Tag: conversations

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. […]

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 […]

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. […]

We were in Christmas party mode

What a fun few days as we counted down to Christmas! From our conversations workshop on 6 December, we headed into the Northcote Christmas craft afternoon on 8 December. That included afternoon tea. Then on to the last mainly music session for the year (presents and food) and the Thursday group lunch. Thursday group is […]

Navigating challenging conversations

On 6 December we hosted another of our restorative thinking workshops, this one a bespoke session entitled ‘Navigating Challenging Conversations.’ The presenter was Erica Fairbank. Once again, a diverse range of people attended and generously brought their experience and spirit of enquiry to the occasion. This hands-on workshop encouraged conversations and sharing. It covered topics […]

Restorative thinking workshop

On 20 October, a diverse group of 22 people gathered for a four-hour workshop hosted by Greg Morgan (Onewa Christian Community) and kindly supported by ANCAD. Meeting costs were met from a grant Onewa Christian Community received from the Justice-Compassion Trust. The workshop was a chance to get a discussion going and to test possibilities […]