Home  
Main Menu
Home
Who We Are
Join the UU SGM Network!
Renew Membership
CGNews E-Newsletter
Small Group Sessions
Free Online Resources
The SGM Journal
Resources for Sale
Event Announcements
SGM Discussion Group
Consulting Services
Related Websites
Link to our site
Contact Us
Contact Us

UU SGM Network
c/o Treasurer
4303 Swarthmore Rd.
Durham, NC 27707

Email us

c/o Rev. Helen Zidowecki

facebook

Visit our new blog
Small Groups,
Deep Connections


Site copyright 2004-2013
the UU Small Group
Ministry Network
Implementing SGM - SGM Journal - News - Become a member - Print membership form

Welcome!

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 Journal. Online archives of the Journal and CGNews are available to all. Your membership makes our support of small group ministry and covenant groups possible.


News and Web Updates    May 18, 2013

SMALL GROUP MINISTRY INSTITUTE
Murray Grove Murray Grove Retreat and Renewal Center
Lanoka Harbor, NJ 08734 murraygrove@murraygrove.org
Monday, July 22 (3pm) to Friday, July 26, 2013 (11:30am).
Sponsored by the UU Small Group Ministry Network and the Central Eastern Regional Group of the UUA Districts


There may be some confusion about Registration for the Institute.
See the Flier for information, including a sample of the registration information needed. Registration itself is online at https://www.formdesk.com/uuforms/SGMInstitute. It can be completed with credit card, or the completed Registration Form can be printed off and mailed with a check. You can also become a member or renew membership as part of the Institute Registration.

We are sorry about confusion in the Registration process.

The deadline for early registration has been extended to June 30, 2013.

UU SGM Network at
General Assembly <> June 19-23 <> Louisville, Kentucky
VISIT the NETWORK at BOOTH # 419 - Exhibit Hall
Open Wednesday -- Sunday
Revitalize, Strengthen, or Grow your Small Group Ministry

» Purchase resources: facilitation, program management, sessions
» Share SGM/Covenant Group challenges and successes
» Speak with Network board members and SGM program leaders
» Get answers to your SGM/Covenant Group questions
»Discuss the new dimensions of the Network website.

Booth Volunteers Welcome

What is Next for the Network?
Join us Sunday Morning (7-8:30am) for breakfast and Visioning for the Network. Watch for the announcement of the location.

EVENTS

See the Events section for a notation about a congregational workshop in Baton Rouge. We want to hear about conferences and workshops that you have within your congregation and with other congregations. Send information to office@smallgroupministry.net

PUBLICATIONS

We are changing the scheduling of the Network Publications.
The SGM Journal will be published twice a year: Fall/Winter in November and Spring/Summer in April. The name will change to SGM Journal.

The Covenant Group News (CGN) will now be published bi-monthly.

The March / April 2013 Covenant Group News has been emailed and is now online. It contains the following articles, in addition to Network information:

March / April:

  • Letter from the Editor
  • The Impact of Small Group Ministry, Eno River UU Fellowship, NC
  • Facilitator Communication: A Website Example, Rev. Michelle Collins, First Unitarian Church of Wilmington, DE
  • Covenant Circles in Action, Loretta Carmickle, UU Congregation, Amado/Green Valley, AZ

Subscribe now to get your copy as it is sent out. Issues are posted to the website when the subsequent issue is sent.


The Fall 2012 / Winter 2013 Journal is now on line. The SGM Journal is sent to Network members electronically or, if requested, via paper copy. The Spring / Summer 2013 edition has been sent, and includes the following articles:

  • Evolving Small Group Ministry: Beyond the Congregation
  • Document Your SGM History For the Future
  • Sticky Groups: Small Groups That Work
  • Celebrating Our Tenth Year of Covenant Groups
  • Inviting People into Small Groups
  • SGM Introductory Sessions at MLUC

SESSION PLANS

Session Plans from Unitarian Society of Germantown, Phila., PA.
Atonement (9.2012)
Belonging (10.2012)
Prayer (11.2012)
Revelation (12.2012)
Mindfulness (1.2013)
God (2.2013)
Courage (3.2013)
Awakening (4.2013)
Creation (5.2013)
Balancing Comfort and Risk: Talking Across Divides/Covenant Group session Chapel Hill, NC (Johnson, Rev. Maj-Britt)

See the Session Plans for more items.



Home | Online Resources | Sessions | CGNews | SGM Quarterly | Join our network!