New Year's Balloons

Use balloons to distribute questions about the upcoming year to your group members.

Write the following incomplete sentences on small slips of paper and place them in balloons. (Duplicate as needed to make sure there is one per person.) Put the inflated balloons in the middle of your circle. On the count of three have your group jump up and pop a balloon. They are to complete the sentences in their balloon.

My hope for my job this coming year is …

My hope for my personal relationship with God this coming year is …

My hope for my family this coming year is …

My hope for my church this coming year is …

My hope for my small group this coming year is …

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