Urantia Book Society of Oklahoma

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"The Revelation in Action"
Act Globally, Grow Cosmically

We are focusing our topics on action. Action takes many forms. For instance; Sheila Keene Lund's new book, "Heaven isn’t the Last Stop;" Gard and Florence Jameson’s new Free Clinic; Halbert Katson's UB The News; Mo's Truthbook site, and so many others. Many of you are in action and may not realize you are doing the work of our Father and Mother. Ask yourself, "What am I doing to further the revelation?" Are you talking about it, living it, teaching it? Think about this and then follow the steps below if you want to present a workshop or presentation.

Submitting a Workshop, Presentation or Forum Proposal

For those who are interested in conducting a workshop, forum or presentation we ask that you present a brief proposal including the following information:

Title of the workshop, presentation or forum.

• • Title, brief summary and purpose of the workshop, presentation or forum.
  • Briefly describe the structure of the workshop, presentation or forum. How do you intend to conduct the workshop? For example: a presentation followed by questions, break out groups, learning exercises, etc. This will help us arrange your room.
  • Briefly describe how your workshop, presentation or forum will promote The Revelation in Action and help people become involved with the work taught us in the Urantia Book.

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Guidance for Workshop Facilitators, Presenters and Forum Moderators

Every workshop, presentation and forum is unique and reflective of the techniques and methods of the facilitator. The programming committee encourages all facilitators, presenters and moderators to creatively structure their workshop, presentation or forums as they are spiritually led to do so.

Workshops

• • We do wish to express some of the ideals we find in the conduct of workshops. We ask facilitators to creatively develop workshops that strive to embody some of these ideals. Here are some suggestions we find to be true of service workshops:
  • Workshops should minister to the needs of people attending. Facilitators are encouraged to use techniques and devices that allow the attendees to express what they desire to know about service and serving others and then help find some of the answers to these needs.
  • Workshops should explore the teachings of the Urantia Book as it relates to Action and/ or Cosmic Growth.
  • Workshops should include the spiritual aspect of growth and action – can you explore the ways we serve in partnership with God, Michael and our Mother?
  • Workshops should teach! Help your brothers and sisters find ways in which they are already acting and growing – make it about them.
  • Ideal workshops are participatory-they encourage attendees to participate in the study of the subject.
  • The purpose of workshops is take advantage of group wisdom. Attendees offer a great resource-collective insight.
  • Workshops should draw on the lessons of growth and action as found in the Urantia Book.
  • Workshops should be exploratory-they should be devoted to a study of some aspect of service.
  • The workshop facilitator is the conductor of the group's exploration of the topic.
  • Workshop facilitators should encourage the learning process of the group by asking stimulating questions.
  • Workshops benefit greatly from the use of personal experience to illuminate the depth and meaning of growth and action.
  • Workshops should have clear objectives and goals.

A few more points about workshops.

• • Workshops can be broken down in to smaller break out groups-depending on the size of the workshop
  • All types of audio visual aids are available to enhance the presentation however you MUST have your own laptop.
  • We encourage workshop facilitators to develop mechanisms to capture the momentum and enthusiasm - find ways of transforming the experiences of the workshops into practical service opportunities.

Presentations

Presentations differ from workshops because they are not participatory. They involve spoken dialogue that should last not much longer than 45-50 minutes.

Here are a few recommendations for presentations

• • Presentations should rely on personal experience to illuminate the topic being discussed.
  • Presentations should have clear objectives and purposes.
  • Presentations should cover the spiritual aspects of growth and action by sharing with your brothers and sisters an understanding of how action and growth are done in partnership with God.
  • Presentation will be helpful to attendees by illuminating how others can become involved in service activities.
  • Presenters should help attendees discover the "Revelation in Action."
  • Presentations ideally function better when they are spoken extemporaneously rather than being a reading of a written speech.
  • Because the timeslots are approximately 75 minutes we would encourage presenters to allow for a period of question and answers. Encourage participation after the presentation has been made.

Forums

Forums involve an open, public discussion on a particular topic. They are intended to explore a subject through honest discussion and friendly debate through the guidance of a forum moderator.

Here are a few recommendations for forums.

• • • Choose a topic, or several topics that have depth and potential for exploration.
    • Moderators should try to discern the needs and questions of the group and find ways to answer those needs and questions.
    • The moderator should have a good understanding of the subject matter and have the ability to examine all sides of the issue.
    • Moderators should have the ability to coordinate and bring together the discussion so that the discussion stays focused and responds to the various sides of the issue.
    • Some examples of Forum discussion are:
      • What does it mean for the Fellowship to be an action oriented organization?
      • What more can we do?
      • How is the Revelation in Action defined or recognized?
      • How does growth occur in the cosmos?

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Sincerely,

Emilio Coppola – IC11 Program Chair

Program@IC11.org

914-844-9278