I enjoyed being back at SMBC in Sydney, this time for a week long intensive on Resilience and Self Care in Ministry. All the notes and exercises from the course are in the dropbox and have been loaded onto the moodle site.
Marmingatha Ministry Conference – Anglican Diocese of Melbourne
Great to be catching up with clergy at the Foothills Conference Centre in Mooroolbark. We are exploring cultural change and conflict dynamics over two days.
Notes and links are included below:
Presentation 1 – Understanding conflict
Presentation 2: Organisational Culture – functional and dysfunctional
Covenant Commitments for Christians in times of disagreement
Presentation 3a – Dealing with power abuse and bullying
Navigating Difficult Conversations
Differences between healthy leadership and bullying
Parish Council Covenant (Sample only)
Presentation 3b – Managing Polarities
Presentation 4 – The Critical Few – Cultural Change
Practicing what I preach…. – I’m on Sabbatical!
Every seven years of ministry I have taken Sabbatical leave. This is now my fourth time around. I am spending the time from 1 October to Mid January in study, reflection and putting together some training materials on conflict and church recovery as I will be laying these areas of ministry down in the next season. Merran and I will also walk a custom designed pilgrimage North to South traversing Tasmania. Blessings and see you on the other side!
Team Leader’s Conference–Chiang Mai – August 2018
Great to be with a mission group in Chiang Mai, exploring aspects of teamwork, team dynamics and team leadership over this week.
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Salvation Army Northern Cluster June 2018
Back to our favourite cafe for another Cluster session on June 21. We are working through Dallas Willard’s Renovation of the Heart and seeking to apply it to leadership and ministry. Notes from today are below.
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