markvts, Author at Appreciating Church

Appreciating Church – the story so far…

Posted by markvts
On 8 January 2021
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Appreciating People has worked with a number of churches since spring 2014, developing a sustainable Appreciative Inquiry community of practice. It has become an exciting and expanding project – this is the story so far… AP began working with church groups in 2014. During a consultation on AI and the Church in Manchester in March […]

Appreciating Church focuses on sector-specific Appreciative Inquiry

Posted by markvts
On 8 January 2021
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‘All shall be well, and all shall be well… For there is a force of love moving through the universe that holds us fast and will never let you go.’ – Dame Julian of Norwich (c.1342-1416), the first woman to write a book in the English language In February 2017, another milestone in the Appreciating […]

Appreciating Church book launches

Posted by markvts
On 8 January 2021
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How can local churches, congregations and communities use their strengths to best effect and drive forward transformation? That is the question at the heart of a new book and website Appreciating Church, in partnership with Appreciating People, experts in positive organisational development. Launching in both London (Thursday 9th February) and Liverpool (Monday 20th February), the […]

Appreciating Church book and website launch

Posted by markvts
On 8 January 2021
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How can local churches, congregations and communities use their strengths to spark transformation and growth? That is the question at the heart of a new Appreciating Church website and book written by Fiona Thomas, United Reformed Church Secretary of Education and Learning, and Tim Slack, founder and co-director of Appreciating People. They worked as part […]

Living the Appreciative Spirit: an advanced AI retreat for practitioners

Posted by markvts
On 8 January 2021
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UPDATE: Please note that this event has been postponed to summer 2018 at an alternative venue due to the closure of the Windermere Centre. Appreciating Church is running a retreat in the beautiful surroundings of the Windermere Centre in the Lake District. In Living the Appreciative Spirit, the three-day course, from 26th-29th June 2017, we […]

Learning and valuing the AI principles through worship

Posted by markvts
On 8 January 2021
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In the last few months I have had a wonderful opportunity working with the United Reformed Church and the Methodist Church to deliver Appreciative Inquiry training as part of the Appreciating Church project. A feature of this programme has been the addition of worship to the AI training process, normally at the beginning or the […]

How to encourage ‘Holy Habits’ as an outworking of Appreciative Inquiry

Posted by markvts
On 8 January 2021
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Holy Habits is a discipleship resource designed to help nurture and form followers of Jesus. Christian disciples who, when they gather as Church and go to wherever God calls them to be – at home, at work, in the community and in the wider world – live out their discipleship in an adventurous, Christlike way. […]

Conversations around Climate Emergency

Posted by markvts
On 30 November 2020
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It could be argued that the Climate Emergency is the biggest possible frame for the work that any of us do as appreciative inquiry practitioners