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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
............8
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 ..... -.....11
Complete thefollow.ng sentences:
PositiP v ee o p l.e- . . . . . , .......17
chitdhood . . . . . . . .. . . . . . l 8
...........
A b o uMt yF a m i .t v. - ....-....18
' ......le
A b o u t M y s e t f. .. .. -. .. : . . :- . : : . ' '
A b o uMt y s e-l M """':" '.....2o
f yF e e t i n o. s
AboutMyseff- Mi opinlo-ns. . . . . . ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' . . - . 21
A b o uMt y s e- tMf ic i , , i . "t i i r , . . . . . . . : . . .
:. ::: :: .:::. .:::. ..... ....3,
D. ForEnmuraging
Teamwork
or GroupRjationship . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Appendix
1: LetMe Introduce
you . . . . . . . . . . .
. - . . . . . 2T
A p p e n d2i x: p e o p t B
e ingo
.......ea
Appendix
3: cingerBreadMan. . .
.........30
App€ndix4: CreativeDraMng. . .
. .........31
Appendix
5: t.e. TestI
f . e T. e s2t . . . .. . . . . 3 2
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t . QT. e s t 3. . . . . : . . """"'33
t . eT. e s4t . . . . . . . . . .....' 34
t . eT. e s_t A n s w .e. r: s: . . : : . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .3 :
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l. Introduction
Thisis a collection
of icebreakers
for CellGroups(CG)accumulated
w-ere ovetthe years.
Jhey collatedftom various
sourcesincludingtrainingresource
books,thoseused
in-ourdifferentCellGroups,theIntemetandfiomthosewhohadattended
workshops thathadsomeinteresting seminars or
ones.Overtheyears,C"ffl""O"o f.rn OUVC
andother.churches -rpirrti"n j" m"v-o!9"i-io'rppr"","," ,n"
haverequested'this
valuesof icebreakers.

I hopethissmallcollectionis helofulin makingyourcell meetingmoreexcrtingand

meaningful.lf youhavecomeacrossinteresting andhefptrficeOrJafrclsi
th.emto meto beaddedto thene)crelease. pleasesend
n,iy con"truifueuoliJu'iiJ,ior
tr,i","",,u"r
willbe appreciated.

MayGodcontinue
to blessyouin yourCellministry!!
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ll. The Cell MeetingAgenda:

Meeting Spiritual Duration

Agenda Dynamics
Welcome Man to man 10minutes
(Ice-breakers)
Worship Man to God 20minutes
(Minisry)
Word Godto Man 45-60
@dification) minutes
Works Man to man 30rninutes
(Vision)

CETI. GROUPUFE CYCL€ . AG€IIDA PAITERI{

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lll. Purposesof lco Breakers

1. Bringseveryonein thecellto a commonfocus.Everymemberwatksintothecell

meetingwithdifferent
emotion, purpose,
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
accomplisha simpleiaskin a limitedtime.

3. lt helpsbindpeopteto peopte,usuallyon a supemciallevelbut thats whatit's

supposedto achieve.

soforpeoplewhoarenew,or shy.An ice-breaker

4. lt helpsbreaktheice!Especially
is non-threatening,
whicheveryone, youngor old in faithand age, introvertor
extrovert,easy{oingor seriousin charact€r,childrenor adults,can participate.
Thereforeyougeteveryone involved rightfromthe beginningof a cellmeeting!

5. lt enablesyouasa cellleaderto understand

something aboutyourmembers
which
youcanlateremphasize time.
as a needduringworshipor edification

POINTERS

are a wasteof time. Nolt They are

1. Some cell leadersfeel that ice-breakers
to knoweachotheror cellsthathave
extemdy valuableforcellsthatarebeginning
beentogetherfor a longtime.

2. lt is a TOOLto helpyoutakethefirststepintoeachothedslives.

3. Prayand ask Godto giveyouwisdomin choosingan ice-breakefthatwouldbe

appropriate Wehavefoundout thatan ice.breaker
for theoccasion. chosenwith
to somepeopleduringthecell meeting.
careallowsGodto minister
jusipriorto a cellmeeting.Treatit as seriously
4. Donottty to thinkof anice-breaker
or worship.
as l'ou wouldpreparefor edification
thatyournay
Keepnotesof newice-breakers
5. Usea resourcelistof ice-breakers.
havediscoveredin seminars, etc.
crnventions

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6. Oonotexpecttoomuchoutof ice-breakers,
i.e.don,tallowit to beoorne
session, a sharing
unlessit'smeanttobea
Make _sureyourem,"t"6;;;i3$:ln'iffil"JJi,:r1",ffi
H,j;""iJl,T?,i.,13.
tf youfinda member
goingoverboard,
jurt s""dy i"ilpii;e
to bringit up duringsuppertime,or anyother m"iG anaast t im
partof ir,e "ertmeetingwhichyou
deemappropdate.
7. In general,at the earlierlife of the CellGroup,
generay tonger.pleaseseethediagram time for ic€_b,reakers may be
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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lng A. For MixingAroundand GeftingGroupparticipation
n9.
ne. 1. Let me lntroduceyou (Appendix
rim i)
ou Welcomeall yourguests(inctuding chitdren)
and explainwhatyou will be doing
for the nioht-
Handoutihe 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
l5r_,1_"-i:igg!"i"n,.the intoduced
person
inrumdrawsfromthepite
anoooesthe sameintroduction-
Continuethroughthepileuntilallareintroduced.

People Srhgo (Appendix2)

a. Distributethe pEOpLEBINGOSheetto everyons., ";, ;,,,;

b. 1; i.;.
the word 'Go',_haveeveryiinefnd somionewho his the ciaraaeristic
lsh:yl.on
any of thesesquaresand'initialhis/hernamein that square.The
restrictionhere is that you ars alloweda maximumof two initialsfromo!!e
person.
c- The.p.erson a squaresinitialled across, verticallyof diagonauy,..wiii
shout
-with
r _or\e\J-..uvnen tnreepersonshaveshouted BINGO,thegamestops._r
o. itjntgrestjng,
you.maywantto pickone, or all,.ofthewinnersrb6reaO
llTal(?
out loudwho hadinitialledthesquares,for eg.,"Oh .. I didnt knowJohnhas
dimcultyresistingchocotates."
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Bird-Stone-Water Game:
r. I .l

a. Everyone mustbestanding in pairs.lfthereis a personwithouta pj;n;r, h€/she

. will laterpairup 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-willshow
a symbol.A birdwillwinoverwatbr@irddrinkswateri,stone'o:ji Uird(stone
injuresbird)andwateroverstone(ivatersinksin water)r. ThewirinerwittOethe

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onewhois thelirstto havea totalof threewins.

d. Thewinnerwillgo to thenextwinnerof another
pairandrepeattheabove.The
loserwill be eliminatedfromthegameandwill sit down.A solewinnerwill
emergeaflera fewrounds,depending onthenumberof people.
Anothervariationof thisgameis usingScissors,paper& Stone.All symbdsexcept
birdand scissorsarethesame.Scissors is symbotisedby 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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8. Rldiculous Answersto Slrangeeuesrbrs

Oistribute.two
piecesof paperto eachperson.On thefirstpieceof paper,writea
questionthatcomestomind.Onthesecond piece,writetheansweiidtnequesrion.
Eg. why doesthe birdnapitswings?To fly,of course!coled aI theluestirns
into
ept a singlepile,mixingthemwefl.Dotnesahewittrtheanswersintoa
secondpire.
rnd Each.person willlhenrandomly takea question
andan answereactr. Uewil tnen
)rs reaotne question first,thentheanswer.

9. Sarte Surname

,1" groups_ofpeoptewithsumames 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
mpresson)in one,twoor threewords.Whenallthe wods arereadout,,.the oforrrfirst
leader
will 90 through'dach wod andhaveihe groupsharewhattheir,firstimpressions
wera. .., .;
Exampfeof list: McDonald, protonSaga,MsrcedesBenz, The Nameoi your
Cl1urch,The Nameot your Seniorpaitor,politicians,BibleStudy,euiet Time,
Movies,Malaysian Orfuers,
Children,yourCellGroup,Siubbompeoite,.God,Holy
Spirit,etc. (Makoup yourown tist)
12 fdckec! !

9n lpiece of paper,writedownan actionthatyouwantthe personon yourrightto

do.Thetrickis, theleaderwilltumit aroundandsay,now
fou do itl

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13. Telephone

Youmustnotlooka, ,n" ,",:r,pT_1n?n

sotving
thisprobtem.
lt is a testof your
Fhd
Il:i:ifffi'fi, llt"liXlfli?ili* g"'u' o'r
"iiiri"nuiibers
onarereprrone
"'ibers onthe
averagetim;i! id:-";";."'l:1canyou dial'whatis theanswea(The
murtip-ry beat
it?)Answer is zerobecauseyouwill
usinittre-jfi;;:"'

14. Adjectives

Takingfums,eachpersonis to introduce
starts with the same arphabet himselfor hersellusingan adjective
as.hivhe, ili na-m;:'#,a;, Joyftrt thal
KemaftabteRoger,ArristicAi Leen, John,
fr{r."uf"..il-ung;;g Jt". *.

15. t ser Game

"tJ::fii#":ffi:TJril,*i:";I:l1qtums'
from
each
person
must
nanE
onethins
aoventurous
g.up ,nur6",',rlJllent everyone
else. (Forexample,
ai
;li',j[:"'#;i:i:?ii$Af
:r_:gq,rl"';;;ffi
NnaOatu,hey'she
can put in a O€ :?jJtr#S"t"Ti
)nnyas well' The frst
penn€s wins. Person!c aet n:dof all his/her

16. Ttigonometty

".r."piece
8tr"lfri;t l3;i'riT""Rilf-'i::t:fJ,.i" orpaper
gtolrp'whichof thesesvmbols
rareeenoqsh
identify
with do eacfrof thin
"conect, i" t,i*r "i'ir'"ii
_. _.-.. _,laracter,
iil andwhy do theysay so? fner"t i"-
answer. no

17. creyElephantfrom Denma*

ffi:"XTi,??tffffi::'.tJJT#:y*e' Readtheinstructions
berow
insequence.
'uklgothroughthis ratherquicklybutdon'tmake
anym|stakas-
'5',
a. PtCKanumberfroml-9 "{#
O. SUBTMCT 5
c. MULTIPLYby 3

ga^ansaffi@Eidnd;
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d. SQUAREit (i.e.muttipty byitsetf)
e. tr morethanonedigitADOuoth; DIGITS
6 + 4= 1 0= 1 + O= 1 ) untilyouget onlyonedigit(i.e.64 =
)ul f. lF.your_cunent
ne VALUEis tessthanS,thenaddS ... otheMise
g. MULTtpLy bv2 subtract4
j:e
h. SUBTRACT 6
vill
DtGtTjotetter theALPHABET
l. lnlt: a nameor a a !n
COUNTRY
1=A,2=8,etc.
I :1yK th€tbeginswiththatletter
K. TAKEIhESECOND LETTER iNihECbUNTRY,S
r. I H|NKor anANTMAL NAME
thatbeginswiththatLETTER
m. THTNK ofthecoloR ofthatiNtMAL
Geteveryoneto sharetheiranswer.
tt shouldbe:
A.greyelephantfromDenmark.

18, Howmany squaresare (here?

Howmanysquaresaretherein thefollowing
diagram?

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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
woddtooksfor in peopte. the
Tearoutthepictlrre;o; w;;s ;;J'ii-groups or rour,ret
themsharewithoneanotherthereasonsfortheir
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20. How Are you keling?

Handout two sheetsof paperto eachcell member.

On a bigsheetof paper,or a
rransparency,
llash the followingwords:

ANXIETY FORC|yElV€SS GUILT

SoRROW HEALING PAIN PATIENCE
PEACE REJECTED COMFORT CONFUSED
ACCEPTANCE LOVE HOPE 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

crrdeand sa)6 either.Elephant., to sorneon€in the
Rhino.,or,Rabbit". it" p"6n rc *r,o, f,"
poinbmusteitherputhish;ndsbehind hisbacfrortrre;naLoiF,'p,li
fistsin frontcf "Elephant", i," t "no" into
-. ;nda( his nosefor.the or put
fngerspointi;rg
upward
tcrthe lnrrinor. bottrR-.Gon [i-, io". l',tn t ro
pla)€rmustputanopenhandfacing .A.totr,efi,"
n st
t*o'p""pr"ln';il;;#f
pravli"
il;
[eJ ijrt
a fst totheothe/sheadfor"Rhino;.for naOuit"ndy musipii-" "pn"nr "na
nit rcn. nu"o
:'I.:i:,01r9:, upward.A ofthis must be don" U-"6."l,J*unt otr.n.
lr anyone of thery"ting
three "A..
hits to do hispart,he becomes

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22. clnger Bread Man(Appendix

3)
"t the diagEmindicated,
whichGingerBreadMando you identifywith
,:""",JilP

23. Creatr.veDrawing(Appendix4)

Distribute
thediagramin Aooen
tT,*'p"Gii"ffiJ1,p:!,ifi{
completion, :!1?:!l:,;':$,?SH::,r
spreadoutthediagrams '..-:
onthefloorfor affto sl.l-
24. /.Q. Iesf (Appendix
5)
at Thisis a good ice-breakerwhenyouwant
itl somethingto workthe mind.
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B. ForGettingAcquainted
1. GuessMy ,........

Taketums to guessthe ...-............

ofthe personon your right.
a. occupation
b. hobby
c. favouritetype of movie(omance,action,comedyetc-)
d- (Makeyour own)

WhatWouldyou Do ,.....

Whatwouldyou do if youwereto see.....

a personbeingrobbed?
o, a persondrowning?
a houseon fire?
d. a childcryingat the oadside?
a man-sittingdownon 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

9-Ye:veryonea sketchpaperand askthemto drawa picture

completion, ''-'- of theirJbbs.upon
givean opportunity
to exptain
trek stetcti
yatiari)..'/4seaci perso
n showstheir sketcl.-havelhe rcstof therrembers guess
theiromupation.

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5. My Chitdhood photo

"u"O,o"gbringa babyor.chitdhood
photo. The teaderwi m
I::
pnotosand mix themwelland lay themout on the noor.iu"ryone ect a the
chanceto guesswhois in thephoto. will havea

6' Taking Thingsfor cranted

Pairup andswapwatches. Askeachotherto describethefaceson thetrwatches.

Variation:you may wantto usecons.

7. Order your priorities

OrderYourpriorities TelephoneRinging
in thefollowing: CryingBaby
KettleBoiling
Clothesoutdoorand nin is siadingto fa
r:ii

8. Commonlnterest

*ial.
l-1 :q of "9.eone, preferably
somethiog
somebody you don,tknowwe : Findout
interest
whichiscrmrnonto 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
9- Exchange yoursheetof paperwitha partner.
n- suDtFact 615ftomthe resuttonyouipartne/ssheetof paper.
The&st partofthe numbers
isthehousJaddressand your
parlnet'sage.Nowyouknowtheageof yourpadnerthelastWo digitswittbe
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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...

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'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
oneweek? _ , thino
hingsnmo^.^
someoner,-.
hassaidor doneto you In thelast

25. Saysomething positiveaboutthepersonneKto you.

zo_ Aftrm a good quality
in the personnexrro vou.
27.
ffh"Hf""jj;:,"**1"^n::f ::rop.Every.one
pass
thepaper
torhereft.
HT:llxH:nfl
page.Foldthe bottomoitf," p'"or 1,3#i"*
ff"p"T^.C?-,:"#hili';:';#;;:ilifjffi
"v qwu( url,
to:
Personar rne boftomofthe

open ''f read

$:ffit and .g:l;ffi :';;fi
it inium.
ffi;"H;rilTJi::lTlfi
:"-*l?Lu::f
.ftepaperto the left aoain r,^rirri- ^-l^ull.co]'erwhat
. Then
has been written. Trren pass

Childhood

28. Whatis yourearliestchildhood

memory?
29. Whatchildhoodfantasies 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 couldchangetwothingsaboutthewayyouwereraised,
f#, wharwoutdthey
39. Wheredidyoufeelwarmest andsafestasa child?
oo yourfavou.itechitdhood
mernories
f*?,;".,ff;t of timespenrwithyourfathef

AboutMy Famtty

Howmanybrcthersand sistersdo youhave

11. andwhoare you closestto?
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:{: 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, ?rC "li;
"L,
o. who was the personyou fett closestlo?
e- when did Godbemme rnorethan a wordto you? .lrj(: is.'j
.ti :
45. Do!,q, hav€a nicknameandif so
whatii iP Vvhatnicknames
do youhav€for ygul
husbardandchildrsn? -r:ri,o, V,itD
5$. Whob lour hvouriterelative?Why?
:

rr! i;qn ''

'-*-,rrAr&.
 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:ngftomrushing.
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 Wha

do to relax?
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?
Wha
ut. . i
H"_n^y-":
Afler !u ,?st
everyone
rimeyoutaughed
has
h€arrity?
shareJ.
t"tlil;-*-'
tfte follo,vingamazingfacts:that cihitdr€n ff:]o
IaushanavaE^^
tauoh,n averase
^,
orsootimes .
eveqdtil;#;Jl'il:: hlsk
70.
l:y_*_u'O O"opt""roundlorJ|ate'ou asa personwhosmites?
Anereveqrcne l{ ro
hasshared. tefltremite fdto,ving"rJ"i r""frii"t a,fldrensmite
an averageof 400timeseverydayard grown-ups it be
I 5 tinres.
7 1 .Usea faslalexpression lnfo
to showhowlour,!€ar^lve€ldday hasbe€n? &et
72. Oescribehowl,ou arefeelins'doht 'Y'tr n
' ow' usingthe weatherteport'€g' doudy,
"unny,ou"r"""i, ii;;: ;:" *
t" ""n""" tur enemv?
H$"t+:"r:fT;tlll"i 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?

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 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?

lf youhada timemachinethatwouldworkonlyonce,whatpointin the.future

o?in
historywouldyouvisit?

lf youwereto go andliveon themoonandcouldcarryonlyonething,whatwould

it be?

lnformeveryonethat theyhavejust beengiven$1 OOO

0OO.Let eachsharehow
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 D

aboutcod?
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
not,whynot? is. lf

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. ' a.

o ama nsayalJbtna Lklna a CM

PetalingJaya
 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
accommodarions.
;xl.ii{i::!q!T,_l;,?;J,1,i,:jX",i"l
Apartfromyouratrire.a"d
hav?";;l, ;;;;pJJon,in yourg.ro
rsalowedto bringtenotherthings.
WtratwoufayouAe-cijJio?r.uznppoint
spokespersonfor eachgroup. "
Variation:Each group may chall
anotherwhethertheycansuNivelhe
104ayrip withwharrn.y ur"affig?'e

2. Teamworkpuzzle

In linewiththe edification
timefortheCellrneeting,choosean appropriate
theme, phraseorvision velse,
statement.
oetermine_
an6ao oriimenovii"iv'gtr'lp""r
,r,1beinrhecel croup.wtt" o, p,init " pi;;;;;rd'
otpeperrarse
en;;;;;;,; " ","* I
:T:^"j-f?-T_!1
copres
accordins
i""Iffil:t#il!fffl8i:Tifii,lil;Ll
thenumber fiitr, r
oforoups.
cut tre papeiinio;;l;;;;;; p,""".,
wordas a
:T1:""! tnegroups piecul
singte Mi, it "l ,p ""d s!th"ii-h";".'l oi". o,,r,"
!o',
Sd leader. aretoassembte
ttrewoitsintJ*e pn."", o"iJ,'i""0 o"
the Thetunisintaking
fromthepjle.ano teamingiJfV""*"r.Jiil;",t;
-can
::"^pf^:t.-T1)f .have.Theteaderwi giveno ruteson iow this beoone
except tharthe objective
isrocomoter" tii" ph;r.;.i;';;"i; ii'irrr#liii#il
leaderdoes ftot evensavwhetherrhis ';'j,ll^=ij
is a competition
ris_is .i.,rn""rir^" ^. ^)I
or not.Thbrelre many
lessons
lesson<that^,^
rhAr
canl,^bet^^^^)
leamlo r_-,., .
r'omurL.i*A;ffi;;;i;
abilityto shareand teamworketc- ;;

Your Cell Group

F: l€ader
I-"_T,fS,r:rl feen a hetptoyou?Eachperson
wifitaketh;irtumsto share.
The williot down thepointsinosummarise
rhe.loint
pont ro them at theendof thesharino.
:ne tonote
note here
hereis
is that
that,";i;;;;i;
mostpeopleil".;;#i;;y;#
will saythat theyco.e i;;#c;ii
io tnu i"ji
:::T no!b€ca.use
rh","'s
s"od;ibj;'"i6;;i;#'idft l;i#il,*iulll,iii"ij'
bveardc€reshown.
spenitime
Cdl Group.
Cdl Grnrrn ffi '',r'.
.iusi 1.j|#"i';; il;n-ri,ia-6al
aitiii"'',

Sharewly youkeepcoming who

to thisCeI Group?ts theresomeona
Y!!:::
tEs beencomingto theCe Groip?Dowe
-not abodit?
needtb do something
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

fl!9-, whichpart
group, yourcetl
of thecardotheythinktheyareintermso-ifu-n-Jtionatity,
ana
whvdotheysavso?Thisisa oood, ice-br"ui"itog"rg" ih"].e"xtiiiotownerstrip
of thecettgroup.you mavriant.totistoutthe
ignition,petroltank,engine, ;;r"", p*; i? J'""" u9.,y.ur,
radiator,
Oattery,
seatslseJt O;1;;-

FootballMatch

imaginethe Ce Groupin a footba stadium.They

:l:"^:y:T.*
wrn eachotherwherethevseerhemsetves. areto share
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
l"*b""T:^T"1::p rh3t T_h"
ooes, .r,u*ti. " ti iii"llil"tu"rrs"rn"-
61Yi",H$""Hlfi"iiflg;:*:1 orexercise
watchins z2-pe-opG
who
are

Yarn Shadng

*::-:-"^ ::q,.:. *re.to get ,vourgroupto openup andshar€the{rfeetingsand

'J,rnsnanelpe- nces.'Tellvouiornupihat.ttrey witiOepartoi "n "-rp"-i-a.ntyou
:llllTy: l"ll 9lylm (hotoins
oie endof it)tosomeone in(hecircte.
personcatcfies the balt,sheshouldshareanyoneofthe fo o*ing Wrren one
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
l:.11'T_ato a t.ensrh
ofyam),whodrch€slitand*p""i. *,. p.*"". wt.,
everyone hasshared severat
times(or,toctarsesroups,
qrs@verttpt thegrouphas "i L!"ii-"*;, y*u
\4ovena webof iorti. ii,".ipb*Ji. ""1 o. *o*
of the folbwtrrgsuggestions:
t

fff/ilHtuffiffiil
 A Colleclionol tce Brcakersfor Co

fr'i#J::',"#ir:?.T"11lfnlT::
o.n^:*u,n-
Most savsomethins
sroups rike
emerge, f9ranintricate,
even ueiutirutpatte"m
everyone
h"o ,oo"n,.ll-?d"l a member iJ
ontheyam.ir; L"G""iri, i.lite ,Ask or twoto loosentheirhord
sroup.wirtend,.";;;;;;',lX."LiT.,,nTi;'j,XTff
1".,:'l;,fiJ:["?a.rf
;:ff1"J:*
happens
to
,,Hll
the *r,"n
sroup iiii.-inlil ,".r" :
"orn"onJ no*
Finishwith a brief talk about how the
Bible instructsus to bear each
probtems, to shareour
haDoinessandsonows,to'oLit rn-kiiit" 1,u othe/s
symbotizes
thenetwork
cettmembers, ipsu"t*eunylu."].,!iil" ."", o,v".
oftiesandretation"t
,nu
whichto meansomething, ,riio" ,"i"i"ii,"il;"#*n".

oanansaaUtenraueiiEig-ffi&
Petaling'}aya

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 LET ME INTRODUCE
YOU Appendlx1
PE
1. Whatis yourname?
BIN.

2. Whatdo youworkas? sh(

Whatis thenameof youtschool?(Chitdren)

3. Whereis yourhometown?
whereis yourfathe/sor mothe/shometown?
(Chitdren)

4. W_hat
is thebestthingaboutyourjob?
Whichsubjectin schootdo youlikebest?(Children)

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 ),ourFavouritetoy?(Children)

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shoes

birthday
is in playstennis wentto the singsin the
December cinemalastweek snower

lovesice-cream watchescafloons snoreswhenhe sufname

beginningwith "L,'

talksin hissleep did not makebed wholivesin a hasthe number

today singlestorey "5"on his
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34
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Appendix5
I,A. TEST2
1 . Cry over spilted
milk
2. rjlg man on campus
3. 5rx of one;halfdozen l
z. I:-'P toYo'
urnerentStrokes
4 . unflnrshed of another
business
5. vance ed check bis
i. .j,l"",i,l"l3j""methins
6. Movingin the n:ght 5. Fouledup
circtes o. Jay walking
7. Mtddteof the road
8 . Sittingon top ofthe /. Justbetweenyou
wortd and me
9. square o. I tme,suD
meals a dav
1 0 . .r,nree
vtramin.A" deficiencv 9. DeetrseaRshino
1 1 - titeppingover 10. Forgetit
12. Backseatdriver t t. More to it than meets
the eve
Rt:ghtunderyournose rz. Dpaceinvaders
14- npx tng headache 13. That is besidethe point
15. Heatwave vyarerunderthe bddge
.r.r.
Iir. ntgnwayOverpass
t o . Mountainclimbing
16. Makingendsmeet
/.o. rESI3
t.a. TEST4
7
Playon words
?. Dipsydoodle 1. Lyingin wait
Eetterlatethannever z. t auyno
raruycloudv 3. Loveat first sioht
HeaCoverhlels in love 4. put it in writin;
6. Fancythat 5. Circuiarreaso-nino
Bedandbreakfast 6. Brokennose
o . r ntsroundis on 7. A step backward
me 8.
9. Jack-in-the_box Solddownthe river
'10. e. Unfinishedsymphony
asecorro stance
1 1 . ffh9nut ru.UtOSeencounters
1 2 . Open-and-shut 11, Out.numbered3 tio 1
case
,i rcundofdrinks rz. u.tts are againstyou
Middleof the ninth rJ.xatsed eyebrows
'I4.
Overseasholidav Railroadcrossino
t o - Downhillskiing 15. No U Tum
16. Balancedbudget

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'Top
Ten Worst lcebreakers TVEVER
to Be Used!! appenaix
o

'10.
Nameonethingyoudislikeaboutyourhost,shome.

9. Whatis thedeepeststronghold
in thelifeof thepersonon yourright?
8. Whichpersonin thecellwouldyouleastlikelyinviteto dinner?
Whv? ,
7. Sharethemostrecentlieyou,ve
told.
6. Whatis the biggestsecretyou'vekeptfromyour
spouse?
5. . Howoftendo you trimyournosehair?
.r'.1
'.4. Nameone person
for whomyoustill harbordeep resentrnent
and
::, why?

lf.youcouldchangeonethingaboutsomeonein this cell,what

,+3. would
.:
,. ii
it be?
: r 2. What'syourgreatesthabitualsin?

1. lf youwonfirstprizein thelottery,whatwouldyoudo with

ihe money? I

. r /
,^s
,; $r

37

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