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Core Values
Description
To show care and loving kindness towards another. To be present, listen without judgement, show respect, acknowledge their dignity and work for the betterment of others.
Attributes
Relationship skills | Communication (from the Holistic Learning Living Leading Framework)
Key Practices
- Empathy and kindness
- Being present with another, walking alongside without judging
- Working for the other’s best
Story
In the Parable of the Good Samaritan there is a very clear picture of what is asked. Whatever we do in the face of another’s needs describes our character, and the law that rises above all others is love. Do not waste time working out who is a neighbour, who is not, just be a neighbour “like this, this way”, drawing alongside, binding wounds and lifting up to safety. (Luke 10)
Symbol
A jar carrying healing oil.
Oil is an ancient balm and antiseptic, from the olive or tea tree. In Jesus’ parable the Samaritan applied oil to the wounded traveller. The Greek word for mercy (eleos) is derived from the word for olive (elaiá). Oil is a classic symbol of mercy and kindness that heals.
At Emmanuel may we each have compassion to serve others with kindness, just as the Samaritan applied oil to the wounded traveller.
Description
To be curious, to wonder, to imagine and to dream in order to solve, invent, reconcile, build compose and love so that things can be better.
Attributes
Self management | Inquiry | Adaptability (from the Holistic Learning Living Leading Framework)
Key Practices
- A critically questioning mind
- A desire to generate life, beauty, order, goodness
- A bias towards enterprise and possibility
- Curiosity, wonder, imagination
- Verbs making desire an action to solve, invent, build, compose, heal…and make things better
Story
Mary was addressed by a messenger and invited to join in God’s great healing project. After pondering she said yes. The child she bore is Emmanuel, God with us. Creativity is core to our humanity and identity. (Luke 1.26-55)
Symbol
A scalloped shell, commonly found on nearby shores.
Its fan like shape expresses an openness to possibility and the branching paths we may follow. It is an ancient Christian symbol of pilgrimage or purposeful journey, and reminds us, we are all addressed from something bigger than ourselves, from over the horizon. The shell is an important part of our foundation and rests at the heart of the Emmanuel crest.
As shown in the shell, at Emmanuel may we each have the creativity to be open to the possibilities which are presented to us.
Description
To show faith, trust and perseverance, allowing individuals to embrace their purpose and stand firm in their beliefs, even in the face of doubt or uncertainty.
Attributes
Responsible decision making | Persistence | Problem solving (from the Holistic Learning Living Leading Framework)
Key Practices
- The strength of heart to stand firm even in the face of hardship
- A bold commitment to the true
- Authenticity, integrity and moral character
- Tenacity, perseverance and fortitude
- Embracing the unknown
- Being the author of how we respond to insults, hardship, challenges
Story
After forty nights and days in the wilderness and being tested by the Accuser, Jesus remained established in himself. He returned with clarity, taught with authority and declared to his elders his identity: he is the one to bring to the captives release, to the blind sight and to the oppressed liberation. (Luke 4.16-21)
Symbol
A paperbark tree.
Truth and tree share the same roots. A tree stands as it is where it is, regardless of the weather.
Like a tree, at Emmanuel may we each have courage to be grounded in the good, the beautiful and true and stand firm, full of integrity, bearing the fruits of the authentic self.
Description
Building community by honouring the dignity of each person through respectful relationships, justice, inclusion, hospitality and service.
Attributes
Self-awareness | Social awareness | Reflection (from the Holistic Learning Living Leading Framework)
Key Practices
Respect (Taking responsibility for our shared wellbeing.)
- Seeing again; seeing possibilities, dignity, responsibility, opportunity
- Listening, receiving and discerning
- Serving community with hospitality, compassion, justice and being a good neighbour
Story
There is a pattern to creation and in wisdom is everything made. Jesus mostly taught using parables and embodied story, ‘like this, this way’. His explicit teaching is called the beatitudes and appears in Matthew 5:1-12. It articulates a beautiful reality – everything is connected and our desires (hungering and thirsting) should turn towards what is right and true.
Symbol
The patterned canoe.
The woven pattern reflects the relational nature of reality, the masterful weaving arts of the Bundjalung nation, our responsibility to be good citizens by caring for community. The canoe comes from the story of Emmanuel and the Paperbark Tree and traces the people’s movement across the water to freedom through shared service.
As shown in the weaving required to create the canoe, at Emmanuel may we work together in citizenship to build a respectful and just community.