Facilitator: Onboarding Course
This course is designed to train new facilitators with the assistance of the Congregation Support Coordinator.
Introduction: Are we welcoming or affirming?
What's Our Purpose?
Welcoming and Affirming Program Oversight
Support Team Role
Congregational Role
Facilitator Role
How it Works: Program Flowchart
Course Elements
Devotions and Community Covenant
Module Review
Course Check-Ins
Reflection and Homework
Module One Wrap Up
Module Two Introduction
What is a One-to-One Visit?
What a One-to-One Is (Not)
How One-to-One Visits Will be Utilized in this Program
Benefits of Building a Relational Culture of Organizing
Large Group Discussion
Sustainable Action: Planting the Seeds of Relational Organizing By Rev. Louise Green
Congregations and Conflict by Rev. Dr. Anita L. Bradshaw
Faithful Disagreement in Community of Christ
Reflecting on Congregations and Conflict
Faith Community as a System
Strategies for Addressing Conflict in Congregations by W. Craig Gilliam
Ten Tips on Handling Conflict
Reflection and Homework
Testimony: Gary Gordier
Introduction
Power and Privilege Pitfalls
Identity and Power Pitfalls
Power, Privilege and Allyship Homework
Who Am I?
People Over Definitions
Acronyms: LGBTQIA2S+ and SOGIE
Intersectionality
What Does "Two-Spirit" Mean?
Beyond the Binary: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression
A New Grid: Adding Asexual and Aromantic to the Continuum
History of the Word 'Agender'
Name Changes and Deadnaming
Laverne Cox on Deadnaming Trans People
Homework
Introduction
An Update from Harmony
Required Reading
Introduction to Queer/LGBTQIA2S+ History in Community of Christ
National and Multi-National Conferences in Community of Christ
Policy Tracker Map
Worldwide Queer/LGBTQIA2S+ Legal Protections Map
Homework
Introduction
Clobber Passages
Statement on Scripture
Resource: A Way of Life by Anthony Chvala-Smith
How to know it's OK to be LGBTQ: Matthew 7 - Queer Theology
Homework
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