What's Included - Our Offerings
Those subscribing to our current year full series have access to all of the resources below.
Other subscription types have access to most of the resources listed.
Other subscription types have access to most of the resources listed.
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Small Group Packets: This is our core offering. Each month, members receive a new small group packet on the current monthly theme. These packets are designed to support our unique approach to small group experience and include spiritual exercises, questions that encourage reflection on daily living and 5-7 pages of recommended resources that help participants explore the themes in more depth.
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Worship Resources: Our monthly worship packet includes over 20 pages of resources for all aspects of worship: from opening words and meditations to music, sermon seeds and recommended sermons. The Soul Matters team serves as your personal research group, but as a sharing circle, we also draw on the submissions and suggestions from our entire membership, creating a treasure trove together than none of us could do on our own! We also host monthly online worship planning labs, one for preachers and another for musicians. These are valuable times for us to brainstorm, plan together and share additional resources on the themes.
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Religious Education Resources: Our monthly children's RE packet includes over 40 pages of session plans and building blocks to help you create your own own unique lessons and learning environments around the themes. We also have a very active Facebook support group for religious educators. Additionally, our RE Resources Coordinator, Katie Covey, hosts a monthly online "co-laboratory" where RE professionals plan together, share ideas and offer support. Resources for middle schoolers are sold separately.
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New Subscriber Orientations: Two-three times a year (usually August, January and May), we host a webinar for new subscribers to Soul Matters. All key leaders are encouraged to attend, including small group facilitators, worship leaders and RE leaders. These orientation webinars review the resources we offer, go into detail about the Soul Matters approach to small groups and theme-based ministry and answer any questions leaders have.
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Small Group Facilitator Support: For a small fee, we offer in-depth online trainings three times a year for small group facilitators new to Soul Matters. We also offer once-a-month small groups for facilitators, led by our team lead and founder of Soul Matters, Rev. Scott Tayler. Each monthly meeting is run as a small group and follows the packet for the upcoming month. This allows facilitators to have a “dry run” of the session they will be leading the following month. Along the way, Rev. Tayler pauses to point out tips and group process.
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Online Daily Inspiration for All of Your Members: We have a Facebook inspiration page that is open to all members of participating Soul Matters congregations. This provides your small group participants and church members with inspiration on the themes throughout the week. It functions like an online devotional and supports members as they weave the theme into their daily living. Additionally, this Facebook page can serve as a tool to enhance your congregation’s own Facebook page. All you have to do is "repost" our posts to your congregation’s Facebook page.
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Online Leadership Collaboration Labs: We host a number of online collaboration meetings each month so leaders can share additional resources with each other and talk about engaging the themes in their various ministries. Currently we hold separate online meetings for ministers, religious educators and music directors.
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Leadership and Implementation Tools: In addition to our monthly resource packets and support opportunities, we regularly produce a variety of free tools to help members integrate our themes into their programming. These implementation tools include such things as thematized music recommendations, small group training guides and charts that link monthly holidays to the themes. We also offer affordable resources to support your social media and newcomer ministries.
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On top of all this, you also have access to our entire Soul Matters staff team. We are available answer questions and offer support. |
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For details about subscription options and all the products we offer, vist our Store Page.
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