Bridge Builders for a Thriving Mission

10/03/2024

✨ Navigating Change? ✨
Discover how to harness your strengths and bring your best self to the process of collaboration

Join three CliftonStrengths coaches for a dynamic conversation—both online and in person—on October 8, 2024. Together, we’ll explore ways to reframe, engage, and thrive together.

Hosted by the Bridge Builders Initiative. Secure your spot today and step into change with renewed purpose!

As a result of this interactive workshop, participants will be able to: (a) Describe more fully the unique talents they bring to fluid and complex situations; (b) Articulate questions that can clarify strengths others bring; and (c) Experiment with tools and processes that help teams continue turni

09/26/2024

I am really looking forward to this presentation this evening. If you are free join us!

We are thrilled to welcome MACC's own Dr. Antonio Ramirez to campus next week to present “Attune Your Soul: The Sacred Art of Listening for Ministry.” We hope you will join us virtually or in person in welcoming Dr. Ramirez.

09/26/2024

Brenda shares her experience of being formed for listening as a caregiver . . . Learn more about the next cohort starting in October at https://www.thrivingmission.org/post/lay-pastoral-caregivers-training

09/23/2024

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Listening with open hearts is the basis for new lay pastoral caregiver training.

09/16/2024

CliftonStrengths Workshop, Coming Oct. 8 - https://mailchi.mp/csbsju/20240216-thriving-mission-news-17984268
We're all facing a lot of change these days and it's natural to wonder how we can handle it more effectively. The key, from a CliftonStrengths perspective, is learning to focus on what's right with people and situations. Read on for more information about the Oct. 8 workshop "Navigating Change in a Strengths-based Way" . . .

We're all facing a lot of change these days and it's natural to wonder how we can handle it more effectively. The key, from a CliftonStrengths perspective, is learning to focus on what's right with people and situations. Read on for more information about the Oct. 8 workshop "Navigating Change in a....

08/16/2024

Read about our Lay Ecclesial Minister retreat from earlier this month and exciting events coming up this fall. - https://mailchi.mp/csbsju/20240216-thriving-mission-news-17983694

04/12/2024

Thriving Mission News - https://mailchi.mp/csbsju/20240216-thriving-mission-news-17969178

04/05/2024

You're Invited! - https://mailchi.mp/csbsju/20231010-thriving-mission-news-17969162

03/15/2024

Thriving Mission News - https://mailchi.mp/csbsju/20240216-thriving-mission-news-15615974

02/17/2024

Gerry Straub is a Bridge Builder. Engage this series to explore the spiritual life of a bridge builder.

Gerard Straub is offering three Lenten reflections for individuals and small faith-sharing groups, using excerpts from Mud Pies and Kites, his film about Haiti at the time of the 2010 earthquake.

02/16/2024

Thriving Mission News - https://mailchi.mp/csbsju/20240216-thriving-mission-news
One does not build a bridge between two entities that are already connected. It takes courage to hear the best version of what someone else is trying to say. Bridge-building takes the cooperation of multiple parties. A bridge connects. A bridge overcomes disparities in diverse ways of doing something or thinking about something. Deep listening forms trust. For a bridge to serve its purpose, it must be trusted as a stable way of crossing over.

01/18/2024

Looking for a Lenten workshop and retreat? This workshop is on Zoom! When you sign up you will also get the facilitators book!

Anne Kertz Kernion, author of Spiritual Practices for the Brain: Caring for Mind, Body, and Soul is hosting a series of events.