Event: ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS: Introducing Waverley Abbey Framework and Legacy of Selwyn Hughes | On-Site Event | St. John’s-St’s Margaret’s Church
Speakers: Dr. Jason Clark and Dr. Asia Williamson
Venue: Bethel Hall Level 3
Date: 5 APR Friday
Time: 9:30am to 4:00pm
Fee: Free Admission by registration only
Chaplaincy is distinct from mainstream pastoral models because the focus is delivering a “ministry of presence” to people outside of a church. While local-church models typically reinforce a wagon-wheel approach, where the pastor remains at the centre and the outside community follows the spokes inward, chaplains invert the wagon-wheel model by providing their presence where people live and work along the outer wheel rim.
This session is an conversational workshop and Introduction to the ways Waverley Abbey trains pastoral care workers and chaplains, it will refer to Waverley Abbey Framework and will mention some practical examples.
The Waverley Abbey Integrative Framework is a relational approach that emphasises the importance of the relationship and adherence to the core conditions of:
genuineness
unconditional acceptance
empathy
It reflects on all core aspects of human functioning, namely:
relational
physical
emotional
volitional
rational
spiritual
Considering the core needs each person has for security, self-worth and significance, the WIF approach has a Christian world-view at its foundation. It is underpinned by Christian anthropology that understands humans as created in the image of God and thus relational at the core of their being, and intrinsically valuable.
Workshop related to about Wellbeing that is concerned with far more than the absence of ill health (World Health Organization 1946). To have individual or communal health is only a part of what wellbeing is. Wellbeing necessitates: a holistic approach to health having individual and shared meaning and purpose positive relationships in life communities which promote engagement and enablement access to nature and attention to environmental issues security: basic human needs, stable employment, sufficient finances and personal safety.
1. Discussing the relationship between living well as an individual and living well in community.
2. ‘Five ways to wellbeing’ work to illustrate the focus of personal wellbeing and its primary weakness: ‘Five ways to wellbeing’ work… aimed to provide people with a basic guide to personal wellbeing: connect, be active, take notice, keep learning and give. While these activities are strongly correlated with personal wellbeing, they take no account of the structural factors at play that allow people to live a good life.
3. Living well together, in the Aristotelian tradition, has shared human flourishing as its goal. ‘To flourish is understood as having a purpose in life, participating in society, having a community around oneself.’ Corporate flourishing is thus both spiritually informed and values driven. In order to enhance personal flourishing, individuals also need to seek the good of the community they inhabit. In short, wellbeing is to have a good life, lived well in community.”
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Jason is Principal and Head of College, responsible for all our courses and training, and leading on the strategic direction of the College. He holds two PhDs and was previously Pastor at Sutton Vineyard Church, having been involved in church planting and leadership for many years. He is married with three adult children and worships at Emmaus Road Church in Guildford.
Dr Asia Williamson is half Polish and half German. She is a Catalyst for Leadership Development for Lausanne Movement and serves on the board of Rise in Strength at World Evangelical Alliance.
In 2005 Asia and her husband Mark founded ONE ROCK, a non-profit organization that provides leadership and coaching. One Rock partners with Lifeshape and its teams of Chick-fil-A staff and franchises that travel together with Mark and Asia to teach and do one-on-one coaching.
Over the last 17 years One Rock gave training in over 40 countries around the world. Alongside her work with One Rock, Asia is a lecturer in theology, leadership and spiritual formation both in the UK and the USA. She sits on a number of international boards. Asia has written two biographies: one on the life of Hudson Taylor and the other on the life of Amy Carmichael and has done an extensive research on the nature of storytelling as part of her doctorate. She is currently writing a book about Finding Our Voices. She is the newly appointed CWR Asia Director, envisioning and leading the work of a non profit registered in Singapore that was started by Selwyn Hughes, the author of Everyday with Jesus.