Programs for Individuals
Current Programs for Individuals
2023-24 Online Cohorts led by UU Wellspring
Online UU Wellspring Love at the Center
The Religious Professionals Sources Cohort and the Seminarian cohorts are now closed. Please contact director@uuwellspring.org to go on a wait list for the next programs!.
Note the required first session is extended 30 minutes. All other sessions are 2 hours. You can transform your life and deepen your connection to your spirit and to Unitarian Universalism!
January 2024 Start: FULL
Mondays Jan. 15-June 16 and Aug. 5 to Nov. 18, 2024
Time:
10:30PT/11:30MT/12:30CT/1:30ET
View full calendar here or download it here.
Online UU Wellspring Proposed Article 2 Cohorts
Each Article II Session is 90 minutes long.
Starting in July: Tuesdays
Tuesdays: July 18, 25 and Aug 1, 8
Starting at 4PT/5MT/6CT/7ET
Starting in August: Thursdays for Everyone
Thursdays: August 17, 24, 31, September 7
Starting at 9PT/10MT/11CT/12ET
Starting in September: Tuesdays for Religious Professionals
Tuesdays: Sept 19, 26, Oct. 3, 10, 2023
Starting at 4PT/5MT/6CT/7ET
Cancelled: Saturdays for Everyone
Saturdays: Sept 30, Oct. 7, 14, 21
Starting at 10PT/11MT/12CT/1ET
Starting in September: Tuesdays for BIPOC
Tuesdays: Sept 26, Oct 3, 10, 17
Starting at 9am PT/10am MT/11am CT/12noon ET
Individual Fee is $100 per person.
Online UU Wellspring Reads: Crises of Life Cohorts
Notes:
First and last sessions are 2 hours, All other sessions are 90 minutes.
Time Zone Starting Times: 11PT/12MT/1CT/2ET
Starting in January: Tuesdays
NOTE: FULL.
Jan. 9: 2-4 pm
Jan 23, Feb 13, 27, March 12 2-3:30 pm
March 26: 2-4 PM
Individual Fee is $100 per person.
Online UU Wellspring Spiritual Ancestors
Starting in October: Wednesdays
Oct 18: 9PT/10MT/11CT/12ET
(note starting date change to Oct 18)
First and Third Wednesdays
Fee is $500 with options for sliding scale of $400 to 600.
Now open to all without the prerequisite of Sources!
More information on all UU Wellspring programs can be found on our Programs page and Home page. We generally offer Sources, and rotate other programs as well.
UU Wellspring Individual Program Overview
The UU Wellspring program for individual interest takes the same UU Wellspring experience for congregations and delivers it to small groups of individuals in a live online format. The individual program allows UUs who cannot join a congregation or who would like to spiritually deepen within a special cohort (such as religious leadership, seminarians, members of a specific geographical region, etc.) to do so.
During UU Wellspring for Individuals:
- All participants create sacred space as an online group, beginning with a 2.5 hour mandatory retreat.
- Group members then meet online in 2-hour sessions twice a month for 10 months.
- Each two-hour session includes opportunities to reflect on short readings, video clips, and images and poetry.
- Participants are guided to explore daily spiritual practices and meet with a spiritual companion outside of the sessions.
- Each session also includes reflecting on how we want to transform ourselves and our world.
Who Should Take UU Wellspring for Individuals?
UU Wellspring Individuals gather online to participate in the UU Wellspring program. Sometimes specific cohorts choose to take UU Wellspring together. For example, a group of Canadian Religious Professionals, UU Seminarians, and specific staff groups. Facilitators are experienced, paid, UU Wellspring religious professionals and each year we offer specific cohorts online.
If you took Sources in your congregation, you are welcome to join an advanced program as an individual.
Clergy groups are practicing, community or retired clergy who are in a covenental group (UUMA/Community Ministers Association/Retired Ministers Association).
Religious Professional Groups include ministers, religious educators, music directors, seminarians, interns, membership professionals, and administrators.
Everyone online cohorts include anyone with at least 6 months to a year of UU experience or exploration who would like to join.
Groups can also be customized to a particular geographic region or role with someone in the cohort to support the recruitment. Contact director@uuwellspring.org to discuss.
What Is Required for the Individual Interest Program?
- We use the Zoom online platform, which is free to participants and can be downloaded at zoom.com. You do not need to purchase a Zoom plan to participate.
- There is a sliding scale of $400-600 for the year.
- The cost of a spiritual companion has a wide range and scholarships are available for religious professionals.
Who Joins UU Wellspring for Individuals?
Religious Progressionals
Religious professionals find it helpful to work with professionals who practice ministry in different roles. Some religious professionals want to participate before bringing it to their own congregations.
Unique Cohorts
Groups of people who would like to take UU Wellspring together can organize a cohort led by an experienced, paid facilitator. If you have a facilitator, you can organize and apply as a congregational group.
UU Members & Friends
Lay Members who are unable to attend in their congregational programs can choose from various online programs. Some UUs may also want to participate before bringing UU Wellspring to their own congregations.
Individual Interest Program FAQ
1. How do I register for a program as an individual?
Follow the prompts on the enrollment form below, using the drop-down menus to choose 2023 Individual Programs and then your preferred program. Then choose “Make selection” to see the program you have chosen and click details for all of the dates and times, book lists, and an overview.
Enroll in an online cohort by choosing “Individual”
and follow the prompts
Contact director@uuwellspring.org with questions. Our fall classes usually fill, so early registration is important.
3. What do I need to participate in the online programs run my UU Wellspring?
Headphones, a microphone and a place where you won’t be distrubed.
Access to a stable internet connection and Zoom.
A Journal (online or handwritten). If you are interested, we have a paperback journal for Sources available at Amazon.
Most of the books for the first year are available in local libraries and often on colleagues’ or your own bookshelf. They are all available at the UUA Inspirit Bookstore or online at your favorite online bookseller.
5. What is the cost?
For individuals (not congregations) there is a sliding scale of $400-$600 for the year per individual participant for year long programs. Shorter programs range from $100-150 per person with a sliding scale for Young Adult programs as low as $25.
There are usually have 1-4 books for each program, some of which are available lin local libraries.
A Spiritual Director or Companion is strongly encouraged. You can engage a paid and certified spiritual director or a spiritual friend to serve as your companion.
Religious Professionals may find their professional expenses cover both the registration and spiritual direction sessions.
2. When are the Sessions held?
4. What if I can’t attend every session?
Everyone must attend the retreat. No one is admitted after the first retreat session because the bonds of trust have already been established.
Almost everyone misses one or two sessions, but if you are like most participants, you will find yourself prioritizing attendance to get the most out of this precious year together.
If you are unable to attend regularly, you will need to stop and take the program at another time. Since we cannot fill your seat, no refunds are given after the retreat and 50% refund is available only within 30 days before the retreat start in order to allow us to try to complete the group before it begins.
6. Are all programs for individuals online?
Yes. We currently only offer live online programs for individuals, which are led by trained UU Wellspring facilitators. You are encouraged to contact director@uuwellspring.org to discuss bringing a program to your congregation. You do not need to take UU Wellspring before you facilitate it in your congregation.Note that pricing for congregations is based on your membership size.
Testimonials for the UU Wellspring Individual Cohorts
“Getting to share this journey with other UU professionals was a real joy and a blessing– something I have not experienced so deeply in other places. I would love the opportunity to continue journeying with this same group next year. I feel more grounded and centered in my work.”
“I feel more grounded and centered in my work. Wellspring has strengthened my commitment to my calling. I feel more solid in my personal theology and more comfortable sharing that with congregants.”
“Through the readings and discussions I can be with my own thoughts, truly listen to others without worrying about what is happening or going to happen next. It is quite luxurious to have a time already set aside that I have committed to study, think, listen, speak ….a time just for me.”
“The culture of our group was to have seemingly long periods of silence in between each speaker. I believe in space between speakers to digest what the last speaker said and gather thoughts before going on to the next speaker. It was a practice in patience for me.”
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