Widening the Welcome

Part of Leadership Training by Congregational Role

By Megan Foley, Sana Saeed, Evin Carvill Ziemer

cartoon of people lying in a circle from widening the welcome

Our mandate as Unitarian Universalists is to build Beloved Community in our congregations, and learning to draw our circles of welcome wider and wider is a growth opportunity for our churches. In this course you’ll have an opportunity to learn how to learn and practice to be ever more inclusive of all who enter your doors. Take it yourself or run it for your whole greeting team or congregation!

This course is designed to follow the outline of the Widening the Welcome Workshops offered by the Central East Region Staff in 2021-22. You can take your entire team through this course by going through each module in order. If you don’t have a team, you can do this course on your own.

Training fee: $15

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