Evening of Community Council will be held at Geneva Presbyterian Church (5835 Sheldon Road, Canton). If you can bring something to share at the potluck, wonderful!  If not, please come and join in this communal meal. At 7 pm, we will form Council circles with approximately ten people per circle, with each circle having a convener.

Fortunately, cultures from around the world have provided a framework that offers a way forward for such a time as this. This framework is called Council. While the forms of Council can vary widely, there are four basic guidelines that all participants commit to.  These include:

1) Speaking from the heart;

2) Listening from the heart;

3) Getting to the heart of the matter;

4) Being spontaneous.

In Council, each person is free to speak his or her truth in a space where that truth can be heard and accepted by others. Council provides a framework for a level of communicating that is deeper than what we typically practice. Council is not a place for political posturing but rather for soulful expression. It is not a place to argue, but to understand and to discover the humanity we all share beneath our political perspectives.

Our hope is that by gathering in this way of mutual support and respect, we will find new possibilities for ourselves, our community, and our world.