Come visit us at our booth at the Ferguson Farmer's Market.
Learn more about:
Strings Attached: a gathering for learning guitar, sharing music and deepening an awareness of the rich musical heritage of St Louis.
Women in Transition: a group for women in the middle third of life.
and
BeHeard.Info: Your Community, Your Voice and Our Future!
The Vine where community + conversation + collaboration = change
www.the-vine.us
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Community, Conversation, Collaboration
I am excited about the next project from The Vine.
We are launching "BeHeard.info"
This site will ask community members to tell their stories, ask their questions, expresses their hopes and concerns in a open on-line community format.
We will announce this new resource with ads in the local papers, banners and fliers.
In September we will publish what we have learned and offer a way for resources, community members and other assets of our area to be drawn together.
And we will have a big party to celebrate our rich and wonderful array of gifts for serving one another.
Maybe do a celebratory dance!
STAY TUNED!!!
We are launching "BeHeard.info"
This site will ask community members to tell their stories, ask their questions, expresses their hopes and concerns in a open on-line community format.
We will announce this new resource with ads in the local papers, banners and fliers.
In September we will publish what we have learned and offer a way for resources, community members and other assets of our area to be drawn together.
And we will have a big party to celebrate our rich and wonderful array of gifts for serving one another.
Maybe do a celebratory dance!
STAY TUNED!!!
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
That's Just the Way it is. Or is it?
Spent the last few days looking at a host of different prophets and predictions about our current difficult times.
The challenges we face are huge. And the approaches are varied. Lots to look at. And we are after all called to hope, even "Hope in Things Unseen." Romans 8:22-27
One interesting piece comes from TED: Bill Strickland's slide show, "Rebuilding America, one slide show at a time" with Herbie Hancock playing piano as background to the slides. He makes that hope seen.
It is a longish piece. Well worth your time.
What are you hoping for? What are you building?
As a friend says often, "behavior is belief."
So what does you behavior show about what you hope for?
What does your behavior show about what you are building?
A better kind of "The way it is"
The challenges we face are huge. And the approaches are varied. Lots to look at. And we are after all called to hope, even "Hope in Things Unseen." Romans 8:22-27
One interesting piece comes from TED: Bill Strickland's slide show, "Rebuilding America, one slide show at a time" with Herbie Hancock playing piano as background to the slides. He makes that hope seen.
It is a longish piece. Well worth your time.
What are you hoping for? What are you building?
As a friend says often, "behavior is belief."
So what does you behavior show about what you hope for?
What does your behavior show about what you are building?
A better kind of "The way it is"
Monday, January 5, 2009
What to do when times are tough.
I have been struck by how hard this current downturn is for a particular group of people. The people I have in mind have been tucked somewhere in the tail end of the so called old economy and now after years of believing that maybe somewhere there were stable businesses and more importantly believing they were in one of them; they have been hard hit as retail, banking, most forms of manufacturing and especially the auto industry, housing and a host of other sectors tumble and bounce.
In some of the collaborative work that I have been doing with two different groups; one for IT people who have lost their jobs, the other for people who are already struggling financially and are now seeing their fortunes take an even harder downward turn; it is clear that two distinct practices make a difference in the resiliency and effectiveness of the individuals facing their particular tough times.
First, those individuals who are managing the best have made maintaining old relationships and building new ones a DAILY practice. This is not a matter of mercenary or opportunistic networking. It is simply understanding and valuing the essential truth of each of our needs for relationships. No matter what else is going on, those who manage tough times keep connected to others in relationships that offer the opportunity to both receive and give.
Second, those individuals who are managing the best have a taken great notice of the things they have to be thankful for, they make gratitude a DAILY practice. There are neurobiological, psychological and spiritual reasons why this works which I will not go into here. What I will say is that those who pay attention to what is working, what they have to be thankful for, what others have done for them; stand a MUCH better chance of seeing opportunities when they arise and they have a much better ability to leave others with a positive impression.
To paraphrase systems leadership expert, Rabbi Edwin Friedman, it is about being who you are, focusing on your deepest values and maintaining a “non-anxious presence.”
Staying connected to important relationships and adding new ones, making a practice of seeing the good news in life even in its smallest examples and being a non-anxious presence for others and with your self will not fix the large problems but it will give you a way of proceeding in facing the day to day, hour to hour, moment to moment challenges you face.
In some of the collaborative work that I have been doing with two different groups; one for IT people who have lost their jobs, the other for people who are already struggling financially and are now seeing their fortunes take an even harder downward turn; it is clear that two distinct practices make a difference in the resiliency and effectiveness of the individuals facing their particular tough times.
First, those individuals who are managing the best have made maintaining old relationships and building new ones a DAILY practice. This is not a matter of mercenary or opportunistic networking. It is simply understanding and valuing the essential truth of each of our needs for relationships. No matter what else is going on, those who manage tough times keep connected to others in relationships that offer the opportunity to both receive and give.
Second, those individuals who are managing the best have a taken great notice of the things they have to be thankful for, they make gratitude a DAILY practice. There are neurobiological, psychological and spiritual reasons why this works which I will not go into here. What I will say is that those who pay attention to what is working, what they have to be thankful for, what others have done for them; stand a MUCH better chance of seeing opportunities when they arise and they have a much better ability to leave others with a positive impression.
To paraphrase systems leadership expert, Rabbi Edwin Friedman, it is about being who you are, focusing on your deepest values and maintaining a “non-anxious presence.”
Staying connected to important relationships and adding new ones, making a practice of seeing the good news in life even in its smallest examples and being a non-anxious presence for others and with your self will not fix the large problems but it will give you a way of proceeding in facing the day to day, hour to hour, moment to moment challenges you face.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Tools for Tough Times
Practical help in this current financial crisis, including tools for:
11/2: “Living Paycheck to Paycheck”
11/9: “Housing Costs and Options”
11/16: “Affordable Holiday Celebrations”
11/23: “Food: Frugal, Fun and Filling.”
11/30: “Managing your Credit”
Local experts, helpful information, fellow community members all coming together to offer joint support and practical tools for people facing these tough times.
Sundays 1 – 2:30 @ St. Stephen’s Church
33 N Clay at Darst in Ferguson
For more information go to: http://thevinestl.blogspot.com/
Email: episcopalians@gmail.com or call 314.753.7911
11/2: “Living Paycheck to Paycheck”
11/9: “Housing Costs and Options”
11/16: “Affordable Holiday Celebrations”
11/23: “Food: Frugal, Fun and Filling.”
11/30: “Managing your Credit”
Local experts, helpful information, fellow community members all coming together to offer joint support and practical tools for people facing these tough times.
Sundays 1 – 2:30 @ St. Stephen’s Church
33 N Clay at Darst in Ferguson
For more information go to: http://thevinestl.blogspot.com/
Email: episcopalians@gmail.com or call 314.753.7911
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The Vine ….come grow with us!
“We are created for community, fashioned for fellowship, and formed for a family, and none of us can fulfill God’s purposes by ourselves” (Warren, 2002, p. 130).
The Vine works to heal fractured relationships to build community connecting people to Christ and each other.
The Vine works to activate the inherent assets, gifts and capabilities of individuals and families to heal fractured relationships, build stronger communities for themselves and others influencing community change.
The Vine attends to how personal and familial problems are intimately connected to the larger community.
The Vine engages key stakeholders in community conversations of importance to those we serve.
The Vine utilizes the gifts, assets, and resources of the individuals, families, and the wider community to meet the needs of this same community.
The Vine is intentional and reflective attending to feedback from families, stakeholders and the greater community; as well as to emerging trends in clinical and community practice.
for more information contact: episcopalians@gmail.com
“We are created for community, fashioned for fellowship, and formed for a family, and none of us can fulfill God’s purposes by ourselves” (Warren, 2002, p. 130).
The Vine works to heal fractured relationships to build community connecting people to Christ and each other.
The Vine works to activate the inherent assets, gifts and capabilities of individuals and families to heal fractured relationships, build stronger communities for themselves and others influencing community change.
The Vine attends to how personal and familial problems are intimately connected to the larger community.
The Vine engages key stakeholders in community conversations of importance to those we serve.
The Vine utilizes the gifts, assets, and resources of the individuals, families, and the wider community to meet the needs of this same community.
The Vine is intentional and reflective attending to feedback from families, stakeholders and the greater community; as well as to emerging trends in clinical and community practice.
for more information contact: episcopalians@gmail.com
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