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Introducing Facilitated Learning Circles |
... a new way to reflect on church leadership
Members of a Facilitated Learning Circle in Edmonton Alberta. |
Facilitated Learning Circles offer you an opportunity to reflect on church leadership with colleagues in your region, or across the country. In small groups of 6 - 12 people, you will work with a skilled facilitator to hone your skills, deepen your theology, and break down the isolation in ministry which can contribute to stress and burn-out. Click one of these links to read more: Facilitated Learning Circles offer an alternative to event-based programs: - Groups covenant to meet regularly which each other for a full year, allowing time to experiment with new ideas and test out new theories.
- Groups choose their own topics -- facilitators do not impose an agenda; rather they help the group decide what to study together
- Group members are responsible for their own learning -- group members may choose to share leadership for particular sessions; bring case studies from their congregations; and offer personal support to each other in the process.
- This doesn't replace event-based continuing education -- many groups decide that part of their work together will include attending a Continuing Education event together. Some groups are even formed at events themselves. But this deepens the experience of an event, because it provides the opportunity to attend with colleagues you already know, and engage in extended discussions afterwards about how to put into practice what you learned at the event.
Facilitated Learning Circles are available nationwide:  - Face-to-face groups are already being organized in many regions across the country.
- If you and 5-12 colleagues are interested in forming a group in your region, please contact us. We're eager to expand this program.
- Telephone conference call groups are being organized, to offer this learning opportunity to those who live too far away for a face-to-face experience. There is no additional cost to participants -- each member of the group dials a 1-800 number to connect through a centralized switching service.
- The facilitator’s role is not to be the “expert,” but to look fter the logistics so that the conversation can happen mong participants.
- Members of the group don’t have to worry about all the details, so their focus can be on learning and looking for renewal.
- In the pilot projects the church has run across the country the feedback was universal: facilitators make a huge difference. Because of them, every member of the group can simply concentrate on being a member.
- $200 for ministry personnel with a continuing education allowance
- $100 for those without a continuing education allowance
- SPECIAL for 2010 -- tuition fees will be waived for new groups for the first 10 months
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Learning Circles