Chalice Groups
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Deep Thinking, Deep Listening
Chalice groups provide a way for members, friends and newcomers to join together in a small group (6-10 people) and discuss a topic the group selects. Each person shares her/his thoughts on the topic and the other group members listen, providing the participants the freedom to share and explore their inner thoughts. |
Chalice Groups are a unique opportunity to:
- Explore and experiment with deep personal reflection and listening.
- Build a sense of community among the participants.
- Create a climate of mutual respect and understanding.
- Strengthen the shared experience of being a Unitarian Universalist.
Each group has a trained facilitator:
Members are asked to commit to eight meetings. At the conclusion of the eight gatherings, some members may decide to continue for another round of eight meetings and new members may be brought into the group.
Members are asked to commit to eight meetings. At the conclusion of the eight gatherings, some members may decide to continue for another round of eight meetings and new members may be brought into the group.
Contact Suzie Brucklacher for information about new groups forming, or groups that are receiving new members: chalice@uusarasota.org
Unitarian Universalist minister John Morgan said:
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.
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.