Week 1 Checklist

Preparing for the week 1 meeting

1- Watch the training videos hosted by Mishael featuring the 12 Stone Church Widow Strong group (4 minutes), and the 8 Steps Overview (3 minutes).

2- Preview the Welcome video that will be used in this week’s introductory session using this link. It’s the one on the top left row.

3- Read “How to Use This Study Guide”, pages xi-xiii, in your facilitator’s guide workbook.

4- Read the Preface and Introduction, pages 15-18, in the facilitator’s guide workbook.

(In the weeks to come, you will have the option to print out an answer key for the week to have handy while you lead. There is no answer key for the first session, as the questions are open ended and will allow the participants to share as they are comfortable.)

That’s it! You’re ready!

Leading the week 1 meeting

Consult your facilitator’s guide, Preface and Introduction, pages 15-18. You and God have got this!

Leave 5 minutes for the ladies to complete the two steps below on their phones.

Encourage the group members to share their contact information and complete the survey before leaving the meeting.

We’d love for you to stay connected with our tribe! We have an awesome Widow Strong website (and mobile app, too!) that we use to help us care for one another. Will you please go to widowstrong.com and click on the “connect” link in the menu? Once there, click on the “click here” button to share your contact information so we can stay well connected!

Also, on the same webpage, there is a second “click here” button. Please take a few moments to complete the “Widow Strong Survey”. You will retake the survey at the end of the 10 week session to see how you have healed and grown!

Following up on the week 1 meeting

1- Send an email no later than two days after the meeting.

Hi wonderful women of valor,

I’m so excited to get to know you better after our last meeting! I hope this is becoming a great place of safety, hope and healing for you! Don’t forget to be reading through our assigned portions, and begin the daily journaling process. This week’s reading is Empower Your Ground Zero, pages 31-86, in the main book, and pages 21-30 in the study guide and journal. I look forward to our conversations next time!

If you haven’t already, please create an online profile in our community database to help us stay well connected! Please go to WidowStrong.com and click on the “connect” button at the top of the page.

Also, please complete the survey I mentioned so you can track your growth and recovery as you participate in the group. The link is on the same “connect” page.

I invite you to take a few moments and look at the video trailer for next week’s topic, Empowering Your Ground Zero.

See you next (time and place)!

2- Pray for your participants often, by name.