Learning to live with tension

So we’ve recently concluded

The Life Skills Curriculum

Developing Foundational Litera

Protected: Welcome

There is no excerpt because th

The wonder within the curriculum

I wonder what you think of whe

2D or not 2D?

I may have a whole host of cer

In search of life-giving spaces

When you picture a life-giving

How to ‘Make Learning Visible’

Documentation Documentation is

An inquiry into identity, through sound

The context For one week of th

Its Now or Never

I caught myself saying ‘Neve

Fast Fashion

Maybe its just my perception,

Re-positioning the Curriculum

In feeding-back findings from

Facing up to a totally switched on Jesus

Midway through our worldwide r

Shaping an Inter-cultural revolution through education

Vision An equal and integrated

Devotion, Devotion, Devotion, Devotion, Devotion…

’ This morning I woke up wit

Will all this competition be the death of ‘us’?

I woke up, glanced at the prev

Parenting and Education

January is upon us, and within

Contemplating compromise, and bringing ‘indifference’ to life

Do you ever overhear something

Freedom to ‘fail’

When you hear the word failure

The highlights of co-leading

As I reflect on my time in Sou

“Philip” on his ‘Sweet Spot’

Rachel has written previously

When obstacles to freedom become the stepping stones to liberty

“I have great confidence in

Deep listening is miraculous

As part of our ongoing work wi

Why are we waiting?

After a thorough tour of the m

Practicing the Art of Hospitality

During our ten week long resea

Serious about Shabbat

In Jerusalem, we were able to

From the shallows into the deep

During our research-based sabb

Ffff – a breath of fresh air

As part of our research-based

An intentional community-in-unity, unity-in-community

A ‘Trinitarian vision of

Just Friends

Soul Action meets, mentors,&nb

Just Projects

From a handful of initial rela

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Just Education

We ‘…believe that the

Strategic Planning

Rachel Bowyer reflects on bene

‘Glocal’ Education Champions

Establishing the kind of schoo

Child Protection Training

Learning from School Visits

Recently, whilst in Johannesbu

Deeper Connections

It is 2 years since we decided

Education is a lifelong process

Education is not just the acqu

Reggio Emilia Conference

The ‘great forest installati

Leadership Training – Rwanda

You may recall that between 20

Policy Development

The last few weeks have been

Blogs, a treasure chest of information

Where do we find information t

Leverage Leadership

If you’re a regular reader o

Leading and Listening

Throughout May we facilitated

Soaking in Prayer

My in-laws have a list blu-tac

Rhyme and alliteration

The vision of Soul Action’s

The Physical space

We have started to think about

Protests, Prayer and Progress

It feels like April has been 

“Bless-ed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness.”

In February, the Hub Church fr

Wrestling with balance

Balance is the word that comes

Philanthropy in South Africa

Dominant narratives of philant

Philosophy of Education

We believe that every child sh

Leaders Gathering February 2017

In February we held our first

Thank you

Phil & I would like to tha

Dialogue and The Hub

We’ve just had a fantas

Developing phonological awareness

‘ECD has been recognised as

New Year, New Giants

In the final few months of 201

Teaching children reading strategies

Knowing their letter sounds do

Creativity with Colour

When you buy a product, what d

Celebrating success

Towards the end of 2016 certif

Evaluation of the Leadership Development Program (Education – 2016)

Leadership Program October 201

Early Childhood Development (ECD) Programme 2016 – Motivation is key!

A key component of our ECD pro

Feasibility Study

Introduction Soul Action dream

Bringing Change

I have had the privilege of wo

November 2016 News

Monthly magazine with articles

Hope Market 2016 Cancelled

Bringing Change

I have had the privilege of wo

Keeping Children Safe

A research study called Optimu

Let it go!

Two Christmas’ ago we had th

October 2016 News

Monthly magazine with articles

Kingdom of God Choices II

Last month I (Phil) shared how

Bringing change

Last week we facilitated a fur

Developing skills in context

How much more do you enjoy lea

Collaboration

On Wednesday we facilitated a

Evaluation

As part of our leaders gatheri

September 2016 News

Monthly magazine with articles

Kingdom Choices

As we met leaders one to one d

Business Gathering

NPC versus Co-operative; locat

Parents – can you help with a piece of research?

During August and September 20

iMatter Children and Family Work Conference 2016

On 30th July 2016 the fourth i

Annual Report 2015/16

Download Soul Action South Afr

2015 – 2016 in numbers

Multi-cultural school: key values

Soul Action has a dream, a dre

August 2016 News

Monthly magazine with articles

Feelings matter

Wanting to make improvements t

Practicing reading

Practice is essential in conso

Enjoying teaching

The reading volunteers we are

Co-operative

What does the word Co-operativ

July 2016 News

Monthly magazine with articles

Ready, Steady, Go

We’re about to invite some o

A Co-operative shop

Over the past few months we ha

Reading volunteers program – English and isiZulu

Volunteers are an incredible r

Change

During June we gathered the ke

June 2016 News

Monthly magazine with articles

Transferring skills

This year myself and a colleag

Reading skills

Reading is a skill that needs

Listening

We often think of listening as

On mission and ministry …

“What is the difference betw

Parenting

When you hear the word ‘pare

Shop

Over the past few years Soul A

Rummaging for God

Soul Action has begun meeting

April 2016 News

Monthly magazine with articles

Equality, equity and education – a different model

During apartheid people were c

Assessment to monitor progress

This week I have had some real

March 2016 News

Monthly magazine with articles

Fresh Expressions of Church

I (Phil) have just returned fr

Why is sustainability important?

I believe one of the long-term

Practising Discernment

Thirty four local leaders have

Leadership

Challenged about the degrees o

The Potential of 1-2-1 Relationships

NPO Leaders Towards the end of

February 2016 News

Monthly magazine with articles

Assessment – November 2015

Alongside evaluating the phoni

December 2015 – January 2016 News

Monthly magazine with articles

Hope Market 2015

It was the perfect weather for

Hope Christmas Market

This years’ Christmas Ho

Child Assessments – A window on progress

In 2015 we decided to introduc

Hope Market 2015

Reflecting on success

How do we measure success when

November 2015 News

Monthly magazine with articles

Today was one of those days

Last week I attended a Christi

Early Childhood Development Gathering

A question we have been asking

5 excuses

Five common excuses against an

The Bible and Wages

Scripture In the New Testament

Towards a living wage

A living wage is, “A wage ra

National Minimum Wage

The National Minimum Wage, set

The Poverty Line

Research in 2015, by Universit

Living Wage

The National Minimum Wage, set

Calculating a Living Wage

There are various ways to calc

Three Good Reasons

1. A Living Wage is Good for b

Five low excuses

1. “We’re providing employ

Five low excuses

1. “We’re providing employ

Celebration [Part 2]

In my last blog I communicated

Celebration [Part 1]

Recently at a meeting I was re

ECD Program 2015 – The Impact of Monitoring

A key part of the ECD program

October 2015 News

Monthly magazine with articles

Teaching skills and children’s progress

Even though we aren’t workin

Creativity and Innovation

During Soul Action’s AGM and

September 2015 News

Monthly magazine with articles

Re-sending the 72*

In his last blog Phil shared h

Do you like to be rewarded?

Research on how to manage chil

Cooperative Shop

Building relationships takes t

August 2015 News

Monthly magazine with articles

Annual General Meeting 2015

  Access the full 2015 Ann

Annual Report 2014/15

Download Soul Action South Afr

Peer Mentoring

As well as the normal content

Following your instinct

This week I (Rachel) facilitat

Our Prayer

“Prayer is not so much a

July 2015 News

Monthly magazine with articles

Financial Literacy

In March Soul Action met Romie

Equip training – planning & preparation

This year we’re gathering 40

Entrepreneurial Development Focus Group – June 2015

The Entrepreneurial Developmen

June’s News 2015

Monthly magazine with articles

Call2Compassion and Justice Global Conference 2015

Reflections on our first globa

Blessed are the Peacemakers

In May I shared how positive i

So much knowledge and experience

It is a great privilege to wor

Time for God Volunteers

Some of you may recall that on

Enterprise Development Focus Group

The Enterprise Development Foc

May’s News 2015

Monthly magazine with articles

Developing Teaching Skills

When the phonics program was e

Soul Survivor Durban 2015

From April 1st to April 10th S

Overwhelming Emptiness

Travelling through the city th

Reports of violence re-erupting in Isipingo are baseless

The KwaZulu-Natal Government a

Developing Reflection Skills

At the start of the second ter

April’s News 2015

Monthly magazine with articles

Enterprise Development Focus Group

There are a number of organisa

Developing skills to facilitate word awareness activites

In March we organised the seco

A New Initiative

Towards the end of last year I

March’s News 2015

Monthly magazine with articles

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever”

Although it’s probably safe

Developing Teaching Skills

We met with the group of Grade

BEST Business Training

We started the year by hosting

A Thinking Environment

About 18 months ago Rachel and

A new group of teachers

Well, on February 2nd we facil

‘NPO Know How’ Series

This year Soul Action’s Cent

Business training

Soul Action have been given th

Hope Christmas Market 2014

What a wonderful morning of sh

The Chicken Who Didn’t Know He Didn’t Have a Head

In October we gathered 60 Chur

Shared Reading

During October we facilitated

Celebrating the 2014 Program

Since the beginning of this ye

APPRECIATE INQUIRY

At the beginning of this year

Counter Connections

The Situation With one of Afri

Diane Fick

Tags : Community EmpowermentConnecting PeopleEducationEntrepreneursNetworkingSkills DevelopmentSM Business & Enterprise

Diane’s passion is to empowe

Hope May Market

Beads, bags and biryani ……

Elements of a phonic lesson

We facilitated a further works

SOUL SURVIVOR DURBAN 2015!

During an awareness and fundra

FROM SPACE TO INTEGRAL MISSION & BEYOND

Monday 24th March 2014 FROM SP

IMPRESSIONS OF INTEGRAL MISSION

By Carol Lyle Sipping coffee b

“ILLEGITIMATE PROBLEM” OR “GOD’S GIFT?”

That’s the question (above)

Project Management

Soul Action is offering a refr

Next steps for the education program [2014]

“Having a good quality educa

Hope Market Reflection

In a previous post we spoke ab

Clare Serfontein

Tags : Child DevelopmentChild ProtectionECDFamily SupportMentoring & CoachingNetworkingnurturing childrenTraining

Clare Serfontein is married to

Theology of Rest

For some time now Soul Action

LITERACY PROGRESS IN 2013

As we approached the end of th

HAVE YOURSELF A JUST AND PEACE FILLED CHRISTMAS

African’s love their dancing

OUR FIRST CHRISTMAS MARKET

For a few years now Soul Actio

NPO KNOW HOW 4: MONITORING AND EVALUATION

 Soul Action’s NPO Know

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

The leadership of Youth for Ch

DEEP GLADNESS

“The place God calls us to i

MAKING A STAND AGAINST SLAVERY

Tuesday 29th October 2013 Why

INSIDE APARTHEID

I (Zac) had the opportunity to

NPO KNOW-HOW III: HR MANAGEMENT

Soul Action’s NPO Know How C

HOPE CHRISTMAS MARKET TRAINING

Thursday 17th October Thirty-o

Big Books

Tuesday 15th October In Septem

NPO KNOW HOW II

NPO is the acronym for ‘Non

Dates of our National Conference Released

Thursday 11th October “W

DATES FOR NATIONAL CONFERENCE RELEASED

Friday 11th October   &#8

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SEVEN

As we enter our seventh year i

Best Behaviour

August 2013 With class sizes a

Shared Reading

July 2013 SASA’s Literacy Pr

Emotional Wellness

April 2013 At the start of the

Advocates for Change

We’ve been reading Advo

Foundations

February 2013 As the 2012 scho

Peer Mentoring

October 2012 During the past f

Teacher Workshops

August 2012 At a meeting to ev

Literacy Gathering

June 2012 June saw the end of

1000 Children

March 2012 As a literacy team

Ridgecity

February 2012 This year we hav

Making Progess

October 2011 In this month&#82

Assessments

September 2011 September saw t

The Team

April 2011 In mid-April, Nolwa

Nolwazi and Gugu

March 2011 Throughout March th

Staff Changes

February 2011 In February Mpum

Hope and Dreams

January 2011 Durban’s Summer

Certificates

June 2010 On Thursday June 3rd

North Glen News

April 2010 A version of the fo

Kingdom of God

22nd August 2013 In August we

IMSA 2013

March 2013 FIND GOD IN MISSION

Rest

December 2012 For some time no

Perichoresis

September 2011 If you’ve bee

National Consultation

June 2011 At the beginning of

Imagine a Christmas Market

After several individual conve

What is Slavery?

16th September 2013 SLAVERY To

Make a STAND

July 2013 MAKE A STAND Make a

Lights, Camera, Action

March 2013 LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACT

Small Beginnings

January 2010: Name: Rachel Bow

Literacy Goals

Thursday 12th September Rachel

Literacy Goals

Thursday 12 September In Septe

THE AGM AND THE KINGDOM

In August Soul Action held its

Listening Prayer

MINDING THE GAP BETWEEN FAITH

CHURCH AND COMMUNITY MOBILISATION

In April we began gathering a

Global Gathering

April 2011 At the end of April

Umoja

Umoja: is an approach to devel

NPO Know How

NPO Know How: Renske is planni

Mentoring Journey

Mentoring Journey: consists of

Leadership Development

Leadership Development: teache

Project Management

Project Management: Our traini

Preparing to be filmed

31st January 2013 SOME KEY THI

Project Management Course

Soul Action’s new Projec

And so it begins

18th OCTOBER 2012 ANTI HUMAN T

Counter Human Trafficking

South Africa, like many of our

Drilling Down

February 2012 DRILLING DOWN In

Midlands Network

Leaders met in the Midlands fo

Collaboration

Soul Action’s Network ga

Exposure Course

For one week in June Soul Acti

AGM

At the end of May Soul Action

SOUL ACTION MIDLANDS LAUNCH

A small group of KZN Midlands

Why we gather

Relationships – we worship a

2012 Mini Review

WHY WE GATHER: Soul Action eTh

When we gather

NEXT GATHERING: 2nd October Ve

IMPACT SUNDAY

At the start of the year, Soul

Tshwane

In February Soul Action spent

Exposure Course

Throughout October and for par

Integral Mission KZN

If you’ve been keeping track

AGM

In August Soul Action held its

Uganda

June / July 2011 In June and J

Welcome Diane!

May 2011 At present Soul Actio

National Consultation on Integral Mission

At the beginning of June, Soul

Global Integral Mission

At the end of April Soul Actio

Umoja

In March Soul Action hosted a

Drill Down

On Wednesday February 23rd Sou

YEL

Well, what a fantastic time we

We Won An Award!

October 2010 Soul Action South

Young Emerging Leaders

Background: In 2009 Soul Actio

Background

SASA Literacy Project: We beli

Young Emerging Leaders Background

In 2009 Soul Action welcomed 3

Young Emerging Leaders Update

On the last Saturday in August

Literacy Project Background

Children being educated in som

Literacy Project Aims

We believe the ability to read

Siyathola Course

Soul Action’s Siyathola

Local Partnerships

Based in Durban, Soul Action S