Small Groups

  • Welcome Our New Community Outreach and Small Groups Coordinator!

    Greetings!  I am Brad Herron, and I am excited to be recently hired as your Community Outreach and Small Groups Coordinator.  I am a 25-year member of UCC Missoula and actually was on staff for several years as the Coordinator of Faith Development about 20 years ago.  After that, I returned to graduate school and…

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  • Lenten Small Groups Begin Soon!

    Lenten Small Groups Begin Soon!

    Why join a small group? Here is what one participant had to say: “Being in small groups, with the emphasis on sharing our own experience and listening to what others share, lets me get to know people in ways marked by trust and openness. Having a time set aside each week to open my soul…

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  • Into the Wilderness … in Prayer

    Silent prayer and the contemplative arts can be a wonderful avenue into one’s inner wilderness.  If you’d like to join the Thursday contemplative prayer group online during this Lenten season, please get in touch (jwoessner@bigsky.net) and we will send you the sign-on information.  We meet over Zoom at 7 to 8 am every Thursday morning.

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  • Into the Wilderness: Lenten Small Groups February 19 – March 21

    This Lent, join with an intentional small group, reading and practicing together with the resource Walking in the Wilderness: Seeking God during Lent by Beth Richardson.  Groups will be offered throughout the week, at various times, both in person and online, but we ask you to join and stay with one group throughout the season.…

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  • CONNECTIONS: with Janice Springer on Zoomexplore the connections in our lives—- We will use poetry to lead us into discussion as we explore the blessings and the challenges of these connections. We will meet from 6:30pm to 7:45pm Mountain Time on Thursdays, February 8, 15, and 22. We will gather via Zoom; You’ll get a…

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  • Saturday December 9th: Creative Circle

    UCC Creative Circle: the second Saturday of each month, 10 am to noon in the Fireside Room. Come share a relaxed creative space and conversation! Mending, sewing, knit, crochet, paper art, whatever* you can pack up and bring with you. Featured project December 9th: Kathy Flynn will lead us through making holiday cards, with iris-folding…

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  • Advent Wednesdays Soup Suppers – Soup Makers Needed!

    We are seeking soup preparers for our simple soup suppers in December (December 6, 13, 20).   We’ll gather for a simple supper at 5:30 PM, and follow with the Holden Evening Prayer service. We’ll be done by 7 PM.  Sign Up here to bring soup or help with clean up in the kitchen. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0B4EA5AE2DAA8-46165533-advent

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  • Holden Evening Prayer is coming… HELP NEEDED!

    During three Wednesday evenings during Advent, Dec. 6, 13, and 20, the Worship and Spiritual Life team together with the Music team plans to offer the beautiful evening vespers service of Holden Evening Prayer. Ideally, we would like to gather for a simple supper beforehand, and follow with the service which lasts no more than…

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  • Chrysalis Men’s Group

    Sunday, Nov 12th and every two weeks in the Bay Window Room Modeled after a men’s Chrysalis group formed in Tucson, AZ under the auspices of St. Francis in the Foothills Methodist Church, many of us participating experienced a profound shift in our masculinity paradigm to one more open … more authentic … less burdensome!…

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  • Weekly Readers Book Group

    Fridays 9:45a – 11a on Zoom This women’s group meets weekly on Friday mornings for spirited, thoughtful discussion of timely books, from fiction, to nonfiction to poetry. We currently meet over Zoom for discussions with in-person social gatherings planned between books. For more information or to join the group, please contact Jean W. or Connie…

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