At A Glance

A pilot with 56 participant-designers, 9 facilitators, and 2 elder facilitators.

Ran for one year from Oct 15, 2018 - Oct 15, 2019.
All online - no travel involved.
Free of cost.
Similar to a part-time degree in terms of time commitment.
Began with three months of discernment, followed by nine months of formation, culminating in a commitment (at participants’ discretion) to continue living into this new way of being once the pilot ended.
During the nine-months of formation, participants were in a facilitated small group that met online weekly for 90 minutes. They were also asked to do written weekly spiritual reflection.
Other core components: elder accompaniment, a healing inventory and action plan, monthly wisdom sessions, intensive engagement with spiritual practices of one’s choosing, and the creation of a personal commitments for a new way of being!
All participants were asked to share feedback on their experience and participate anonymously in a research study that will contribute to deeper understandings of spiritual formation. Results of this study will be available in spring 2020.