Have you ever struggled with conflict? Or perhaps you know someone who is really struggling with conflict right now?
Or maybe conflict is part of your church, school, or organisation - and you don't know how to resolve it?
If that's you, I'd like to help you.
OR - Have you ever wondered why you connect easily with some people - but not with others?
Would you like to be able to connect well with more people?
If that's you, I'd like to help you.
Would you like better relationships - in your family, in your workplace, in your church - wherever you find yourself?
I'd like to help you with that as well.
Throughout 15 years in ministry and 7 years of training and developing Christian leaders, I've discovered that there is one simple thing that improves relationships, reduces conflict, gets teams on the same page and gets the results that some (but not all!) of us crave.
(ALSO: It changes marriages and families - more on that shortly!)
It's THE GIFT OF UNDERSTANDING
We all want to be understood. And we all want to understand others.
It's part of how each of us are made by our loving God, who has shown us in Jesus that he knows us for who we are, as we are.
Yet so often we find it hard to understand others. If we are honest, some of us find it hard to even understand ourselves!
This leads to so much dis-connection, dis-comfort, dis-ease - and it contributes massively to that thing almost all of us hate - CONFLICT!
I struggled with all of this myself, but then I was given a gift.
This gift helped me understand myself as a person, as a husband, as a father, as a pastor, as a leader, and as a trainer of leaders.
It helps me:
Know why I do what I do
Why I avoid certain situations - especially conflict - and how to engage in a better way
Why I like working with some people - and not others
Know how to love my wife better
Know how to love and connect with our 4 kids (who are so different from each other!)
More than that, it helps our church:
Help volunteers serve in areas that interest them - so they don't burn out
Stops us from asking some people to be more outgoing - and gives permission for others to express themselves more freely
Embrace different points of view amongst leadership without damaging relationships
Listen to and engage with people who disagree on important issues, without disagreements becoming distracting or destructive to our community.
This one gift that has helped so much is called DISC
DISC describes common ways we as people communicate and respond in different situations.
It reveals to us some of the beautiful way God has created us to live in community and serve each other.
It helps us know some of what God values in our families, our workplaces, and our churches.
It helps us to love others as they need to be loved, to serve others as they need to be served.
It's simple. It's profound. It's easy to apply. And it makes a difference wherever it is used.
I'd like to invite you to join me for a one day workshop:
Saturday November 27
9:30am-4pm
Either in person
Mawson Lakes Community Church
In the Endeavour College Mall
85 Mawson Lakes Boulevard
Mawson Lakes
SA, 5095
Or Online via Zoom
(Details to be emailed in the week before the workshop)