Upcoming Trainings & Webinars
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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!
THE SPRING TRAININGS ARE PAST. A NEW ROUND OF TRAININGS WILL BE HELD IN AUGUST & SEPTEMBER 2023. CHECK THIS SITE IN LATE JULY TO REGISTER. |
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Advanced Facilitator Training - 4 Month Experiential Based - WINTER/SPRING GROUP IS FULL
This 4-session, once-a-month training runs from February to May 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. THE FEB-MAY GROUP IS FULL. A NEW ROUND OF GROUPS WILL START FALL 2023. CHECK THIS SITE IN LATE AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER TO REGISTER. |
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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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