SDN 2023 Annual Workshop Armidale

The annual SDN workshop is on again and there's no shortage of current interest topics. A Voice to Parliament, energy supply challenges, the war in Ukraine and emerging nuclear threat, data protection, homelessness and the housing crisis, climate change, ageing (want to live longer, younger?), or your latest book. Be part of the effective small group experience that SDN offers!

Armidale Uniting Church, Credit Google Maps

Covid-19 awareness is required from all participants.

Where:

Uniting Church youth meeting room, 114 Rusden St, Armidale NSW 2350

When:

Please arrive by 5pm on 17/01/2023 and leave after 5pm on 21/01/2023

The Annual SDN Workshop is scheduled for 17-21 January 2023 at the Uniting Church youth meeting room, 114 Rusden St, Armidale NSW 2350.

This will be a self catering workshop as a good sized kitchen is attached. Accommodation and food included in the workshop fee.

This workshop is completed. We retain the page here for information.

Workshop Report

Participants gather after the Council for all Beings

Participants gather after the Council for all Beings

Workshop Report

The 2023 annual SDN workshop was held in Armidale from 17-21 January. Sixteen people attended, making it one of the largest SDN workshops. It was also one of the most creative in recent times.

The venue was the Uniting Church hall. Out-of-town participants were accommodated at the nearby Country Comfort Motel. As usual, we self-catered and enjoyed delicious meals. On the last evening we had a more formal dinner at the motel restaurant (see photo).

The workshop took place over four days Wednesday, Thursday Friday and Saturday. On the Friday afternoon we went for a short bushwalk at Dumaresq Dam. Summer in Armidale often provides a relief to the heat and humidity elsewhere.

A fascinating variety of presentations were offered, as the following session titles indicate -

Non Violent Communication.
My search for Soul (soul collage cards – see photo).
Visionary constellations.
Come Latin dancing! (See photo).
Mapping Restorative Practice in Australia.
Celebrating connections with country.
Love, Power and Justice.
Understanding billionaires.
Reflections on my life.
Council for all Beings.
Emotional Freedom Transfer.
My Place (the Stanthorpe project).
My Buddhist Practice.
‘Something & Nothing’.

Stay tuned for future workshops!

Harry Creamer
SDN Coordinator

“It was a pretty amazing workshop”.
“A very interesting workshop, some challenging moments and much learning”.
“I’m so glad I was able to attend the workshop. It was memorable in many ways, notably the balance between ‘head stuff’ and tapping into our creative selves. It's great when the sessions called on us to use all our senses”.
“Thank you so much for the workshop. It’s certainly been stimulating. I've felt so enriched and positive since our time together”.