Opening Up Beach Part of Deeper Joy Opening Up Beach Video Script (RTF) Opening Up Beach ActivitiesPurchase a 16"x20" poster of the map In This Section Bite Sized Answers From Deeper Joy Parameters: more than 2 people, in person. Can be done on video call. Make up questions to go with the different colors, (red=what’s your favorite movie for example). Give everyone a handful of candy or beads. Go around the circle and answer questions one piece at a time. Connection Cards From Deeper Joy Parameters: 5 or more people, in person or on video call. Present the cards or slides and invite participants to choose a card/slide based on a given prompt like "pick a card/slide that speaks to what kind of week you had" or "...that reminds you of something from your childhood." Don't Think From Deeper Joy Parameters: more than 2 people, can be done in person, or on video call. The facilitator writes a bunch of prompts with blanks on cards (Ex: My favorite food right now is ____, a movie that I could watch over and over again is ____, my favorite place at church is ____, etc). Participants answer. Hand or Sound Jive From Deeper Joy Parameters: Two or more people. Can be played in person or in breakout rooms online. Take turns attempting to describe a predetermined part of their lives—their room, name, family, etc. without words. Mx. Whosit From Deeper Joy Parameters: More than 2 people. If there are more than 10 in your group, form small groups, in person or virtually. Ask who consents to potentially be Mx. Whosit. The lead secretly chooses another person in the group to be Mx. Whosit. Each person tries to find out who the lead is thinking of. One And Only From Deeper Joy Parameters: More then 2 people. If there are more than 10 in your group, form small groups of 5 to 10 people. Can be done in person or virtually. Ask each member of the group to write a fact about their life that others in the group may not know. Let the group try to guess whom each fact describes. Small Group Ministry Session Outline From Deeper Joy Parameters: Best for groups of 5-8 people who come together more than once (ex: 2x during an overnighter, weekly on Sundays, etc.) This goes by many names in Unitarian Universalist communities: chalice circles, touch groups, gaggle groups, touch base groups, and care groups are but a few. The Animal Game From Deeper Joy Parameters: More than 2 people. If there are more than 10 in your group, form small groups of 4 to 8 people. Works well in person or online. Each person writes on a piece of scratch paper or in a private message to the facilitator animal they would choose to be and in what setting. The Name Game From Deeper Joy Parameters: Two or more people. If there are more than 10 in your group, form small groups of 2 to 8 people. Can be done virtually or in person. Invite group members to tell a story or draw/collage about a part of their name. The Pie of Life From Deeper Joy Parameters: Two or more people. If there are more than 10 in your group, form small groups of 4 to 8 people. Can be done virtually, in person or asynchronously with a show and tell. Ask the group to think about and share the amount of time they spend doing different things. Tower of Questions From Deeper Joy Parameters: more than two people, in person. Write get to know you questions (do you play a sport? what's your favorite band/musician right now? for example) on Jenga blocks. As people remove a block, they answer the question before placing it back on top. Two Truths and A Lie From Deeper Joy Parameters: Two or more people. Have each person in the group come up with two facts and one falsehood about themselves. Go around the circle and have each person present the three statements as if they are all true. Then have each member of the group guess which of the three statements is false. Desert Island From Deeper Joy Parameters: two or more people, in person or online. People imagine they’re heading to a desert island and can bring one physical, tangible item with them. Invite each person to share, one at a time, what they would bring and why. Options to get artistic or make a playlist. PREVIOUS: The Mighty Wind Blows UP: Deeper Joy NEXT: Bite Sized Answers Get a print-friendly version of Deeper Joy, including all sub-pages.