Session Plans
The UUCC Session Plans have been developed over the years by the minister, by individuals within the congregation, and by a Topics Committee.
The listing of UUCC Small Group Ministry Session Plans is designed so that you can select by clicking on Title or Topic. Session Plans that do not have a Topic listed are general. We may add other Topics and the directory continues to build.
Session plans have been published by UUCC, are found on the UU Small Group Ministry Network website (www.smallgroupministry.net) , and are available in various publications.
Special Sessions for UUA Article II and Eighth Principle: Changing Toward the Future
| Title | Topic | Credit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asking and Being Asked for Help (Download) | Helping | Thurs. AM SGM | 2023 |
| International Women's Day March 8 (Download) | Witness | Rachel K. Small, Wed. SGM | 2022 |
| The Business of Goodbye (Download) | Leaving | Rev. Carie Johnsen | 2021 |
| Covenanting in a New Reality: We Were, We Are, We Can Be (Download) | Covenanting | SGM Network, Zidowecki | 2021 |
| It's A Matter of Time (Download) | Covid 19 | 2020 | |
| What Does the Future Hold? (Download) | Covic 19 | Doug Rooks | 2020 |
| Toward A New Reality (Download) | Covid 19 | Rev. Helen Zidowecki | 2020 |
| Covenant (2sessions: Personal, Group) (Download) | Rev. Carie Johnsen | 2020 | |
| Loose Ends (Download) | Personal | Rev. Helen Zidowecki | 2020 |
| Gratitude (Download) | Gratitide | 2020 | |
| Loose Ends (Download) | Life | 2020 | |
| Dark and Light Together (Download) | Winter Solstice | 2020 | |
| Lifespan Faith Formation (Download) | Lifespan Faith Formation | 2020 | |
| Living the Grace of Love (4 sessions) (Download) | Rev. Carie Johnsen | 2019 | |
| Attention (Download) | SMP | use with SMP 11/2019 | 2019 |
| Small Groups/Deep Connections (Download) | Groups | 2019 | |
| Living and Dying (Download) | Life Passages | Helen Wing | 2018 |
| Across Generations (Download) | Life experience | 2018 | |
| Meaning in Music (Download) | Art | 2018 | |
| Winter Images (Download) | Seasonal | 2018 | |
| Pets and Other Ceatures (Download) | 2018 | ||
| Creative Expressions of Truth and Meaning (Download) | Belief | 2018 | |
| All Are Called. 2 sessions.Intimacy, Ultimacy (Download) | UUism, GA focus | Re. Helen Zidowecki | 2018 |
| UUs Around The World (Download) | UU | SGM Service | 2018 |
| Comings and Goings.Dispersement (Download) | Change | 2017 | |
| Let Us Walk Together (Download) | Community | Rev. Helen Zidowecki | 2017 |
| SGM For Times Such as These (Download) | SGM | Rev. Helen Zidowecki | 2017 |
| Art and Spirituality (Download) | Art | Claire Curole | 2016 |
| I Am A Racist (Download) | Witness | Rev. Carie Johnsen | 2016 |
| Waking Up White (Download) | Witness | Rev. Carie Johnsen | 2016 |
| Healing (Download) | Life | Eugene, OR | 2016 |
| Flower Communion (Download) | Celebrations | Rev. Helen Zidowecki | 2016 |
| Flowers In Our Lives (Download) | Rev. Helen Zidowecki | 2016 | |
| Resistance (Download) | Witness | Rev. Helen Zidowecki | 2016 |
| Dance (Download) | Arts | 2016 | |
| Relevance (Download) | Congregation | 2016 | |
| Stories As Shared Ministry (Download) | Ministry | Rev. Helen Zidowecki | 2016 |
| Ancestry of Faith (Download) | Beliefs | Rev. Carie Johnsen | 2015 |
| Ancestry: Personal (Download) | Beliefs | Rev. Carie Johnsen | 2015 |
| Anticipatory Grief: Sessions One and Two (Download) | Life Passage | Rev. Helen Zidowecki | 2015 |
| Letting Go (Download) | Personal | 2015 | |
| Grief and Loss (Download) | Life Passage | Claire Curole | 2015 |
| Grief Remembrance and Acceptance (Download) | Life Passage | 2015 | |
| Expectations (Download) | Life | 2015 | |
| Play and Laughter (Download) | Exploration | Janet Sawyer | 2015 |
| Starting in the Middle (Download) | Transformation | Claire Curole | 2015 |
| Turning (Download) | Life Passage | 2015 | |
| A People of Faith (Download) | People of Faith | (c) Unitarian Universalist Community Church, Augusta, ME 2014 | 2014 |
| Create Your Tree (Download) | Beginnings | 2014 | |
| Filling Your Life Jar (Download) | 2014 | ||
| Classism (Download) | Witness | Rev. Carie Johnsen | 2014 |
| Visuals Through Our Ages (Download) | Life Passages | 2014 | |
| Blessing-of-the-Animals-Final.doc (Download) | Celebrations | 2013 | |
| Chalice of Our Spiritual Journey (Download) | UU Sources | 2013 | |
| Compassionate Communication: Respect and Compassion (Download) | 2013 | ||
| Composting as Spiritual Practice (Download) | Beliefs | 2013 | |
| Darkness (Download) | Holidays/Celebrations | 2013 | |
| Honoring Our Connection. Expanding Universe (Download) | Honoring Our Connection with the Universe | 2013 | |
| Honoring Our Connection. Soul Matters Packet (Download) | Honoring Our Connection with the Universe | 2013 | |
| Welcoming All Ages: The Multigenerational Congregation (Download) | Congregation | Karen Allen | 2013 |
| Advent Gifts (Download) | Holidays/Celebrations | 2012 | |
| Compassionate Communication: Attitude (Download) | 2012 | ||
| Habits & Rote (Download) | 2012 | ||
| Holy Days of Fall (Download) | Holidays/Celebrations | 2012 | |
| LIving Our Greatness: Radical Inclusion (Download) | Stewardship | 2012 | |
| Prayer (Download) | Beliefs: Prayer | 2012 | |
| Compassionate Communication: Connection (Download) | Communication | 2011 | |
| Covenant (Download) | Small Group | 2011 | |
| Diversity Without Adversity: Politics (Download) | Witness | 2011 | |
| Elders as Models (Download) | Life Passages | 2011 | |
| Retirement (Download) | Life Passages: Elders | 2011 | |
| Earth Day (Download) | Holidays/Celebrations | 2010 | |
| Are You Our New Minister (Download) | Congregational | 2009 | |
| As a Minister Leaves (Download) | Congregational | 2009 | |
| Atheism (Download) | Beliefs | 2009 | |
| Come, Join Us (Download) | Small Group | 2009 | |
| Heterosexism (Download) | Witness | 2009 | |
| Congregational Change (Download) | Congregational | 2008 | |
| Approval (Download) | 2003 | ||
| Bitterness (Download) | 2003 | ||
| Curiosity (Download) | 2003 | ||
| Failure (Download) | 2003 | ||
| Living Faithfully (Download) | Personal | 2003 | |
| Affirmation (Download) | no date | ||
| After a Vote (Download) | Witness | no date | |
| Anger as a Useful Tool (Download) | no date | ||
| Asking for Help (Download) | no date | ||
| Attachment (Download) | no date | ||
| Beauty (Download) | Arts | no date | |
| Being Courageous (Download) | Witness | no date | |
| Belonging (Download) | Congregational | no date | |
| Change (Download) | no date | ||
| Conscience (Download) | no date | ||
| December Holidays (Download) | Holidays/Celebrations | no date | |
| Desire (Download) | no date | ||
| Dreams (Download) | no date | ||
| End of Time (Download) | Beliefs | no date | |
| Ethics (Download) | no date | ||
| Experience of Music (Download) | Arts | no date | |
| Faith Without Certainty (Download) | Unitarian Universalism | no date | |
| Fathers (Download) | Holidays/Celebrations | no date | |
| Friendship (Download) | no date | ||
| Glass Half (Download) | no date | ||
| Honoring-Our-Connection.Earth-Centered.doc (Download) | Relations | no date | |
| Hope.rtf (Download) | no date | ||
| Hospitality-of-Food.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| How-Can-I-Help.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| How-Could-Anyone-Ever-Tell-You.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| How-Do-We-Do-Church.2.09.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Humor-Or-What-Makes-You-Laugh.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Humor-Through-Our-Ages.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Images-of-the-Gooddess.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Imbolc.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| In-Praise-of-Social-Visionaries.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| In-Praise-of-the-Imperfect-Life.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Is-Anything-Sacred-Rev.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| It-Matters-What-We-Believe.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Jesus-Rev-11.09hz.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Life-Purposes-and-Events.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Life-Souvenir.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Living-Faithfully-Web.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Living-Our-Greatness.Building-Prophetic-Church.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Living-Simply-5.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Living-Through-Loss-3.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Living-With-Fear.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Longing-and-Fulfillment-in-Maturity.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Love-Not-Fear-Practices-Here.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Loving-With-Integrity.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Masks.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Mentors.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Mission-Statement.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Mittens-and-Gloves2.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Money-Web.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Mothers.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Moving-From-Doing-To-Being.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Mystery-of-Healing.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Mysticism.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Names-and-Spaces.rev.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Of-Goddesses-and-Gods.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| On-Lying.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Our-Gifts.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Our-Own-Ministries.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Parenting-Adolecents.What-Has-Changed.-Covenant.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Parenting-Adolescents..docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Parenting-Adolescents.Anger.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Parenting-Adolescents.Attitude.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Parenting-Adolescents.Celebrating.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Parenting-Adolescents.Independence.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Parenting-Adolescents.New-Rules.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Parenting-Adolescents.Remembering-Your-Adolescencs.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Parenting-Adolescents.Remembering-Your-Child.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Perfection.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Personal-Myths.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Pets.Companions-for-Life.web.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Pets.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Poetry.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| POWER-OF-MYTH.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Power.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Question-of-God.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Questions-for-a-Welcoming-Congregation.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Racism.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| RADICAL-HOSPITALITY.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Relations-and-Aging.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Retrospective.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Reverence-for-Life.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Rising-to-Life.Easter.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Road-Not-Taken.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Roots.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Sacred-Moments.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Sacred-Space.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Salvation.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Science-and-Religion-85.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Secrets.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Sermon-Discussion.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Service.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Sexuality.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Shared-Pain.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Simply-Put.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Sin-of-Gluttony.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Sin.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Speciesism.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Spirit-of-Heartache-and-Hopelessness.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Spiritual-Goals.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Spiritual-Longing.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Standing-On-the-Side-of-Love-5.2012.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Story-of-Your-Life.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Strengths-of-Our-Heritage.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Stuff-of-our-Lives.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Success.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Summer-Spirituality.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Symbols-of-Our-Faithfinal.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Taking-a-Stand.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Taking-Stock.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Tapestry-for-the-Holidays-Later-Life.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Thanksgiving.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| The-New-Year.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| The-Origin-and-Meaning-of-the-Bible.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Thinking-Mind.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Timelines-Web.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| To-Be-or-Not-To-Be-a-Parent.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| To-Find-Peace.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Unitarian-Universalism-and-Christianity.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Unitarian-Universalist-Principles-and-Parenting.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Unitarian-Universalist-Principles-and-Parenting10.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Unitarian-Universalist-Principles-and-Parenting11.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Unitarian-Universalist-Principles-and-Parenting12.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Unitarian-Universalist-Principles-and-Parenting2.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Unitarian-Universalist-Principles-and-Parenting3.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Unitarian-Universalist-Principles-and-Parenting4.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Unitarian-Universalist-Principles-and-Parenting5.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Unitarian-Universalist-Principles-and-Parenting6.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Unitarian-Universalist-Principles-and-Parenting7.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Unitarian-Universalist-Principles-and-Parenting8.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Unitarian-Universalist-Principles-and-Parenting9.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| UU-SOURCES.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Wabi-Sabi.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Water-of-Life.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| What-Do-UU-Jokes-Say-About-Us.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| What-is-Radical-About-Hospitality.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| What-Makes-a-Ministry-Strong.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| What-We-Love.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| When-Community-Is-Disrupted.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Where-to-Live.1.To-Move-or-Not-to-Move.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Where-We-Live.-2.-Living-Into-the-Decision.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Where-we-live.3.-What-Now.docx (Download) | no date | ||
| Wilderness-and-Wildness.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Wisdom.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Work-Turner.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Worship.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| Wrestling-With-Angels.doc (Download) | no date | ||
| New Beginnings: Aspirations and Obstacles (Download) | Personal | no date | |
| Shaky Skaters (Download) | Personal | no date | |
| Solitude: A Gift for Ourselves (Download) | Personal | no date | |
| Generosity as Spiritual Practice (Download) | Church | no date | |
| Hats We Wear (Download) | Personal | no date | |
| SGM session The Business of Good bye 1 (Download) | no date | ||
| Holding and Supporting Ourselves and Our Groups.Feb.2022 (Download) | no date | ||
| A Question of Balance.Stow (Download) | no date |