One promising context for health promotion with older individuals is the continuing small group, meeting on a regular basis for participation in health and wellness activities. As the facilitator of such a group, I have been conducting research using ethnographic and constant comparative methods on the dimensions of group well‐being. Three core themes are described: (a) group as ritual, (b) group as celebration, and (c) group as community. Findings extend my previous report (Ruffing‐Rahal, 1989) of constructs of well‐being among older persons by delineating the small‐group properties of well‐being.