Try a change of setting: sit outdoors around a picnic table, maybe at a park.

It’s possible even for big groups to meet in a home. After gathering together for singing, divide into different rooms, each with a designated hostess/discussion leader, for tea, Bible study, discussion, and prayer.

Sample questions for an annual group evaluation are available in Women Together 2.

Although some groups keep minutes of their activities, this is too formal for others. Still, it is important to keep track of group experiences, both for historical purposes and as an inspiration to your own members as you recall past events. Try starting a “group diary” of your activities. Make it as fun and unique to your group as possible and take turns recording events, each recorder in her own style. You might also keep a group photo album or scrapbook. At the end of each year, schedule an evening to review and discuss the events of the previous months. This would be a natural time to hold an evaluation of past activities.

—Adapted from material by the Women’s Missionary Society of The Presbyterian Church in Canada


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