shedhappens Vision Working group 2o22
Purpose for Shed
“We work on Hearts not Projects” Mackay shed tag line
Is a safe space for Men that:
That Helps men know who they are and whose they are
Talks about the real stuff
Develops real Community of men
Develops authentic connection between men
Is a space of encouragement
Engages the hearts and Minds of men
A Space where men discover they are normal and not the only one with challenges
Creates Hope for men about their future
Share Jesus not churchy
Cares for the individual
Honours the experience and story of each man
Encourages men to transform and grow
Facilitates growth for the families represented
Where honesty leads to healing
Speaks about men’s health Mental, physical and spiritual
Includes Disclosure and Feedback
Honours Women
Vision
To let Watto’s Dream come true
Shed happens awareness throughout Australia
To let our communities, know that we are Authentic
Shed Happens becomes as well know and recognised as “The Men’s shed”
Linked with community in numerous ways
More local sheds
More young men at sheds or more of shed where young people are
Greater diversity of men attending
Raising up younger leaders and future leaders
Growth of small groups in large sheds
Greater Ripple effort
Mentoring & fathering of sons
Thriving sheds who are well resourced and well supported
Trusting other shed men to enter my shed space
Get to a better Place not where we were pre-covid
What’s been Lost witH Ian’s passing and Covid
A Man:
Of Great Passion and enthusiasm
Of great Drive
Who was Championing shed?
Who was the Figurehead
Who was the go to
Of Great encouragement he made us feel confident we could do it
Who was a Motivator – us into action
Who was the promotor the public face
As amazing role Model
Bear hugs
A great Aussie Block very relatable
Who pointed me to God as the answer
Who was the connector between us all
Who gave 1000 hours a year of time to build the network
Who made you want to buy into His Vision
other Actions & Notes
2. Regionally?
3. Nationally?
Shedhappens has funds for other shed blokes to go and fly/travel somewhere to encourage/learn from other sheds
Shedhappens committee to contact all of the original sheds to see how they are going and what they need
By October 2022 Other Actions: 1. Simon to provide the old Shed Night contact list to Wayne
2. Wayne happy to make calls to old sheds to encourage them
3. Original shed leaders to be encouraged to contact their old shed contacts
4. Creation of promotional shed shirts to help re
5. “Working on hearts not projects”? Or alternative
6. Simon to provide a library of recorded interviews that sheds can use to play at a shed night as a resource
7. Create a simple process to start a shed on the website? See 9.
8. PJ happy to run info sessions on request
9. Setup a Zoom session. Materials/Course/Training /Learning to do an interview. Common questions to ask. Video how to. Or personal contact to run through a shed.
10. Simon to send out a list of who is on the committee
11. Wayne to field out media calls eg from Robbo from vision pass on to Michael Clark, PJ, Frank, Gordon K
As an additional resource for Shed Happens nights, pre-recorded interviews from Champion Blokes can be found on the Champion Blokes youTube channel by clicking here. Use these have a discussion about how the story relates to their own.
Core questions to ask a bloke:
How are you going?
How was your week?
What do you need to pray for?
& Be genuinely be concerned
Vision Session Attended by: Wayne Niebling
Tim Nagel
Phil Pietch
Peter Janetski
Jonathan Schoff
Steven Kramer
Frank Cowell
Peter Borg
Gordon Kelly
Andrew Baker
Dale MacArthur
Gordon Cooper Michael Clark