I am wondering if this is how a lot of campus ministry groups go … and if so - how to “make them count.” Of course, when we talk about making them count, what is the reason for that? Is it just so that the larger group of UUs (or the UUA) can claim that activity? What benefits would the campus groups get out of being “known?” Publicity, more involvement from new students, etc?

How can they be put “on the grid” so to speak without creating more work for them?

Those sound like good Philocrites questions. I was just on the UUA’s site trying to figure out how to start a fellowship group and what the rules were, but my browser is being a pain in the butt with their google search engine.

I’ve always assumed, and I may be wrong, that it was the goal of fellowships to grow into congregations, and that seems true from this article. But upon reflection, I’m thinking that this sort of small lay group may be exactly the sort of religious meeting that I prefer to standard Sunday church.

Which reminds me, expanding Quakerism goes into expanding campus ministry.

There are many Quaker colleges and universities, in the United States and the UK, particularly. But they are often plagued by the same internal divisions that have been to the detriment of all Quakers.