HOW IS A COVENANT GROUP DIFFERENT FROM OTHER SMALL GROUP ACTIVITIES?
Most churches have group meetings, but a Covenant Group has five characteristics in common: a shared format, a trained leader, a small size, regular meetings, and a covenant. Groups meet at least monthly in homes, at church, or in the community. Covenant Groups also make a covenant — or a promise — how the members intend to relate to each other and how they, as a group, will serve the church and their larger community. The key to the covenant group experience is having a clear expectation of what a covenant group is and is not. A covenant group is: * Supportive and yet not a support group; * An opportunity to learn from peers and yet not a formal class; * Reverent and yet not a formal worship experience; and * An opportunity to make and deepen friendships and yet not a social club. (The above prepared with thanks to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church Unitarian Universalist, and the Miami Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship) Please co
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