Building compassionate communities
Building Compassionate Communities is a project we started in 2023 with support from the Justice-Compassion Trust. We have run a number of public workshops on ‘Better conversations’ and ‘Restorative thinking’ – see the newsletters below. Contact us if these are not accessible to you. The next series of workshops will focus on Building Compassionate Communities. […]
Successful repair cafés
Next repair café will be on Saturday 27 July, 10.30 am to 1.00 pm. See you there! Thanks to all our superb volunteers who work so generously at the Birkenhead repair cafés. We hold one every couple of months. Fixers, advisers from a range of community groups, church members who make morning tea and run […]
Great workshops!
In April, Onewa Christian Community hosted two excellent workshops as part of the series on better conversations and restorative thinking. Talking about emotions Baruk Jacob facilitated a session using the Emotional Culture Deck as a conversation starter. Participants selected words that enabled them to identify pleasant and unpleasant emotions that they were comfortable discussing with […]
Community spirit abounds
On 16-17 March, we enjoyed lots of community engagement. The Birkenhead repair café attracted just over 70 items for repair. Not all could be fixed, but people received advice on how to repair or dispose of their items. Of course, there many very successful fixes, including to the cutest little ornament of a photographer using […]
About nonviolent communication
We hosted an interesting workshop with Camelia Petrus on nonviolent communication or NVC. With reference to thinking developed by the clinical psychologist Marshall Rosenberg, Camelia provided an overview of the skills that can be practised and used to achieve harmonious and empathetic conversations. What are our intentions in speaking? How can we use non-judgmental observation […]
Friends and supporters: join up
People have asked to hear in advance about our community activities and fundraising events. We’re launching an online newsletter for friends and supporters who want to keep in touch. Here’s our promise to you It’s easy to sign up: contact us When you receive newsletters, there will always be an unsubscribe option.
Birkenhead Pride ’24
Rhion Munro (he/they) spoke at one of the Birkenhead Pride events hosted by Onewa Christian Community. Rhi is a founding member of The Joyful Movement. He shared experiences that led his younger self from a childhood love of dance to give up dancing … and then return to joyous movement in his 30s. He offered […]
Better conversations update
Read our first newsletter on Better conversations – restorative thinking and action. This gives a background to the initiative and invites you to get involved. You may download it also – which might be necessary to view the newsletter on a tablet or phone. Follow the links in the newsletter to get more background info. […]
Thursday group welcomes you
Thursday group is open to anyone. If you know of any adults who are differently abled and would like to come along for a few hours of companionship, learning new skills and sharing existing ones, encourage them to come and meet us. People chat, play games, do puzzles, learn some crafts and eat their lunch […]
Come to Quiet in 2024
Whether you are an old hand at meditation or new to the practice of Centering Prayer, we welcome you to Come to Quiet. Each session starts with a video introducing us to someone well versed in things theological. We have a tea break and then have a 20 minute session of silent prayer. This quotation […]