Great to share another training day with the Baptist Association Consultancy Team in NSW. Today we worked on consulting with churches around Governance Health. Notes are in our team dropbox.
Arrow 19 Conference:Conflict Management
Thoroughly enjoyed another day working with the leaders engaged in Arrow 19. Again, lots of good discussion, and some interesting diversions into Emotional Intelligence and Brain Science. Links to resources and articles are below:
Parish Recovery Training in the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle
While the church and community in Newcastle await the Report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (Case Study 42), there is a lot of ground work to do preparing a team of facilitators and consultants to work with parishes and organisations impacted by the expected findings of the commission. The Diocese under the interim leadership of Bishop Peter Stuart has welcomed the Commission and while it is a painful process, has sought to respond carefully and pastorally to victims, parishes and clergy impacted by the past. There are many good people, caring parishes and faithful clergy who are deeply hurt by what has occurred historically in Newcastle. Alongside the direct victims of abuse, these also need support and care. We had a day of training for facilitators and consultants yesterday in preparation for the RC findings.
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SMBC Pastoral Care–Responding to and Managing Church Conflict
I always enjoy my annual lecture at Sydney Missionary and Bible College on Dealing with Church Conflict. Great to have an extra session this year on more practical elements.
Notes and Presentations follow:
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Difficult Conversations–Salvation Army Victoria
Its been a Victorian road trip for me this week. Difficult Conversations Training in Ballarat, Bendigo, CBC in Ringwood and Moreland. I have decided to put the links to notes and resources all in one post. I hope participants can find what they are looking for.
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