Chalice Groups
Deep Thinking, Deep Listening
Chalice Groups provide a way for members, friends, and newcomers to join together to reflect on significant life topics. This is a great place to get to know others and yourself. It’s a place to build deep connections with one another, our congregation, and the sacred.
Sessions are led by trained Facilitators who are members or friends of our congregation. Facilitators meet with Rev. Beth Miller and Suzie Brucklacher monthly for ongoing training and support. Each group develops their own covenant and chooses topics together. Each participant has the opportunity to share their perspectives, tell their stories, and listen deeply.
[Click here for samples of SESSION TOPICS.]
Group members are asked to commit to eight sessions, usually held every two weeks. Each session begins and ends with readings, quiet time for reflection, and sharing on the topic. At the end of each cycle of sessions, you have an opportunity to decide whether to continue for another cycle, and members may be brought into the group at this time.
As long as our campus remains closed due to the pandemic, all meetings are held via Zoom. Many of our current Chalice members prefer this as it helps them focus more profoundly on the speaker and not be distracted by other stimuli in the room. One-on-one Zoom instruction is available to any Chalice member who asks.
Use the form below to contact Suzie Brucklacher for information about new groups forming, or groups that are receiving new members.
Sessions are led by trained Facilitators who are members or friends of our congregation. Facilitators meet with Rev. Beth Miller and Suzie Brucklacher monthly for ongoing training and support. Each group develops their own covenant and chooses topics together. Each participant has the opportunity to share their perspectives, tell their stories, and listen deeply.
[Click here for samples of SESSION TOPICS.]
Group members are asked to commit to eight sessions, usually held every two weeks. Each session begins and ends with readings, quiet time for reflection, and sharing on the topic. At the end of each cycle of sessions, you have an opportunity to decide whether to continue for another cycle, and members may be brought into the group at this time.
As long as our campus remains closed due to the pandemic, all meetings are held via Zoom. Many of our current Chalice members prefer this as it helps them focus more profoundly on the speaker and not be distracted by other stimuli in the room. One-on-one Zoom instruction is available to any Chalice member who asks.
Use the form below to contact Suzie Brucklacher for information about new groups forming, or groups that are receiving new members.
“People come into our communities looking for a place to belong (intimacy) and a place to seek meaning (ultimacy) about living and dying, and the spaces between.” |
Here at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota, we offer members and newcomers to this community an opportunity to participate in Chalice Groups as a way to deepen both belonging and meaning.