Walpole Unitarian Church - Small Group Ministry

We are convinced that Small Group Ministry offers us a path to better realize our mission as a congregation and a religious community. We have come to understand that Small Group Ministry helps create a vibrant and vital religious community by providing resources in these four areas.

Worship: Worship is central to the life of our congregation. Small Group Ministry is intended not to replace, but to augment and strengthen that shared experience.
Community: Ministry Groups meet the need for connection and intimacy that is both a deep hunger in our society and essential to the ongoing life of a religious community.
Growth and Learning: People come to the church seeking spiritual growth, seeking to know themselves better, to grow into heir understanding of the world and to ponder the age old questions of faith; how to live, what to believe, how to act, what meanings we can decipher from the mystery of life.
Service: A life of faith is a life of service. As human beings, we seek to be of use and a health congregation needs to provide avenues through which we may serve.

What happens at a Small Group Ministry meeting? The Ministry Group meetings are focused by a collection of sessions developed within our congregation and by and with other congregations that have similar programs. Topics include religious histories, spiritual practices, loneliness, fear, poetry, music and healing. Groups may choose their own order, direction and pace.

We currently have two groups led by members of our congregation. They meet once every two or three weeks.