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THRIVE.

A cohort designed to grow a deeper understanding of spirituality that transcends vocation, cultivates a life-giving community of practice, and develops generative, sustainable spiritual practices for life and work.

Spirituality for Sustainability Cohort 2022

for Leaders in Churches and Faith Organizations

Deepen the care of your own soul

About Spirituality for Sustainability Cohorts

Cohort Objectives

Key Details

(Schedule, Facilitators, Cost, Location)

What People are Saying

RESERVE YOUR SEAT

KEY DETAILS

SCHEDULE OVERVIEW

Opening Intensive

January 20-22, 2022

Six Bi-Monthly Check-Ins

February-April, 2022

Closing Intensive

May 2022

FACILITATORS

Joel Kiekintveld & Jessica Louwerse

AUTC Co-Directors

Meet The Team

PARTICIPANT COST

$600

Training & Formation
AUTC Intensive Materials
"Sacred Rhythms" by Ruth Hailey Barton
Intensive Meal & Gathering Hospitality

If cost is prohibitive, please contact us.

Limited assistance may be available.

LOCATION

TBD based on current Municipality COVID-19 restrictions and capacity.

Key Details

Enjoy a 25% discount for each registration!

full
schedule

Cohort designs are flexible to accommodate the needs of participants and/or organizations.

The 2022 Cohort participants will determine the time and date of the bi-monthly check-ins and the closing intensive based on group availability majority during the opening intensive.

opening
intensive

The opening intensive involves three, three-hour sessions over a three-day period with facilitated discussion and engaging activities.

Thursday, January 20, 5-8 pm

with catered meal

Friday, January 21, 1-4 pm

Saturday, January 22, 1-4 pm

bi-monthly

check-ins

Six two-hour gatherings over a three-month period provide ongoing learning and support in building a community of practice.

February - April 2022

TBD with Cohort Participants

Closing

intensive

The closing intensive is one four hour session to launch the community of practice and explore strategies for nurturing organizational culture.

May 2022

TBD with Cohort Participants

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I'm ready to dive deeper.
save my seat for the
2022 cohort!

Cohorts are 12-15 participants. Once you reserve your seat, you will be sent an invoice for the cohort cost of $600. If the cost is prohibitive, please contact us. Confirmation of your payment will guarantee your spot in the cohort.

Full Name

Phone

Organization/ Church

Position/ Title

Tell us why you want to join this cohort:

This cohort is for those who want to grow deeper and continue investing in their own spiritual health and formation for their own sake and for those they serve. Here are some indicators that will help you discern if this cohort is a good fit for you. Please mark each box:

Generous Orthopraxy: I trust that the highest expression of the gospel is summed up by loving our neighbor and I believe this is sustained by a high view of Scripture, Church, Tradition and Personal Experience.

Big Table: I am eager for dialogue with diverse perspectives and practices of the Christian faith that may differ from my own.

Cohort: I want to be formed in the context of a local community.

Commitment: I am ready to prioritize the cohort schedule in my calendar and dedicate meaningful time for reading, reflection, and/or experiential engagement between sessions.

Sense of Humor: I can laugh at myself and do not take my need to be right too seriously.

Posture of Curiousity: I'm willing to ask questions with the intention to understand and withhold judgement rather than presuming I already know the answer(s) or outcome.

Provide any comments as needed. Explain any of answers to the program indicators. If signing up with a friend, drop their name here!

I want to receive occasional emails with updates and opportunities from AUTC!

Thanks for registering!

I have witnessed how Joel and Jessica have come to know the need for and the benefit of this kind of soul and life sustaining support through their own personal experiences.

I have also witnessed the need for it in the lives of those ministering in our city: people who give themselves tirelessly (while personally exhausted in body, soul and spirit) with a deep sense of call to serve others.

Dave Kuiper, Christian Health Associates

Anchorage Pastor Emeritus

Spirituality is absolutely essential in continuing work in this field... The spiritual practices greatly helped my emotional, psychological, and social disposition. The inner peace from it bleeds into work and family life.

Social Services Sustainability Cohort Alumni

Recognizing how our idea of self, God, and a connection to a calling all inform the work we do is vital to maintaining why we do the work. Maintaining our why is essential to preventing burnout. It also helps us stay innovative in how we accomplish our work and undergirds efforts towards sustainability in our work.

JP Ouellette, Peacemaking Partners

& Office of Children Services

Testimonials