Sorry! I've attended four UU churches in four different cities, and all of them had interest groups. I thought it was part of the common UU culture.
If you have, for example, an Animal Welfare Interest Group, you have someone (or a couple of someones) who's the facilitator(s) who make sure that your meetings actually happen. Schedule the dates, schedule the room (or wherever you're meeting) let people know it's happening, spread the word. The group as a whole decides what activities they'd like to do, and ideally, different people take charge of different aspects. Bob arranges for a visit to the local no-kill animal shelter, Suzie arranges a beach clean up and turtle egg watch day, Melvin knows that guy Jim from that wildlife show and can arrange for him to come give a talk, everybody plans a Blessing of the Animals event together (probably in conjunction with the minister and/or Worship Committee).
The facilitator isn't stuck in the role of teacher, hopefully doesn't get overwhelmed trying to plan something to do every week all alone, and ideally everyone feels more engaged.
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If you have, for example, an Animal Welfare Interest Group, you have someone (or a couple of someones) who's the facilitator(s) who make sure that your meetings actually happen. Schedule the dates, schedule the room (or wherever you're meeting) let people know it's happening, spread the word. The group as a whole decides what activities they'd like to do, and ideally, different people take charge of different aspects. Bob arranges for a visit to the local no-kill animal shelter, Suzie arranges a beach clean up and turtle egg watch day, Melvin knows that guy Jim from that wildlife show and can arrange for him to come give a talk, everybody plans a Blessing of the Animals event together (probably in conjunction with the minister and/or Worship Committee).
The facilitator isn't stuck in the role of teacher, hopefully doesn't get overwhelmed trying to plan something to do every week all alone, and ideally everyone feels more engaged.