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Online Small Group Discussion

Small groups provide a great way to work on your spiritual life and to get support from other people along the way. But not everyone is able to attend one in person. Online small groups break down any barriers to participation whether childcare, weather, disability, or geography, you can now join in from the comfort of your home!

Please join (or tell a friend about) an online small groups, to give an opportunity for people from all over the world to gather together to support each other and discuss spirituality in life.

Groups meet weekly for about an hour with 6-8 individuals interacting with a particular subject. See below for available groups and meeting times.

Join or Lead an Online Small Group!

For Participants

Here are the current available groups and meeting times. Click on a group, below, to sign up for that group, or to read more about it.

Available Groups

Time and DayContent, Length, LeaderStart Date
Tuesdays 9:00pm EDT"Foundations" (7 weeks) Leader: Bronwen Henry4/3/2012

Please note that each group will have a pre-meeting to orient all participants to the technology either as a whole group or individually with the group leader, times will be determined by group leader.

Notifications about upcoming groups

Our offerings for online small groups change frequently, as groups complete and as new leaders volunteer to start a new group. Knowing that the current offerings may not have a topic and time to fit your needs, we offer a service to provide you with notifications of new groups.

Subscribe to receive notifications when a new group is available:

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Joining Google+

These New Church online small groups are hosted on Google+, a free video, voice, and chat service. If you have not already, sign up and download the plug-ins for Google+ or follow these Google+ sign up instructions. Webcam, microphone, and speakers/headphones preferred.

For Leaders

Thank you for wanting to become an online small group leader! It's a wonderful service to help create a space for people to express their spirituality, and it doesn't require any special skills.

Sign Up

Sign up to lead an online small group!

Leader Training

We do ask that all leaders have at least one small group experience participating either online or in person, and attend our Online Small Group Training which lasts about an hour on Google +. We generally offer these once a month, depending on demand. Email us to learn more.

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