There is something really powerful that happens when leaders from across the Church gather together in community around a common purpose. Leaders dig deeper. Relationships are strengthened. Sustainable transformation begins to take shape. Healthy practices take root.
We are offering four rich offerings beginning this fall. The topics include: building collective flourishing for people of color, embodied antiracist practices designed for white people, personal health through the enneagram, and an opportunity to apply for our Preaching for Change initiative. Our coaches will accompany you through these groups to take what you are learning and support you through actionable next steps, while encouraging you all along the way.
Will you join us as we journey together?
Beyond the Book
Embodied Practice Designed for White People
A book about justice is only powerful if it is a catalyst for actual change. Jennifer Harvey’s new book “Antiracism as Daily Practice” sets the table for meaningful conversation among white folks seeking to live in a way that grows racial justice. Led by the author and NEXT Church Coaches, join other white folks from across the country to discuss the content of Dr. Harvey’s new book and engage its actionable reverberations over 6 cohort sessions.
Envisioning and Enacting Collective Flourishing
A Coached Journey for People of Color
What does it look like to build the spaces and the world we truly need – together? Participants will explore the liberatory journeys of people of color in the past and present through readings, videos, and other engaging materials. Following this grounding work, the group will consider how to navigate power dynamics and their own participation in systems and structures of harm to create revolutionary outcomes: moves toward genuine community, healthy self-and-other accountability, and embodied care and awareness that can buoy us collectively in challenging times.
Enneagram and Leadership
Building Your Inner Team
In conversation with the Enneagram, we can celebrate the strengths God has given us, identify our personality challenges, and put deeper self-understanding into action. The aim of the cohort will be to identify natural gifts and reflexive tendencies, develop instinctive capacities, identify underused strengths, learn how to approach conflict with awareness, and begin to apply the concepts in participants’ leadership contexts.
Preaching for Change
Applications for Fall Cohorts are Open!
Worship is a catalyst for congregational change, rooting people in the proclamation of God’s Holy Word and the movement of the Holy Spirit in order to embody their faith in the world. The Preaching for Change initiative creates the opportunity for transformation by developing learning environments for discernment, growth, and experimentation. You are invited to form a cohort to join this Initiative. Applications are now open for the fall cohort, with a July 31 deadline.
