What Is the Role of the Right Relations Team
Right Relations Teams are lay leaders entrusted to help the congregation practice faithful communication and creative conflict based on values of mutuality and consent. Their roles can include:
- Tending to the covenant by articulating and modeling its practice
- Provide training and other learning opportunities around the tensions needed for creativity in congregations
- Model and coach communication processes that promote mutuality and consent (i.e. small group ministry, discernment circles)
- Model and coach creative conflict
- In low level conflict, create brave spaces where people can move from defensiveness toward resolution
- When conflict does become more heated, they also can offer opportunities for deep listening and restorative processes.
- Create low-anxiety/high-learning experiences for the congregation around conflict and covenant
