Webinar Recordings​

All of our past webinars are accessible below, either for free or a small purchase price.
New recordings posted monthly, so be sure to come back and check out new offerings on a regular basis.

​New Subscriber Orientation

Watch a recording of one of our orientation webinars for new subscribers. For leaders and new subscribers who are unable to attend one of our live orientation webinars. While this recording is a useful resource, we encourage all new subscribers and leaders to also attend one of the live orientations offered three times a year. New content is also added and the in-person webinars provide a chance to ask questions and explore issues related to your unique environments.

Starting Point Orientation Webinar

View the recording of our orientation webinar for our Soul Matters UU101 curriculum called Starting Point. If you’re wondering about purchasing the curriculum, this is a great way to help with your discernment. If you’ve already purchased the curriculum, re-watching the webinar is a great support. Learn more about Starting Point here.
Creativity Matters Facilitator Orientation
This webinar supports new Creativity Matters facilitators and provides an overview of our Creativity Matters small group program  Topics covered include: structure/agendas for the group, overview of the vision, using the deep and disciplined model of sharing, facilitation techniques, how to run in-group experiential activities and ideas for sharing projects beyond the group.
What New and Overview of RE 2022-23!
Hear about our new RE resources and get an overview of our core RE aims and design. This webinar is a great tool to help explain Soul Matters RE to your new lay leaders!
Welcome to Becoming, our Coming of Age program
This webinar provides an overview of the unique components of our Coming of Age program, along with additional information to help you implement the program as well discern if the program is right for you. Learn more about and purchase the program HERE.

In The Middle (jr high curriculum) Orientation Webinar

This webinar is for those who have purchased or are interested in purchasing, In the Middle, our theme-based middle school curriculum. The webinar will cover the program’s distinctive components, implementation tips and any questions you have. This webinar is designed for those facilitating the program as well as those still deciding if they want to purchase the program.

Introduction to Crossing Paths

Crossing Paths is a Soul Matters version of the impactful Neighboring Faiths youth program used throughout our UU congregations. Here's a recording of our  Introduction to Crossing Paths Webinar to get a better sense of its distinctive components. 
Widening the Circle Through RE: A Webinar on De-Centering Whiteness in RE
This recorded webinar was led by the members of our Soul Matters Widening the Circle Team: April Rosario, Christina Strong, Adrienne Summerlot. Learn more about them HERE.

In the webinar, they shared what they’ve learned as they’ve worked to de-center whiteness in their RE programs. They also addressed a number of the common challenges many of us are facing as we develop RE programming that centers BIPOC children and families. Time for the questions took place at the end. ​

Vibrant Music Without Big Pockets

These two collaborative webinars gathered music leaders to discuss the challenges of and solutions to creating vibrant music programs on a limited budget. Click below to access the recordings of both webinars along with the chat text of each. It's worth watching both webinars as the participants and ideas shared were different.

Brilliant Bulletin Boards

Bulletin boards help make our RE programs come alive. Join three thoughtful and creative Directors of RE as they share how theme-based ministry has altered the way they design bulletin boards. See examples of boards they’ve created. Hear strategic as well as practical tips. Get excited all over again about designing your own!

Bringing Theme-Based Ministry Home

In this webinar, leading “beyond Sunday School” consultant, Kim Sweeney shares the many ways that theme-based ministry can be a bridge to bringing our faith home. Designed for congregations using Soul Matters as well as other theme-based approaches, the presentation offers theoretical grounding as well as practical strategies, such as helping parents weave themes into activities families are already doing together. Purchase includes a recording of the webinar, a pdf document with the slides used in the presentation, and a Word doc that includes recommended follow up resources.

Creating Theme-Based Whole Congregation Worship

 In this webinar, leading “beyond Sunday School” consultant, Kim Sweeney helps us explore how theme-based church makes whole church worship easier and more compelling. 
​Purchase includes a recording of the webinar,  slides from the PowerPoint presentation, chat-box text, audio recording and suggested resources document 

Leading Meditation with Children and Youth

Rev. Jaelynn Scott helps us navigate leading meditation with children and youth. Rev. Jaelynn offers tools to help grow your students' capacity to meditate and deepen their connection to meditation. Includes developmental theory as well as practical tips. In addition to the hour-long presentation, the recording includes the 30 minutes of Q&A that followed the presentation. Useful to a wide audience, including DRE’s, RE teachers and parents.
Rev. Jaelynn is a Buddhist community minister, former UU Director of Religious Education, speaker, preacher, and meditation instructor. She resides in Edmonds, WA where she  teaches transgender theology, directs queer and gender non-conforming programming for youth, and worships in the cold rainforests of the Pacific Northwest.

Social Media Toolbox "How To" Webinar

For those who have purchased our social media toolbox or are interested in learning more about it. This webinar explains how our toolbox can transform your congregation's social media presence from a message board to an outreach ministry, from something that  informs to something that inspires. It also covers the detailed step-by-step processes of using and altering our graphic images as you use them on your social media platforms and video screens.

More Recordings Coming...

All of our webinars are recorded and shared here for later viewing. So bookmark this page and check it out every once in a while. We will also send out email and Facebook announcements as new recordings are made available.
  For more information contact Susan: susan@soulmatterssharingcircle.com.                           Soul Matters Sharing Circle LLC