SCOPE
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Welcome to our Strandz Community of Practice for Everyone
Our Scope groups bring together amazing children and families ministry leaders from across the country, and gather them around a shared topic and focus. As we head into our 4th year of Scope, we have seen how these relationships have strengthened our national leadership network, sparking new ideas and ministry opportunities within the local church. Scope groups are safe spaces to deconstruct ideas and concepts, reconstruct them with fresh eyes, and look for where the Holy Spirit is at work both in ourselves, others, and in our local ministries. |
SCOPE groups are communities of practice for children and families ministry leaders in the Anglican Dioceses of New Zealand
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What's in a Scope session?
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Our sessions are informal and interactive, and follow a similar rhythm and pattern each time. They include welcome, prayer, feedback from previous weeks, and then a time to discuss and reflect on a topic from the book we are reading. We want Scope to be really practical, so we are always looking for ways to contextualise and apply the things we are learning.
Scope groups meet roughly fortnightly on Zoom. Each session is 90mins long, and we try not to meet during the school holidays. |
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Who's it for?
Scope is open to leaders within the Anglican Church of Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia who have a passion and heart to minister with children and families. We love to introduce you to like minded leaders from across the church.
Each participant will receive a Scope box in the post, prior to the community of practice starting, which will include:
* If you have access to the book through your diocesan library, or can hunt down a copy, that will help us keep costs down. Intergenerate participants will have to source a local copy, or borrow a physical or digital copy from the Kinder Library.
Places are limited, and it can be a juggle to find a time that best suits everyone, so thanks for your patience and understanding!
Each participant will receive a Scope box in the post, prior to the community of practice starting, which will include:
- The book we will be reading*
- A reflective journal to process the session in.
- And some other Strandz goodies that will make your Scope adventure fun.
* If you have access to the book through your diocesan library, or can hunt down a copy, that will help us keep costs down. Intergenerate participants will have to source a local copy, or borrow a physical or digital copy from the Kinder Library.
Places are limited, and it can be a juggle to find a time that best suits everyone, so thanks for your patience and understanding!
Scope Streams for 2022
Child and Family TheologyIn Children's Ministry in the Way of Jesus, we draw on research in human development and spiritual formation to show how children become disciples and churches become centres of lifelong discipleship
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Children's SpiritualityExploring a range of different contexts and methods that influence and foster a child's spirituality and faith development
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Intergenerational #1Laying the foundation of what intergenerational ministry is, and why the church is better together than apart.
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Intergenerational #2Practical examples and ideas for 'next-steps' along the journey to becoming intentionally intergenerational.
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2022 Schedule
This year our Scope groups will have a slightly different rhythm, focusing on a 6 session block with an in-person gathering/retreat in May. There will be a second block of Scope groups later in the year from September to November.
Introduction to Scope
If this is your first time doing Scope, there will be an intro Zoom session on Tuesday 15 February, which will give you and overview of how the sessions run and what to expect.
Scope sessions will be on the weeks starting:
21 February, 8 March, 21 March, 4 April, 2 May, 16 May.
Introduction to Scope
If this is your first time doing Scope, there will be an intro Zoom session on Tuesday 15 February, which will give you and overview of how the sessions run and what to expect.
Scope sessions will be on the weeks starting:
21 February, 8 March, 21 March, 4 April, 2 May, 16 May.
More details of our second block of Scope to come...
Scope Retreat
While Zoom is an amazing platform for our Scope sessions, we also love to gather together in person. We have provisionally put 27-29 May in the diary for this, and are looking at different options for what a retreat or gathering could look like. Its a great opportunity to meet our Scope group in person, and celebrate our shared ministries together.
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