Widows Group Meeting Ideas

This page will give you an outline for your widows group meetings as well as enhancements for your time together. We have spent years helping churches begin widows ministries and love sharing what we have learned works well. If you have any questions along your journey to launching a widows ministry, please feel free to contact us.

 

Meeting Outline

 

Promote

  • Social media, senior centers, churches, etc.

Gather supplies

  • Food, decorations, etc.

Have a short program

  • Know what your going to do to keep from chaos.

GreEt them at the door

  • Assign someone to greet each widow at the door.

Be prompt

  • Respect everyone's time.  Start and end on time.

Have a purpose 

  • Know the purpose.  Themed event?  Dinner?  Tea?

NEXT

  • Be prepared for the next meeting.  Location, Date, and Time.

Close in prayer

Meeting Enhancement Ideas

Here is a variety of ideas of things you can do for your meeting.  Pick and choose what you feel will work best for you and your group.  You can always add and change up as you want.

 

Name Tags

  • It helps visitors feel more welcomed when they can see someone’s name.

Widows Information Sheet

  • This will give you all their contact information.  Then at future meetings have any visitors fill one out. CLICK HERE to download a PDF document we have put together for you. It is two per page so you will need to cut them in half.

Decorate tables 

  • Dollar Tree has nice things, including tablecloths and napkins.  You don’t have to go extravagant, just small touches shows that you care.  Try to find someone in your group who enjoys decorating; it gets them involved and gives them opportunity to use their gifting. 

Share a Meal

  • People seem to be more relaxed and open up when eating together.  You can decide what works best for you. Packed lunches, Potluck, or make it easy and meet at a restaurant. 

Short Devotional 

  • Having a time of sharing from God’s Word is biblical, Acts 2, and very effective in building unity.  You may want to share on a topic that everyone would benefit from. 

Introduce everyone

  • This is a great idea to do on a regular basis.  You can change the topics up each week as well.  Topics could include: Their favorite time of the year, Their favorite memory of their husband (include a time limit!), A country they’d love to travel to, or maybe their favorite hobby.

Game Night

  • You can encourage each widow to bring their favorite game to share during your time together. 

Talk time

  • Make sure to include times for the widows to simply talk.  Talking is a huge part of connecting and building relationships with each other.

No Pity Parties Allowed

  • Help keep things upbeat.  Widows are hurting and they do need to share their pain.  Keep it balanced.  Most widows want to get away from their pain and sadness, not join a group to grovel in it.