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Introduction We’ve always known that women are different from men, but we haven’t always created spaces within the Church where women can celebrate our unique thoughts, feelings, biology, and spirituality. This guide is designed for us. Women want what God wants for us: loving, supportive relationships centered on God whose grace is infinitely available. Women derive strength for life’s journey in vibrant ways when we connect with other women. Our small groups will create safe places for sharing the ways God is at work in us right now, in our communities, encompassing our individual histories. We will share our images of God, some of which will be very personal to us. Every small group will be completely different from the next, because each of us is unique. Women hold the keys to so many doors, but which keys open what doors, and which doors should remain locked? The Holy Spirit plants free gifts of wisdom and grace deep within each of 1