Small Group Ministry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Small Group Ministry (SGM) provides a more personalized opportunity to examine the meaning of spirituality in your life and to join others in the search for connection and understanding. Newcomers and long-time members find it to be a good way to get to know a few people better, particularly in a large congregation like ours. Most small groups meet during a fall and a spring semester, lasting approximately four months, with groups meeting at regular intervals throughout each month.  Please Email smallgroup@usnh.org for more information or to get involved.

Small Group Ministry Policy Document

The Small Group Ministry Covenant

Each Small Group will begin the semester by developing a group Covenant, or agreement about how they will share space.  The general covenant is below, and will be either adopted "as is", or shaped to meet the specific needs of each Small Group.  Members and facilitators of each Small Group Ministry will agree to the covenant and will gently call each other back into covenant as needed during SGM meetings and when communicating with each other outside of meetings.

 

Small Group Ministry Covenant

  • I will listen with my heart; I will speak from my heart.
  • If I don’t feel like speaking, I have the right to pass.
  • What is said here stays here; I will respect confidentiality
  • I will not treat this as group therapy, although our time together is therapeutic
  • I will allow others to speak without interruption.
  • I will practice deep listening and will create space for others to speak.
  • I will honor time for quiet reflection
  • I will not give unsolicited advice
  • I will treat others with respect and without judgment
  • I will honor the diversity of thoughts, feelings, and values among us

 

 

 

Spring 2025 Small Group Offerings

Please email smallgroup@usnh.org with questions of for more information.

NEW THIS SEMESTER:

In Times Such as These - Gwen Heuss Severance

2nd Wednesdays, 7-8:30 on Zoom

Poet Sarina Partridge writes sometimes I ask myself how can I sing in times such as these?
How shall we manage the chaos and uncertainty of these times? What shall we do with our anger and our fear?
Can we find hope? Can we find peace? Through a combination of readings, reflection and conversation
we will come together to explore, share and support each other.

Returning Small Groups:

Religious Ethics in Modern Times – Jesse Greist

1st Wednesdays, 7-8:30pm IN PERSON at USNH (Library)

UU Mystics – Sunny McMillan

3rd Tuesdays, 6-7:30pm IN PERSON AT USNH (with option to join online)

Buddhist Cinema – Jack Nork and Gretchen Frazier

2nd and 4th Tuesdays, 7-8:30pm on Zoom

Buddhist Meditation and Practice in the West  - Leigh Powers

1st and 3rd Mondays, from 7-9pm IN PERSON at USNH

Reflective Explorations for Women - Jean Rosenthal

3rd Wednesdays, from 7-8:30PM on Zoom

Transitions and Transformations - Joanie Messner

Various Tuesday afternoons (write for specific days/times)