Session Resources
The resource links below are divided into three sections:
- Content Sources - links that you may find useful in creating a new session or customizing an existing one, including poems, quotations, magazine articles, audio files/podcasts, and sermons. Also see our Create a Session page for downloadable templates and advice on how to structure the session.
- Other UU Small Group Ministry Session Sites- links to selected Unitarian Universalist websites with a number of ready-to-use sessions.
- Other Small Group Ministry Resources - links to websites, articles, and books about Small Group Ministry within the Unitarian Universalist movement.
Content Sources
Quote, Poem, and Reading Links
Unitarian Universalist Sites
Great sources for opening and closing readings, with many focused on lighting and extinguishing the chalice.
Quote and Poetry Sites
- PoemHunter.com
- Inspirational Poetry
- Spiritual Quotes and Quotations
- Poetry Chaikhana: Sacred Poetry from Around the World
- Bartleby.com , Bartelby Quotations
- Beliefnet.com Prayers Library (also includes quotes, inspirations, etc.)
- Quoteland.com
- QuoteGarden.com
- ThinkExist.com (requires registration)
- QuoteWorld.org
- BrainyQuote.com
Media Sites
- UU World Magazine
- The Journal of Liberal Religion
- Electronic Archives of Liberal Religion
- Harvard Square Library: American Unitarians
- Beacon Press Discussion Guides for UU Communities
- FaithfulAmerica.org website, Resources and Links.
- Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett website and Podcast, American Public Media
- Bill Moyers’ Faith and Reason website and Podcast, PBS
- Human Media.org website and Podcast
- Interfaith Voices Radio website and Podcast
- Spirituality and Practice: Resources for Spiritual Journeys
- FaithStreams Network.com
- Practicing Our [Christian] Faith
Blogs
- Best of UU: The Good News of Unitarian Universalism
- Wellspring: Inspiration and Guidance for a Spiritual Journey
- UUpdates (UU News/Blog Aggregator)
Book List
- Singing the Living Tradition Hymnal (Unitarian Universalist Association, 2000).
- Spiritual Literacy: Reading the Sacred in Everyday Life by Frederic and Mary Ann Russet. (Simon & Schuster, 1996)
- Selections from Unitarian Universalist Meditation Manuals series:
Day of Promise: Collected Meditations, Volume 1 by Kathleen Montgomery, ed. (Skinner House Books, 2001)
What We Share: Collected Meditations, Volume 2 by Patricia Frevert, ed. (Skinner House Books, 2001)
All the Gifts of Life: Collected Meditations, Volume 3 by Patricia Frevert, ed. (Skinner House Books, 2002)
Listening for Our Song: Collected Meditations, Volume 4 by Margaret L. Beard, ed. (Skinner House Books, 2002)
Singing In the Night: Collected Meditations, Volume 5 (Skinner House Books, 2004) - One Heart: Universal Wisdom from the World's Scriptures by Bonnie Louise Kuchler, ed. (Marlowe & Company, 2004)
- One River, Many Wells: Wisdom Springing from Global Faiths by Matthew Fox (Tarcher, 2004)
- God in All Worlds: An Anthology of Contemporary Spiritual Writing by Lucinda Vardey, ed. (Vintage Books, 1996)
- For Praying out Loud by L. Annie Foerster (Skinner House Books, 2003)
- Everyday Spiritual Practice: Simple Pathways for Enriching Your Life by Scott W. Alexander, ed. (Skinner House Books, 1999)
Sermon Links
Other Small Group Ministry Session Sites
- First Unitarian Society in Newton
- San Jose Unitarian Church Small Group Ministry
- Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Covenant Group Modules
- Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto Covenant Group Topics
- UU Small Group Ministry Network Sessions
Other Small Group Resources
Link Directories
Articles on SGM
- The SGM Quarterly Links to current articles and archives of this journal by the UU Small Group Ministry Network
- "Healing community: Small group ministry creates a sacred time where the stories of our lives are heard" by Thandeka, UU World (January/February 2005)
- "The joys and challenges of covenant groups" by Donald E. Skinner, UU World (Winter 2005)
Books on Small Group Ministry
- The Complete Guide to Small Group Ministry: Saving the World Ten at a Time by Robert L. Hill (Skinner House Books, 2003)
Service Project Ideas
- "Service Project Ideas" (pdf) from Small Group Ministry.net