Building Resilience with Spiritual Grounding and Soul Care

A glass sphere sitting on the forest floor refracts the forest in miniature and upside down.

During troubled times, we are called to be prophetic, but we need to ground ourselves to keep our balance and foster resilience.

This collection has been curated to support the Community Resilience Hub.

Resources for Worship and Vigils

Faith Made Strong: A Centering Worship for Troubled Times

By Rosemary Bray McNatt, Mariela Pérez-Simons, Jules Taylor

From WorshipLab

Originally designed for the Safety Conference Threats from Without, Care from Within, this short worship service recording offers a time of refuge and centering during troubled times. View it alone or as a group.

Faith Made Strong: A Centering Worship for Troubled Times

Words of Resilience for Spiritual Grounding

From WorshipLab

A worship collection calling upon our individual and collective resilience for troubled times.

Resilience Spiritual Grounding

Spiritual Grounding

Spiritual Practices for Challenging Moments

By Elizabeth Nguyen

From Love Resists

In our challenging justice work, we can bring our spiritual and religious wisdom—the words, songs, prayers, and embodied practices—to build resilience.

Spiritual Practices for Challenging Moments

A Call to Faith in Turbulent Times: Small Group Ministry

By Marta I. Valentín

From Faith Curriculum Library

4-session Small Group Ministry: Engage with moral questions that compel many of us to explore what our faith commitments and values require of us.

A Call to Faith in Turbulent Times

UUCSJ Study Guide for Cross-Cultural Engagement

From Faith Curriculum Library

This guide helps illuminate the particular lenses we all wear, based on race, class, ability, gender, culture, place and the many other social identities that impact and define our experiences.

UUCSJ Study Guide for Cross-Cultural Engagement

Pastoral and Other Soul Care

Lay Spiritual Care Training

By UUA Credentialing and Professional Development, Ministries and Faith Development

From LeaderLab

Companioning one another spiritually is one of the most important ministries of a faith community. This two-part training has been created for non-ordained congregational leaders.

Lay Spiritual Care Training

LGBTQ+ Youth Survival Guide: 2024 and Beyond

By Nico Van Ostrand, Ember Kelley , Mylo Way

From RE-sources

LGBTQ+ people are under attack; we need to be prepared to fight for ourselves and each other. Together, we have what we need to survive. Here are some resources for community care and mutual aid.

LGBTQ+ Youth Guide