[OSList] Large Open Space with Anglican Church Australia

[Birgitt Williams]

Congratulations Michael and Brendan ,
Among the many aspects of this story that are just great, the one I am
appreciating the most is that you did your OST design so that all sessions
were given 90 minutes, using the gift of time within the space, time for
meaningful conversations.

in genuine contact,
Birgitt


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On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 3:14 AM Michael Wood via OSList <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> 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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