Formation Map

Formation Map for Academic Year:

2023-2024

2024-2025

2025-2026

What events this cycle feature intellectual practices and provide:

The opportunity to encounter diverse theological perspectives/traditions

The opportunity to share one’s own views

The opportunity to interact with theologically diverse others

What events this cycle feature practices of worship and provide:

The opportunity to engage in diversity of expressions of Christian worship

An invitation to try new/new-old things with a gracious spirit

The opportunity to express faith/identity in worship

The opportunity for pastoral care in context of worship

The opportunity to “rest in the presence of God” in the context of worship

What events this cycle feature practices of discernment which provide:

The opportunity for individual reflection

The opportunity for conversation

Invitation to spiritual friendship

The opportunity to discern and express understanding of self, others, God, and vocation

What events this cycle feature practices of fellowship which provide:

The opportunity to experience a supportive community

The opportunity to build relationships across difference

Invitation to apprenticeship locally, nationally, or globally

What events this cycle feature practices of contextual engagement which:

Reject the rhetoric of theory v. practice, classroom v. ”real world”

Provide training and resources to resist to the sin of racism

Provide opportunities to mitigate the effects of cultural polarization (particularly with regard to the relationship between urban and rural contexts)

Prompt curiosity about what it means to be Christian community in a post-Christian context

What events this cycle feature practices related to professional conduct which:

Model and foster hospitality

Provide training and resources to support effective communication

Provide training and resources to support healthy conflict in community

Provide training and resources to support participants in maintaining appropriate boundaries

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