© 2024 Gaétan Charland
© 2024 Urantia Association of Quebec
Gaetan Charland
Boucherville
It is my pleasure to share with you an update on the study group directory. Bill Beasley is the chair of the committee and always keeps the committee on track. Scott Brooks is the website administrator and handles updates, the annual cleanup project, and general site maintenance. Jackie Koury represents the Fellowship and responds to many email inquiries. Rick Lyon has been the representative of Urantia Association International for many years. He has done a lot of work, including answering the majority of reader inquiries and scraping data for the website. However, Urantia Association felt that this position would be best left to the chair of the association’s study group committee, so we selected Phillip Marriott of Australia to join our team. He is dedicated and has agreed to continue all of the work that Rick has done.
The database cleanup is now complete, ensuring that the directory is the most up-to-date for Urantia Book study groups. What an excellent example of a cooperative field done right!
Directory statistics for the fourth quarter on Study Groups.
New groups down by 9 (this is due to database cleanup)
Study Groups
Total number of groups: 544 (+1)
Total in-person groups: 355 (+2)
Total groups online: 307 (-1)
Total groups that are both in-person and online: 118 (no change)
Country
Number of countries: 62; Turkey and Taiwan were added (loss of China, Lebanon and Puerto Rico)
United States: 263 groups (down 3); 184 in person (down 3); 130 online (down 2); 50 mixed (down 1). There are
44 states, and Washington D.C., have study groups.
The missing states are Maine, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Dakota, West Virginia and Wyoming.
Other countries: 281 groups (+4); 171 in person (+5); 178 online (no change); 68 mixed groups (+1)
Main countries (unchanged)
United States, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, Australia, France, Philippines, South Korea, Venezuela.
LANGUAGES
19 languages in total — added Turkish and Chinese
Top 5 languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Korean (no change)
You can register your study group in the Study Group Directory by following this link: https://www.urantiastudygroup.org/fr