I am enjoying some warm Adelaide weather while giving a couple of sessions at the National Bishops Meeting.
Australian Bishops Meeting Adelaide
Ministry Renewal Retreats Victoria
I enjoyed being back at St James Old Cathedral today after a walk through Flagstaff Gardens. Training was for existing and new facilitators for Ministry Renewal Retreats in Victoria. Our normal cycles of renewal retreats run over three years and then groups either multiply or reform. This has been challenging during COVID with many groups missing annual retreats and catch up days. Looks like we can get back to a more normal rhythm this year. It is great to welcome some new facilitators.
Today we coved Theological Reflection (Thanks Len Firth) and looked at Core Values, Ministry to retreat group members and the principles of Sabbath-keeping.
Notes in our team dropbox have been updated.
EPIC Training Diocese of Melbourne
Leading Change and Transition – Seminar 1
Transform Southern Sydney is hosting a series of seminars for leaders on change and transition leadership. At the first of four seminars (on zoom today) Tim introduced four types of change and transition, focussed insights from Bridge’s Transition Model and Worden’s Four Tasks of Letting Go in leading change and transition, and outlined the tasks of effective leadership through the transition process with reference to Kotter’s Process for Leading Change.
Notes and resources are in the team Dropbox.
Presbyterian Church of NSW and ACT – Church Consultancy Training
Tim and I joined the Presbyterian Church Consultancy Team via Zoom this and yesterday morning. We returned to the standard facilitation process before reflecting on broad types of proactive (problem solving, re-visioning, and redevelopment) and reactive (specialist) consultancies. We then explored issues facing ministers in the aftermath of the last two years of COVID19.
The resources are in the consultancy team Dropbox.