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Date Posted: 12:03:43 08/13/11 Sat
Author: Lois
Subject: Brainwashing Circles

http://www.cofchrist.org/peacebuilding/faq.asp

1. Where did the idea of Listening Circles come from? Was it from top down (in other words, mandated by leadership)?

It grew out of an experience Diane Kyser and Sandee Gamet had in Davenport, Iowa.

The phone at the Community Mediation Center in Davenport, Iowa rang one day in 1995, "Can you help the community deal with the abortion issue in a peaceful way?" The caller had attended a gathering of pro-choice advocates who were beginning to consider strategies to bring to the area a women's health clinic that would provide abortions. He and a colleague on the other side of the issue, the Director of the Social Action Department of the local Catholic Diocese, had agreed that, given the potential for violence in the midst of adamantly held perspectives on the abortion issue, assistance was needed.
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http://www.cofchristfmc.org/Cong_news/Orlando%20C%20of%20C%20News%2005%2004.pdf

Orlando Community of Christ News, May 2004, Issue 6, page 1

Listening Circles Introduced to the Congregation
On Sunday, May 16th, Pastor Andrea Henson, co-facilitated by Pat McKay, introduced the concept of Listening Circles to the congregation.
The World Church has requested that we form these circles in our congregation (6-10 people each) for the purpose of listening to each other in a safe, non threatening environment. Listening Circles are a tool that can be used to discuss any difficult issue. The World Church has requested that the issue of homosexuality in the Community of Christ be our first focus.

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Re: Brainwashing Circles -- George, 12:55:33 08/13/11 Sat