Asset Based Community Development Aug 2018 Head Heart and Hands (internal) – Two local UCA cong and Head Heart and Hands What can you contribute? Not what is wrong! = Individual Asset Mapping Colleen the Tea Pot (external) – warm relationship bridge – church known for making the connection = Connecting …
At Faith in Action we will spend sometime in the second half of this year looking at buildings. This may seem like a strange thing to spend time on when your brief is community development but it would seem, from what we are learning, that our buildings have a loit …
When visiting Surrender earlier this year I had the opportunity to listen to a range of speakers including who was speaking about love and its impact on community. The question Joanna asked us to consider “How might we work with rather than for a community”. Joanna was challenging us to think …
Yesterday I had the pleasure to have my first conversation with Doug Taylor from UnitingCare NSW. Doug is new in his role which is similar to the one I hold at Uniting Communities in Adelaide. We were talking about the way organisations like UnitingCare NSW and Uniting Communities connects with …
We all have had the experience of the nightmare council meeting where a difficult topic leaves people with divergent and entrenched views. Members leave tired and despondent. Sometimes we need another way of bringing people together around challenging topics. Introduction to Hosting for Christian Communities is a one day workshop which will expand your options for convening …
I have been with Joanna at Baptist Care for two days this week. Where we held a ABCD workshop for students, clergy and lay people as part of their certificate course in pastoral care. It was the first time Joanna and I have done two consecutive days together. We started …
Each year we have a gathering of the Mission and Minister’s network. The network is part of UnitingCare Australia, which is an national body of the Uniting Church. It is now an insightful and enjoyable gathering of colleagues which I look forward to each year. Our conversation covered theology of social …
On Tuesday night Joanna took the leadaround the attributes of good questions. We explored the way in which we all can shaped group gatherings and ensure they don’t turn into committee meetings. We asked the group to do some self leading and reflection on two more case studies (blogs from …
Steve Taylor and the UCA National Deacon’s invited myself and Joanna to make an agency / community development contribution to their workshop for candidates. This is a summary of the case studies, questions and discussion for Monday evening. Starting in Circle – brief introductions, confirmed listen with attention speak with intention and care …
Remember what it feels like to be so listened too that a weight lifts from your shoulders and a new view emerges? Unstuck is a case study experience which provides a space to explore their ministry roles and settings. This is a chance for you to draw from a collaborative …
My sporting coach always reminds me – in my current role as a kids sports coach – that we should always return to the basics. That high class performance is always built on a set of skills which we should return to and pattern over and over our basics as well as hone …
It is a real pleasure be part of a prevantative violence project called Beyond Violence. Espeically when we hear near weekly of an Australian family being profoundly damaged by violence at home. At Faith in Action we accepted the invitation to collaborate with Dr Deidre Palmer (Moderator of the Uniting Church in …