Have a look at this article from the Alban weekly – work life balance for clergy.
Facilitation Skills Workshop–Churches of Christ Vic Tas–Church Consultants Training
It was good to share the day with church consultants from both Teams A and B with the Churches of Christ Conference of Vic Tas. We looked at facilitation techniques and skills for working in churches and debriefed a number of current consultancies. Enjoyed our second last day of this training program.
All the notes are now in the course dropbox.
Anglican Diocese of Gippsland–Clergy Support and Wellbeing Day Traralgon
Another enjoyable day catching up with the clergy team in the Diocese of Gippsland. This year our theme was dealing with the dynamics of conflict in parish communities and looking at strategies for early intervention. We brainstormed conflict dynamics in church communities, looked at styles and modes of conflict, church systems, a conflict process and conflict management for leaders.
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EPIC Conference – Anglican Diocese of Melbourne
I enjoyed teaching conflict management and resolution skills to Priests in Charge for the Diocese of Melbourne over three days this week. We covered a number of frameworks for understanding conflict and looked at some practical processes for resolution in both interpersonal and parish processes. All the notes and handouts have been added to the EPIC dropbox.
Crusaders Staff Training – Conflict Resolution
I enjoyed today with the staff team from Crusaders in NSW at their Galston Gorge campsite – even picked up a few magic tricks on the side. We looked at conflict styles, Matt 18 and explored a series of scenarios. In the elective session we reflected areas of vulnerability and processes of self care in ministry. Notes of the sessions follow.
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