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Light openers

1. What's the best thing that happened to you this week?
2. What's a small thing that always makes your day better?
3. What's your go-to comfort food?
4. If you could have dinner with anyone, living or dead, who would it be?
5. What's a hobby you'd love to try?
6. Coffee or tea, and how do you take it?
7. What's the best book you've read this year?
8. What was your favourite holiday as a child?
9. What's one thing on your bucket list?
10. What's a skill you're quietly proud of?

Getting to know you

1. Where did you grow up, and what was it like?
2. What do you do during the week, and what do you enjoy about it?
3. Who's someone who shaped who you are?
4. What's a season of life you'd describe as a turning point?
5. What do you do to recharge?
6. What's something people are often surprised to learn about you?
7. What's a tradition your family has?
8. What brought you to this group?
9. What's your favourite place in the world?
10. What's something you're looking forward to?

Faith stories

1. How did you first come to faith?
2. What's a Bible verse that's meant a lot to you, and why?
3. Who's someone whose faith you admire?
4. When did you last feel especially close to God?
5. What's a prayer that was answered in a way you didn't expect?
6. Which Bible character do you relate to most?
7. What question about faith have you always wanted to ask?
8. What's a worship song that moves you?
9. What's one way God has been faithful to you this year?
10. Where do you most often notice God in everyday life?

Going deeper

1. What's one area of life where you'd like to grow?
2. What makes it hard for you to trust God?
3. What does rest look like for you right now?
4. Where do you need encouragement this week?
5. What's something you're learning in this season?
6. How can this group pray for you?
7. What does it look like to love your neighbour where you live?
8. What's a habit that helps your faith?
9. What would you like to be different a year from now?
10. What's a question from this week's reading you'd like to explore?

For youth groups

1. What's the most useful thing you learned this week?
2. Who's someone you look up to, and why?
3. What's the hardest part about being a Christian at school?
4. If you could ask God one question, what would it be?
5. What's something you want to be true about you in five years?
6. What's a song you can't stop listening to?
7. What does a good friend look like?
8. What's one way you could encourage someone this week?
9. What's a fear you'd like to let go of?
10. What does it mean to you that God knows you by name?

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