Two hour workshops on Tuesday 14-16
Toni & Eric Coulton (UK)
Breathe
Tuesday & Thursday 14-16 you can drop in any time, Room LS B3116
About Leaders: Toni Coulton has been involved in support of christina ministry in the Further Education college of the UK for over 15 years. this has been done through the denominational churches, working for Uccf (UK member of IFES International Federation of Evangelical Students) being a member of NEAFE (National Ecumenical Agency for Further Education) now fbfe (Faith and Belief in FE) and most recently with Dare 2 Engage and Festive. She has recently completed an MA in MissionEric Coulton (a retired medical Doctor) is married to Toni accompanies her to help with the workshop.
About Workshop: Designed in Britain by Dare to Engage for 16 - 19 year olds in Education and based on the historic labyrinth approach of journey and discovery, this innovative approach to spirituality is exciting students and chaplains alike. Through Breath the young person is given the opportunity to experience spirituality an amazing contribution to their quest for meaning, purpose, truth and identity. Breathe is suitable for students from all faiths and none and has been carefully designed to allow young people to engage with Christian ideas appropriately. Visually and experientially it is a personal encounter not to be missed.
Di Williams (UK)
Labyrinth: Reflection of the Soul
Tuesday & Thursday 14-16, Main building Aula
About leader: Di is an Anglican priest, and trained labyrinth facilitator. She is currently Chaplain to the University of Edinburgh, Scotland and the originator and developer of a labyrinth project within the University and City. She is writing a book on labyrinths and spiritual journeying entitled 'Labyrinths: Landscapes of the Soul.'
About Workshop: A two hour workshop introducing the labyrinth as a spiritual tool. There will be chance to walk a labyrinth and reflect on the experience for ones own spiritual journey as well as for the work of Chaplaincy in Higher Education. This will be a participative and reflective workshop for those of all traditions to walk a path together.
Lasse Halme, Henna Hauta-aho & Sanna-Maaria Tornivaara (FIN)
The Questionning Mind
Thursday 14-16, Room LS C9
About Leaders: Lasse Halme, Pastor and Th.D, is the Head of the Department for Education and Parish Services in the Lutheran Parish Union of Helsinki
Henna Hauta-aho, Pastor and Th.M, is working as a project coordinator in the Office of the Church Council of Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. The project: "Young Adults in the Church" is a co-operation project of the Church Council and Church Resources Agency
Sanna-Maaria Tornivaara, Soc.S.M/Communication, is working for the same project as a project coordinator in the Church Resources Agency.
About Workshop: Today's urban lifestyle emphasizes tolerance, freedom and individuality. This is especially true of young adults. Unlike earlier generations, they are not prepared to construct their identities on traditions. They have a questioning mind-set. Values and beliefs are also called into question. The authority of traditional religious institutions and the values they represent are no longer to be taken for granted." (The Questioning Mind: Faith and Values of the New Generation. Church Research Institute.)
Finland has been a Christian country where about 82 % of the people still belong to the Lutheran Church. The situation is rapidly changing and especially urban young adults are leaving the church. In Helsinki, only about 67 % of the people belong to the church. This visible change expresses the change of attitudes: traditional religion is giving way to individual spirituality.
How do we find urban faith that is genuinely relevant to young adults in our present situation? In this workshop we will ponder this question and present the efforts of the Finnish Church and Parishes to stregthen the connection with young adults.
Dr Christine Gapes (AUS)
Loss & Grief: Daily experiences of transformation
Tuesday 14-16, Room LS C5
About Leader: Dr Christine Gapes (University of Western Sydney chaplain) taught Pastoral Theology, Education and Youth Ministry at Uniting Church theological colleges, and the Australian Catholic University. Her most recent book, Reflective Practice, helps ministry agents to reflect on their work so they may be more fruitful and gain more satisfaction.
About Workshop: Ordinary grief does not need counseling; it needs listening. In the workshop we will explore different phases of loss and grief as they relate to social dislocation, international students, death and traumatic events. Ordinary interventions that can be made by amateurs who care for people and simple ways of supporting people in grief will be discussed, as well as the effectiveness of art work, journaling, and a special box.
Peter Maher (AUS)
Holistic Spirituality can be Fun
Tuesday 14-16, Room LS B3107
About Leader: Peter Maher is the Catholic chaplain at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Australia and Chaplains Representative of the UTS Multifaith Chaplaincy. His qualifications include Bachelor of Theology (Catholic Institute of Sydney); Masters in Education (Adult) (UTS) and accredited InterPlay leader.
About Workshop: Spiritual practices are often seen as either hard, boring or sectarian. This workshop will explore a way of holistic spirituality called InterPlay, that is none of these but rather fun and playful. It uses simple forms of improvisation everyone can enjoy. We will be connecting with what the body wants - a full mind/body/spirit - not a divided mind and body. It helps people of faith or no faith to explore their humanity and spirituality and build community. Everyone can participate at their comfort level. Come prepared for storytelling, moving, singing and playing gently.
Hans van Drongelen, Ton Meijknecht & Renske Oldenboom (NED)
The Riches of Secularity
Thursday 14-16, Room LS C7
About Leaders: Hans van Drongelen, Ton Meijknecht and Renske Oldenboom work for MoTiv (http://www.motiv.tudelft.nl) at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. MoTiv is the interface between technology and spirituality, founded and funded by churches and sponsored by Delft University, non-profit organizations and companies. They offer a wide variety of programs to reveal the spirituality of the engineer, student and professional.
About Workshop: Are you afraid of the Secular Age? Are you disappointed that secularized people today seem to be so materialistic and disengaged? Don't. Secularity has so much to offer. We would like to show you that the flames of faith and hope are burning in the hearts of engineering students and professionals, that we from MoTiv are working with.
Like so many professionals, engineers are citizens in two worlds at the same time, the exclusively humanist world of modernity and the persistent world of dreams and desires. The last part however, seems to be hidden and unattainable for them. They don't recognize their deepest dreams and drives.
We learned to reveal the duality of their self and to restore their spiritual language of compassion for human needs. In the framework of Charles Taylor's A Secular Age we will introduce our approach to the concealed riches of secularity.
Rev. Fr. Mathias Nichoas Chandrakanthan (LK)
Non-Violent Communication. How to communicate in a compassionate way
Tuesday 14-16, Room RH B3108
About Leader: I am the chaplain of the Catholic chaplaincy. Iam also the Director for Ecumenism and Inter-Religious Dialogue. I have attended many workshops and International Intensive Trainings on Non-Violent Communication. I am giving workshops and seminars n NVCto university students and diverse religious groups enabling them to communicate in a compassionate way.
About Workshop: This workshop I will be offering is to introduce the concept of NVC and its basic components. In short it will be an Introduction and I will also ut you in touch with the worldwide NVC communities. The workshop will enable the participants to express oneself clearly understand the other learly in communication. Much of our problems are due to lack of proper understanding of what we say and what the other person says. NVC will guide us to meet this challenge. I hope I could put this matter accross clearly.
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