Dorothea Gebauer

Coworking: aufbrechen, anpacken, anders leben: Herausforderung und Chance fur Gemeinden und Organisationen Dorothea Gebauer

Coworking and church - that's more than filling a few creative projects and new places with work tables in empty buildings or putting a coffee machine with fair coffee under the cross. Coworking is first and foremost a culture, an inner attitude and mindset, is spiritual activity. A wealth of theological and sociological reflections, practical examples and a concluding service section inspire renewed thinking and action in the world of work as well as being creative. The book shows: Coworking helps church to be church for the village or the region. Church can learn from existing coworking spaces; conversely, coworking spaces can be stimulated by the church to develop community-building processes. In the practical examples, founders show their faces and their work: coworking spaces that couldn't be more different. They all recommend appreciating the diversity of the social spaces and orienting oneself towards the respective local conditions when developing offers and projects. All the authors of the book encourage courage: Run! Do it! This is how the world of work can be renewed. The church's mission is to be close to people. And thus also in the middle of an agile society with increasingly mobile work behavior. How wonderful when the treasure of our old walls offers new territory and freedom. Coworking - a great opportunity. "- Hansjoerg Kopp, pastor, general secretary of YMCA Germany and chairman of" Fresh X Netzwerk e. V. "" How we work says a lot about what is important to us in life. Coworking enables people to organize their work independently, according to their own values, ideas and needs, which many of us first have to discover. That is the power of coworking. - Tobias Kremkau, coworking advisor at CoWorkLand eG and co-founder of the German Coworking Federation eV I am very pleased that the churches have decided to open up to coworking spaces , and I'm curious to see what transformations this will bring about in your neighborhood. "- Madeleine Gummer von Mohl, co-founder of" betahaus "