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What is UU Wellspring?
UU Wellspring is a program of spiritual deepening for Unitarian Universalists. Group members experience deep listening and spiritual reflection in small groups of about ten, inspiring personal and community transformation. Participants read, view and respond to presession assignments that are focused on spiritual topics and UU Theology. Facilitators are lay leaders or religious professionals who receive clear, complete and easy-to-access and use materials.
The core program begins with a 10-month program called Sources, which is a prerequisite for the other yearlong programs. New shorter programs are also offered as UU Wellspring Reads or for Youth and Young Adults. Most participate through their congregations but online cohorts are also offered. See the descriptions below.
A sense of personal purpose and meaning arises from UU Wellspring’s unique combination of spiritual practices, spiritual companionship, readings, and heart-opening sessions. A sustaining joy emerges while deepening commitment to making change in ourselves and our world.
Note: We offer programming for Congregations as well as online programs for individuals to enroll in. All programs are avaailable for congregations at all times. Individual programs are offered online on on rotating basis. See the lists below for all congregational programs and the invidiual programs that are open for enrollment now.
UU Wellspring Vision
Develop personal and communal depth to fully live Unitarian Universalism.
UU Wellspring Mission
UU Wellspring provides tools to create inclusive, accountable, spiritually deep religious community. Personal inner work evolves in covenanted relationship to create a path toward spiritual wholeness and faithful action that is essential to our collective liberation.
UU Wellspring Associations: Please note that UU Wellspring inc is a UUA-affiliated organization, but we are not the UUA. If you want to donate through the UUA, you can do so by identifying UU Wellspring as a designated affiliated organization. The UU Wellspring Board has adopted the Eighth principle and is continuing the work to incorporate this principle into our work and live into all that it inspires to bring an anti-oppressive lens to all that we do.
UU Wellspring Provides
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Our Programs
Where to Start
There are several UU Wellspring programs you can take first as a newcomer. If you’re looking for the full UU Wellspring experience, Sources and Love at the Center serve as the foundation to our richly rewarding year-long programs. We also offer shorter programs that do not require UU Wellspring Sources, including our UU Wellspring Reads series and our special programs on Proposed Article 2.
UU Wellspring Sources
Start with Sources, the first of the UU Wellspring 10-month transformational spiritual deepening programs. Bring to your congregation or join an online cohort. For an advanced program, consider online Sacred Arts.
Love at the Center
Love at the Center is a transformational church year-long program to explore the values and covenants within the context of your personal experience, your local community, identity cohorts, and the world. Included with your congregational membership.
Proposed Article 2
Or, start by bringing spiritual depth through engagement with the Proposed Article II with a 4-Session program in your congregation or join an online cohort led by UU Wellspring. Note: All June 2023 Amendments passed are included.
UU Wellspring Reads
Or, try one of our 6-Session UU Wellspring Reads Programs. From book group to a spiritually deepening UU experience. Crises of Life available online and all available to bring to your congregation.
Programs for Congregations
Members of a UU congregation gather to deepen their spiritual lives online or in person. Led by facilitators from the congregation every two weeks for 10 months to explore spiritual practices, covenant, and spiritual companionship. Note that it is seamless to move from online to in person, or in person to online during the year.
Programs for Individuals
Individuals yearning for community and spiritual sustenance gather online in our Sources program twice a month for 10 months. Meet with UUs from various congregations! Led by a UU Wellspring Religious Professionals. New in 2023 are two six-session UU Wellspring Reads programs: Creating Meaning and Crisis of Faith. Also several Proposed Article II 4 session programs.
Where to Go Next
For a comprehensive overview of all of our programs for congregations and individuals as well as a suggested curriculum for all year-long programs, check out our Programs page. You can also dive deeper into information on programs for congregations on the Congregational Programs page or visit the Individual Programs page for more information on programs for church laity and others who may be interested in participating in a UU Wellspring program outside of a congregation.
If you would like to speak to someone about our programs, please get in touch at director@uuwellspring.org.
Bring UU Wellspring to Your Congregation and Be Transformed!
Are You Looking for Adult Programing that Rocks Your Participants and Provides Everything Needed for Your Facilitators?
Are you in need of the program that will bring deep connection to your congregation during these times of distancing?
UU Wellspring provides a clear curriculum with easy to use materials, quarterly support for facilitators, and a deep dive into participants' spiritual lives. The program delivers!
Participants may have participated in entry level or shorter-term UU programming and yet there is a yearning for more. If you want to connect deeply with others and your own soul, you are ready to explore your spirituality in a deeply covenanted small group community where you can explore your Unitarian Universalist identity, sustain your faith, and connect with your inner wisdom.
Lay leaders and religious leaders alike find UU Wellspring to be the experience that sustains their work for justice, brings joy to their lives, and inspires work in their Unitarian Universalist communities.
Youth who are in UU Wellspring congregations will also be able to participate in our new UU Wellspring for Youth or Emerging Young Adults 8-week and 6-session programs.
Testimonials
“My time in Wellspring was among the most powerful small group experiences I have ever had as a UU. It helped me to deepen and solidify my spiritual practice, learn more about UU history and theology and I made some new connections to wonderful people in my congregation!”
“I am more committed to my spiritual practices. I am less anxious about my future, and I look forward to openings in my life for further exploration in my spiritual life, my congregational life and my family life. I love to learn and deepen.”
“UU Wellspring really helped me think through and reinforce where I am in my spiritual journey, particularly regarding spiritual practice and my personal definitions of god, prayer, etc. It has softened some of my stances and helped me see things from various unique perspectives.”
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