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 5th 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!
Child and Family Theology
In 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. This book has proven to be an important read for our children and families ministry leaders, and four years of rich, vibrant conversations about the pages have proved this to be a key text.
Online: Tuesdays 28 February, 14 & 28 March, 2 & 16, 30 May, 13 & 27 June, and 18 July.
Retreat: 28-30 July in Wellington.
Online: Tuesdays 28 February, 14 & 28 March, 2 & 16, 30 May, 13 & 27 June, and 18 July.
Retreat: 28-30 July in Wellington.
A gospel for all ages
A Gospel for All Ages lives at the intersection of two conversations--preaching and intergenerational ministry. When the two converge, it opens up a fresh opportunity for a new conversation about engaging all ages in church teaching.
Online: Tuesdays 28 February, 14 & 28 March, 2 & 16, 30 May, 13 & 27 June, and 18 July.
Retreat: 28-30 July in Wellington.
Online: Tuesdays 28 February, 14 & 28 March, 2 & 16, 30 May, 13 & 27 June, and 18 July.
Retreat: 28-30 July in Wellington.
Bridging Theory and Practice
Digging deep into the tough topics that aren't usually covered in Children's ministry 101, as we support children in areas of grief and loss, racial diversity, family, belonging, understanding hard stories in the Bible, and the role of play in faith formation. You up for it?
Online: Wednesdays 1, 15 & 29 March, 3 & 17, 31 May, 14 & 28 June, and 19 July.
Retreat: 28-30 July in Wellington.
Online: Wednesdays 1, 15 & 29 March, 3 & 17, 31 May, 14 & 28 June, and 19 July.
Retreat: 28-30 July in Wellington.
Spiritual Conversations with Children
Lacy Finn Borgo has a gentle and inspiring way of sharing how we can engage children in spiritual conversations, as part of their everyday lives. When children have a listening companion who hears, acknowledges, and encourages their early experiences with God, it creates a spiritual footprint that shapes their lives.
Online: Thursdays 2, 16 & 30 March, 4 & 18 May, 1, 15 & 29 June, and 20 July.
Retreat: 28-30 July in Wellington.
Online: Thursdays 2, 16 & 30 March, 4 & 18 May, 1, 15 & 29 June, and 20 July.
Retreat: 28-30 July in Wellington.
New to Scope?
If this is your first time doing Scope, we would love to invite you to join an intro session on Thursday 23rd February, which will give you and overview of how the sessions run, what to expect, and how to make the most of Scope. If you have the book already, that's great, otherwise we will send you a copy to read, along with a Scope reflective journal.
