Hey Ditch-
I agree with you.. when we had disaffiliations, I was sorta glad to be rid of those girls, terrible as that sounds.. but you know what I mean!
Sisterhood retreat is a GREAT way to get the motivation of your chapter up because it's a lot of fun and you get to talk about how much you love the sisters you have left. Something our chapter (Zeta Tau @ Loyola University Chicago) started just last semester was a prayer list and a thought jar. We have a quasi-e-council chair called Outreach. This sister passes around a peice of paper each week and you can put what you'd like the chpater to keep in mind and/or pray for during that week. THe peice of paper is then made into a tiny little peice of paper that each sister gets a copy of and can carry around with her that week. So if a sister's mom is very sick... or something is going on w/one of us, we can let each other know.
THe second, and one of my faves is the thought jar. We bought a bunch of glass jars w/lids from the $1 store. We decorate them and each week, we write a different sisters name on it (usually it's for someone who particularly needs it that week). We pass it around during chapter and every sister writes a little encouraging note to her. It's SO wonderful to get this jar and to hear all the sweet things your sisters think about you. =) These are just a few ideas... but I hope they help!! Good luck rebuilding and don't worry.. everything will turn out fine!!
Finally, if you haven't already done this.. I suggest getting Central Office to send out Vision fascilitators to train you in the new Vision recruitment program.. it really did wonders for the moral of our chapter!!
LITP,
Renata
ZT Loyola University Chicago
e-mail: dream8098@aol.com
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