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Register for Upcoming
Trainings & Webinars
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Advanced Facilitator Training - 3 Month Lecture Based (Last Mondays)
This 3-session advanced facilitator training covers the three core stages of group development:
It is highly recommended that participants take our single-session New Facilitator Training prior to this training. COST: $60 total per participant. DATES: The last Monday of each month, from January to March 2022 (Jan. 31, Feb. 28, March. 28) TIME: 7:30-9pm eastern time Register by clicking on the button below. |
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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.
COST: $20 DATE & TIME: Monday, January 24 at 7:30-9pm ET |
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Advanced Facilitator Training - Adapting Our Model (single-session)
There are many reasons you might want to adapt our Soul Matters small group model for online use,
COST: $20 DATES & TIME: Monday, March 28 at 7:30-9pm ET |
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Advanced Facilitator Training - 4 Month Experiential Based
Last Tuesday or Last Wednesdays, February - May This 4-session, once-a-month training 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. COST: $100 total per participant. DATES: Two options: Last Tuesdays from February to May ( Feb.22, March 29 , April 26, May 31 ) Last Wednesdays from February to May ( Feb.23, March 30 , April 27 , May 25 ) TIME: 7-9pm eastern time Participation is limited to 8 people If groups are full when you try to register, email us to get on a waiting list for a possible third group. |
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New Facilitator Training
Next one will be held this coming summer 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!
While our next formal new facilitator training won't occur until this summer, we are glad to work with congregations to set up a tailored new facilitator training for your facilitators. Contact Rev. Scott if you are interested. |
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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.
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