Here is where you can find out all about our Small Group Ministry program, known here as “Chalice Circles”, and learn about developments as they happen.

Chalice Circle Program starts up again in October,
registration in September

Regular signups for the Neighborhood Church Chalice Circle program ended Sunday September 25, but it’s still possible to register for any group that has openings, though it will be inconvenient to do so after a group’s first meeting in October. If you’d like to get in on this exciting program, contact us at chalicecircles@uuneighborhood.org , and we’ll do what we can. This e-mail address is also where you can contact us for any information that you don’t find at this web site.

For those of you new to Neighborhood, Chalice Circles bring groups of 8-12 members and friends of Neighborhood together in a regular spiritual practice. Facilitators encourage participants to share their life stories in response to thought-provoking, UU-oriented themes and to draw insights from them. Circles invite intimacy, allow for serious engagement with religious and spiritual topics, and lead toward expression of our principles and values in action. We feel that being involved in a Chalice Circle fosters a small-church feel for the congregants of our large church and draws us into mutual ministry.

Since missing a Chalice Circle meeting has a significant impact on the group and greatly diminishes a member's small group ministry experience, we strongly encourage participants to choose a meeting time when they have no other commitments and to take into consideration whether or not they want to be in a group that meets once or twice a month. We welcome and encourage you to sign up and become part of this special ministry at Neighborhood Church.

—Clyde Derrick, Grady Goddard, Jonathan Lubin, Hannah Petrie, and Jane Zamanzadeh, members,
Chalice Circle Oversight Committee

Do you have questions about how the Chalice Circle program is organized, or how it works? Read the FAQ page, where all possible questions are answered.

Starting in the Fall of 2003, Jane Zamanzadeh published articles on the work of the Task Force in the Neighborhood News, which you can read if you would like to review them. Or you can download the first six of her postings in a single file in .pdf format.

Thanks to the efforts of Peggy Painton and Bob Holmes, we have a collection of Library Materials to be kept in Neighborhood House, and from which you may download selections. These downloadables are listed on a separate page.

For information that you don’t find here, you may contact the Chalice Circle Over­sight Committee. For questions about scheduling, contact Jonathan Lubin.
All of us may be reached through the SGM e-mail address
chalicecircles@uuneighborhood.org

If you would like to have your name on the list of people interested in the Chalice Circle Program, contact us at
chalicecircles@uuneighborhood.org