiJ,ior
tr,i","",,u"r
willbe appreciated.
MayGodcontinue
to blessyouin yourCellministry!!
PastorChrisKam
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A Coleclion of lq B'€eko.s lor CeI Gtoups
ll. The Cell MeetingAgenda:
Meeting
Agenda
Spiritual
Dynamics
Duration
Welcome
(Ice-breakers)
Man to man
10minutes
Worship
(Minisry)
Man to God
20minutes
Word
@dification)
Godto Man
45-60
minutes
Works
(Vision)
Man to man
30rninutes
CETI. GROUPUFE CYCL€ . AG€IIDA PAITERI{
cE( uF€tPA - Dr&.r Crd. (wii.)
ffiF*
A Collectionof lc6 Brcakerstor Cell
lll. Purposesof lco Breakers
1. Bringseveryonein thecellto a common
focus.Everymemberwatksintothecell
meetingwithdifferent
purpose,
emotion,
attitudeetc.
2. lt is NOTa gameper s€, butan activitythathelpspeopleto takethe focusoff
themselves
in orderto feelat easewitheachother.lt mayrequireeachpersonto
say somethingon a pre-determined
topic,or for smallgroupsof two or threeto
accomplish
a simpleiaskin a limitedtime.
3. lt helpsbindpeopteto peopte,usuallyon a supemciallevelbut thats whatit's
supposedto achieve.
4. lt helpsbreaktheice!Especially
soforpeoplewhoarenew,or shy.An ice-breaker
youngor old in faithand age, introvertor
is non-threatening,
whicheveryone,
extrovert,easy{oingor seriousin charact€r,
childrenor adults,can participate.
Thereforeyougeteveryone
involved
rightfromthe beginning
of a cellmeeting!
aboutyourmembers
which
5. lt enablesyouasa cellleaderto understand
something
youcanlateremphasize
time.
as a needduringworshipor edification
POINTERS
1. Some cell leadersfeel that ice-breakers
are a wasteof time. Nolt They are
extemdy valuableforcellsthatarebeginning
to knoweachotheror cellsthathave
beentogetherfor a longtime.
2. lt is a TOOLto helpyoutakethefirststepintoeachothedslives.
thatwouldbe
3. Prayand ask Godto giveyouwisdomin choosingan ice-breakef
chosenwith
appropriate
for theoccasion.
Wehavefoundout thatan ice.breaker
careallowsGodto minister
to somepeopleduringthecell meeting.
jusipriorto a cellmeeting.Treatit as seriously
4. Donottty to thinkof anice-breaker
as l'ou wouldpreparefor edification
or worship.
thatyournay
5. Usea resourcelistof ice-breakers.
Keepnotesof newice-breakers
etc.
havediscovered
crnventions
in seminars,
futrfEcra {jd,ama
,,lethodistAurch
Pt,a,ingJaya
A Co ectktnof lce Baeakersfor CeI Gtoups
6. Oonotexpecttoomuchoutof ice-breakers,
i.e.don,tallowit to beoorne
a sharing
session,
unlessit'smeanttobea
Make
you
rem,"t"6;;;i3$:ln'iffil"JJi,:r1",ffi
_sure
H,j;""iJl,T?,i.,13.
tf youfinda member
goingoverboard,
jurt
s""dy i"ilpii;e
m"iG anaast t im
to bringit up duringsuppertime,or anyother
partof ir,e "ertmeetingwhichyou
deemappropdate.
7. In general,at the earlierlife of the CellGroup,
time for ic€_b,reakers
may be
generay tonger.pleaseseethediagram
above:;i.fi-ei"Lp iif" 6r"re - Agenda
Pattem".
8. USEICE-BREAKERS
AT EVERYMEETING!!
Thisis alsoto senda silentmessage
to yourmembers
thatyoutakeice_brcakers
seriouslv!
lV.
DifferentTyiresof lce€reakers
A. ForMixingArcundandGettingGroupparticipation.
B. ForGettingAcquainted
C. For StaftingCommunication
AmongCe[ Members.
D. Forencouraging
Teamworkor GroupRelations
;
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oanqtgatlaav ieuddffi
Pabng -btd
lng
n9.
ne.
rim
ou
A. For MixingAroundand GeftingGroupparticipation
1. Let me lntroduceyou (Appendix
i)
Welcomeall yourguests(inctuding
chitdren)
and explainwhatyou will be doing
for the niohtHandoutihe pre.print€dsheetsof paperand a pen/pencilto everyone.ptease
r!orerne attemativequestionsfor children.
Ask them to w.ite downtheirresDonses.
d. Collect all the sheets of paper after everyonehas finished
fillinq in therr
panrcutars.Separatethe children,ssheetsftom the adults_
Ask one person to selecta sheetfrom the collectedpite and have
hir/her
introducethe personindicatedon the she€t.Havethe chirdrenintioouce
eacn
oner ttfst from the children'soile.
newty
intoduced
person
inrumdrawsfromthepite
l5r_,1_"-i:igg!"i"n,.the
anoooesthe sameintroductionContinuethroughthepileuntilallareintroduced.
People Srhgo (Appendix2)
a. Distribute
the pEOpLEBINGOSheetto everyons., ";, ;,,,;
1; i.;.
b.
the word 'Go',_haveeveryiinefnd somionewho his the ciaraaeristic
lsh:yl.on
any of thesesquaresand'initial
his/hernamein that square.The
restrictionhere is that you ars alloweda maximumof two initialsfromo!!e
person.
c- The.p.erson a squaresinitialled
across,
vertically
of diagonauy,..wiii
shout
-with
tnree
persons
have
shouted
BINGO,thegamestops._r
r _or\e\J-..uvnen
o.
itjntgrestjng,
you.may
pick
want
to
one,
or all,.ofthewinnersrb6reaO
llTal(?
out
loudwho hadinitialledthesquares,
for eg.,"Oh .. I didnt knowJohnhas
dimcultyresistingchocotates."
: ]:j:
Bird-Stone-Water Game:
r. I
.l
a. Everyone
mustbestanding
in pairs.lfthereis a personwithouta pj;n;r, h€/she
will
pair
later
up witha Mnnerfromanexisting
pair.
.
b- Three.symtolsareused:Bird(allfngerstips&nvergeat a point,lifethebeak
of a bird),Stone(handsclenchedlikea fstj andWatjr (fngersattouistretcfrea).
c. ln pairs,at theendof a countto three(loudlyin unlsoni,eictr pprsgn-will
show
a symbol.A birdwillwinoverwatbr@irddrinkswateri,stone'o:ji Uird(stone
injuresbird)andwateroverstone(ivatersinksin water)r.
ThewirinerwittOethe
Datzlsgrauamaue6diiffi
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A Collection ol lca Broakets fo. @ll
onewhois thelirstto havea totalof threewins.
d. Thewinnerwillgo
to thenextwinnerof another
pairandrepeattheabove.The
loserwill be eliminated
fromthegameandwill sit down.A solewinnerwill
emergeaflera fewrounds,depending
onthenumberof people.
Anothervariationof thisgameis usingScissors,paper& Stone.All symbdsexcept
birdand scissorsarethesame.Scissors
is symbotised
by wo fingdrc(indexand
mjddle)outstretched
andthg restclenched,
likeshowingthe numb€rtwo.Scissors
wrnpaper,paperwinstoneandstonewinscissors.
4. Jumping Up and Down
Get into pairs.Countthe numberof abhabetsin yourname.Addyourpartne/s
countto yours.Holdingeachotheis hand(botl hands),jumpup anddor.ntogether,
the numberoftimes
according
thetotalscorecountediustnow.
c. Memorygame
Write about40 to 50 v,ordson a big pieceof paperor transparency.Showit for
abo_rrt
30 seconds.Peopleare to writedownon theirown pieceof paperas many
as theycan rememb€r.
Thewinnerwillbe theonewith the mostnuhGr of words.
6. Nice to:MeetYou!
Pass€ largesoftloy (e9.Teddybear,Aig gird, Cartoon{fiaracter eac.)ftomone
parlicipantto another.At eachpelson,explainto himthat he is to greetttle toy .Hai,
BQBidrd
(nameottoy), mynameis Matthew(his name).Nioeto ;e€t you.".At this
point he is to
_greetthe toy with an ac{ionias well (hand shake, hug etc.)
S_ubsequent
participanbmlst nothavethesarneaclioniom previousgreaiigs. tn
otherwords,everyac{ionis unique.Thiscontinuesuntilthe last person.
Nowdo the samethingagainbutthistimeinsteadof doingit to the softtoy,take
tumsto do it to thopersonon theright.
7. Buzcame
,
Sit in cirde andeachpersonwill taketumsto audiblycountoff one at a time.At a
muttipleof say5, buzzinsteadof thenumbers
is said.
variation: IJsedifferentnumbersandsounds.
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A Collectionol lce Breakoslot Cott
8. Rldiculous Answersto Slrangeeuesrbrs
Oistribute.two
piecesof paperto eachperson.On thefirstpieceof paper,writea
question
thatcomestomind.Onthesecond
piece,writetheansweiidtnequesrion.
Eg. why doesthe birdnapitswings?To fly,of course!coled aI theluestirns
into
a singlepile,mixingthemwefl.Dotnesahewittrtheanswersintoa
secondpire.
Each.person
willlhenrandomly
takea question
andan answereactr.
Uewil tnen
reaotne question
first,thentheanswer.
ept
rnd
)rs
9. Sarte Surname
,1" groups_of
peoptewithsumames
havingrhesamaarphabet
(or
9:,_t"_r:,"]y::
rangeoratphabets,
eg.A - E,F - J, etc.)forthefirstletter.Afleryouhavegotteninto
yourgroups,
sharewilhoneoneanotherone
thingyouwouldnormallydowhen
you
havesomefreetime.
10.
Udle Fingers
What do you usuatlydo wilh yourlitflefinger?
11:
Your Firstlmiresstori
Distributea sheetof paperto everyone.
Theleaderhas a listof wordsthathe is
qomg.
aore6dcl.:toneat a time,gi/inga pauseof 1Oseconds(pteasetimeit using
a watch).As it is beingread,writedownwhatcomesto youi minO
oforrrfirst
mpresson)in one,twoor threewords.Whenallthe wods arereadout,,.the
leader
will 90 through'dach
wod andhaveihe groupsharewhattheir,firstimpressions
wera.
.., .;
protonSaga,MsrcedesBenz, The Nameoi your
Exampfeof list: McDonald,
Cl1urch,The Nameot your Seniorpaitor,politicians,BibleStudy,euiet Time,
Movies,Malaysian
yourCellGroup,Siubbompeoite,.God,
Orfuers,
Children,
Holy
Spirit,etc. (Makoup yourown tist)
12
fdckec! !
9n lpiece of paper,writedownan actionthatyouwantthe personon yourrightto
do.Thetrickis, theleaderwilltumit aroundandsay,now
fou do itl
.'€'ral€€,'a (,ama MothodislChurdl
Aeiahg Ja'€
:f
it !L\
,dY !
'-i-
,'*
d;
u^ lt-
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A Collectbh ol lce Ereake6 for Cell Gtoups
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13.
Telephone
Youmustnotlooka, ,n" ,",:r,pT_1n?n
sotving
thisprobtem.
lt is a testof your
Fhd
g"'u' o'r
"iiiri"nuiibers
onarereprrone
Il:i:ifffi'fi, llt"liXlfli?ili*
"'ibers onthe
dial'whatis theanswea(The
averagetim;i! id:-";";."'l:1canyou
beat
it?)
Answer
is zerobecause
youwill
murtip-ry
usinittre-jfi;;:"'
14.
Adjectives
Takingfums,eachpersonis to introduce
himselfor hersellusingan adjective
starts with the same arphabet
as.hivhe, ili na-m;:'#,a;, Joyftrt thal
John,
KemaftabteRoger,ArristicAi Leen,
fr{r."uf"..il-ung;;g Jt". *.
15.
t ser Game
each
person
must
nanE
"tJ::fii#":ffi:TJril,*i:";I:l1qtums'
onethins
from
everyone
else. (Forexample,
ai
aoventurous
g.up ,nur6",',rlJllent
;li',j[:"'#;i:i:?ii$Af
:r_:gq,rl"';;;ffi
:?jJtr#S"t"Ti
NnaOatu,hey'she
can put in a O€
)nnyas well' The frst
penn€s wins.
Person!c aet n:dof all his/her
16.
Ttigonometty
".r."piece
orpaper
raree
8tr"lfri;t l3;i'riT""Rilf-'i::t:fJ,.i"
enoqsh
gtolrp'whichof thesesvmbols
do eacfrof
identify
with
"conect, i" t,i*r
answer.
17.
thin
"i'ir'"ii
_. _.-.. _,laracter,
iil
andwhy do theysay so? fner"t i"no
creyElephantfrom Denma*
Read
theinstructions
berow
insequence.
ffi:"XTi,??tffffi::'.tJJT#:y*e'
'uklgothroughthis
anym|stakas-
a. PtCKanumberfroml-9
O. SUBTMCT 5
c. MULTIPLYby 3
'5',
ratherquicklybutdon'tmake
"{#
ga^ansaffi@Eidnd;
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^ "",,""r1"r.1,* "*
d. SQUAREit (i.e.muttipty
byitsetf)
e. tr morethanonedigitADOuoth; DIGITS
untilyouget onlyonedigit(i.e.64 =
6 + 4= 1 0= 1 + O= 1 )
f. lF.your_cunent
VALUEis tessthanS,thenaddS ... otheMise
subtract4
g. MULTtpLy
bv2
h. SUBTRACT
6
)ul
ne
j:e
vill
DtGtTjotetter theALPHABET
1=A,2=8,etc.
l. lnlt: a nameor a a
!n
COUNTRY
th€tbeginswiththatletter
I :1yK
K. TAKEIhESECOND
LETTER
iNihECbUNTRY,S
NAME
r. I H|NKor anANTMAL
thatbeginswiththatLETTER
m. THTNK
ofthecoloR ofthatiNtMAL
Geteveryone
to sharetheiranswer.
tt shouldbe:
A.greyelephantfromDenmark.
18,
Howmany squaresare (here?
Howmanysquaresaretherein thefollowing
diagram?
i. . ' 11ti
, r ii ,
'::11;'
-'t'
Ans,wer-30 - (t ) whole+ (16)x1 + (9)x4+ (4)x9
19.
Wodd Vlews
Havelotsof old magazines
andnewspapers
ready.Havethe memberstake some
and.browserhroughfor somepiaurdsbr words'whiA;;;#;';;;'quatiries
the
woddtooksfor in peopte.
Tearoutthepictlrre;o; w;;s ;;J'ii-groups or rour,ret
themsharewithoneanotherthereasonsfortheir
choices
trEwffi
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A Calloclionof lce Breaketstot Cgll ctoups
20.
How Are you keling?
Handout two sheetsof paperto eachcell member.
On a bigsheetof paper,or a
rransparency,
llash the followingwords:
ANXIETY
SoRROW
PEACE
ACCEPTANCE
FORC|yElV€SS
HEALING
REJECTED
LOVE
GUILT
PAIN
COMFORT
HOPE
PATIENCE
CONFUSED
O€PRESS€D
on^the-first
sheetof paper,ask)rourmembersto writ€.downa wod fromthe
listthat
th:y feet in_theirheartsright now.On ttre seconastreet,they witl
-o.-9:gb:-._h?y
wntedownons olherwordthatdescribeswhatthey
want
tonight.Theneachtakingtumsto sharewhathas blen Jesus{o bringto ihem
written.
21.
Etephant,Rhinoand Rabbil
Theplayerssit in a.tightckclewith.A, in the middle. "A" points
to sorneon€in the
crrdeand sa)6 either.Elephant.,
Rhino.,or,Rabbit". it" p"6n rc *r,o, f,"
poinbmusteitherputhish;ndsbehind
hisbacfrortrre;naLoiF,'p,li
i," t "no" into
"Elephant",
fists
in
front
cf
his
nose
for.the
put
or
-. ;nda(
lnrrinor. bottrR-.Gon [i-, io". l',tn t ro
fngerspointi;rg
upward
tcrthe
t*o'p""pr"ln';il;;#f
il;
pla)€rmustputanopenhandfacing
.A.totr,efi,"
pravli"
n
st
[eJ
ijrt
a fst totheothe/sheadfor"Rhino;.for naOuit"ndy musipii-" "pn"nr "na
nit rcn. nu"o
upward.
A
of
this
must
be
don"
U-"6."
l,J*unt otr.n.
:'I.:i:,01r9:,
lr anyone of thery"ting
"A..
three
hits to do hispart,he becomes
oanansaGiiEffiidid
YerauE.E E
-^d-
"-
22.
*"-"-"-*^
clnger Bread Man(Appendix
3)
"t the diagEmindicated,
whichGingerBreadMando you identifywith
,:""",JilP
23.
Creatr.veDrawing(Appendix4)
Distribute
thediagramin Aooen
:!1?:!l:,;':$,?SH::,r
tT,*'p"Gii"ffiJ1,p:!,ifi{
'..-:
completion,
spreadoutthediagrams
onthefloorfor affto sl.l24. /.Q. Iesf (Appendix
5)
at
itl
n
Thisis a good ice-breakerwhenyouwant
somethingto workthe mind.
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A Colecticnol lco fuoako'.s[ot CetlGtouDs
B. ForGettingAcquainted
1. GuessMy ,........
Taketums to guessthe ...-............
ofthe personon your
a.
b.
c.
d-
right.
occupation
hobby
favouritetype of movie(omance,action,comedyetc-)
(Makeyour own)
WhatWouldyou Do ,.....
Whatwouldyou do if youwereto see.....
a personbeingrobbed?
o, a persondrowning?
a houseon fire?
d. a childcryingat the oadside?
a man-sitting
downon thepavement
lookingdazed?
f. a bid in the bushesseemingly
hurt?
3. Thtee Factsand A Lia
Haveeveryonewrite on a sheetof paperfour
startements
about themseves,of
whic*r
threeare
factsandonea lie.
trrn.-i"-;J;iru;sta;'m-Jl;,
L"!"s
ever)roneis given a chanceto guesswhich
siatefilent is
a i;
4. Portrait of My Job
of theirJbbs.upon
9-Ye:veryonea sketchpaperand askthemto drawa picture
''-'completion,
givean opportunity
to exptain
trek stetcti
yatiari)..'/4seaci perso
n showstheir sketcl.-havelhe rcstof therrembers guess
theiromupation.
?s:#HffiEEffi
-=
L92!ig:!!9!3! tceB@ake6rot cett ctoups
5. My Chitdhood photo
"u"O,o"gbringa babyor.chitdhood
photo. The teaderwi m
I::
pnotos
and mix themwelland lay themout on the noor.iu"ryone ect a the
will havea
chanceto guesswhois in thephoto.
6' Taking Thingsfor cranted
Pairup andswapwatches.
Askeachotherto describethefaceson thetrwatches.
Variation:you may wantto usecons.
7. Order your priorities
OrderYourpriorities
in thefollowing:
Telephone
Ringing
CryingBaby
KettleBoiling
Clothesoutdoorand nin is siadingto fa
r:ii
8. Commonlnterest
*ial.
somebody
you don,tknowwe : Findout
l-1 :q of "9.eone, preferably
somethiog
interest
whichiscrmrnon
to both-ofvou.
9.
IusiveAge
Eachpersonis givena sheetof pape'r.
Theleaderwillinstructeverypersonto do
the bllowing:
a- Writedownyourhousenumber.
b. Multiplyit be 2
c. Add 5
d. Multiptyby 50
e. Addyourage
f. Add 365
yoursheetof paperwitha partner.
9- Exchange
n- suDtFact
615ftomthe resuttonyouipartne/ssheetof paper.
The&st partofthe numbers
isthehousJaddressand
your
parlnet'sage.Nowyouknowtheageof yourpadnerthelastWo digitswittbe
!
oa'rnaaauaniffi
Petahg JaF
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A Collectionot tc6 Breal<e6lor Cell croups
C. For StartingGommunicationAmongCell Members
Completethe following sentences:
1. Caring
forsomeone
means...
2. Acc€pting
othersis ...
3. Ina groupI liketo...
4. At timesI amafraidto reachoutto othersbecause
...
5. Notbeingacceptedby othersis...
6. I'mtumedoff by peoptewho...
7. I tumoffpeoplewhen| ...
8. I feelcomfortable
withpeoplewho...
9. ThelasttirneI got reallyangrywas.....
10. lf I couldimp.ovemy relationship
withothers,I would...
11. I wasoncemistaken
for.......
12. OnemajorproblenrI hadto solvethisyearwas....
13. Oneofthe bestthingsI evergotforfreewas....
14. OnethingI can,tstandto be naggedaboutis ....
15. Onethingwhichhas stressedmeoutthisweek.....
16. Onethingwhichmakesmefeelguilty........
17. Onelhingwhicht do notunderstand
abouttheoppositesexis .......
'18.Onepart'c
lardayinightthatI wantedto laStfcreverwas ...
19. Letrneteltyouaboutmy bestearthlyfriend...
lr
17
!-*!!:gg{21pu e."*"o forcerrGroups
'20.
lf I couldchoose
my careeroveragainI would...
21. Thehardest
thinglhave everdone
22. Thegreatest
cornplimentI haveeverreceivedwas .-..
Posltivepeople
23. Whatisfhemostencouraging
thingiou havesaidor doneto someone
in thelast
24. Whatis the mostencruraqino
r,-.
hingsnmo^.^
_ , thino
someone
hassaidor doneto you In thelast
oneweek?
25. Saysomething
positiveaboutthepersonneKto you.
zo_ Aftrm a good quality
in the personnexrro vou.
27.
ffh"Hf""jj;:,"**1"^n::f
Every.one
pass
thepaper
torhereft.
::rop.
"v qwu( url,
1,3#i"*
HT:llxH:nfl
ff"p"T^.C?-,:"#hili';:';#;;:ilifjffi
:';;fi
ffi;"H;rilTJi::lTlfi
:"-*l?Lu::f
open
. Then
''f read
$:ffit and
.g:l;ffi
it inium.
page.Foldthe bottomoitf," p'"or
Personar rne boftomofthe
to:
has
been written. Trren pass
.ftepaperto the left aoain r,^rirri- ^-l^ull.co]'erwhat
Childhood
28. Whatis yourearliestchildhood
memory?
29. Whatchildhood
fantasies
do youhave?
30. Howwouldyou describeyour
childhood?
31. Describe
yourgrandparents?
'.''
32. Describe
yourchildhood
/ teenage
experience
... whatyoulikeanddon'tlikeabout
I
L
'
Vt/hoareyourbestandworstteaehers
in achool?
l&Iat didyou enjoymostin primary
school?.
o^a
na'suau aniaEiffi iffi iii
Feratry
JaTa
18
A Colleclionol lce B.eakels for Celt Groups
34. Whatdid youenjoymostin seconoary
school?
35. Whatdid youenjoymostin collegeor universig?
36. Whatchildishthingsdo youstilldoas an
adutt?
37. Whatis thefunnieststoryyourmotherte
s aboutvou?
aU
couldchange
twothingsaboutthewayyouwereraised,
wharwoutdthey
f#,
39. Wheredidyoufeelwarmest
andsafestasa child?
oo
yourfavou.itechitdhood
mernories
of timespenrwithyourfathef
f*?,;".,ff;t
AboutMy Famtty
Howmanybrcthersand sistersdo youhave
andwhoare you closestto?
11.
42. Getlrourselvesintogroupsof people
withthefollowingcriteria:
a. EHestin the fam v
b. Youngesin thehhitv
c. Somewhere
'd. Onlyciild in the middle
in lhe family
Sharewith oneanotherwhat you likeand
dislikeaboutbeingio thatposffi.,i:{:
43. Couplesto sharehowandwheretney
frst met.
.+4.Eetweenthe agesof Z and .l2...
(primaryscftool)
[euakereuestions]
a. Wheredid youfive?
b. tb,y manybmlhersand sistersdid youhave?
c. Whatkind.oftransportationdid puit*i,
"L,
o. who was the personyou fett closestlo?
e- when did Godbemme rnorethan a wordto you?
45. Do!,q, hav€a nicknameandif so
husbardandchildrsn?
?rC "li;
.lrj(:
is.'j
.ti :
whatii iP Vvhatnicknames
do youhav€for ygul
5$. Whob lour hvouriterelative?Why?
-r:ri,o, V,itD
:
rr! i;qn ''
'-*-,rrAr&.
I
About Myself
47. Whattalentsdo youwishyouhad?
48. Of all the materialpossessions
youhave,whichgivesyou
the mostpleasure?
49. Whatdo youthinkaboutwhenyoucantsleep?
S.
itemsfrom yourpurseand wallet.Sharc somethingaboutyourself
I:!"
l*:
through
them.
5'1.On punctuality,
whi,rhcategory
do youfaltinto?Why?Canyou improveon it?
a. Mostofthe timelate.lt hasbecomea habitno matterhowyou
try to overcome
it.
b. Justin time,mosuy.I willbe pantr:ng
ftomrushing.
c. Afiive ahesdof time,within30 minutesof the aAriatmeeting
or ap@intedtime.
52. P-uta few items into a smallbox, eg. pen,pencil,wa et,
kelrs,watch,etc. On a
o xo preceot pap€r.writedo/vn-your
mme. Foldit and dropit intoa seoaraleDox.
Eachmember
wil rhenarawa iireceoftr" f"td;tp";;.'i;iii's-offr';;,
''' "' ,n"
nameon thepaper,
relateanitemwiththepu"on "nO"rpf"in ,n"nv]
:
53. Whatis tha bestgiftthatyoucangiveto
fourself.r
54- Whenwasthelastdmeyouadmitted
l,ouwerewro-ngtWhyis it so.hardto do?
Tellusoneof theworstfightsyouhaveeve,gonuni"to.
56.
"O'n thernoming?
Thepurposeis to findout whatthemotivating
}lt^1r_y^"i_n:l
rorc€sareIn thisperson,s
life.lt is a simpte.question,
but,it takesa gooddealol
thoughtto answer
Oannsara UAna
Aee&€ Jara
20
A CottectionoI lce Breakes to. Cottc@ut.s
62. Whatis theone thingyouwantto accomptish
nextweek?
63. Whatroomin yourhousedo youlikebest?
tM
64, Tellus aboutyourtirstda.te.
Wha:
65. Whatis yourhobby?Whatis theth,ngyou
do to relax?
Wha
66. Why did you chooseto five,inKL (or
Wha
the nameof your townor cifi?
About Myself - My Feetings
lf yo
woul
67. Do you worrypositivelyor negativety?
Why?
Ata
68. What is your greatestworryin life?
ut.
Wha
. i
rimeyoutaughed
h€arrity?
H"_n^y-":
!u ,?st
Afler
everyone
has
shareJ.
t"tlil;-*-'
tfte follo,vingamazingfacts:that cihitdr€n
tauoh,n
^,
.
Iaush
anavaE^^
averase
orsootimes
eveqdtil;#;Jl'il::
70.
l:y_*_u'O O"opt""roundlorJ|ate'ou asa personwhosmites?
Anereveqrcne
hasshared.
tefltremite fdto,ving"rJ"i
r""frii"t a,fldrensmite
an averageof 400timeseverydayard grown-ups
I 5 tinres.
7 1 .Usea faslalexpression
to showhowlour,!€ar^lve€ldday
hasbe€n?
72. Oescribehowl,ou arefeelins'doht
'Y'tr n
' ow' usingthe weatherteport'€g' doudy,
"unny,ou"r"""i, ii;;: ;:" *
t"
H$"t+:"r:fT;tlll"i
""n""" tur enemv?
ro vourbestfriends?
ro l..rr
74. Underwhatcircumstances
do
l,oufe€lmostfimety?L€astlonely?Why?
75. In all lour accomplishrdents,
whatonethingareyouproud€stof?
76. Howdo )€u reactwhenyouarentthanked going
for
cut of yourwaybr sorneone?
77. Whatb yourmostemba.rassing
experience?
78. Howhavercu embarrassed
someone
recenuy?
79.Whatwasthehappiest
moment
of vourlife?
g#ffffi
,rt{*"
ff:]o
hlsk
l{ ro
it be
lnfo
&et
ol lce Brcakeslor CellGroups
,.nlteclion
|'
Myself - My Opinions
Whatkindof storewouldyouliketo ownandoperate?
Whatis youridealdrivewayfor yourdreamhome?
jumpedqueuetwopersonsin frontof you?
Whatwouldyoudo if someone
lf you couldtakea pillthatwouldenableyouto liveuntilyou reach1000years,
wouldyoudo it? why?
a commonfriend.Whatwoulddoyoudo?
At a meat,yourfriendsstartbelittting
Whatdo youvaluemostin a humanrelationship?
o?in
thatwouldworkonlyonce,whatpointin the.future
lf youhada timemachine
historywouldyouvisit?
lf youwereto go andliveon themoonandcouldcarryonlyonething,whatwould
it be?
0OO.Let eachsharehow
lnformeveryonethat theyhavejust beengiven$1 OOO
theywouldusetheirnewlygained.fortune.
ut Myseli- My Chrlstian Life
Whatb onethingyouwouldliketo giveto yourSeniorPastoras a birthdaypresent;
andwhy?
Whatyrouldyouliketo do if givena choiceofjob in heaven?
nature.Whichof thethingsthat
God'screationby observing
We canappreo'ate
Godhascreatedfascinatesyou the most?
Wouldyoubewillingto livea simplerlifethanyouarecunentlyliving?Whyorwhy
not?
lf you wereto die this very moment,do you knowwhereyou wouldspend
etemM E)elain.
wouldyoulikeothersto followaboutyou?
Whatexamples
lcotleclion of tco grcake.stor Cettctoups
95. Whatis usuay thefirstthingthatcomesto mindwhenyouthink
aboutcod?
D
96. Inwhatareasof yourlifeis it mostdifficult
to trustGod?Otherpeopte?yourself?
1,
97. Whohasbeenthegreatest
influence
on yourChristian
lifeandwhy?
98. Whatmadeyoudecideto attendihischurch<nsed the
nameof yourChurch>.
99. Howwouldyouliveyourlifediff€renfly
if youknewJesuswascomingbackagain
in six months,time?
'100.Do you
have-avisionforyourownlife?lf youhave,sharewhatyourvtsion
is. lf
not,whynot?
101.Whatdo youthinkdelights
cod aboveeverything
elsein yourlife?
2
I
102.Whatdo youwantwrittenon yourtombstone?
103.Whatdo you.want
saidat yourfuneral?
104.Vvhatdon'tyouwanlsaidat yourfuneral?
105. WouLiybu like to knowtheexactdateot yourdeath?
106.Whodidcod useto bringyouto thepointwhereyouknewyou
neededJesus?
i 07. if )'cu courdchangepraceswitha Bibtecharacier,whow6uioy.ori
choose?whjdA
108.WhatiSyourfavoudtebookof the Bibte?WhW
'.t.
109.Share.
a versey'passage
of scriptu{e
thatis most,neaningfut
to you.Whyjs it so.,l
110.Sharea recentanswerto yourprayers.
o ama nsayalJbtna Lklna a CM
PetalingJaya
' a.
A Collectioo ol lce Breakors tor C6ll
D. For Encouraging
Teamwork
or GroupRelationship
1.
Camping Trip
Divideyour groupintosmallerorounsnf rhEA. ^,,^,.^ v_.. o"v*',pi"i-,,i'p;;ffi
;xl.ii{i::!q!T,_l;,?;J,1,i,:jX",i"l
accommodarions.
Apartfromyour
atrire.a"d
hav?";;l, ;;;;pJJon,in yourg.ro
rsalowedto bringtenotherthings.
WtratwoufayouAe-cijJio?r.uznppoint
spokesperson
"
for eachgroup.
Variation:Each group may chall
104ayrip withwharrn.y ur"affig?'e
2.
anotherwhethertheycansuNivelhe
Teamworkpuzzle
In linewiththe edification
timefortheCellrneeting,choosean appropriate
velse,
theme,
phrase
orvision
statement.
oetermine_
an6ao
oriimenovii"iv'gtr'lp""r
,r,1beinrhecel croup.wtt" o, p,init " pi;;;;;rd'
:T:^"j-f?-T_!1
" ","* I
otpeper
rarse
en;;;;;;,;
i""Iffil:t#il!fffl8i:Tifii,lil;Ll
r
copres
accordins
thenumber
fiitr,
oforoups.
cut tre papeiinio;;l;;;;;;
p,""".,
wordas a
piecul
singte
Mi, it "l ,p ""d s!th"ii-h";".'l oi". o,,r,"
:T1:""! tnegroups
!o',
are
to
assembte
ttrewoitsintJ*e pn."", o"iJ,'i""0 o"
Sd leader.
the
Thetunisintaking
fromthepjle.ano
teamingiJfV""*"r.Jiil;",t;
-can
The
teaderwi
giveno ruteson iow this beoone
.have.
::"^pf^:t.-T1)f
except
tharthe
objective
isrocomoter"
tii" ph;r.;.i;';;"i; ii'irrr#liii#il
';'j,ll^=ij
leaderdoes ftot evensavwhetherrhis
is a competition
.i.,rn""rir^" ^.
^)I
ris_is
or not.Thbrelre many
.
lesson<
rhAr
r_-,.,
lessons
that^,^
canl,^
bet^^^^)
leamlo
r'omurL.i*A;ffi;;;i;
abilityto shareand teamworketc-
;;
Your Cell Group
a hetptoyou?Eachperson
wifitaketh;irtumsto share.
S,r:rl feen
F: l€ader
I-"_T,f
The
williot down
thepointsinosummarise
them
at theendof thesharino.
rhe.loint
pont ro
tonote
note here
hereis
is that
that,";i;;;;i;
mostpeopleil".;;#i;;y;#
will saythat theyco.e i;;#c;ii
io tnu i"ji
:ne
no!b€ca.use
rh","'s
;ibj;'"i6;;i;#'idft l;i#il,*iulll,iii"ij'
s"od
:::T
bveardc€re
shown.
spenitime
Cdl Grnrrn
Cdl
Group.
1.j|#"i';; il;n-ri,ia-6al
aitiii"'',
.iusi
ffi '',r'.
Sharewly youkeepcoming
who
to thisCeI Group?ts theresomeona
Y!!:::
tEs beencomingto theCe Groip?Dowe
abodit?
needtb do something
-not
vaaaDon.
S'harewhy you are glad to be pan of this Celt Group.
oanarlsgraL'annai#ffi,Fi.ffi.
PetsliogJ€ya
?1
A Colhdion oI lce Brcakors lor Cett Grouos
4.
WhichPaft Are you?
pi** of a car.Askyourcellmembers:
if thecarrepresenrs
yourcetl
fl!9-, whichpart
group,
of thecardotheythinktheyareintermso-ifu-n-Jtionatity,
ana
whvdotheysavso?Thisisa oood,
ice-br"ui"itog"rg" ih"].e"xtiiiotownerstrip
of thecettgroup.you mavriant.totistoutthe
;;r"", p*; i? J'""" u9.,y.ur,
ignition,
petroltank,engine,
radiator,
Oattery,
seatslseJt
O;1;;FootballMatch
imaginethe Ce Groupin a footba stadium.They
areto share
:l:"^:y:T.*
wrn eachotherwherethevseerhemsetves.
Aretheyon tt," pi"yiijn"fOZ ff *,
wJ ch playersare they?Are theya coach,referee
or cheedLai"i n." tnuyu
spectatonAn emptyseat?Therearemanypossibitities.
Thisis a goodice-brbaker
for usewhen_you
aredoinga Cdl evaluationwith your
asal'nq
rh3t
T_h"
.r,u*ti. " ti iii"llil"tu"rrs"rn"ooes,
l"*b""T:^T"1::p
orexercise
watchins
z2-pe-opG
who
are
61Yi",H$""Hlfi"iiflg;:*:1
Yarn Shadng
*re.to get ,vourgroupto openup andshar€the{rfeetingsand
*::-:-"^
::q,.:.
'J,rnsnan
elpe- nces.'Tellvouiornupihat.ttrey
witiOepartoi "n "-rp"-i-a.ntyou
(hotoins
oie
end
of it)tosomeone
in(hecircte.
:llllTy:
l"ll 9lylm
one
personcatcfies
the balt,sheshouldshareanyoneofthe fo o*ing Wrren
erperien"e",
What God has done for her.
What God has donefor someoneshe knows.
WhatGod has donefor all of us.
Sornethingshe is thanktulfor_
After sharing,she throwsthe ball of yarn to.someone
els€ in the circte(while
a t.ensrh
ofyam),whodrch€slitand*p""i. *,. p.*"". wt.,
l:.11'T_ato
everyone
hasshared
severat
times(or,toctarsesroups,
"i L!"ii-"*;, y*u
qrs@ver
ttpt thegrouphas
\4ovena webof iorti. ii,".ipb*Ji.
of the folbwtrrgsuggestions:
t
fff/ilHtuffiffiil
""1 o. *o*
A Colleclionol tce Brcakersfor Co
fr'i#J::',"#ir:?.T"11lfnlT::
o.n^:*u,nMost
savsomethins
sroups
rike
f9ranintricate,
even
ueiutirutpatte"m
emerge,
everyone
iJ
h"o ,oo"n,.ll-?d"l a member
or twoto loosentheirhord
ontheyam.ir; L"G""iri, i.lite ,Ask
sroup.wirtend,.";;;;;;',lX."LiT.,,nTi;'j,XTff
1".,:'l;,fiJ:["?a.rf
happens
to
the
*r,"n
sroup
"orn"onJ
iiii.-inlil ,".r" :
;:ff1"J:*
,,Hll
no*
Finishwith a brief talk about how the
Bible instructsus to bear each
probtems,
othe/s
to shareour
haDoiness
andsonows,to'oLit rn-kiiit" 1,u
symbotizes
thenetwork
oftiesandretation"t
ipsu"t*eunylu."].,!iil" ."", o,v".
cettmembers,
,nu
whichto meansomething,
,riio" ,"i"i"ii,"il;"#*n".
oanansaaUtenraueiiEig-ffi&
Petaling'}aya
, . ]
LET ME INTRODUCE
YOU
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1. Whatis yourname?
PE
BIN.
2.
Whatdo youworkas?
Whatis thenameof youtschool?(Chitdren)
3.
Whereis yourhometown?
whereis yourfathe/sor mothe/shometown?
(Chitdren)
4.
W_hat
is thebestthingaboutyourjob?
Whichsubjectin schootdo youlikebest?(Children)
sh(
V/hatrlrouldb€ onewordthatbestdescnbesme?
Whois )'ourbvouriteteached(Children)
.6
Whatis yourprcudeslachievement?
h whicfisubjec{did you scorethe highestmarkson your last
exam?(Chitdr€n)
7.
Whatis yourlavouritefast-food?
8.
Whatis yourdreamcan (Meni
Whatb onethingon the topon yourshoppingtistthat you
wouldbuyif youhad
the rnoney?(Ladies)
Wh€tb ),ourFavourite
toy?(Children)
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shoes
likespizza
hasa petdog
is left-handed
birthday
is in
December
playstennis
wentto the
cinemalastweek
singsin the
snower
lovesice-cream
watchescafloons
snoreswhenhe
sufname
beginningwith "L,'
talksin hissleep
did not makebed
today
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singlestorey
nouse
hasthe number
"5"on his
telephonenumber
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Appendix5
1 . Cry over spilted
milk
2. rjlg man on campus
3. 5rx of one;halfdozen
of another
4 . unflnrshed
business
5. vance ed check
6. Movingin the n:ght
circtes
7. Mtddteof the road
8 . Sittingon top ofthe
wortd
9.
square
meals
a dav
1 0 . .r,nree
vtramin.A" deficiencv
1 1 - titeppingover
12. Backseatdriver
Rt:ghtunderyournose
14- npx tng headache
15. Heatwave
t o . Mountainclimbing
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