How to Start a Women's Circle

For hundreds of years, women have enjoyed the pleasure of meeting in groups of other women for a wide variety of reasons. Consider craft groups, religious study circles and charity groups. If you would like to join a women's circle, you can start a new one yourself, especially if you see an unfulfilled spiritual need.

Instructions

1. Decide what the purpose of the group is. Maybe you want to start a religious book club, a religious general discussion circle or a Bible study group.

2. Find a location for your meetings. You may be able to use a room in a local church or community center. On the other hand, you might be able to hold the meetings in your living room, or rotate using member's homes.

3. Invite some women to be a part of your new circle. Fifteen is a good number of members to make up a circle with a nice variation of personality types. Think of your friends, other women from your church and the mothers of your children's friends.

4. Post an announcement about the new women's circle in a local newspaper or on the bulletin board in churches or other places where women you think might be interested in your group will be.

5. Create the agenda for your first meeting. The first meeting will probably be unorganized, but that's fine. Get to know each other, discuss what you want to accomplish in this circle and make plans for the future. You will probably want to set some guidelines for the group, such as confidentiality, respectfulness and no judgment.

Tips & Warnings

• Have simple refreshments available at group meetings. This will help people relax.