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Sustaining a Reconciling Community

Train and equip others in your organization to embody and sustain the vision and practices of a reconciling community with creativity and care.

Course Description and Details

This in-person 2-day capstone course is designed to equip organizational leaders to train others within their organization with the knowledge, language, and vision needed to maintain and grow a healthy community over the long haul. Sessions focus on equipping leadership teams with resources to train others and one-on-one and small group coaching help.

Themes:

  • Discipleship and Multiplication
  • Sustaining Reconciliation in Your Context

Outcomes:

  • Training in how to train other Arrabon Ambassadors within your community to advance the work of reconciliation
  • Practical tools and resources to further contextualize and sustain reconciliation for generations to come
In-Person
  2 days

In-Person

  2 days

Session 1: The Arrabon Voice

You will be trained to engage people using the Arrabon voice, a pastoral voice that focuses on shepherding people.

  • Discuss what it means to have a pastoral/prophetic voice
  • Learn the core communication principles that Arrabon uses in its facilitation and teaching
  • Explore why the Arrabon Voice is so important in building and sustaining reconciling communities

Session 2: Biblical Depth and the Arrabon Voice

You will explore the centrality of the biblical narrative and a theological rootedness in the Arrabon Voice.

  • Discuss the importance of reconciliation as spiritual formation
  • Apply the Arrabon Voice to challenging pastoral situations by using biblical wisdom and theological knowledge

Session 3: The Story of Race and the Arrabon Voice

You will dive into the story of race in America and learn how to speak about it and respond to it pastorally.

  • Identify the importance of understanding historical, societal, and cultural context as we commit to the work of being a reconciling community
  • Practice using the Arrabon Voice in challenging conversations connected to our American historical context

Session 4: Reconciling Culture-Making

You will explore the importance of creativity and innovation in the life of a reconciling community.

  • Identify gaps and needs within your organization or community that need to be addressed
  • Discuss how creativity and innovation can help address those gaps
  • Brainstorm culture-making opportunities within your own context

Session 5: Change Management

You will learn important skills to serve your community in growing and maintaining an identity as a reconciling community.

  • Discuss the work of change management and how it is necessary in the life of a reconciling community
  • Practice change management skills in different scenarios relating to your organization

Session 6: How to Use Arrabon Tools

You will create a reconciling community toolbox that you can use to serve your community.

  • Compile the tools, skills, and resources you’ve gained thus far
  • Consider different scenarios and which tools would be most useful in each

Empower your team for transformation

Strengthen your leadership and transform your organization with the help of our team training.

Create lasting cultural change

Discover ways to innovate and create together towards reconciliation.

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