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Everything you need to host a
Kitchen Table Tea group

Most studies for widows teach about grief. This one lets the widows of Scripture speak.

Fourteen women (Tamar, Naomi, Ruth, Anna, Mary and the ones the Bible never named) pull up a chair and tell their own stories, in their own voices, to the women around your table. Each one names the moment she turned, and what rose from it.

Everyone goes through. Not everyone turns. Your group will watch for the Turn in every story, and gently, in their own lives.

You don’t need to be an expert, or to have finished grieving. The guide gives you questions for every visit, a 90-minute gathering flow, and plans for 16, 8 or 6 weeks. It also covers what most curricula leave out: how to keep the table safe when grief runs deep, what to say and what not to say, and when a sister needs more help than a group can give.

Written by a widow who co-leads a widows’ group herself.

The kettle’s on. Download the facilitator manual and the session pack for your schedule, and set the table.

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12-PAGE FACILITATOR MANUAL

What's inside the FREE
Core Guide

Twelve Pages to prepare you for the table.

A welcome to the leader,

from one who has sat at this table.

Our Table:

a page for each sister’s name, contact and the dates that are hardest for her.

What this study is,

and isn’t.

Hosting the table:

setting, group size, timing and welcoming a first-time sister.

Caring for your sisters:

table promises, words that wound and words that help, and when to point a sister toward more help.

Determine your flow

Choosing your schedule, and how each gathering flows in 90 minutes.

Wrap Up

Closing the series well, plus an announcement script and prayers.

SESSION PACKS

Your FREE Session
Packs Included

Choose the pack for your schedule. Each includes the Our Table page and a notes page facing every session, with space for sisters to check on this week.

34 Pages

16-Week Extended Leadership Schedule Guide Cover

16-Week Schedule

ONE SISTER PER WEEK

EACH WEEK

  • The reading

  • Her Turn and Rise

  • Three questions about her story

  • The book’s own Turn question

  • A leader’s note on what may come up

18 Pages

8-Week Mid-Length Leadership Schedule Guide Cover

8-Week Schedule

TWO SISTERS PER WEEK

EACH WEEK

  • A thread connecting the two sisters

  • Questions for each sister

  • A bridge question where their stories meet

14 Pages

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6-Week Schedule

SISTERS GROUPED BY WHAT THEY SHARE

EACH WEEK

  • Two or three sisters around one theme, such as complicated grief or ‘when there isn’t enough’

  • A guide to holding several stories in one evening

All 3 Schedule Packs (66 Total Pages) are 100% free, ready to print, and instantly accessible upon registration below.

You only need the Core Guide and the pack for your schedule. Print double-sided so each notes page faces its session.

WHY IT WORKS

Built for a widow's table

  • The sisters speak for themselves. Fourteen widows of Scripture tell their own stories, so your group listens rather than gets lectured.

  • Every visit watches for the Turn, the moment direction changes while the weight is still there.

  • Care is built in. Guidance most curricula skip: keeping the table safe, what to say and what not to say, and when to point a sister toward more help.

  • Made for the leader’s real night, with notes pages beside every session and an Our Table page for the dates that matter.

  • Written by a widow who co-leads a widows’ group herself.

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14 Pages 6-Week Session Pack
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FROM MY HEART TO YOUR TABLE

A Note From The Author

When my husband, Co, died, I learned how much a widow needs a seat at someone’s table, with people who won’t rush her or try to fix her.

A few months in, I made a decision: his death would not be in vain. Then I heard God say three words I haven’t stopped obeying: Help my daughters.

This study is part of my answer. I wrote it from a widow’s chair, and I co-lead a widows’ group myself. I’ve watched what happens when widows gather around these women’s stories. Women who haven’t spoken about their loss in years find words. Women who thought they were the only ones discover they never were.

You don’t have to lead perfectly. Set the table, open the book and let the sisters talk. God has always seen the widow. Your table is one more way she’ll know it.

With you at the table,
— Dr. Alette Stevens

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