Find all the resources and materials for the Spiritual Leadership for Culture Change gatherings below. This community is open to all—religious professionals and laity. You are welcome to join at any time by using our sign-up form. Those who join will receive invitations to future gatherings. Please review the "Community Expectations and Covenanting Practice" before joining.

Gathering 5 - November theme: Transforming Culture by Centering in Gifts

The November gatherings will allow participants to learn from the folks from Groton and from each other; to share concerns, stories and questions as well as explore opportunities for collaboration.

• Pre-work: Preparation for Gathering (Google Doc.)
• Post-gathering materials:

Gathering 4 - September theme: Being in Right Relationship With Change

The September gatherings will allow participants to learn from the folks from Groton and from each other; to share concerns, stories and questions as well as explore opportunities for collaboration.

• Pre-work: Preparation for Gathering (Google Doc.)
• Post-gathering materials:
  • Chat - this lets you see who attended both sessions, their congregations, their roles, what sparked them and what step they are considering to take next

Gathering 3 - May 2022 Theme: Reactivity to Resilience: Inner Work in Congregations

Participants explored how the inner work of shifting our orientation from reactivity to activation could initiate or support culture change in congregations.

• Pre-work: Preparation for Gathering 3 (Google Doc)
• Post-gathering materials:
  • Chat and notes - this lets you see who attended both sessions, their congregations, their roles, what sparked them and what step they intend to take next
  • 3-minute YouTube video on from “reactivity” to activation:

• • From Reactivity to Resilience: Doing Our Inner Work in Congregations led by Julica Hermann de la Fuente, Rev. Erica Baron, and Meck Groot. March 5 Part I webinar recording (YouTube, 2hr video), Part II March 26 webinar recording (YouTube, 1hr 54min video), workbook (9 page PDF)
  • Community Resiliency Model Workshops from the Trauma Resource Institute.

Gathering 2 - March 2022 Theme: Responding to Racism through the Practices of Spiritual Leadership

Participants learned of the Follen Responds to Racism team's experience of engaging the practices of Spiritual Leadership in their anti-racism work. We considered how the practices interrupt racism/white supremacy culture and how they can help shift culture within or beyond our congregations.

• Pre-work:Preparation for Gathering 2 (Google Doc)
• Post-gathering materials:(No post event materials available for this gathering)

Gathering 1 - January 2022 Theme: Why culture change? Why practices of Spiritual Leadership? Why a community of practice?

In this inaugural gathering we explored our call to culture change as UUs and how we see practices of Spiritual Leadership enabling such change. We established our initial expectations for the community of practice and shared visions for desired culture changes toward which you want to apply practices of Spiritual Leadership.

• Pre-work:Preparation for Gathering 1 (Google Doc)
• Post-gathering materials:January 2022 gathering slide (PDF, 14 pages)

New to the Community of Practice? Need an overview of Practices of Spiritual Leadership? Find links at the bottom of the Spiritual Leadership For Culture Change page to learn more.