Creating a safe space for diverse local communities requires an openness to others who are different from us; hospitality requires us to embrace people as they are without expecting them to think or act as their hosts do. The best communities are not those where many topics are “off limits.” Great communities learn from one another by participating in hard conversations. The goal is not to change people, but to genuinely know and be known by one another. When we can accept one another’s right to be themselves then we will truly be a SAFE.Centre.
These series of workshops allow us to learn how to have hard conversations.
Series One: The Why and How of Hard Conversations with Julie Gardiner
Week 1 What do we need to feel safe enough to have Hard Conversations?
Week 2 Can I know God’s absolute truth and, when I know it, should I tell you?
Week 3 How to win a conversation!