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to resources on other sites. The UU SGM Network maintains this page as
a clearinghouse for Small Group Ministry resources. There are many resources
lurking on the hard drives of lay and professional leaders across our
association! Support our growing small group ministry movement - share
your resources.
The
SGM Quarterly
First published in June 2004, the SGM
Quarterly is our seasonal journal. Edited
by M'ellen Kennedy, the Quarterly is posted
online and mailed to our members four
times per year. Covenant
Group News
First published November 1998 by the Rev.
Bob Hill, CGNews is our free e-newsletter.
Edited by Peter Bowden. CGNews is updated
on an ongoing basis online and sent as
an email ~ monthly.
This
website
Home of the UU Small Group Ministry Network
and clearning house for small group ministry
and covenant group resources within the
Unitarian Universalist Association.
Resources
for Sale:
Resources for sale including our new SGM
for Youth resource, Gail's book, the Augusta,
ME books and The Complete Guide to Small
Group Ministry. For these resources see
our RESOURCES
FOR SALE page. Note we are trying
to make it easier to tell which resources
are free, which you buy, and those which
come with membership in our network.
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Lists and Discussion Groups
Covenant Group News (CGNews) A monthly electronic newsletter about a new/old
way of organizing your church read by over one
thousand of forward-looking Unitarian Universalists.
Bob Hill's famous CGNews is now distributed through
the UU SGM Network.
This section lists resources by author.
The majority of resources available online have
been produced by a fairly small number of people.
The people below are by no means the only experts
-- we welcome your submissions!
Peter
Freedman Bowden Peter launched this site in 2001 following a
workshop with the Rev. Calvin Dame and Rev. Helen
Zidowecki. In 2004 Peter, Calvin and the Rev. Mellen
Kennedy launched the UU Small Group Ministry Network
as a grassroots UU organization. For more resources
from Peter visit his website, UU
PLANET Ministry & Media. Below are a selection
of resources.
An
Interview with the Rev. Glenn Turner In the Fall of
2007 Peter Bowden interviewed the Rev. Glenn
Turner, one of the pioneers of our Unitarian
Universalist small group ministry movement.
This interview was conducted by phone and
is now available online in streaming audio.
Listen to excerpt below. Listen
to streaming audio. Purchase audio
CD.
Getting
Started: Tips for those just getting
started with Small Group Minisry.
Covenant
Group News
A free e-newsletter on small group ministry
and covenant groups. Created and formerly
edited by Rev. Bob Hill, CGNews was edited
by Peter Bowden through 2007. It is now
published by the board of the UUSGM Network.
Lifespan
SGM
There is a huge buzz
right now regarding
how to retain born
and raised UU's (and
grow our faith). Adult
small group leaders,
ministers, DRE's,
youth and advisors
-- please look at
this article and share
it.
Group
Growth & Reasonable
Spans of Care
A small group systems
capacity to accomplish
ministry and its ability
to grow new groups
is very much determined
by how we share ministry
within the small group
system. The concept
of "Span of Care"
addresses these issues.
Never heard of span
of care? Go back to
your Carl
George books.
Service
Projects from A
to Z
Having trouble getting
groups to engage
in service projects?
In this one page
article Peter lists
a wide variety of
service project
ideas and offers
tips on how to intergrate
service into your
small group ministry.
Get
"GroupWise!"
Peter Bowden has
announced he will
be writing be documenting
what he has been
sharing in trainings,
consultations and
guest speaking throug
the UU PLANET e-newsletter
"Groupwise!"
Articles will be
compiled and ultimately
made available in
book form.
"Elements
of Small Group Ministry"
Excerpted with permission
from the book, this
one page resource
lists the essential
elements of small
group ministry.
Bob
Hill has moved to
Australia. You can
keep up to date with
Bob's life down under
and his observations
of the world from
afar by visiting his
new blog, the
Far Far Southwest.
The
Power of Covenant Groups...AUDIO
Linked 10/2004
Though this is an older resource,
it is new to this site. At the UUA's
Continental Conference on Urban Ministries
Mellen Kennedy, one of our Network
Coordinators, and Connie Grant presented
a workshop covering the basics of
covenant groups and their application
with urban ministry. Click, listen
and enjoy!
Mellen
is a regular contributor to the SGM
Quarterly, our member journal.
See
Helen's
Small Group Ministry
page on her website.
Looks at Small Group
Ministry and Lifespan
Faith Development.
Includes SGM sessions
and information on
SGM with Youth.
Helen
is a regular contributor to the SGM Quarterly,
our member journal.
The
UU Small Group Ministry Network Our network maintains this fabulous website
for the benefit of our movement and UU's like
you. In addition to this site we produce covenant
group news, our free e-newsletter, the
SGM Quarterly, our member journal now in
its second year of publication, and help develop
training events around
the country.
Below
are some additional miscellaneous resources
from our network.
Evaluating
your Small Group Ministry
May of 2006 we asked CGNews readers how they
evaluated their ministry/programs. We've compiled
the responses including over a dozen documents.
Feel free to send in additional evaluation
ideas/tools.
Group
Covenants
Samples of group covenants for UU small group
ministries and covenant groups. We invite
you to send us your covenant to add to this
list.
Small Group Ministry Logos
A collection of program logos to inspire
your creativity.
Big
Questions
Article
on Covenant Groups at the Unitarian
Universalist Church of Arlington, Virginia.
Michael McGee shares how Covenant Groups
are integrated with sermons, RE and
more.
Enrichment
Workshops Article on enrichment programs at
the Birmingham Unitarian Church in Bloomfield
Hills, Michigan.
Learn about the
SGM Quarterly, our membe journal.
Now in its THIRD year of publication,
all previous issues are available online for
members to access.
Join
our Network! Receive the SGM Quarterly
in the mail four times per year. Other
benefits include good UU karma, the joy
of supporting this GRASS
ROOTS movement,
and more! Details.
Check
out the events calendar
including the trainings we are offering!
The
Unitarian
Unviersalist
Association Small
Group
Ministry,
as
a
way
of
"doing
church"
and
accomplishing
ministry
has
application
in
nearly
every
aspect
of
congregational
life.
For
this
reason
there
is
no
one
department
of
small
.
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