Covenant GroupsCovenant Groups (also known as Small Group Ministries) are transforming Unitarian Universalist congregations by providing new opportunities for spiritual uplift and connection. Small groups of four to twelve individuals agree to meet on a regular basis, share the happenings in their individual lives, and discuss topics as agreed upon by the group.
"Covenant groups are a transformational practice through which we, with others, can discover our own underlying assumptions about reality and examine our ways of being, some of which have become so habitual that they seem to us just ‘the way things are.’ The practice of Small Group Ministry does ask us to suspend judgment long enough to hear respectfully the understandings of others, even those vastly different from our own.”*
“Covenant groups give us a way of structuring our interactions so that all of us, the quiet ones as well as the verbally quick, may be heard and made to feel a part of the whole. Any viable form of small group organization that produces mutual trust and service to others is a benefit to our faith.”*
“Small Group Ministry asks us not only to attend to the stresses of getting through the day but also to covenant together to do what we can to make a positive difference. "*
Contact Reverend Tom Capo if you are interested in a Covenant Group.
*Hill, Robert L. The Complete Guide to Small Group Ministry – Saving the World Ten At a Time. Boston: Skinner House Books, 2003.
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