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 Upcoming Trainings & Webinars 


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New Subscriber Webinar

This single-session, 1 1/2 hour, free webinar provides newly subscribing congregations and their leaders with an overview of our resources, how to access those resources and how to adapt them to their environments. Also offers an introduction to our unique take on theme-based ministry and the theology that inspires it. We leave time at the end for questions.  

DATES & TIMES: Offered two different times:
  • Tuesday, August 15, 7:30-9pm eastern
  • Saturday, August 19, noon-1:30pm eastern
SIGN IN LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5857099120​
​COST: FREE

Please click on the buttons below to give us you contact information so we can send you follow up material after the webinar.
REGISTER

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New Facilitator Training 
This two-hour online training for new small group facilitators covers the Soul Matters facilitation model, our unique approach to deep and disciplined listening, tips for handling facilitation challenges and start up strategies. Designed for new facilitators but also serves as a great tune-up training for long-time facilitators! 

DATES & TIMES: Offered four times:
  • Tuesday, August 22 at 7pm eastern
  • Saturday, August 26 at noon eastern
  • Saturday, September 16 at noon eastern
  • Monday, October 2, at 7pm eastern

​COST: $20 per participant
​Contact Susan Arnold, our Membership Director,  for discount when a congregation sends five or more people

Register by clicking on one of the buttons below.
Tues, Aug 22 at 7pm ET - $20
Sat, Sept. 16 at noon ET - $20
Sat, Aug. 26 at noon ET - $20
Mon, Oct. 2, at 7pm ET - $20

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Advanced Facilitator Training - 3 Month Lecture Based  (Sept-Nov).    

​This 3-session advanced facilitator training covers the three core stages of group development:​
  • Getting Groups Off the Ground (covenant formation, start-up meetings, teaching the Soul Matters discernment practices, advertising, etc.)
  • Ensuring Good Group Practice (facilitation tips, handling challenging group dynamics, check-in & check-out strategies, introduction scripts, etc.) 
  • ​Adapting and Enhancing The Group Experience (strategies for adapting & expanding our model)
Participants meet for an hour and a half, once a month for three months. Soul Matters founder, Rev. Scott Tayler, leads the sessions in a lecture-oriented style, with room for questions.
It is highly recommended that participants take our single-session New Facilitator Training prior to this training.

DATES & TIMES: 3 sessions, all on the last Monday of the month, September - November :
  • Monday, September 25 at 7:30pm eastern
  • Monday, October 30 at 7:30pm eastern
  • Monday, November 27 at 7:30pm eastern
​COST: $60 per participant

Register by clicking on the button below.
3-Session Advanced Training

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Advanced Facilitator Training - 5 Month Experiential Based (Sept. to Jan.)
This 5-session, once-a-month training runs from September to January and uses an experiential approach, with each monthly meeting run as a small group that follows the packet for the upcoming month. Our Team Lead, Rev. Scott Tayler, facilitates each group meeting. This allows participants to experience a “dry run” of the session they will be leading the following month. It is an entirely different way of approaching training. Instead of being told how to facilitate, group members learn through participation and watching Rev. Tayler model facilitation. Along the way, Rev. Tayler will pause to point out tips and group process.

After each 2 hour session, facilitators can stay on the call for an optional and more personalized troubleshooting and tips session with Rev. Tayler. This is a chance for facilitators to receive monthly support for the particular challenges they are wrestling with in the groups they run in their home congregations. In addition to training, this approach provides participants with personal spiritual nourishment as they bond and share with fellow facilitators from around the country. It is highly recommended that participants take our single-session New Facilitator Training prior to this training.

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DATES & TIMES: 
  • Wednesday Group: meets on the last Wednesday of each month, September-Jan at 7-9pm eastern
    • September 27,   October 25,  November 29,  December 27,   January 31
  • Thursday Group: meets on the last Thursday of each month, September-Jan at 7-9pm eastern
    • September 28,   October 26,  November 30,   December 28,  January 25
​COST: $100 per participant

Register by clicking on one of the buttons below.
Last Wednesday Group - $100
Last Thursday group - $100

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Welcome to Becoming Orientation Webinar

This webinar is for those who have purchased or are interested in purchasing, Becoming​, our coming of age 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.

DATE & TIME: Saturday, August 5, Noon-1:30pm eastern time
SIGN IN LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5857099120​
​COST: FREE, but please take a minute to click on the registration button below to register and give us your contact information so we know how many people to expect and can send you follow up material after the webinar.:
Register - free

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Recordings of Past Webinars
A number of our past webinars are available, many of them free.  Topics include: new subscriber orientation, adapting our small group model, social media tools, crossing paths, vibrant music on small budgets, leading meditation with children and an intro to our Starting Point newcomers program.
Explore Recordings of Past Webinars

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  For more information contact Susan: susan@soulmatterssharingcircle.com.                           Soul Matters Sharing Circle LLC