Congregating

Resources:

• ​Congregation: How-To — 8 Design Patterns for a Transformative Event. This story documents some lessons from hosting the big annual gathering of the Enspiral congregation.

• ​How to Run a Sharing Circle - a crucial piece of social technology, explained by Nati Lombardo from TheHum.org.

• An example for how to invite people to a gathering to initiate a new congregation​

• Notes on how to avoid cults​

Unofficial list of congregations and proto-congregations that match some of the microsolidarity patterns:

• ​Enspiral​

• ​Cultural Catalyst Network​

• ​Pico Island Congregation​

• ​Rocky Mountain Mutual Aid Network​

• ​A New Republic of the Heart​

• ​Blivande / Edgeryders​

• ​Building Belonging​

• ​Terran Collective​

• ​Life Itself (formerly known as Art/Earth/Tech)

• ​Regenerate Change: Social Alchemy Pods​

• ​Alter Ego Network​

• ​Liminal Village​

• ​Wild Seed Society​

• ​Emerging Leaders Project​

• ​Intentional Society​

• ​RatPark​

• ​Future Thinkers​

• ​P3 Berlin​

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