Last week I attended a week long course on Sharpening Your Interpersonal Skills (SYIS) by the Mobile Member Care Team (MMCT). This course is designed that those who go through it might help others in their own organisation. The task it too big to rely solely on professional care-givers and so Christian leaders must take some responsibility also to help those who struggle both with personal, interpersonal and work related problems.
Some of the areas we covered this past week were:
Looking at relationship killers
Listening skills
Drawing people out
Helping other solves problems
Confronting well including receiving confrontation well
Building trust
Lving in community
Managing conflicts
Helping others grieve well
Managing stress
Maintaining margin
The battle for moral purity
Being an encourager
The course was designed with lots of interaction, practice times, discussions, as well as theory. Now the big question is what do I do with it all now. The first thing I am planning is to look at ways that MAF can incorporate a more structured way of doing Member Care. How that will look in reality is not clear yet but definately a goal worth pursuing. I will keep you updated as to the developments that take place.
If you would like to know more about the Mobile Member Care Team you can visit their website at http://www.mmct.org/
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