Greenhouse Gathering (in person and online) - with Lauren Errington

Come along to Greenhouse Gatherings to hear from interesting speakers and be supported by our group of Christian women

Tuesday, 26 March 2024 7:00pm - 8:30pm AEDT

March Guest Speaker - Lauren Errington, on emotional maturity!

As Christians, we spend a great deal of time thinking about spiritual maturity, and working on strategies to become more mature in our faith. But what does it mean to be emotionally mature, and how should we think about emotional maturity as Christian people? How might growing in our emotional maturity impact how we work, how we connect with our families and friends, or how we approach the ministries we’re involved in? And how can we grow in our emotional maturity?

At our March Greenhouse Gathering, Lauren Errington, social worker and Director of the Family Systems Institute, will help us think through why emotional maturity is important, how it is different to and intersects with spiritual maturity, and how being Christian impacts how we think about this area of life. She’ll offer examples of how growing in our emotional maturity can benefit not only ourselves but those around us, particularly as it impacts our work, our ministry and our relationships. And she’ll give us concrete and practical tips on how to grow in our emotional maturity in 2024.

You’ll also have a chance to connect with other Christian women, enjoy some delicious food, and hear more about what The Greenhouse has to offer to women in different industries, workplaces, churches and stages of life. We’d love to have you join us!

Can’t make it in person? Join us online! We’d love you to share in the experience.

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About our Guest Speaker

Lauren Errington is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AASW) and Clinical Family Therapist and Accredited Supervisor (AAFT). She has experience working in tertiary level mental health services and private practice contexts in Australia and Scotland, and currently offers counselling through the Family Systems Practice. Lauren has been the Executive Director at the Family Systems Institute since 2021, and is also an Adjunct Lecturer at Charles Sturt University.

Lauren has a Masters in Couple and Family Therapy (UNSW) and has had an interest in Bowen Family Systems Theory since first encountering Bowen theory through her counselling training in 2008. She finds Bowen theory a compelling description of the dilemmas we all face in life’s relationships, with the ideas resonating across therapeutic, workplace and ministry contexts. Lauren is always interested in the application of theory to practice in her work which has led to her publishing articles with the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy and co-editing a book with Jenny Brown entitled Bowen Family Systems Theory in Christian Ministry.