Sanctuary for DialogueOur Mission: To facilitate civil and respectful dialogue in which people express their beliefs and ideas, and seek to understand better the beliefs and ideas of themselves and others, including why they believe as they do.
Our Vision: The Community Church’s Sanctuary for Dialogue Ministry is seen as a highly valuable resource, both within the congregation and in the broader community, for effectively facilitating discussions regarding topics on which the participants have strong disagreements, leading to increased trust and respect between the groups that disagree. |
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Upcoming Sfd Event
*Sun. Dec. 10, 2023, 2:00-4:00pm*.
Unfortunately, the original workshop has been cancelled.
HOWEVER, Some folks will be meeting.
The same time and place are reserved for :
Braver Angels Exploratory Group.
Learn about braver Angels and discuss together we can become a positive force in the community—or just make ourselves better people individually. Laura Gilliom ( Co-Chair of the local BA Alliance) will be there to explain more about Braver Angles.
Location: Living Room at church
Time: Approximately 2 hours. 2:00-4:00pm. Sun, Dec 10, 2023
*NO sign up required, just come!
Possible ideas:
Brain storm our ideas.Preliminary ideas from Maureen Magner:
Cultivate our listening and empathy skills amongst ourselves. Use the workbook for David Brook’s book How to Know a Person, move onto to another book like Critical Conversations or The Art of Empathy and/or Braver Angel’s list of recommended books.
cLearn about braver Angels and see how together we can become a positive force in the community—or just make ourselves better people individually. Laura Gilliom ( Co-Chair of the local BA Alliance) will be there to explain more about Braver Angles.
You may still be interested in completing the online eCourse for the B raver Angel's workshop: "Families and Politics".
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BELOW is no longer relevant:
A Braver Angel's workshop: "Families and Politics"
Location: Living Room at church
Time: Approximately 2 hours. 2:00-4:00pm. Sun, Dec 10, 2023
Information on Families and Politics Workshop (from braverangels.org )
Families and Politics workshops show participants how to talk about politics with their loved ones in a way that brings us closer together — not farther apart
Goals
· Family relationships are becoming casualties of our toxic polarized environment. Family members are having nasty political arguments, avoiding each other, or even cutting off lifetime relationships. If you want to preserve important family bonds while still being true to your values and political beliefs, this workshop is for you!
· Although the focus is on family relationships, you can use strategies in this workshop with any loved one. You’ll laugh and have some fun in this workshop—it won’t be all serious. After all, we all come from quirky families
There is an optional 40-minute interactive course online at https://braverangels.org/online/families-and-politics-training
Questions? Contact [email protected]
To learn more about Braver Angels: https://braverangels.org
NEW Braver Angels podcast on a related subject:
🎧 Our own Mónica Guzmán launched a brand new BA podcast on October 24! Check out Episode 3: How can you talk politics in a divided family? in which Mónica, a liberal, sits down with the people she’s argued with the most: her conservative parents. Don’t forget to hit subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and to spread the word!
Other? We'd love to hear your ideas and feedback at [email protected].
ONGOING: SfD members are also conducting online workshops and debates in the community to address political polarization. We are using Braver Angels workshops such as the Red/Blue Workshop, which brings together an equal number of conservative and liberal participants for structured discussion exercises, plus observers. Other workshops are Skills for Bridging the Divide Workshops for talking across the political divide, Depolarizing Within workshops for talking with your own side, and Braver Angels style Debates. All events are conducted online at this time. If you are interested in participating in or observing one of these workshops, please email us by clicking the "Contact SfD" button above.
Unfortunately, the original workshop has been cancelled.
HOWEVER, Some folks will be meeting.
The same time and place are reserved for :
Braver Angels Exploratory Group.
Learn about braver Angels and discuss together we can become a positive force in the community—or just make ourselves better people individually. Laura Gilliom ( Co-Chair of the local BA Alliance) will be there to explain more about Braver Angles.
Location: Living Room at church
Time: Approximately 2 hours. 2:00-4:00pm. Sun, Dec 10, 2023
*NO sign up required, just come!
Possible ideas:
Brain storm our ideas.Preliminary ideas from Maureen Magner:
Cultivate our listening and empathy skills amongst ourselves. Use the workbook for David Brook’s book How to Know a Person, move onto to another book like Critical Conversations or The Art of Empathy and/or Braver Angel’s list of recommended books.
cLearn about braver Angels and see how together we can become a positive force in the community—or just make ourselves better people individually. Laura Gilliom ( Co-Chair of the local BA Alliance) will be there to explain more about Braver Angles.
You may still be interested in completing the online eCourse for the B raver Angel's workshop: "Families and Politics".
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
BELOW is no longer relevant:
A Braver Angel's workshop: "Families and Politics"
Location: Living Room at church
Time: Approximately 2 hours. 2:00-4:00pm. Sun, Dec 10, 2023
Information on Families and Politics Workshop (from braverangels.org )
Families and Politics workshops show participants how to talk about politics with their loved ones in a way that brings us closer together — not farther apart
Goals
- Insight into why family differences over politics are uniquely challenging.
- Recognition of common roles that family members play in political conversations (for example, the Gladiator, the Defender, and the Sniper)
- Strategies and skills for handling family political differences in a constructive way.
· Family relationships are becoming casualties of our toxic polarized environment. Family members are having nasty political arguments, avoiding each other, or even cutting off lifetime relationships. If you want to preserve important family bonds while still being true to your values and political beliefs, this workshop is for you!
· Although the focus is on family relationships, you can use strategies in this workshop with any loved one. You’ll laugh and have some fun in this workshop—it won’t be all serious. After all, we all come from quirky families
There is an optional 40-minute interactive course online at https://braverangels.org/online/families-and-politics-training
Questions? Contact [email protected]
To learn more about Braver Angels: https://braverangels.org
NEW Braver Angels podcast on a related subject:
🎧 Our own Mónica Guzmán launched a brand new BA podcast on October 24! Check out Episode 3: How can you talk politics in a divided family? in which Mónica, a liberal, sits down with the people she’s argued with the most: her conservative parents. Don’t forget to hit subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and to spread the word!
Other? We'd love to hear your ideas and feedback at [email protected].
ONGOING: SfD members are also conducting online workshops and debates in the community to address political polarization. We are using Braver Angels workshops such as the Red/Blue Workshop, which brings together an equal number of conservative and liberal participants for structured discussion exercises, plus observers. Other workshops are Skills for Bridging the Divide Workshops for talking across the political divide, Depolarizing Within workshops for talking with your own side, and Braver Angels style Debates. All events are conducted online at this time. If you are interested in participating in or observing one of these workshops, please email us by clicking the "Contact SfD" button above.
Previous Sfd Events
The Proposed Rewrite of Article II (containing our principles, sources and values) of the UUA Bylaws
COVID-19
RE-OPENING AFTER COVID-19
Dialogue: What is Consent, Exactly?
SEA Course on Depolarizing Within
Let's Talk Turkey: A Skills Workshop for Talking across the Political Divide
Addressing Income Disparity
Let's Talk Turkey! Talking across the Political Divide, a Skills Workshop on Difficult Personal Conversations
Free Speech on College Campuses (Youth dialogue)
Palestinian - Israeli Conflict
Privacy and Security
Religious and Political Differences in our Congregation
Personal Conviction and Public Duty
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Dialogues use questions to facilitate difficult conversations, often within an organization. Questions are developed in pre-interviews with the participants and those requesting a specific dialogue topic.
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Workshops and debates address communication on political topics. Participants learn more about their own beliefs, practice communication skills and learn by hearing participants with differing political views describe what they believe and why.
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