Ideas for Sisterhood Retreat?

[Pearl99]

Hey everyone,

I was looking for some input on possible activities/games for a 6 hour sisterhood retreat in order for pledges to better get to know one another. Any input on how to make this retreat special and meaningful for the girls would be greatly appreciated. Thanks from Tri Delta!

Some sisterhood retreat links are available if you scroll down to the bottom of this page. They may be of some interest to you. A search of sisterhood retreat might bring up some more links as well.

[Ilaria Ame]

is there a ropes course anywhere near you? we did that awhile back ago and it was fantastic. doing it in the morning and then having a time for reflection exercises would work out well if that's the kind of thing you're looking for.

another activity that i really enjoyed and was very touching was a game called cross the line. you make an "invisible" line out of packing tape on the floor and all the pledges (and active sisters, if they're participating) stand on one side of it. one sister stands on the other side with a list of situations and reads them one by one. for example, the script kind of goes like this: "Cross the line if you've ever been abused. (all who it applies to cross the line and turn to face those who haven't crossed) Look at who is in front of you. Look to your left, and to your right. Take a moment to reflect on the connections you've just made. (pause) Step back over the line." Continue like this and watch as connections are made. They don't all have to be sad though. we started out with silly ones like "Cross the line if you like puppies" and progressively got more serious. Usually everyone needs a hug by the end good luck!!!!

[luv n tpa]

Originally Posted by Ilaria Ame

another activity that i really enjoyed and was very touching was a game called cross the line. you make an "invisible" line out of packing tape on the floor and all the pledges (and active sisters, if they're participating) stand on one side of it. one sister stands on the other side with a list of situations and reads them one by one. for example, the script kind of goes like this: "Cross the line if you've ever been abused. (all who it applies to cross the line and turn to face those who haven't crossed) Look at who is in front of you. Look to your left, and to your right. Take a moment to reflect on the connections you've just made. (pause) Step back over the line." Continue like this and watch as connections are made. They don't all have to be sad though. we started out with silly ones like "Cross the line if you like puppies" and progressively got more serious. Usually everyone needs a hug by the end good luck!!!!

We did something very similar to this. It's called "In Her Shoes."

Girls take off one shoe and place it in front of them. Someone reads off a question; they are small and seemingly insignificant at first, and they progressively get deeper. Once a question is read, each sister is given a turn to answer it while everyone else listens. No one should give a reaction whatsoever. Instead, sisters will write notes to each sister and place the note within the intended sister's shoe.

It gets pretty emotional, and you learn so much about people when you thought you knew them so well. And you have the notes forever. The alum who brought it to us said she did it on a retreat with a group of girls she never met before. They walked out feeling like they had known each other for years.

[Ilaria Ame]

Originally Posted by luv n tpa

We did something very similar to this. It's called "In Her Shoes."

Girls take off one shoe and place it in front of them. Someone reads off a question; they are small and seemingly insignificant at first, and they progressively get deeper. Once a question is read, each sister is given a turn to answer it while everyone else listens. No one should give a reaction whatsoever. Instead, sisters will write notes to each sister and place the note within the intended sister's shoe.

It gets pretty emotional, and you learn so much about people when you thought you knew them so well. And you have the notes forever. The alum who brought it to us said she did it on a retreat with a group of girls she never met before. They walked out feeling like they had known each other for years.

ohhh, i love this version! i appreciate the idea being shared; i'm totally using it this year.