Cross Collaborating

This morning we had our fourth Cross Collaboration Event. And was fantastic!

We had 19 people in attendence representing, again, all sorts of non-profits and churches. There was a great energy today around the vision of collaboration and the recognition of the power of our personal networks.

Mark Levesque talked a bit about strengthening and nurturing our networks by taking care of those relationships and building trust with tose people.

It is only in nurturing our collaborative efforts that this vision can come to fruition.

Another excercise we tried to day was to re-write a children's book. Each group was given 10 pages from a Dr. Suess story but the text had been removed (thank you Jana for 2 hours at the copier!!). So, working together, they were asked to write the story, using only the pictures to guide them.
I think it was a huge success. I know my group had a blast and we learned a lot about the ways people self-select in their gifts as well as the ways that we can stumble over non-essentials, keeping us from reaching our goals. Point well made.

Over the course of this next month we will all be praying for increased guidance as to the direction SENTralized should head. We are searching for the place to jump in as a network. We believe that God has already laid out the steps for what He wants to accomplish here and we are looking for the starting line.

Will you join us in this prayer? Please share any revelations or suggestions you might have.