A Different Kind of Getting to Know You Exercise

Let me remember to record a really neat getting to know you exercise that we did the first night at the Create in Me retreat. It's something that could be modified for non-retreat groups, and I'll give some ideas at the end of the post.AdventOur retreat theme was "Nature, Imagination, and Liturgy," so our opening exercise revolved around the liturgical seasons: Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Holy Week, Easter, Pentecost, and Ordinary Time. EpiphanyWhen we checked in, we had a nametag with a piece of colored paper in it--we sat at the table that had a larger sheet of colored paper that matched the color in the name tag. It was a great way to make sure that we mingled new folks with returning folks.LentThe color of the paper matched the liturgical season (purple for Lent, for example). We had a sheet of facts about the season, along with a small, blank banner.ChristmasThere was a table of all sorts of supplies. Our project was to make a banner that matched the season, along with a…