Coming to our UUP congregation in 2027: Small Group Ministry. Small-group ministries are designed to strengthen connections, foster deeper relationships and provide opportunities for greater intimacy. We hope to start as many as 6 groupings. Each group will have 8-10 participants, be lay-led by trained co-facilitators and meet once or twice a month, depending on the needs of the group. Some of the groups may meet in someone’s home. Some might meet at church; some might be online.

For each meeting, there will be a topic to consider, about which we can share from our personal experience. We will practice listening deeply to each other without offering advice or helping to solve a problem. This will provide us with the wonderful opportunity to “hear ourselves into deeper speech” and to explore how we feel about some of the larger questions that arise from this wild ride we call life. More information will be forthcoming.  – Kate Hudson