Shoeless Women's Small Groups
"Walking through life with a good pair of shoes,
is like walking through life with
good friends."
The Shoeless group started
by two friends meeting once a week at a coffee house to discuss a book.
Then we realized that we each knew someone else that wanted to feel
as if they “fit in” with a small group.
In July 2005, those two friends each invited someone, and those
people invited more people and the group met at a coffee house to get to
know each other. As the group few they began meeting at each
other’s houses. One night
someone noticed that all the ladies in the group had their shoes off as
they were hanging out sitting on couches in someone’s home, and that is
how they acquired the group name “Shoeless.”
In January 2006 the women involved in the Shoeless group realized that the group was getting quite large (14 women total) and that branching the group into smaller groups would be a good idea. 4 branches of Shoeless formed with Shoeless Nights Out being the time where all the women can get together and hang out.
Here are some things that
we have done with each other.
- Help
each other move
- Go
to coffee or lunch with each other during the week
- Stress
that things are confidential within the group
- Throw
birthday celebrations and baby showers for each other
- Challenge
each other to find ways to apply what we are studying to our lives
- Went
on a three day retreat at a cabin in
- Help
each other with childcare
- Have
days/nights designated for just FUN
- Be
conscious of new women joining the group and try to give background to
topics discussed at previous meetings so that they feel included
- Try
to be very welcoming to new women that join our group
- Have
a buddy to vent to if you have a bad day
- Send
each other encouraging emails during the week
- Send
e-cards to new members that join our group
- Have
a snack (one sweet and one salty) at each meeting
- Rotate
meeting at each other’s houses
- Take time at meetings to share Praises and Prayer Requests
For more information or questions contact Kami Johnson at [email protected]
