Consultation with Set Apart Ministries
When you contact us about a concern you are having with your fellowship group, Barbara Klika, MSW will be available to prayerfully discuss what is happening.
Immediate Needs Addressed
The immediate need is always the first priority, thus the conversation would be about the specifics of what has happened, attempts at resolution and their results and so forth. This may involve conversation with the one who has made the call only, or as it appears necessary, additional conversation with others to clarify the situation. It would always be helpful to provide a summary, verbally or in writing, about your fellowship history and current status.
Most groups at sometime or another find themselves engaged in an unexpected conflict. This questionnaire is one place to begin to sort out all the factors that need attention. Click here for our Crisis Management Questionnaire. It may be enough to point you in the right direction. If you would like assistance, it can be a starting point for consultation with Barbara Klika, MSW, LCSW, Personal Life Coach. Click here for our Contact Page to send an email to Barb or call her at 920-336-7005
Barb will draw on her experience dealing with group dynamics both in a Messianic community and in other group settings in order to explore and facilitate increased understanding of what has happened and what needs to happen to bring resolution and closure.
After Set Apart Ministries has made a visit to your fellowship, we would appreciate feedback and suggestions to continually improve our services. Please click here for the Feedback Form.
Additional resources may become a part of the initial consultation as discussed with each person. This may include suggestions for reading, personal communication exercises, consultation with professionals in the fellowship's community, referral to resources such as our Life Model materials and groups or the THRIVE conferences.
Beyond the Immediate Need
When resolution has been reached for the immediate concerns, if the leader initiating the contact chooses to do so, we would then move into a more pro-active mode. While our primary concern remains that of the spiritual maturity and foundation of any group, there are other aspescts that contribute to understanding and growth in related areas
Stability and functionality in a group rest on many things. Our coaching assistance includes working together with your leadership people to determine:
~ mission statement established
~ ability to communicate mission statement effectively
~ organizational development and maturity
~ personal maturity
~ leadership style
~ evaluation of group members overall maturity and needs
~ conflict resolution skills including an awareness of brain function and reactivity
~ understanding and application of appropriate boundaries over many types of situations as well as the ability to teach appropriate boundary setting
By addressing concerns at this level, looking to see where there may be vulnerabilities, BEFORE PROBLEMS ARISE, we have greater hope of preventing the kind of struggles that can so easily tear up our fellowship groups.
Barbara Klika has expertise and professional background in addressing these concerns to bring to the table for discussion and development of plans, yet this process is highly collaborative with the goal of reaching a mutually established understanding and YHWH-pleasing plan of action. Through the assessment of these factors, in the Presence of the Ruach ha Kodesh, we can work together toward growing up in every way into Him Who is our Head, Messiah!
