[OSList] Large Open Space with Anglican Church Australia

[Harrison Owen]

Congratulations! And I hate to tell you, The United Church of Canada beat
you by a bit. Participants: 500, days: two, Date: mid 90's  And actually the
Presbyterian Church USA beat that by several years with the same number of
participants - but best of all was the Proceedings. 320 odd pages, printed
and delivered before departure. 500 copies came in a fork lift! Have fun!

 

Harrison

 

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A few weeks ago Brendan McKeague and Michael Wood co-facilitated what might
be the largest ever Open Space in Australia (certainly with a church group)
when the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane took the step of hosting most of the
first day of Synod (the annual large gathering of representatives of
Anglican parishes, schools and other organisations) for 6 hours in Open
Space. 450 people attended around a very spacious question, 'what is God
calling us to be and do at this time'.  Three sessions of 1.5 hours each led
to the posting of 56 conversation topics and 14 action plans. One of the
interesting pieces of feedback at the end of Synod is that the remainder of
Synod (which is conducted in a traditional Westminster Parliament format)
'felt' more calm and respectful that in previous years - no surprises there.
Although it's early days the whole thing felt to me like an opening up of
new possibility about the way we meet in the church and I personally hope it
might be part of a cultural shift starting to happen. Time will tell.

Michael Wood. Perth, Western Australia.

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