6th Sunday of Easter, Year B (Day of Learning)

​The opposite of an ordinary fact is a lie. But the opposite of one profound truth is complemented and given life by another profound truth.”
~Nils Bohr, Nobel Award winning physicist
 
This Sunday we are pleased to welcome back Yarrow Durbin to our Sunday morning gathering. Rather than worship in our traditional way, we will gather together for a day of learning as we did on March 17th. 
 
Led by experienced presenter Yarrow Durbin, we will further the concept of polarities and how they play out in our own life together and shared mission. To that end, we are both deepening and expanding the conversation. This time around we are welcoming community partners to the conversation.
 
Polarity maps allow us to explore tough, persistent dilemmas that are not actually problems that can be “solved” but ongoing polarities which can be navigated constructively. They involve a polarity—a relationship between two opposing ideas that each have some good in them. In fact, you need both sides to achieve your goals. And guaranteed, if you overdo one side, you get trouble. The good and bad news is that you can’t get rid of a polarity. Ever.
 
Based on the work of Barry Johnson, Polarity Management is a powerful yet very accessible model of thinking, assessing, planning, and acting that moves individuals and teams from resistance and conflict towards embracing the complexity of their challenges and working together towards their common purpose. When groups learn it, they are more able to work effectively with “opposition”, build stronger teams, make better decisions, and focus their energy where it will make a bigger positive difference.
 
If you’d like to do a little work in advance, here are two excellent resources:
1. Polarity Thinking 101
2. Polarity Thinking: A Powerful Tool for Building Leadership Capacity
 
Come and join us Sunday morning beginning at 10:00am. We will finish at noon.
 
About the Presenter: For 35 years, Yarrow Durbin has been creating stimulating, powerful and engaging learning experiences for individuals and groups, integrating state of the art approaches from many disciplines. Yarrow works with individuals, small and large groups in a wide variety of settings, committed to making a positive difference for children, families, and our diverse communities. Her focus is on transformational learning for leaders and groups facing conflict or breakdowns in trust, rapid change, and those desiring truly equitable and supportive environments in which everyone feels included.
 
She launched CourageWork in 2005 to offer individual leadership coaching, team retreat and workshop facilitation, and change consulting in education, human services, government, health care, law, and social justice-oriented not-for-profits and businesses. She built on skills gained teaching high school for 18 years, working in adult professional development, and founding a non-profit based on the work of Dr. Parker Palmer.
 
Yarrow has a master’s degree from the University of Washington in Curriculum and Instruction, as well as certification as a Courage & Renewal® facilitator, Integral® Coach, Certified Polarity Management® trainer, Immunity to Change® consultant and coach, Leadership Circle Profile and EQ in Action Profile, and many others.

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