Very interesting, Harrison. And congratulation to you and Brendan, Michael. I
know who would appreciate that too...
Artur
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On Monday, August 26, 2019, 01:05:18 PM GMT+1, Harrison Owen via OSList
<[email protected]> wrote:
Congratulations! And I hate to tell you, The United Church of Canada beat you
by a bit. Participants: 500, days: two, Date: mid 90’s And actually the
Presbyterian Church USA beat that by several years with the same number of
participants – but best of all was the Proceedings. 320 odd pages, printed and
delivered before departure. 500 copies came in a fork lift! Have fun!
Harrison
From: OSList [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Michael Wood via OSList
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2019 3:14 AM
To: [email protected]
Cc: Michael Wood
Subject: [OSList] Large Open Space with Anglican Church Australia
A few weeks ago Brendan McKeague and Michael Wood co-facilitated what might be
the largest ever Open Space in Australia (certainly with a church group) when
the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane took the step of hosting most of the first day
of Synod (the annual large gathering of representatives of Anglican parishes,
schools and other organisations) for 6 hours in Open Space. 450 people attended
around a very spacious question, ‘what is God calling us to be and do at this
time’. Three sessions of 1.5 hours each led to the posting of 56 conversation
topics and 14 action plans. One of the interesting pieces of feedback at the
end of Synod is that the remainder of Synod (which is conducted in a
traditional Westminster Parliament format) ‘felt’ more calm and respectful that
in previous years – no surprises there. Although it’s early days the whole
thing felt to me like an opening up of new possibility about the way we meet in
the church and I personally hope it might be part of a cultural shift starting
to happen. Time will tell.
Michael Wood. Perth, Western Australia.
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