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UU's across the country are hungry for the following:
session
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forms
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coaching
topics/plans
you
name it!
If
your congregation has produced any of these resource, please check
with your leadership to see if it is okay to pass it along to us.
This
page contains a list of resources posted on this site, as well as links
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. Check the Resource Directory
The
SGM Journal
First published in June 2004, the SGM
Journal is our seasonal journal. Edited
by Beth Tiewater, the Journal 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 Diana Dorroh. 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.
Email 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.
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.
Get
"GroupWise!"
Peter Bowden has announced he will be documenting what he has been sharing in trainings,
consultations and guest speaking through the UU PLANET e-newsletter "Groupwise!
" Articles will be compiled and ultimately made available in book form.
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 group ministry at the UUA. Instead, you can find small group
ministry and covenant group resources being developed by a wide range of UUA offices and
departments.
Congregations
Selection of UU church websites with SGM pages. Seeing what other churches are
doing is a great way to get oriented to small group ministry. Check out some of these
sites. If you find another good one, send it to us.
Canadian Unitarian Council
Visit the website for Small Group Ministry support for Congregations in Canada.
LINKS
Our links page contains listings of othe websites you may find of interest. Most are Christian, Interfaith or Secular sites.
ONLINE RESOURCE DIRECTORY
This Online Resource Directory includes articles and other publications on this site and links to similar material on additional sites. For example, the articles in the SGM Journal and Covenant Group News are on site and are included in the Directory. Items can be searched by title, author, source and topic.
Directory Legend
Title: The title of the article, without "the" or "a/an".
Author: The writer of the material, frequently followed by the location of the writer at the time the article was written.
Source: The original location of the material and, where appropriate, followed by date, such as:
CGN = Covenant Group News, year followed by month
CCV = Center for Community Values
Q or J = UU Small Group Ministry Quarterly, or now Journal, year followed by Wi (Winter), Sp (Spring), Su (Summer), and Fa (Fall)
UUA = Unitarian Universalist Association, usually followed by 'web' indicating links to that website.
Web = If there is no other notation, this refers to this web site.
Bk and date = item is in a book published by the UU SGM Network. For example, bk2008 is Unitarian Universalist Small Group Ministry that was published in June 2008.
Topic: A general description of the content or specific group/purpose of the item. These are somewhat arbitrary. While some items may fit several categories, only one category is given per item. Following are definitions of the Topics in the Directory.
Congregation = specific congregational characteristics, such as size, lay-led, electronic. (Impact of SGM on congregations is under Overview.) Evaluation = Process, suggested tools for assessing and evaluating all phases of SGM Facilitation = See Leadership Groups = All facets of group development Leadership = Coordinators, Group Leaders, Facilitators Lifespan = All ages, mixed ages within congregations Ministers = Role of ministers Ministry = Shared ministry, the process of ministry Other = Settings in which SGM is used, usually outside of the congregation Oversight = Management of SGM, except as delineated elsewhere (example: Evaluation) Overview = How SGM changes congregations, role of SGM in congregations Programming = Starting, restarting, revitalizing SGM Service = Continuum of opportunities, from congregational to social justice Sessions = Format, process and session plans SGM = General information about the concept of Small Group Ministry or Covenant Groups, including historical information SGMN = Specific item about the UU Small Group Ministry Network Situations = Events that have elicited specific session plans Visibility =Publicizing SGM
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