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Who are the people you know for sure love you? What helps you know these people love you?

What helps you know that God loves you?

What do you show your love for people in our family and others you love?

What’s a more important way of letting people know you love them—words or actions? Why?

What’s one way you can show God’s love to someone tomorrow?

Conversation Starters

What are your favorite memories of things we did as a family last year?

What are your hopes for this new year?

Is there anything new you’d like to learn or do this year? Are there ways the family can help you?

Is there anything you wish our family would do differently this year?

Conversation Starters

If we could spend Christmas in another country, what country would you want it to be? Why would you pick that?

What family Christmas tradition is your favorite? Why is that one special to you?

What’s one gift that’s not a thing that you could give to someone? Who would you most like to give that gift to?

What could we do for one of our neighbors to show God’s love this Christmas?

Conversation Starters

How do we make people who come to our home feel welcome?

What kind of things make someone feel unwelcome? Do you think there’s anyone in your school or our neighborhood who feels unwelcome? Is there anything we can do about that?

Can you think of a time when you were new in some group or some place? How did you feel? What did people do to welcome you?

What’s one thing that happened today that made you feel thankful?

Conversation Starters

How do we show appreciation to people who help us in small ways each day (i.e. the bus driver, the person who prepares our food, the people who pick up our trash, etc.)?

What’s one way you helped someone today? What’s one way someone helped you?

What are some of the ways you can tell if a person loves God and is trying to follow Jesus?

How can people tell from your actions that you love God?

Conversation Starters

What have you done lately to encourage someone?

How has someone encouraged you recently?

What’s most helpful to you when you feel discouraged?

How do you feel about the new school year so far? What’s the best thing about it? What’s one thing you wish were different about it?

Conversation Starters

Besides our family, what’s your favorite group you belong to? Why do you like being part of that group?

What helps people in a group work together well? What makes it hard sometimes?

When you have something to do, do you like to work alone or with other people? Why?

What has been your favorite thing about this summer so far?

Conversation Starters

When do you feel happiest?

When was the last time you did something that made someone else feel really happy?

What do you love about summer? What do you not like so much?

If you could spend a whole day doing exactly what you wanted, what would you do?

What do you think makes a person truly happy for more than just a little while?

Dinner Conversation Starters

What part of the world would you most like to visit?

What’s your favorite animal? Why?

What does our family do to help protect God’s creation? Are there other things we want to do?

What’s your favorite place in God’s creation? What do you love about it?

What are you most looking forward to this summer?

Who are the people you know will always be there for you, no matter what?

How do you know those people will be there for you?

What are the things we do as a family that bring us together?

Are there things that sometimes keep us from spending as much time together as we would like? What could we do about that?

What’s your favorite memory of a family time together?