Narara Valley Baptist Church - nvbc Away '08 Keeping it Real

nvbc Away '08 <Keeping it Real >

Real Conversations About Community

Melissa Baker’s Story

During our weekend away, Melissa shared with us some of her early years. A story that reaches into the depths of forgiveness, grace, and restoration; saved from a world of drugs, suicide, and living on the streets of Sydney.

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Facilitated Stories Panel

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Our panel, Jonathan Gould, Nicola Morley, Craig Pinel & David Porter shared aspects of themselves with us as we began to nudge a number of community-related themes.

The goal of the panel experience was to:

To discover something new about the 'why' of Community
To inspire hope and confidence in the nature and practice of Community
To challenge some common delusions about Community

The questions that the panel had worked with for some time before our event, individually and collectively were:

What communities do you currently participate in?
How important is community to you? How has that sense developed?
What factors have you come across that inhibit the working of ‘community’?
What dynamics do you see are the essence of Christian community?
Why participate in community?

Interactive Workshops