Works best for: with members who’ve built a covenant before, a group of less than 8 people, when you have time for discussion. Start with a blank page and whatever is in the minds of participants. The group goes through four stages of ideating.

Works best for: a group that’s never covenanted before and needs a lot of guidance or a group with a very short amount of time to build a covenant. Add, change and rearrange is the name of the game. The facilitators of the group provide a starting point for the covenanting process.

Parameters: more than 5 people, an open space. 2 players hold hands or connectors to form the amoeba. The amoeba approaches other players and absorbs them by taking their hand/connector. The game ends when all players have been absorbed. There are lots of variations.

Parameters: 1 or more people in person or online. Remind people that the way an unjust society views/values them is not a reflection of their worthiness. Write, doodle and/or daydream your response to questions of belonging and being othered.

Print and post the Coffee Hour Caution flyer in the space you gather after worship! Advice for greeting young adults at church.

Parameters: 1 or more people, in person or online. Access to decision-makers to support changes. How accessible/inclusive is the path to the meeting space?

Takeaways may include: naming preferences and opinions, learning about opposing preferences and opinions from others, exploring differences. Parameters: more than two people, in person or virtually. Review the covenant….

Parameters: more than 2 people, in person and/or virtually. Plan an event together! You group could plan an hour long experience, a half day, an overnighter or a weekend experience. Consider how to make it inclusive, safe, accessible, sustainable and equitable.

Parameters: more than two people, in person. Access to a kitchen and cooking equipment. Depending on the capacity and skill level of your group, decide which tasks you as facilitator will hold and which the group will hold. In the end consider, why is food important in community?

Parameters: more than 2 people in person. It’s possible to do a ropes course with a group of wide ranging abilities and bodies. This is a list of questions to ask before designing or booking an experience.