Rainey Prays on Some Days

The General Idea Instead of telling people to "greet each other" and then turning them over to a greeting free-for-all, how about providing a little "greeting guidance?" Guided greeting energizers gives people in the congregation specific instructions for the greeting time, gets the conversations going more quickly, and helps people become better acquainted through purposeful conversations. Some will even find things in common they would not have known otherwise. Instructions for This Activity Give the congregation 30 seconds to pair up with someone they will greet in this service, preferably someone they don’t know or at least don’t know well. Each person will then have 90 seconds to introduce themselves the following way: State your name State where you live Answer one of the questions below. You can always think of others that would work for your congregation. What was your life like ten years ago? Introduce yourself as if it were today’s date, but ten