Travel in the Ministry – Birds in Flight

Workshop Number

Leader(s)

Minga

Claggett-Borne

Leslie

Manning

Audience

Who may register:

Women Only

full-time attenders only

Time breakdown

Experiential Activities:

50%

Lecture:

10%

Discussion:

25%

Description

Short Description:

Early Friends drank deeply by cool eternal waters. In laughter and reverence this workshop will explore the vitality in our individual leadings and discern our current direction. Do we need to change our flight pattern? We’ll use examples of historic and contemporary Quaker women. We’ll enjoy journal writing and song.

Long Description:

This is a reflective and interactive workshop. We will seek answers from the Compassionate One, or God. FGC has experienced a revival in the last 15 years in Friends traveling in the ministry. We will share stories of this exciting pioneering work within our community and consider ourselves in this stream of living history.

Goals are: - Understand details about Quaker giants who have
risen among Friends
- Crystallize my own ministry: my gifts in preaching and eldering
- Discuss current struggles among Friends and re-enact ways to overcome
21st century impasses.

First Day- With ring-tones and broadcasting, are we really silent Friends?
We'll hear Elizabeth Hooten's ministry to Friends. We'll see how
Friends in the 1660s offered fresh truths and a new-found
Christianity. We'll look at some rarely used quotes of Quaker
admonishments and testimonies. In pairs we'll reflect on What is
God asking of me? What fresh insights does the inner guide give me?
Exercise, discussion, worship and movement

Second Day- Is an elder also a Friends minister?
We'll hear Gene Knudsen Hoffman's story (PacificYM, 1900). We'll practice communicating using a
medley of compassionate, nonviolent and confrontative techniques. We
will try to draw out of each other the core of our personal ministry.
Exercise, discussion, song & worship.

Third Day- Angels and bandaids: Where does it hurt? What is the story of
Friends women like Dorothy Selebwa (Kakamega YM ) ministering during the AIDS epidemic in 2009? Learn about Susanna Morris (PhiladelphiaYM, 1700s) when she traveled with a concern for Friends' addictions.
Is the testimony of equality in full swing in your monthly meeting?
Personal stories of how Friends are looking at roots of violence (eg. gender inequality, FUM intolerance). Interactive sharing & worship.

Fourth Day- How do we drink from that everlasting pool of water? .
Minga's story working with women who've been violated. Leslie's journey
and homophobia. Loving ourselves as our Holy Mother loves us: Isaiah
48:21. Exercises of restorative practices.
Fifth Day- What do we need to move forward? Reenactment of Quakers traveling to heal a monthly meeting in trouble. Summing up. Sharing and worship.

What to bring:
Personal Journal
your Traveling Minute, if any.
a MM or YM minute in the last 3 years that have been contentious, if any

Advanced reading: Daughters of Light by Rebecca Larson 1999, North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill
Book of Isaiah
Let Thy Words be Few by Richard Bauman 1998 Quaker Home Service, London

Leader Experience:

At YMs:
I have led worship sharing groups, workshops, and have facilitated a pre-business group (12 people) called Focus Groups (experimental) at NEYM. I've spoken and led Bible studies at Cuba YM; Kakamega YM; and in 2009 at a FWCC bi-lingual gathering.

At FMC:
I lead nonviolence trainings in line with NV Peaceforce; I train peacekeepers for our silent vigils; I teach FDS including high schoolers; I help lead intergenerational worship with songs, crafts, sensory lessons.

NV Trainer:
AVP trainer in prisons; NV Peaceforce; AVP in Kenya in 2007 at meetings.