FACILITATOR AS PARTICIPANT

[Marks & Margaret McAvity]

Hi folks;
 
And Happy New Year. 
 
I would appreciate a little advice. I am part of a well knit "Christian"
community of 13 persons that steward the life of a wonderful little Retreat
Centre called Rivendell on Bowen Island near Vancouver (just down the road
from Chris Corrigan). We have been developing the centre's philosophy,
offering spiritual hospitality and companionship as well as being available
as facilitators to the wide variety of groups that come here. In a way we
are the centre's staff, though it is a non-stipendiary service. As a
community we have a community retreat ourselves three times a year (
normally there are only 2 or 3 here hosting the centre at any one time). 
 
Our next retreat is early next week. And we have just decided that for the
"content" of this retreat that we would like to explore developing a
covenant for ourselves to both deepen our commitment to each other, and to
state clearly who we are and what we are endeavouring to do.
 
Now here is the "rub" and the challenge. I have volunteered to facilitate an
Open Space for this exploration- something I have done about half a dozen
times over the past 3 years, with much satisfaction and seeming success.
However, in this case, I want to be able to "open" and "hold" space, AND to
be a full participant. Has anyone had any experience of doing this? In our
case, it seems necessary to do this exploration totally "in house", but it
ought to include us all.
 
Any advice you might have for me as I prepare for this venture would be much
appreciated- short of telling me I shouldn't do it as I am now committed.
 
Cheers and thanks in advance.
 
Marks
of
Margaret & Marks McAvity
S50, C16
Galiano, BC
Canada V0N 1P0
mcavity at primus.ca

604-616-7260(cell-Marks),250-539-2881(Galiano)
604-328-4406(cell-Marg), 604-947-0077(Bowen-us) 


 

 

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