We want to thank you again for attending RENEW! and for your willingness to experience what a difficult conversation through the focused conversations model is all about. At the event, we promised you that we'd share with you the yellow sheets that each small group turned in. If you're curious about the takeaways from other groups, this is your document! Perhaps you're looking for ideas on a topic to suggest to your congregation to have a focused conversation about - again, this is your document.
So where do we take these new skills from here? The synod will be training people who will be available to come into congregations to facilitate these focused conversations. Beginning this summer, you'll be able to request to have a facilitator design and lead a focused conversation in your congregation. Whether it's because you have a conflict you need to work through, or just want to engage in difficult conversation around a touchy topic, you will always get the most out of it if you have an outside facilitator lead you. Beginning June 10, the list will be available here.
If you're interested in becoming a certified facilitator of the focused conversations model, please feel free to contact Deacon Mary Kay DuChene, Assistant to the Bishop, (duchene@semnsynod.org or 507-280-9457) for more information.
The Staff of the Office of the Bishop - Southeastern Minnesota Synod
