The Awakening Spirit Team is delighted to announce that we will offer the small group experience to members and friends again this year! This year reflection groups will utilize a Soul Matters curriculum used by many UU congregations to support spiritual deepening among members and friends of their congregations. The curriculum is prepared by professional religious educators who work with UU’s across the country to select readings, videos, songs, and spiritual practices that participants can chose from to engage deeply with a different topic each month. During group meetings participants share their experiences, listen deeply, and discern how others’ experiences resonate with their own.

Small groups are most fundamentally a means of offering sacred space to each other through the practice of deep listening. This sacred “gift-giving” is at the center of Soul Matters Reflection Groups. The Soul Matters process differs from other small group models in that it helps participants experience the topics, not just talk about them.

The groups meet twice monthly Oct-Dec to explore the topics of Compassion, Gratitude and Hope. Another set of sessions will be offered Feb/Mar through May/June 2026.To learn more about the program and to fill out an on-line application, please click on the link below. The deadline for applications is 5:00 pm Sunday September 14.

We hope you will consider joining a Soul Matters Reflection Group!

More information and registration link can be found here