June Year of Respect Event

2024 Year of Respect
Valuing others together

June Gathering

Thursday Night Lights

Thursday, June 13th, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm 

at 125 Live (River Room)

125 Elton Hills NW

Agenda

Rochester Leaders on how they & their organizations Value Others Together

Listening Tool: “Your Story, My Story” Learn about, use AND make a new friend.
Questions:

  • How far did the apple fall from the tree: You and your parents?
  • Your Good Old Days: When, what made them special?
  • Talk about your favorite material
    possession.
  • “School of Hard Knocks” Life Lesson you have learned.
Listening Tool Kit
Learn more about the Listening Tool Kit!
We will play a trailer from an awesome movie coming to Rochester in July, Sound of HOPE…The Story of Possum Trout. (Texas) ( This movie INSPIRES plus bring Kleenex!)  The true story is how one rural black community pulled off the impossible and is revolutionizing how foster care is being done…with a local help factor through Care Portal!
 
We are giving each participant a copy of the complete page listening tool that is a $5.00 value to those attending.

Planned Guests and Invitees this month include:

  • Mayor Kim Norton (via video)
  • Paul Logan (KFSI Radio)
  • Rebecca Snapp (Director of Community Engagement, Salvation Army, Rochester)
  • Dan Fifield (The Landing)
  • Salt & Light Partners
  • Tim Heroff (CarePortal) Young Life
  • Dr. Steve Lansing (Veterans Empowered, Inc.)
  • Pastor Natacha Kemp
  • Wendell Amstutz (National Community Resource Center)
  • Local Media Partners

Attendees are invited to interact with each other in an Exercise on Building Relationships: “Your Story, My Story”. Which includes discussion on memorable positive past experiences, their resulting transitions, and life lessons learned.

Flapdoodles Ice Cream will be served afterward.
T-shirts “Valuing Others Together” will be available for purchase.
(For questions or comments please contact Paul or Lynn Larsen)

Components of Valuing Others

Encouragement: Giving the Gift of Encouragement.
Listening: The First step to Understanding.
Service: Everyone Can Serve. Everyone Can make a difference.
Respect: Differing and Disagreeing Wisely.

Coming Events

Thursday, July 11: Introducing
“The Listening Tool Kit”!!
Sixty Tools to Enhance Your
Listening Skills.
Thursday, August 22:
“Valuing Others with Special Needs”
Dr. James Miser: Their adopted TEN
special needs children.
(Inspiration on Steroids)

Picture of Wendell Amstutz, MA

Wendell Amstutz, MA

CEO | Author / Speaker | amstutz@ncommunityrc.org | 507-254-1265

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