Youth Discussion Starters – Roll the Dice

Pass around a die (dice) and have the youth roll it one at a time. Whatever number it lands on, you read a question/statement/task from that numbered category for that person. Sometimes other youth may want to add to the discussion or statement and you should allow that to happen. Whenever a category runs out, you have them roll again… or repeat them.

Personal (1)

1. What is your most important possession?
2. Name one thing you don’t have that you would like to have.
3. Are you looking forward to getting older and independent?
4. When people meet me, I believe they think I am _______?
5. When people know me, I believe they think I am _______?
6. The toughest time I had growing up was …
7. My fondest memory I had from growing up was…
8. How many cavities had you had and have you ever lost a permanent tooth?
9. My favorite TV show is…
10. Faced with a tough decision, I always do this first…

Spiritual (2)

1. What do you think is the hardest thing about being a Christian?
2. Would you say your spiritual situation was: A) Right with God, B) Almost there, C) Somewhere but don’t know where, D) Falling away, E) Far away
3. If someone asked you what you believe, what would you say?
4. If God loves us, why is there so much suffering?
5. Have you ever witnessed to someone? If so, how?
6. The world is round. How can explain that God is real?
7. What is your spiritual challenge right now?
8. What mountain do you wish God can move in your life?
9. How do you think God looks at you right now?
10. What part of your life does God need to prune?

Family (3)

1. What is the hardest part about being part of a family?
2. What is the best part about being part of a family?
3. Of all your family, how many do you believe have a great relationship with God?
4. Which member of your family has been the most influential in your life?
5. If you could have one more sibling, would you choose a boy or girl and why?
6. Of families on TV shows/movies you have watched in times past or present, which family most resembles yours?
7. If your family could be represented by a group of animals on a farm, which group would they be?
8. Of all your family members, which one do you get along with the most?
9. Do you ever sit down as a family for dinner? If so, how many times a week? If not, would you want them too?
10. Who is your favorite uncle or aunt and why?

Social (4)

1. How many different friends do you talk to on a regular basis?
2. At school, most of my friends are in the ______ crowd.
3. Where do you like to go with your friends the most?
4. How many close friends do you have?
5. Would you say it is easy or not easy to make friends and why do you believe that?
6. What is the maximum number of friends you like to have?
7. Of all your friends, who do you think helps you the most with your walk with God?
8. I like it when I am around my friends because they make me feel ________?
9. Which of your friends do you call the most on your cell phone?
10. What would your friends say about the type of person you are?

Miscellaneous (5)

1. What would be the best pet in the world and why?
2. Which wall would you be on in this world if you could be a fly for a moment?
3. In your opinion, what is this world’s biggest problem?
4. The best vacation would be…
5. If you had to lose a part of your body, what part would that be?
6. Your favorite thing about our church is…
7. If you could have the power to do something that you do not presently have the power to do, what would that power be?
8. The best place in the world to live is…
9. What is the worst pollution you know of?
10. Every time you go to church, how does the church make you feel?

Just for fun (6)

1. Sing a children’s song.
2. Pretend you are in a soap opera and you have come to take your old girlfriend/boyfriend back from another person. But he/she is climbing a rope.
3. Walk around on your knees with your hands holding your feet.
4. Act our your favorite scene from a movie. Play 2 roles if needed.
5. Go around to everyone in the room and say one sentence, of 5 words or more, to each of them without repeating any of the previous sentences.
6. Close your eyes and say everyone’s name who is in the room.
7. Rub your tummy in one direction, while rubbing the top of your head in another direction and hop on one foot.
8. Change seats with someone across the room for the rest of the evening.
9. Make the most obnoxious noise you can think of.
10. Act out your favorite character in a movie or TV show till someone guesses whom it is.
11. Make the funniest look on your face you know.
12. Gargle with water your favorite song.
13. With your eyes closed, walk to one side of the room and then walk back to where you were sitting.