Protocols

This week in partnership with the Episcopal Church of Sudan, Bethany and I are holding a 3 day Teacher Training Seminar. Because Bethany and I are new to the seminar scene here in Mundri we were very careful to talk with the necessary people about opening day protocols. For example, it is proper protocol to have the Bishop or his representative open the seminar with a short message and prayer. Our start today ended up being a bit delayed because the representative we thought was coming, forgot. But luckily people here always seem capable of preparing on the spot when asked, so a new representative was appointed. So by 10:45am we were all aplauding after the official announcement was made that the seminar is now open. Once it was official we moved on to job assignments. Bethany and I joked that these assignments reminded us of job titles in small groups, i.e. the timer, recorder, presenter, etc. However, the jobs assigned for our seminar were very new to me. I will list some below because they make me smile:
The time keeper- When it is time for break he/she rings the bell even if someone is in the middle of talking.
The organizer- is in charge of making sure the classroom is swept.
The Spiritual Leader- Either prays himself for meal time or appoints someone else
The Energizer- If this person notices people knodding off he/she should lead the group in a song
The Lawyer- If someone is not doing their job well the lawyer will have a talking to with them about thier work.
I think it is great that so many are keeping one another accountable and working together. Bethany suggested we incorporate these jobs into our team meetings.