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The Toolbox episodes are short ideas and challenges to help you start growing good community where you are. Last time we talked about being curious. In this episode, I give some crazy questions that can help people laugh and take the conversation less seriously so that they can have a serious conversation.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bridgestobelonging/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bridgestobelonging/support

The Toolbox episodes are short ideas and challenges to help you start growing good community where you are. The third tool is being curious. Everyone drops hints at things that they want talk more about it. Try to ask questions when they drop those hints. The more you do it, the better you'll get and the more people will engage with you! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bridgestobelonging/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bridgestobelonging/support

The Toolbox episodes are short ideas and challenges to help you start growing good community where you are. The second tool is making a list of "Common Ground" items. These are things that you could talk about when, wherever, with whomever and that establish some common ground with you and other people.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bridgestobelonging/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bridgestobelonging/support

The Toolbox episodes are short ideas and challenges to help you start growing good community where you are. The the first tool is eye contact.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bridgestobelonging/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bridgestobelonging/support

The Toolbox episodes are short ideas and challenges to help you start growing good community where you are. I can't wait to start sharing them with you! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bridgestobelonging/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bridgestobelonging/support

Hey guys, this is Sam from What It Takes. I've been so encouraged by the conversations that I've had around community and I'm so excited for the ones to come. I would love to invite you into that conversation. If you have any questions, comments, or even if you know someone would be interested in talking about community, I've love to hear from you. You can email me at whatittakespodcast@gmail.com. That's whatittakespodcast@gmail.com.  Thanks so much. I can't wait to hear from you.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bridgestobelonging/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bridgestobelonging/support

Welcome back to What It Takes! I'm Sam Banfield and I'm so glad you're joining us.  In this episode, I talk with David Vo. David is a dear friend that has shown me how to build community when you are starting from scratch. If you have just moved or if you are looking to build new community, this episode is for you. There is a lot of practical advice packed into this episode that I can’t wait for you to hear. Welcome to the conversation!  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bridgestobelonging/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bridgestobelonging/support

Welcome to Bridges to Belonging! I'm Sam Banfield and I'm so glad you're joining this conversation on community. In this episode, I talk with Garrin Hill. Garrin is a pastor and brings a wealth of knowledge of what it's like to walk into an existing community and to keep it moving forward. We'll jump into the conversation with Garrin describing what it is he does and move on into a rich conversation that I'm so excited to share with you!  To find out more about Garrin's community and how to get engaged with it, check out this website.  Below are the books we talk about in this episode:  Generation to Generation by Edwin Friedman Canoeing the Mountains by Tod Bolsinger Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bridgestobelonging/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bridgestobelonging/support