MCYM Resource Team Formation Pune, India

The third resource team gathering was held on 11 June 2016 at St Mary’s Cathedral, Khadki, led by Mr Saji Daniel, the Exarchial Animator of MCYM. Inspired by the world environment day celebrated on 5 June, the session was held on the topic, ‘Green Meadows’. The session commenced by10.30 am with an icebreaker, where each one was given a balloon and a toothpick with a task of keeping their balloon intact for a given period of 5 minutes. The essence of the game was to accept a win-win approach in terms of conservation of environment and its natural resources, and to eradicate the destructive mode. This was indeed a good introduction to the topic.

The session continued with power point presentation on verses and reflections from the Bible, Church and its leaders regarding nature and its importance. The church teaches us that each one of us isa guest on earth, having a great responsibility of protecting and conserving nature for the benefit of future generations. This was followed by a small group activity. This technique of gamification (including puzzles, riddles, crosswords matching, filling up the blanks, coding and decoding) helped to drill the concept into their minds. This activity aimed at solving a case which involved thinking out of the box. It was effective in terms of understanding the concepts well.

Any issue needs to be tackled with effective solution. This led to another group activity.Divided into groups, the members were asked to brainstorm practical solutions to the problems faced, both at an individual as well as at church level. Heading towards the end, each group had to present the events which they possibly thought could be initiated, continued and also activities that has to be stopped for the well-being of the  environment. The Session  ended with a quick recap followed by a short feedback.