What you need:
Purpose: In this activity, participants will each create their own “flag.” This flag will represent each person’s identity and help to illustrate their values. Continue reading
What you need:
Purpose: This adaptable icebreaker can be used during multiple stages of the group formation process. It is a way to learn about different parts of the lives of those in your group and to see how well the group knows one another. Continue reading
Name an animal or food to best describe your week. Can also adapt this and find another collection of images to choose from, such as emojis or memes.
P.I.E.S: Share how you are feeling Physically, Intellectually, Emotionally, and Spiritually/Socially.
Rose, Thorn, Bud: Reflect upon the day: What went well (the “rose”), what didn’t go well (the “thorn”), and what are you looking forward to (the “bud”)?
Highs/Lows: Name the highs and the lows from the day. (In Ignatian spirituality: Where did you feel consolation and where did you feel desolation?)
Save or Savor: What is something you will take with you to work on/reflect on later? What insight will you savor now?
The 3 W’s: Wow, Wonder, Whine
(From Creighton Universities Service Trip Coordinators Resources) Continue reading
This activity could be great for a first Service Immersion pre-trip meeting, or another introductory space. Its goal is to help everyone feel comfortable, and to get to know each other’s passions, history, and experiences.
What you need:
Ask participants to draw what ‘home’ means to them. Continue reading
Purpose:
This can be a great get-to-know-you icebreaker, but also can work really well later in a group’s development to dive a little deeper.
Activity:
One person is chosen to be in the “hot seat.” For 2 minutes, everyone in the group asks the person in the “hot seat” questions about themselves (varying in content and depth) and the person answers. After 2 minutes, the person in the “hot seat” chooses someone else in the group to be in the “hot seat” and the process repeats itself until everyone in the group has been in the “hot seat.”