During the
consultation, at times we will split into smaller groups to consider some of
the following options.
Churchplanting
a) Most of the participants will be
sharing stories form this perspective.
b) We will look at one of the training
courses on urban poor churchplanting
Rescuing Commercial Sex Workers
Stories and practice from leaders.
Discussion on training options
Land Rights
Objective: to begin developing an evangelical theology and practice of
involvement in land and land rights struggles
a) Stories of land rights actions by
our urban poor network groups
b) Best practices in the security of
tenure and access to land from the United Nations
c) Developing a theology of land rights
from our stories
a) How do
we build the network of urban poor churchplanting movements?
i)
Report
from Brazilian and African gatherings
ii)
Name
for the network?
iii)
Clarification
of foci
iv)
Core
team
v)
Sub-commissions
for training, resourcing, PR and publications
vi)
Next
gatherings?
b)Fund-raising
for clusters of urban poor ministries in the network, and for the network
i)
What
the funders need to allocate resources
ii)
What
we need to do to meet the needs of our funders
iii)
Cash
flow issues in an urban poor churchplant
c)Communications
and public relations
i)
Communicating
the Vision for incarnational ministry and urban poor churchplanting
ii)
Sharing
resources
iii)
Publications
on web and in book form
Pastoral Care for Urban Poor Workers
All of us pay an emotional and spiritual price
for our involvement among the poor.
Issues to consider:
i)Healing the wounds
ii)Developing an Urban Spirituality in our
missions
This would likely become a focus of a
subsequent consultation.
Based on
the two years of work already done on the urban poor training processes. This consultation will be a major
integration time for these.
During the
consultation we will be modeling aspects of storytelling and developing
training with several foci
a)
Urban poor church planting course
b)
Urban
poor leadership course
c)
Struggling
with land rights
d)
Resourcing
urban poor works and cash flows in a churchplant
a)
Curriculum Development
i)
Develop
a comprehensive list of qualities and skills that conference attendees believe
are essential for urban poor churchplanters and workers.
ii)
Arrange
these qualities and skills into a valid progression of development
that reflects the learning development of people.
iii)
Produce
a structure for the curriculum that will be a guide for delivery of
the training.
Post Conference process
iv)
To
match the result to the present curriculum proposals and make adjustments where
necessary.
This results of this process will be reported
back to all attendees after the Conference.
b)
Delivery Systems
Evaluate the best practices of:
i) Delivery of courses through the web (
ii)
What facilitators do with Power point with embedded video clips on
iii)
Evaluate an Indian TEE type format for trainees who study individually
or in groups.
c)
Production methods
i)
Web
access delivery production methods: How to take DV, edit it on the computer,
output it in usable format, and integrate it into Power point presentations.
ii)
Producing
CD training materials for facilitators and distance students to use.
iii)
Useful experience for these processes from TEE format training materials
for individual learning.
d)
Trainers’ Network
Development Roles
A core group to develop paradise structure for
the training sub-commission
To empower the conference attendees to have
input into the structure that has been designed for course writing development.
Make modifications where necessary.
Task profiles will be produced prior to the
conference for delegates to review and
change to suit the abilities and gifting of the people available to the
Network.
The task profiles are;
1.
CCW = Cross-cultural workers = external workers who
have come to the city to assist in developing the work of the
2. CG =
Consultative Group = A group of persons brought together for the purpose of
providing input into the course development process. This should include CL’s, IWP’s, CCW’s, WR’s. The presence
of the SE is optional.
3. CL = City
Leaders = Christian City Leaders with a citywide vision in their occupation or ministry.
4. DIR = The
director of course development at the Urban Leadership Foundation.
5.
FR = Facilitator = A course facilitator in person
or by video conferencing.
6. IDT =
Instructional Design Team = The team who consult with each other and design the
instructional methods and assessment tasks used in a course. They will also
develop the evaluation tools.
7. IWP
=Indigenous workers among the poor = persons born in the city who have
experienced a lifetime of living with the indigenous poor of the city. These
workers may be multi-cultural.
8. SE = Expert
= Subject Expert
9. WR = Writer
= Course writer
e)
Faculty Development Plan for
Distance Learning
The training process and design of
distance learning
i)
Informal
education in sociology, theology and anthropology
ii)
Inter-cultural
appreciation
iii)
Peer
to peer
iv)
Inter-generationally
Apprenticeship models
v)
Conceptual
knowledge required to be understood by faculty members
vi)
Problem
solving strategies in the course design
vii)
Students
groups and team concepts
viii)
Field
work
ix)
Facilitator/Instructor’s
role
x)
Assessment
tasks