Upcoming Trainings & Webinars 

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! 
Offered three more times:​
  • Saturday, September 17, noon-2pm eastern
  • Monday, October 3, 7-9pm eastern
​​COST: $20 per participant.
​Contact Susan Arnold for discount when a congregation sends five or more people
Register by clicking on the buttons below.
Advanced Facilitator Training - 3 Month Lecture Based  (4th Mondays, 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: The 4th Monday of each month, from Sept. to Nov. 2022 (Sept.26, Oct. 24, Nov.28)
​TIME: 7:30-9pm eastern time
​COST: $60 total per participant.
​Contact Susan Arnold for discount when a congregation sends five or more people
Advanced Facilitator Training - Getting Your Group Off the Ground ​​(single-session event) ​
This single-session, 1 1/2 hour training covers everything you need to know about getting groups off the ground, including covenant formation, start-up meetings, teaching the Soul Matters discernment practices, advertising, etc. If you don't have the time to take the full 3-month, lecture-based advance training, this is great way to get the tools to help you kick off your group in the most impactful way.
DATE & TIME: Monday, September 26, 7:30-9pm eastern time
COST: $20
Contact Susan Arnold for discount when a congregation sends five or more people
Advanced Facilitator Training - Adapting Our Model ​​(single-session event) ​
​There are many reasons you might want to adapt our Soul Matters small group model:
for online use,
  • to fit the unique needs and interests of your group members,
  • to slowly introduce the model to members step by step,
  • to expand the number and types of groups you offer,
  • to weave spiritual discernment practices into other groups and meetings.
This 1 1/2 hour webinar is here to help!
DATE & TIME: Monday, November 28, 7:30-9pm eastern time
COST: $20
Contact Susan Arnold for discount when a congregation sends five or more people
Advanced Facilitator Training - 5 Month Experiential Based 
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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COST: $100 total per participant.

All groups have been filled.
​A new cycle of these groups will begin again in January 2023.
Sign up for this round of groups will be open in early December.
Creativity Matters Facilitator Orientation
This webinar supports new Creativity Matters facilitators. It comes free with subscriptions to Creativity Matters.  Topics covered include: 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.
​DATE & TIME: ​Already occurred but you can view the recording by clicking on the button below.
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.
  For more information contact Susan: susan@soulmatterssharingcircle.com.                           Soul Matters Sharing Circle LLC