Please consider signing up for a small group experience at UUFCC!  Small groups, also called covenant groups, are places where 8-12 members meet regularly to socialize, build closer relationships, provide mutual support, explore spiritual issues and/or to provide service to the fellowship or the broader community.  There are currently several small groups operating at our Fellowship, and more can be created anytime to meet your area of interest. If you are curious, please express your interest through this form to learn more about ongoing opportunities or sign up for a group, or reach out to Elaine Johnson (our small groups coordinator), with questions or ideas.

Creative Cats

Meets at 11:30 AM every other Sunday. The 2nd Sunday of each month they have a leader-led activity; on the 4th they will bring in projects they are working on individually for a sharing time.

Transitions

Meets on 4th Thursdays at 7:00 PM. We face transitions all the time from getting up in the morning after a night’s rest to retiring from a job to losing a loved one. Transitions are everywhere and they are everyday.

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What questions do you carry with you for those life changing transitions? What hopes or fears find their way into your consciousness? What can you offer others as they face their own transitions? This is a time to connect deeply and richly about the transitions, good and bad, in our lives.

Resilience and Acceptance

Meets on 4th Sundays at 11:30 AM. The purpose of this group is to create a safe and stimulating space for exploring resilience and acceptance in the face of the collapse of modern civilization and for supporting each other in making changes in our lives and communities to lessen the impact of collapse.

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“Resilience” includes both the capacity within each of us to allow and stay with difficult emotions while also remaining grounded, as well as the actions we take with other people to meet challenges in our communities. “Collapse
acceptance” means acknowledging that the collapse of modern industrial civilization is real and already happening and recognizing our inability to stop it. We don’t know if it will lead to the extinction of humans, but it will bring about “The End Of The World As We Know It.” Collapse acceptance involves embracing what is coming to an end, living fully in this present moment, and co-creating a new way of being, relating, organizing, and responding (acting) in these times.

Non-theists/deists

Meets on 3rd Sundays at 11:30 AM.

Parenting

This is a closed group. Contact the Small Group Ministry coordinator if you would like to join a parents’ small group.

ROMEOs

(Retired Old Men Eating Out!) There is not enough interest in this group for outings yet. Please fill out the small groups ministry interest form if you would like to get this  group going!

20 Second Hug Club

Based on the 20-second hug theory by Dr. John Gottman: When a hug lasts at least 20 seconds, it’s long enough to stimulate the release of oxytocin, often called the “cuddle hormone.” Oxytocin is released in response to soothing touch and promotes feelings of connection, trust, and emotional safety.