Good themes for a women's group?

Post date: 2018-04-22 04:32:35

My UU church has a women's group - each month one attendee volunteers to host. The host provides some food, comes up with the topic or activity for the group, and kind of "leads" on the night. I am hosting next month's meeting and I have no idea what to do...help?

Usually, the theme is something sort of relevant to women / spirituality / personal growth and the host comes up with 2-3 questions or jumping off points, then we go around and share our responses. Occasionally we do an activity (i.e. tarot card reading, annual clothing swap, etc) or a craft, but the craft is usually related to a topic rather than just for crafting's sake (for example, we recently talked about altars and sacred objects and each decorated a box to take home).

I am not good at coming up with this kind of abstract stuff but it's a wonderful supportive group and I would love some ideas that could be fun or get a good discussion going. Some themes we have done in the past year so I don't want to repeat: nurturing / mothering (this sparked a lot of emotional labor discussion), vulnerability, how to handle big transitions, family holiday rituals, resilience against adversity. I'd be up for leading a craft, I'm just not sure how to make it self-contained and make sure everyone can participate (ability levels vary). Sometimes people "teach" a bit based on their own religious beliefs (like we have a Pagan member who has led short rituals) but I'm basically atheist/agnostic so I don't really feel able to do that.

Possibly relevant details: not sure who will be attending in advance but it's usually 5-10 women, age range from early 30's to mid-70's, a mix of family/marital status, sexual orientations and religious backgrounds. A few potential attendees are not able to walk or have chronic pain. Generally it's a safe space and our regular attendees do tend to share some pretty personal stuff, but we are also happy for people to participate as much or as little as they want to (I will make this clear as the host).

Thanks in advance :)

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