Travis Blackwell, Community Partnership Carolyn Glover, Shalom Zone Coordinator Group Introduction Name 1 little known fact about yourself

SERIES OBJECTIVES: Relationship and Resource Building In Macon’s Shalom Zones Become Familiar with Shalom Zone Model and Asset-based Community Development Discover and Build the Assets in People Understand the Poverty Environment and the Causes of Poverty In Your Shalom Zone Grow and Strengthen your Shalom Zone team!

TODAY’S OBJECTIVES: Relationship and Resource Building In Macon’s Shalom Zones Understand Shalom Zones and ABCD Identify: Where You Are Now Where You Want To Be Discover Common Priorities Among Shalom Zones Share News From Shalom Zones

Welcome MOWD Mobile Lab! Sheknita Davis, Adult/Dislocated Worker Coordinator, MOWD

Communities of Shalom seeks to build community, weave unity, and transform the world one community at a time. Shalom teams engage congregations and communities to build a future of hope and peace together through multi- cultural, multi-faith, collaboration and asset-based community development

Renewing the spirit of God in communities and congregations Developing the prosperity and economies of communities Strengthening relationships among neighbors Improving community health care and coordination of services

WHAT DOES SHALOM MEAN? Shalom, as employed by the prophets, has many threads of meaning: health, healing, harmony, welfare, wholeness, and well- being. This rich fabric can be missed when we simply translate the Hebrew word as ‘peace’.

“Seek the shalom of the city where I have sent you, for in its shalom, you will find your shalom.” Jeremiah 29:7

Learning Task #1 1. Discuss at your table where you see yourself in the scripture 2. Write your observations on a piece of paper 3. Share one or two observations from your table with the group

Focusing on Strengths, Not Deficiencies Solving Community Issues by Connecting the Dots Building Resources and Creating New Opportunities Glass Half-Full

Inside Every Need Is An Asset (From The Power of Asset Mapping, Luther Snow) Needs point to things we care about When we say we need something, we are trying to strengthen or protect something we care about The thing we care about is an asset Saying that we need something points us to something we already have and value The asset is not the thing we lack; the asset is the thing we want to protect

Learning Task #2 1.Discuss at your table some needs in your Shalom Zone 2.Choose one need, write it down 3.Write the thing you care about, the thing this need points to

Learning Task #3 1.See handout 2.Discuss where your neighborhood is now 3.Identify where you would like it to be

Learning Task #4 1.Get a flip chart sheet 2.Write the name of your Shalom Zone at the top 3.Draw a picture of prosperity in your 4.Words can only be used to describe pictures

Learning Task #5 Mark the elements on your drawing with a color-coded dot Light Blue= Education Green= Green space Orange = Housing Red = Safety Dark Blue = Health

Next meeting date and location: February 18 th Which Shalom Zone Can Host?

Upcoming Event: 5 X 5 Event on February 11, Houston Road area

Thank You for Your Participation!