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In response to requests, what was the combined
tcol-mahara website has now been split into two new
websites.
Go to 6senses.nz
Anyone can join. You don’t
have to be a Trinity
College student.
It’s still powered by
mahara. But it has
had a makeover.
Its functionality has
doubled.
Individual member-
ship | Class Meetings
Discipleship groups |
Congregations | Synods |
Connexional leaders
There’s a place for you and for your interests.
6senses.nz is the project for life-long learning and
practical theological reflection developed for the
church community by the Alumni Association of
Trinity Methodist Theological College.
6senses.nz Join up
Complete
profile
Search for
groups
to join
Subscribe to
forums, and
contribute
when you want
Join Night School
or moocs,
teach and learn
for professional
development
Community Forums
Tell us about what matters to you. Or just
look and learn. Communities of meaning
are everywhere throughout the 6senses.
nz site.
Groups to Join
Everyone is enrolled into both
Touchstone News Feeds
Which Book | Bookclub
The Bookclub now includes a guided reading pro-
gramme. Our first book will be Kenan Malik’s The
Quest for a Moral Compass, a Global History of
Ethics.
Here are a few more groups you
could join, current membership
is noted.
Effective Leadership 117
Methodist Studies 19
Practical Theology 65
Some groups are tcol groups,
others are private, some are
for professional development.
You choose what groups and fo-
rums you want to belong to, but there
is almost always a lively dialogue going on
somewhere in 6senses.
Support for life-long learning
6senses.nz offers practical support through webi-
nars, Night School, and encouragement with
Coursera and edX.
Join 6senses.nz and be changed for life.
MUGS
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mcnz
V
Criteria
The recipient has been a member of
the Parish Meeting for a minimum
period of 3 years, or has been delegated
authority and is accountable to the
Meeting for a minimum period of 3
years, in one or more of the following
areas
1. Community Concerns and Social
Justice
2. Evangelism, Education and
Discipleship
3. Pastoral Care
4. Property
5. Stewardship
6. Youth or children’s work
The recipient will have demonstrated
to the Parish Meeting the MCNZ
badging vision of “commitment to
lifelong learning, the valuing of gospel-
generated inclusiveness and diversity,
and the willingness to engage with local
and/or virtual church communities.”
Trinity forum
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mcnz
A
Criteria
The recipient has been a member of
the Parish Meeting for a minimum
period of 5 years, or has been delegated
authority and is accountable to the
Meeting for a minimum period of 5
years. The recipient has demonstrated
by his or her actions consistent and
on-going commitment to the MCNZ
badging vision “to lifelong learning,
the valuing of gospel-generated
inclusiveness and diversity, and the
willingness to engage with the secular
workplace and/or other volunteer
group settings.”
Secular workplace
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mcnz
Community
Theologian
Criteria
The recipient has been a member
of the Parish Meeting for a
minimum period of 5 years, or
has been delegated authority and
is accountable to the Meeting for
a minimum period of 5 years. The
recipient has demonstrated by his
or her actions consistent and on-
going commitment to the MCNZ
badging vision “to lifelong learning,
the valuing of gospel-generated
inclusiveness and diversity, and
the willingness to engage with the
secular workplace and/or other
volunteer group settings.”
Dorothy Riverton
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WhichBook?
Book Club Readers W
ritersBadge
The Quest for a Moral Compass
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s6
Criteria
The recipient has been a member
of 6senses.nz for a minimum
period of 1 year. The recipient
has demonstrated by his or her
actions consistent and on-going
commitment to the MCNZ badging
vision to tell the story of church
commitment and engagement,
and promotion of our Christian
values within the wider community
including virtual contexts.
Stuart Bookclub