What creates belonging? How can faith communities or individuals dismantle loneliness and reach out? This is a topic for all adults, young adults and even teens. So consider: what existing groups could be having this conversation, or who from your sphere might gather to address this topic?
Explore any or all of these video clips from the workshop entitled “The ABCs of Creating Belonging” led by Faith+Lead 2021 Seeds Fellow Cat Moore to delve into the topic in your context. The full workshop video is available to view here.
Begin with an exercise: Sharing and Receiving Good News – ABCs of Creating Belonging (2.5 mins)
In order to positively pursue belonging, we have to talk about the problem of loneliness (5 mins).
Review strategies for creating safe space wherever we are, and what builds trust so that people can share those that work for them (5.5 mins).
Storytelling can play a key role in establishing trust and the vulnerability to create a sense of belonging. What are the storytelling practices you have tried (5 mins)?
This segment is the heart of the “ABCs of Belonging” workshop and could be viewed and discussed on its own, getting to the heart of the matter declaring that you belong already (20 mins).
Wrapping up the workshop, Cat Moore offers three gateways or practices for creating belonging in our contexts (7 mins).
Share how you use these workshop videos with others in the Faith+Lead Learning Lab.
For more context, see these Faith+Lead interviews with Cat Moore:
