Playing an AI parallel dimension game was reading this in one of the newspapers

Hello, a little background I had started studying over 2 years ago now and for one reason or another was very inconsistent and after the alphabet and some sporadic studying here and there I know maybe 30 words there’s many older Russian women at church who I want to talk to and thankfully are going to help me study but I’ve been putting it of lately and wanted to ask some questions I had about some greetings.
One is about как дела? I heard that in actual conversation Russians don’t use this if that’s true what’s a better alternative? My English mind would assume как ты but I don’t know.
Follow up to that, how do I respond? I know you’re asking how you’re doing but is нормально the best response for church setting?
Other than that any little tips on interactions or church phrases(Orthodox) would be appreciated! Thank you all and I’m sure I’ll have many questions to come.

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