NEC Seminar talk "The Dynamics of Table Leading"
The purpose of table leaders and training associated with group interactions. How to develop holy listening skills and the ministry of presence.

Janet Jendron - jjendron@usit.net

Link to Session Outline in Word

Handouts - Web Links and documents (in order of appearance in the outline)

Existing Cursillo Resources

• DUSC “Listen Listen Love Love”
• DUSC “Thoughts about Table Leading”
• DUSC “Table Problems”

Critical Importance of Table Leaders

• Excerpts from a talk by Ed Kutay on “DYNAMICS OF THE Via de Cristo WEEKEND” –http://www.viadecristo.org/forums/99dynamics.htm
  

Table Leaders ARE
Hosts and Hostesses with a sense of the spiritual practice of spiritual hospitality (not experts)

• Margaret Guenther – At Home in the World (GuentherAtHome doc)

Members of a new, (temporary) family) in a specific God-given time, for a specific purpose

• Henry Nouwen - Wounded Healer excerpt (nouwen doc)
• Kairos of Texas – Sharing Self (GivingKairosWeekendTalks doc) http://www.kairosoftexas.org/documents/leaders_docs/Giving_Kairos_Weekend_Talks.rtf
• Sacred Pathways by Gary Thomas (SacredPathhandout doc)
• Carey Bible College Summary (CaryBapLdrLtr doc) - http://www.carey.ac.nz/leadership/

Holy Listeners

• Deep Listening - www.spiritualityandpractice.com/practices/features.php?id=15570 - (Deep Listening doc)

Listening Handouts

• Thomas Merton – Caring - Excerpts from book - (CaringforNEC doc)

Ministry of Presence Handouts

• Fred Smalls - www.fculittle.org/sermons/presence.html - (MinPresExcerpts doc)
• Jared Mackey - http://www.mosaicnashville.org/thoughts.cfm?id=5
• Frank Martin – (MinPresExcerpts doc)
• Jay Vorhees – (MinPresexcerpts doc) - http://antiochumc.net/drupal/?q=node/1600

Barriers to being relaxed, accepting - what makes us anxious?

• Communication Jammers – (8CommJammers doc)