Posts Tagged ‘For Practitioners’

The circle process a great gift to the Church as it evokes the best of our theology, recognizes the importance of ritual and sacred space and time, emphasizes the significance of relational covenants, encourages deep listening and respectful speaking from
the heart, moves us away from parliamentary procedure to consensus decision‐making, creates an empowering servant or stewardship understanding of leadership, and focuses us on the mission of reconciliation, healing relationships and creating community.

GROUP FACILITATION – TIPS FOR THE FACILITATOR Dealing with Unhelpful Comments Often a facilitator needs to deal with unhelpful or negative comments from participants. Facilitators can handle these constructively by recognizing them as they occur. In this list of commonly heard statements, suggested facilitator responses follow in brackets. While all the responses below are often [...]