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Date Posted: 12:55:33 08/13/11 Sat
Author: George
Subject: Re: Brainwashing Circles
In reply to: Lois 's message, "Brainwashing Circles" on 12:03:43 08/13/11 Sat

> >href="http://www.cofchrist.org/peacebuilding/faq.asp">h
>ttp://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.
>--------
>
>Bold added by Lois
>Submitted by Lois
>
> >href="http://www.cofchristfmc.org/Cong_news/Orlando%20C
>%20of%20C%20News%2005%2004.pdf">http://www.cofchristfmc
>.org/Cong_news/Orlando%20C%20of%20C%20News%2005%2004.pd
>f
>
>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.

Well, Lois, the "Peace" symbol tells us where a lot of this "strategy" is coming from -- left over Stalinism.

George

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