The Cornerstones:
Creating and Sustaining Spiritual Community
A Diana’s Grove Creating Community Class
Facilitated by Michelle Solvej

What does healthy community look like?
How can I support healthy group dynamics?
Why is the concept of a leaderless group a myth?

Take Transformation into your Hands...

Through discussion and active exercises, this class will help you understand the components of healthy community, both tools for building it and sustaining it.

Topics will include:

• Trust and betrayal in community
• Harmony, dissension, and conflict resolution
• Community leadership
• The Diana's Grove Cornerstones of community
• The "myth" of the leaderless group
• Understanding your impact on community
• Tools for effective communication and effective interpersonal interaction

Community Arts
Community arts--the art of creating and sustaining healthy community--are one of the core values, and skillsets, taught by and supported by Diana's Grove. Whether you are beginning a new community, part of a healthy community that you wish to sustain, or want to learn how to heal the wounds in an unhealthy community, this class has many gifts to offer.

"Working together gives us the opportunity to develop the art of interaction, the art of relating. Working intentionally with others not only enables us to develop interpersonal skills, it requires us to develop them. As we do, as you do, your skill will impact all of your relationships."
--Cynthia Jones

As a member of any community, your behavior as an individual is seen as the embodiment of your community's values. What are your community's values, and do you embody them? This class will offer you ways to explore your values, and how to identify the values of a community.

The class will offer engaging exercises that communicate and demonstrate concepts through a variety of senses and learning styles. You will learn how to take an active role in your own learning, and have opportunities to explore concepts and tools of personal responsibility.

"Your community cannot be healthier than you are; each of us brings our own issues to community, and if we do not do our personal work, then our issues become the drama in the theater of the community."
--Cynthia Jones

In the Cornerstones class, Michelle Solvej will provide opportunities, exercises, and a structure to support your learning and growth.

Will you take transformation into your hands? Contact Michelle to find out more about this class.

Date: Wednesdays beginning March 5th. 5 Sessions, 13 hours
Location: Aquarius Books, Kansas City

Additional resources:
An introduction to the Cornerstones of Community >>
An overview of Diana's Grove Philosophy >>