How can I make friends at a new church?

[cupcakepuppy]

I am very shy and visiting a new church college group tomorrow. I am afraid that I will end up sitting alone with no one to talk to, but I really want to make friends.

What are some easy ways I can quickly make acquaintances?

[Fred!]

I think the best way is to just be open. Often church groups will have someone who is meant to approach new people.

They will be really friendly I'm sure :)
I'm sure there are lots of people just joining, I made loads of friends in the CU when I joined when I went to uni.

Good Luck :)

[ennae]

I find it helps if I have a few generic questions I can ask people to start a conversation. People generally like talking about themselves and things they know about. To do this you do need to 'bite the bullet' and walk up to people and say hello and ask the questions which I know can be very hard sometimes. Good luck!

[Patent Pending]

Hey,

As the others have said, these places are generally very welcoming and most people will be friendly when they see you're new.

I find talking to people about themselves generally breaks the ice quite well.

I hope it goes okay :)

x x x

[JusC]

Think about that everyone is in the same boat. Did u say it's a new group? If not then think about how shy they would be talking to u then u trying to talk to them. You could maybe speak to someone who sits closely near u to talk to them and hopefully introduce u to the rest.

You should start by saying ur name and why ur here. They will talk back. You could then say u want to meet the other people and get to know to them and then they might introduce u to a few people.

Try and relax. Present urself in a good way by feeling confident even if ur not, looking ur best, doing a bit of research about the place to make conversation and be urself and go with the flow. Fine to be nerves but try to relax as it new and it's normal to be like that.

I hope thats ok? x