UU Small Group Ministry Network

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Welcome to the UU Small Group Ministry Network. Our network is dedicated to creating healthy congregations and a vital Unitarian Universalist movement by supporting and promoting Small Group Ministry. We invite you to enjoy the resources on this site, subscribe to our Covenant Group News e-newsletter, and join us as a member. Members receive print copies of our journal, the SGM Quarterly. Online archives of the Quarterly and CGNews are available to all. Your membership makes our support of small group ministry and covenant groups possible.

News and Web Updates January 1, 2010

Events: (See Event Announcements for description and details.)

SAVE THE DATE! JOIN THE SMALL GROUP MINISTRY SUMMER INSTITUTE 2010

August 30-September 3, 2010 at Camp deBenneville Pines,
Angelus Oaks, California

Jointly Sponsored by the UU Small Group Ministry Network and Pacific Southwest District

See the Flier and Registration materials

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SESSION PLANS --- the major focus of this update See Small Group Sessions

We are continuing to receive – and find – session plans. This update includes:
* A session from Media, PA
* 20 sessions from Bremerton, WA from older directors but had not been added to the Session Plan Directory.
* Countryside Church UU, Palatine, IL from a collection. Some session plans were added with the last update, and more are added here. Additional items will be added with next update.

PUBLICATIONS
Covenant Group News for December has just gone to subscribers – literally. Contents include:
• Letter from the Editor
• Comments on Facilitator Training from Christine Trigeiro, San Diego, CA
• Comments on the Small Group Ministry from Anne Haynes, Bloomington, IN
• Tips for Facilitators from Linda Griffin, Briarcliff, Croton, Ossining, NY
• Repeat of the Question from David Throop, Houston, TX
• Answers from Dottie Kelly and Diana Dorroh, Baton Rouge, LA

Implementing Unitarian Universalist Small Group Ministry: For Starting, Restarting and Enhancing Small Group Ministry and Covenant Groups, October 2009. This evolving document presents considerations for Small Group Ministry program development, ongoing administration, groups, facilitators, session plans, visibility, with a new section on uses of Small Group Ministry. This volume incorporates information from congregations, the Summer Small Group Ministry Institutes, CGNews and other writings and discussions. October 2009.