Godly Play workshops and events

Hi Everyone

Here are some opportunities for information, resourcing and training in Godly Play. Get into it! 

Godly Play Core Training.

27th - 29th September.

This is going to be held in the Barossa. Contact Shannon on 0451 155 447 for details and bookings. There are only 4 places left.

Godly Play Open Day

26th September 2-4 Bethany Lutheran Church.

Not sure about Godly Play yet? Want to see more materials? Want to speak to an accredited trainer? This will be the opportunity. Perhaps you would like team members to experience more and be able to ask the tricky questions. Also contact Shannon on 0451 155 447 to find out more, bookings are not necessary.

Experienced Storytellers Gathering

9th November

This will be also at Bethany Lutheran. I will send out more detail closer to the date. This is opportunity for those of us trained in Godly Play or using Godly Play regularly to practise storytelling, make materials, share ideas and ask questions.

Godly Play Christmas Workshop

19th October

Story Session 1-2pm $10 and Advent resource making 2-5pm $40 (includes all plaques for advent story as well as paints).

Come and hear a story, have an experience of Godly Play and if you like make your own Advent Plaques. Bookings and material orders are essential. Book online at the UCA SA Godly Play website from the 2nd September (link to come) Please book for resource making by Friday the 4th October. Email me for more details. Everyone is welcome.

Kerry Folland

Godly Play Coordinator for the Uniting Church South Australia

children@ttguc.org.au

0417606255

2013 National Gathering - registration form now available!

In the beginning was  the word ... pass it on! 

The 2013 National Gathering of the Network of Biblical Storytellers will be held in Brisbane, from 5 – 7 July. Keynote speaker: Megan McKenna. This is the front page of the flier - click on the link to download the full pdf flier and registration form.

As we draw closer to the event, please visit the national website for updated information, including details for the epic telling of portions of the Gospel of John, and workshops being offered.

Please feel free to share the brochure through your networks, and encourage people to attend to discover and nurture the gift of inhabiting, embodying, and telling the Biblical stories.

exploring faith through our senses

We've been a bit quiet of late in this space, but the SA Network of Biblical Storytellers team members continue to be busily engaged in storytelling.

Gillian, as chair of the national board, is helping the Queensland folk put together the 2013 National Gathering, as well as continuing to tell stories in her local congregation.

National Gathering: 5 - 7 July, Brisbane
Keynote Speaker, Dr Megan McKenna

watch this space for registration and other information.

Marnie has been coordinating story spaces for families at Blackwood Uniting Church, with Messy Church, Godly Play and Playgroup growing healthy, supportive, creative community. She is in Melbourne this month for a Godly Play workshop.

Among other things, Sarah is telling stories at TEDxAdelaide and the Inter-Disciplinary.Net Global Conference on Narrative in May, and team teaching a course on faith and the senses for Adelaide College of Divinity & Uniting College from April to June.

National Godly Play Conference

sharing stories

This year, the Network of Biblical Storytellers Australia is not gathering nationally - we are putting our efforts into the local networks, encouraging people locally to learn the Biblical stories and tell them from their heart.

I am one of a number of storytellers in SA who will be looking for ways to share our passion for the Biblical stories, and the craft of storytelling, bringing the stories to life with a community of listeners, inviting deep and transforming encounter with God through these stories.

Last night was one of a number of ways we will be spreading the word / Word:

Last night I was the guest at The Last Supper, invited to tell stories and provoke conversation. It was a great joy to participate in this gathering, to share stories, both telling and hearing, to wonder, ponder, consider different ideas and perspectives. http://t.co/MFyU0sQA

2011 National Gathering

The national gathering is coming up soon, and registration forms are now available. Click the image below to download.
Also check out the national blog for ongoing updates in the lead-up to the gathering.
I am sorry to miss out this year, as there are some events in my home 'parish' that I need to stay here for. I will be thinking of you all as you gather, and the team from Victoria who are hosting the gathering this year. May God bless you richly.

workshop with Payneham Road Uniting

Last month, I led a workshop on Biblical storytelling with the folk from Payneham Road Uniting Church. They're a passionate bunch, passionate about the Story of God and about sharing it faithfully with their community.
I learnt something new that day - that the reading of the Bible is often the part of gathered worship that worshippers least appreciate. We spent a bit of time wondering why that is, and came up with the same conclusion that the participants at Grow and Go did earlier in the month - that worship, whatever part of it, is not helpful when it does not engage, when it is boring.
Enter Biblical storytelling - and, to be honest, you don't even have to memorise the text, simply infuse the reading with some emotion and you'll bring it to life!
So this is what we did, took four hours out of our busy lives to invest in our ministry of reading the Bible aloud in gathered worship. It is an important ministry, and I was much encouraged by this group of readers so committed to getting the most out of the moment of bringing the Story of God's relationship with all creation to life for those with ears to hear.

If you would like a Biblical storyteller to come to your congregation to encourage and equip your readers so that they, too, can make the most of the moment and communicate meaning from this Sacred Story, please get in touch with us. We'll be delighted!