Want to refresh some of the key ideas from TC1?
This workshop is designed for people who have previously completed a Bridge Builders Transforming Conflict 1/Transforming Church Conflict course. (see below*) It’s one of a series called Just Remind Me?, offering opportunities to refresh and build on some of the key ideas from the foundation course and embed those ideas in our practice and local context.
Thinking about power
Power is one of the most difficult subjects to talk about, and in times of tension and conflict, power is often spoken about in negative or even dangerous terms – “it’s an abuse of power!” Our thinking about power, particularly when under stress, is frequently either/or, and so conflicts are seen as power struggles with all the assumptions that term brings about the motives of those involved.
This short workshop provides opportunities to explore and deepen our understanding of power, to develop more nuanced thinking as we recognise the different ways in which power can be used for good or for ill, and the multiple different sources of power we draw on, often subconsciously, in our relationships and in our exercise of leadership.
With insights from scripture, and from system thinking, we’ll reflect on how, as leaders, we accept and inhabit a landscape where both our power and our powerlessness is held in tension.
Book for this workshop if you found you wish to reflect more on using your power as a leader well, and how you might engage others in understanding the power dynamics at work in your context.
Programme
Overview
Running from 10:00am to 12:45pm, the programme includes presentation and an opportunity to reflect with others on practical examples and personal experience.
Main elements of the workshop:
Course Pre-work
Prior to the workshop it would be helpful for you to revisit the section on Power in the Transforming Conflict 1/Transforming Church Conflict course manual. You will also be asked to bring examples from your own experience – more details will be given prior to the workshop.
Cost and Location
Cost £40. The workshop takes place online via Zoom. Details of the Zoom link will be circulated shortly before the event.
*Please note: the workshop is primarily for those who have previously completed our foundation course, Transforming Conflict 1 or its predecessor Transforming Church Conflict, but if you have colleagues who might be interested in attending as an introduction to Bridge Builders, then please do encourage them to book.
Booking and Cancellation
To apply, add a ticket to your cart below below. If you are subsequently unable to attend, please do let us know as soon as possible, in order to release a place for someone else.
If no more places are available and you would like to be added to a waiting list, please contact us on 020 3968 4999 or email bb@bbministries.org.uk.
If you experience any difficulty logging into our website, please contact us on 020 3968 4999.
Main elements of the workshop:
Book for this workshop if you found you wish to think more deeply about your own power as a leader and find ways to engage in constructive conversations about power dynamics in your own context.
Liz Griffiths is Director of Training for Bridge Builders. She is an Anglican Priest and has a broad experience of both parish ministry and adult education. Liz has worked in city centre and urban estate parishes, and as Vice-Principal of the Eastern Region Ministry Course, helping to train ordained and lay ministers.
Rupert Ward is a Bridge Builders Training Partner. He leads a church in the centre of Edinburgh and is increasingly devoting time to training and facilitation of leadership groups in other churches & charities. He has trained in facilitation, counselling and theology.
Thursday December 4th 2025
The course will start at 10:00am and finish at 12:45pm
Cost: £40.00
To apply, add a ticket to your cart below below. If you are subsequently unable to attend, please do let us know as soon as possible, in order to release a place for someone else.
If no more places are available and you would like to be added to a waiting list, please contact us on 020 3968 4999 or email bb@bbministries.org.uk.
If you experience any difficulty logging into our website, please contact us on 020 3968 4999.