General Assembly
Who's Who:

 NCC Governing Board
The NCC's Officers
 CWS Board of Directors

NCC Program Commissions:
 Communication
Education and Leadership Ministries
Faith and Order
Interfaith Relations
Justice and Advocacy

CWS Program Areas
 Responding to Emergencies
Nurturing Development
Assisting Refugees
Speaking Out in Partnership

Staff and Organization:
 NCC Staff Directory
 CWS Staff Directory

 Past General Assemblies:
 2009: Minneapolis
 2008: Denver
 2007: New Jersey
2006: Orlando, Fla.
 2005: Hunt Valley, Md.
2004: St. Louis, Mo.
2003: Jackson, Miss.
2002: Tampa, Fla.
2001: Oakland, Calif.

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CWS Home Page

Witnesses of These Things: Ecumenical Engagement in a New Era

World Café Toolkit

The following is a toolkit for learning more about and using the World Café process used at the Centennial Ecumenical Gathering. Information about the facilitators is listed below if you are interested in engaging them for your group.

 

DOCUMENTS

Café to Go
A quick reference guide for putting conversations to work

"Some Good Questions"
2 page piece on creating meaningful questions

Strategic Questioning: Engaging People's Best Thinking
5 page article by Juanita Brown, David Isaacs, Eric Vogt, Nancy Margulies

Conversational Leadership: Thinking Together for Change
6 page article by Juanita Brown and Thomas J. Hurley

World Café Web Site

 

OTHER RESOURCES

The Abundant Community by Peter Block (book)

Center for Courage and Renewal - Parker Palmer

The Berkana Institute

FACILITATORS

Kelly McGowan
Founder, Upstream Consulting

Nancy Fritsche Eagan
Consultant, People Potential and All My Sisters

and

Kim Robey
Chair, NCC Justice for Women Working Group

All three are practitioners in the Art of Hosting community.