Host toolkit for
‘Thriving in this Land’
Welcome!
We’re delighted you’ve chosen to host Thriving in this Land in your church or small group.
We hope these three sessions can be a rich time of learning together about how our nation can respond to the changing climate, the cost of living, and honour the Treaty.
The resources are currently being finalised to be ready to use by May 31 and we look forward to sharing a preview of content with you soon.
This page will be your one-stop shop for hosting these sessions, with links to video content and guides on how to make your sessions as effective a learning environment as possible. For now, we encourage you to start by:
Step 1: Choose dates and venue
Thriving in This Land materials will be available from 31 May, starting with the first session on climate justice.
We invite you to choose dates to host your 3 sessions between June and August, thinking about good internet access and access to a screen, TV or projector. Think too about an accessible venue to remove barriers for people coming along. Hosting could be as simple as having a few friends gathered around a laptop in your home. Or you could host in your church, and project the videos onto a screen so a large group can watch together. You may like to do the sessions across 3 weeks, or space them out at 1 per month. Whatever suits your context best.
Each session is aimed at being 90 minutes, but we recommend setting aside 2 hours to include time for gathering people, having cups of tea, and any breaks you might want to allow for.
Once you’re ready to confirm your dates, please let us know using the confirmation form below.
This is important so that we can check in with you ahead of hosting, and send you and your participants follow up resources after each session.
Step 2: Invite people
Once you have chosen dates and a venue, it’s time to start inviting your faith community along.
The button below contains promotional material to help you advertise your sessions:
a link to the promotion trailer,
slides to put up in church,
Instagram and Facebook images and a blurb that can be included in a church newsletter or to make a Facebook event.
It’s important to get people to RSVP to you, so that you can keep track of numbers.
Be mindful of the capacity of your venue and the number of people you could host without it feeling overwhelming. Find someone or a team of people to host with - we recommend having at least one facilitator for every 7-10 participants.
Consider whether there are particular individuals who it may be necessary to say no to in order for the rest of the group to be able to discuss safely and without disruption.
Step 3: Preview session content - coming soon!
Thanks for your patience. We understand you may want to view the sessions before finalising your plans. We’re working hard to make these sessions ready as soon as possible while ensuring the highest quality resources.
Free to host.
We offer this resource at no cost because we don't want price to be a barrier.
A suggested koha of $30 per person helps cover costs — but attending is always free.