*** Now offering ONLINE and IN-PERSON***
DEEP LISTENING TRAINING
For folks who want to be volunteers, or those who simply want to grow your ability to listen in your own life please reach out. We have a 2 session deep listening training course.
Our committment is that listening training be acessible to all free of charge, but if you
believe in growing the vision of the Listening Post and sustaining our work
you can make a donation.
We are 100% donation funded and appreciate community support. See our donation page for options.
Contact Ruth at listeningpostbarrie@gmail.com
DEEP LISTENING TRAINING
For folks who want to be volunteers, or those who simply want to grow your ability to listen in your own life please reach out. We have a 2 session deep listening training course.
Our committment is that listening training be acessible to all free of charge, but if you
believe in growing the vision of the Listening Post and sustaining our work
you can make a donation.
We are 100% donation funded and appreciate community support. See our donation page for options.
Contact Ruth at listeningpostbarrie@gmail.com
email: listeningpostbarrie@gmail.com
What We Do “The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood.
The best way to understand people is to listen to them.” - Ralph G. Nichols We offer deep listening face-to-face at various Barrie sites around the city. See below for our locations and times. Visitors to the Listening Post can come with life experiences to share or for a simple quiet time in a safe accepting space. We offer online listening training for individuals and groups who wish to deepen their ability to offer deep listening. |
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Who We Are
Listening Post volunteers are people from a variety of backgrounds in our community. We may be secular or people of faith, but at our core we are people who understand the value of accepting people just as they are. We practice listening to people without any other agenda; that means no judging, no trying to fix or correct someone’s life. We are listeners who do not give advice or suggestions.
We seek to be compassionately present to others - whatever they want to share. As volunteers, we receive on-going training in the art of deep listening. Even though listening is natural, it benefits from mindful examination of our listening experiences and reactions, as well as time to reflect and practice. Our monthly volunteer meetings offer us a chance to practice and notice those moments when we are challenged to grow and when our hearts are moved by deep connection. |
Why we Listen
“Perhaps the most important thing we can give each other is our attention.”
-Rachel Naomi Remen We listen because it is important. Each of us have experienced the gift of others listening deeply to us when we needed to be heard. We want to pass that gift on. We are people who find joy and meaning in the profound human connection that happens when we are fully present, valuing and listening to another person. Something shifts inside us when we are heard. We know our value. We know our experience matters. When we can tell our story without being intruded upon by the opinions or advice of someone else we receive a gift. It is the gift of being respected just as we are. We are enough. Deep listening respects our privacy, individuality and our own wisdom. |
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The Listening Post Barrie began its pilot listening site at the Busby Centre in the spring of 2019 and is a volunteer staffed, 100% donation funded initiative with one paid director.
We are mentored by the experienced listeners of the Listening Post Anchorage, Alaska. Many thanks also to the Listening Post Vancouver for their support and hospitality as we researched Listening Post possibilities for Barrie.
We are an initiative of Burton Avenue United Church and financially supported by a new ministries grant from the United Church of Canada Foundation.
We are mentored by the experienced listeners of the Listening Post Anchorage, Alaska. Many thanks also to the Listening Post Vancouver for their support and hospitality as we researched Listening Post possibilities for Barrie.
We are an initiative of Burton Avenue United Church and financially supported by a new ministries grant from the United Church of Canada Foundation.
Listening Post locations
"Breakfast to Go" with Ryan's Hope
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 8-900 am (Collier United Church, corner of Collier and Poyntz)
Busby Centre, 88 Mulcaster
Thursdays 10 am -12 pm
Elizabeth Fry Society, 102 Maple Ave
email us for information
Barrie Public Library Downtown Location
60 Worsley St.
Tuesdays 130-3 pm & Saturdays 1230-2 pm
Painswick Library, 48 Dean Ave.
Wednesday 1- 230 pm
Waterford Seniors Residence
Mondays 10 am-12 pm
Lucy's Place Transitional Housing
Tuesdays 630-8 pm
Thursdays 9-11 am
"Breakfast to Go" with Ryan's Hope
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 8-900 am (Collier United Church, corner of Collier and Poyntz)
Busby Centre, 88 Mulcaster
Thursdays 10 am -12 pm
Elizabeth Fry Society, 102 Maple Ave
email us for information
Barrie Public Library Downtown Location
60 Worsley St.
Tuesdays 130-3 pm & Saturdays 1230-2 pm
Painswick Library, 48 Dean Ave.
Wednesday 1- 230 pm
Waterford Seniors Residence
Mondays 10 am-12 pm
Lucy's Place Transitional Housing
Tuesdays 630-8 pm
Thursdays 9-11 am
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