MTM Training Centre

MTM Training School

Brookfield Centre 2008

The MTM Training School at Brookfield was established in 2006 out of a community need to assist men in training and mentorship in life issues. The Brookfield Centre is a country venue where men can meet other men and learn about themselves in the process. Many men have come to these training events and have found them extremely beneficial not only just in their own personal life and marriage but also in their work place.   The school operates on Monday and Wednesday nights 7.30pm to 9.30pm during normal school terms and is open to all men. As MTM is a non-profit organization, costs to attend are by donation, as participants are able to contribute.

Monday Groups

 

M.A.L.E.s Group (Men as Learners and Elders) This is a men's mentoring program. I takes men through the Male Spiritual Jouney toward Men's Rites of Passage preparation. Men are introduced to contemplative prayer and reflective chapel times are incorporated in the program. Men's fellowship and sharing is encouraged.

       Wednesday Groups

Contemplative/Centering Prayer   The spiritual sojourn encourages men to develop their inner prayer life in a practical way; using teaching, fellowship and the awareness found only through Centering Prayer. Topics covered include: Developing Centering prayer, Paradigms of the Spiritual Journey, Contemplation as Divine Therapy, and Divine Love-the Heart of the Christian Journey. Each man is encouraged to take part in active spiritual direction. Men's fellowship and sharing is encouraged.

The Enneagram/ "Things Hidden"-Scripture and Spirituality   The sojourn continues in the contemplative way, showing us how to employ the Enneagram as an ancient tool for the discernment of spirits, the struggle with our 'false self' and the encounter with our True Self in God. Waler Brueggemann says "Things Hidden is an invitation of Gospel proportion to move into the life God intends, a life of joy and obedience."

The "Human Story"-Transforming Our Lives   The "Human Story" is about life, balance and transformation. Transformation is a response to our readiness and attentiveness, yet also comes freely as a gift of God. The "Human Story" is the transformation of crises, pain and suffering into experiences of growth. This is a transformation that encourages us all to become more whole as people. We often become 'unhinged' (unbalanced) at critical times in our lives. This unbalance had much of its origin in childhood woundings. It is almost as though we have to 'fall' into our particular places of unbalance. Our transformation does not usually begin when our difficulties, pains and sufferings are alleviated or removed from us. Transformation most often takes us deeper into life. Difficulty, pain, and suffering are often our 'nurseries' of transformation.