Community Spotlight Conversations

At the recent Community Conversation Café, we came together for an evening of conversation, collaborative dialog, and shared wisdom to discover what it means for us to BE the Light and explore what we deeply desire for the Center for Spiritual Living – Olympia.

Together, our community identified four key initiatives as areas for expansion:

1. Caring for our Member Community
2. Youth and Family Ministry
3. Marketing and Outreach
4. Finding Our Own Place

To develop the possibilities inherent in each area, the Core Council is sponsoring five focused conversations, called Spotlight Conversations.

Each of these Spotlight Conversations will be held at NOVA School after Sunday service. These meetings are not intended to be task-oriented teams — though such teams may form out of the conversation — but rather, are to expand our possibilities and explore the potential within us.

Feb. 12 ~ Shared Leadership - Setting the Context

Sanctuary 12:30 to 2 p.m.

Our first conversation will be to set the context for all the other conversations. It will be an exploration of our main organizational style Shared Leadership. We will learn about the definitions of Shared Leadership, basic team dynamics crucial to consensual governance, and the continuum of decision making. This session will include small group sharing and a question and answer time.

March 4  ~ Finding Our Own Place

Read the summary of our exploration of the possibilities for finding a place of our own.

April 1  ~  Caring for our Member Community

In this conversation we will explore the possibilities for welcoming, growing, retaining and serving our community members.

April 22  ~ Youth and Family Ministries

In this conversation we will explore the possibilities for developing a Youth and Family ministry that serves the needs of young families.

May 20 ~ Marketing and Outreach

In this conversation we will explore the possibilities for marketing our Center, and outreach to the larger community of Thurston County.