The meals bring together four established members and four newer ones to share a meal and get to know each other.

The first comprehensive guide for leading BIPOC affinity groups for challenging white supremacy, healing racial trauma, and taking collective action

Covenant group ministry session plans, with hands-on activities for participants.

SGM provides the key ingredients in a vibrant congregation: UU identity, Spiritual depth at all levels, and a spirit of generosity.

Pastoral Care is a ministry of listening and companioning, either one-on-one, or in groups. Having a good small group ministry program can help take the pressure off the pastoral care team for companionship .

This course is designed to help facilitators of Anti-Racism/Anti-Oppression/Multicultural curricula and groups develop skills to facilitate in a way that decreases harm and promotes transformation.

Adult faith development often happens in peer-facilitated classes, programs, and small group ministry. These facilitator trainings can help get leaders started!

I am tired. Are you tired? I'm tired and cranky and just want all of this craziness to stop.

Facilitators have the important roles of organizing, coordinating, behavior-modeling as well as being a participant in the group.

Most Small Group Ministry sessions have a similar format or pattern, with some variations. Here is an overview of a typical format with explanations.

Even with the most thoughtfully constructed covenant, human beings may need reminders. Here are some tips to keep your small group on track.

“As Unitarian Universalists, we affirm right relationship as a reverential act. This affirmation is our covenantal act together as a non-creedal people. This is our religious history.” – Thandeka About Covenants A covenant is not a rule. It is not an obligation imposed on people by one or more...

Vibrant and vital Small Group Ministry depends on developing and maintaining healthy practices learned from the experiences of dozens of congregations: Clear Mission Faith development is a primary purpose of Small Group Ministry Developing deep listening and communication skills is another import...

Think about the different needs of both the in-person and online participant when meeting in small groups.

Build your experience in having deep conversation in a virtual format utilizing Circle Process. If you are leading any kind of virtual group discussion, this webinar is for you! Presented by Nancy Combs-Morgan and Phil Lund

Moving meaningful small group interactions such as covenant groups or chalice circles, to an online format will require intentionality. Here are some practices to get you started.

This webinar is designed for small congregations that are new to using the Zoom meeting platform for virtual worship and other church activities. Together we go over the basics of Zoom and look through the contents of the "Guide to Streaming Sunday Services, Meetings, and Classes" webpage at...

Recently we have heard people say “we will have to cancel our covenant groups.” Not so! Small groups of all kinds can still meet online. Covenant groups can continue, as can a variety of new congregational online groups – art groups, game groups, story groups. Watch to explore how your...

What spiritual practices are available to help us grow our resilience and point us towards collective liberation? Learn about the four-point Spiral from the Work That Reconnects (WTR).