Welcome to the #MeTooReckoning Workshop!
Thank you for making the choice to educate yourself and your community about the #MeTooReckoning and taking this self-paced course. We know this workshop will be valuable to you! It is designed to be a support for you as you plan care for victim-survivors, their families and loved ones, and communities where they work, worship, and live.
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Everything you need in the way of links for the course is on this page. Bookmark it and return here when you want to watch a video or download handouts. You will find a listening guide with an index of topics for each video when you view it on vimeo or in your weekly email.ย ย
Session One Materials:
Challenging Patriarchy & Power
The following downloadable PDFs are part of the Session One discussion and homework.
Questions for Bible Narrative discussion:
1 ) #MeTooReckoning Workshop – Bathsheba (PDF)
2 ) #MeTooReckoning Workshop – Persistent Widow (PDF)
3 ) #MeTooReckoning Workshop – Tamar (PDF)
Homework Guidelines for Week 1 (downloadable PDF):ย
#MeTooReckoning – Purpose Document Get To – Have To
The video for Session One is available here:
Note: each video only includes teaching segments and large group conversations.ย
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Session Two Materials:
Empowering Prevention & Responseย
Your homework this week includes two items. First, please help everyone who takes this course by sharing resources for locating the most helpful / useful policy and prevention guidelines. Here is how to do that. Please add to this shared document, “Church Policies on Sexual Misconduct.” We hope you will share additional resources that you know about, including web links, by adding to the form.ย
Secondly, we extend an invitation to do the homework of watching this 28-minute video. “Trauma Informed Pastoral and Spiritual Care” offers you an overview for approaching pastoral and spiritual care for survivors of trauma. View it below.
Bonus Video: Trauma Informed Pastoral & Spiritual Care
The following downloadable PDFs are part of Session Two. They are available here in PDF format:
1 ) Handout 1 Ruth’s Reality Check – HELP SYSTEMS EXAMINE NORMS
2 ) Handout 2 Ecologies of Care – Evaluating Referrals
3 ) Handout 3 #MeTooReckoning A litany for daughters
4 ) Handout 4 – Annotated Bibliography of Trauma Informed Care Books
5 ) Handout 5 #MeTooReckoning Church Policies on Sexual Misconduct (7-15-2022)
The video for Session Two is available here:
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Session Three Materials:
Engaging Ritual & Liturgy
The following downloadable PDFs are the Handouts from Session Three:
1 ) Handout 1 Reminders for planning worship, sermons, ritual
2 ) Handout 2 MeToo Reckoning BOOK Table of Contents
3 ) Handout 3 “The Weaver” by Catherine Foote
4 ) Handout 4ย Theology, Worship & Ritual Inspirations
5 ) Handout 5 Christian Century “Women of the Bible say MeToo” by Ruth Everhart
6 ) Handout 6 Christian Century “18 ways churches can fight sexual assault in 2018” by Ruth Everhartย
7 ) Handout 7 Anatomy of a Schism – Intro + Chap 3 by Eileen Campbell-Reed
The video for Session Three is available here:
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Session Four Materials:
Envisioning a New Beloved Communityย
The following downloadable PDFs are part of the Session Four. And they include scenarios, crisis intervention guidelines, and a prayer.
1 ) Handout 1ย “Immediate Crisis Response” by Cooper-White
2 ) Handout 2ย Week 4 scenarios
3 ) Handout 3 “Prayers I Still Need” by Foote
The video for Session Four is available here:
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Learning Moments: Feedback
When you complete the #MeTooReckoning Workshop and Video Series, please take a few moments to reflect on what you learned and how you are inspired to act. By following the link below, you can reflect for yourself and share your thoughts with us. We sincerely hope you will share your feedback — both positive and constructive. The link takes you to a “Learning Moments Questionnaire.”
Learning Moments Questionnaire:
Feedback Form | Thank you!
Thank you so much for taking this course and for working to make a world that is more just, sustainable, healing, and equitable for us all.
~Eileen and Ruth
