Ekiwumulo Men’s Meeting on 3-Jun-2007, 9am – 3pm at Namirembe Guest House, Kampala in collaboration with Leadership 555, Spirit FM.
Attendance: 80 people: 70 men, 10 women | 20 new people.
Preamble.
Objective: to develop a lexicon for men on good theology.
Presentations were done by:
The Youth Dividend, William Mukisa (Leadership 555 Uganda).
Lexicon, Ssebina Washington Kaggwa (Ekiwumulo Radio show, Spirit FM).
Training Househelps, Phoebe Ssevume (Intercessors for Uganda).
Lexicon. With Luganda overtones.
1.Theology. ‘Okumanya Katonda'
Knowing God; as a lifelong learning vocation.
Man’s understanding of God.
2.Priesthood. Kabona (Priest), muweereza (like an MP, Member of Parliament), mubulizi.
Soul searching: Differentiate between Priest Vs. High priest?
What is the context of the Levites vs. other tribes of Israel?
Men, how can we sacrifice for our children (as Job did)?
If I am an usher at church, am I priest too?
3.Mentoring. Okutendeka, Okubangula.
Soul searching: Man, who mentored you?
Were you ever mentored?
If you claim to have been mentored by God, it begs the question: Does God mentor men?
4.Education. Okusoma
Training.
Returning the heart of the father to the sons (Mal.4:5).
5.Fellowship. Obumu.
Communion beyond the Sunday service.
6.Nurturing. Okulelebwa( kwa’omusawo), Okulandiza (nga akatunda).
Men, what are not doing?
7.Taxation.
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Other words.
Backbone structure – ‘olugongogongo’ (Luganda). Skeleton has a carrying capacity; it carries the weight of the upper body. It keeps the body upright.
Intent (purpose): ensonga, omulamwa.
Train – Okusomesa, okutendeka.
Coaching - okulelebwa. nurturing, mentoring.
Conscience - empulilizo. a listening ear, a sensor.
Feedback on Event
Where have we failed? What can we improve?
1. Discussion Time: There was very little time allotted to group discussions on each of the thirteen(13) keywords.
2. Presentation Time: No time was allotted for corporate discussion of feedback from the groups.
3. Ambush: Some participants, especially the ladies were very hesitant to discuss their views thinking that it was an ambush.
4. Unfamiliar faces: The average small groups size was about 15 people and it was quite intimidating to some group members seeing new faces.
5. Couple Separation: Couples got separated and so some ladies had trouble catching up and warming up the discussion of the ‘male themes’.
How can we better organize the discussion groups?
1. Include women as active observers and participants especially our wives.
2. Add small group Facilitators especially skilled Group Secretaries to inspire conversations eg, leveraging the skills of L555 incubatees.
3. Visualize the 13 keywords with visual cues for rememberance.
4. Participation design: create time for inter-group discussions and group presentations.
5. Avail the lexicon online for on-going language co-creation.
Followup.
When is the next engagement? To be communicated.
How do you leverage the community and trust of the Ekiwumulo Tribe to build the kingdom of God?
It’s said that men aren’t interested in the issues of child care; how true is it?
Where are the men in the early childhood care conversations?
Whose work is it to care for the family especially the children?
Who is a man (in God’s eyes)?
Can we have such a meeting organized where the theme is women and the men accompany their wives in support to discuss Women and Theology?
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