Peacebuilding Training

All training is done by certified instructors through the World Church 
Peacebuilding Specialist's office.

 

Hosting a Session - information needed to organize a training session
Training schedule - see World Church calendar

Interpersonal Peacemaking
Talk It Out
Listening Ear
Meeting Facilitation
Consensus Decision Making

Certification 

Instructor 
Mediator
 

To schedule a training:
Call Sandee Gamet: 1-800/825-2806, ext. 2353 or (816) 833-1000 ext. 2353
E-mail: sgamet@CofChrist.org

 

Interpersonal Peacemaking As we are called to be "ensigns of peace" within our congregations and communities, the World Church Reconciliation/Conflict Resolution Ministries is offering training that will enhance our abilities to create and sustain positive relationships with each other. Because God created each of us uniquely, we have differences. This 15-hour training helps people understand themselves in the midst of differences and discover how the strengths of differences can help us be less conflicted and more productive. These concepts are presented through personal assessments, activities, and discussion. The middle section of the training works on communication skills helpful in dealing with differences. The final part of the training gives the participants a model for decision making. Participants leave this training with understandings and exposure to skills that enable them to share concerns, deepen relationships, and be examples of zionic living. Participants will have gained knowledge and skills to assist them in going directly to another person with whom they are having a difference and working toward a resolution.   Top

 

Talk It Out  This course teaches adults how to use a Talk It Out curriculum in order to teach children, kindergarten through 5th grade, the skills for peacefully resolving their disagreements. This is a 3-hour course. Prerequisite: Completion of Interpersonal Peacemaking  Top

 

Listening Ear Listening Ear training equips people to be attentive listeners when one person comes to them about an issue of concern. This training works on skills that help the listener guide a person to recognize, access, and structure his/her resources to deal with their situation in a healthy, positive manner.  Listening Ear participants learn how to assist one party without fixing them, giving advice, or counseling. This training is a fifteen hour course. This would be especially helpful for evangelist and teacher priesthood members.  Prerequisite: completion of Interpersonal Peacemaking training.  Top

 

Meeting Facilitation This course will teach participants to facilitate participatory decision-making processes for use at home, work, and in congregations. The focus will be on organizing and leading gatherings in a way that encourages open, productive communication and cooperative decisions that will enhance meetings and discussions from Sunday school classes to business meetings. This training is a fifteen-hour course. Prerequisite: Completion of Interpersonal Peacemaking training Top

Consensus Decision Making This twenty-four hour component deals with facilitating group discussion in large groups. Participants learn how to organize and guide meetings to promote broad participation in consensual decision making.  Prerequisite: Completion of Interpersonal Peacemaking Top

 

Certification - Interpersonal Peacemaking and Listening Ear

To instruct Interpersonal Peacemaking a person must:
• Complete all Peacebuilding course work offered by the church.
• Complete a training practicum which includes
• observing two complete Interpersonal Peacemaking trainings by an experienced, certified instructor
• coaching two Interpersonal Peacemaking trainings
• co-training two complete Interpersonal Peacemaking trainings (preferably with two different instructors)
Part of the co-training experience will be to work with the experienced co-trainer to create agenda and prepare all materials
• successfully completing evaluations throughout the practicum

To instruct Listening Ear training a person must:

• Complete all Peacebuilding course work offered by the church.
• Complete training certification for Interpersonal Peacemaking .
• Observe one complete Listening Ear training.
• Coach one complete Listening Ear training.
• Co-train one complete Listening Ear training with an experienced trainer.
• Successfully complete evaluations throughout the practicum.

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Certification - Church Mediator

Working in consultation with the World Church Peacebuilding Specialist, any person interested in serving as a neutral, third-party facilitator must successfully complete the following:

• Complete Interpersonal Peacemaking, Listening Ear, and Dialogue Facilitation World Church training sessions.
• Connect with a mediation center in their locale (using facilitative or transformative rather than directive or evaluative styles of mediation) and complete their training and practicum.**
• Complete twelve hours of community mediations beyond the center's practicum requirements.
• Complete the twenty-four hour advanced church mediation training through the World Church as available.
• Co-mediate at least ten hours or at least two different Church mediations with an experienced mediator in coordination with the World Church Peacebuilding Specialist.
• Receive successful evaluations from the experienced co-mediators and the World Church Peacebuilding Specialist.
• Continue to actively mediate with their local mediation center
• Be willing to meet with the mediation team and keep Peacebuilding Specialist informed of mediation activities.

**To be sure your practicum is compatible, check with Peacebuilding Specialist.

The first two points, completing all CRS and mediation training, can be done simultaneously

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