Foundations of Regenerative Culture
Foundations of Regenerative Culture
MAY 29-June 2, 2024
Wednesday @ 9am - Sunday @ 3pm
Abilene Christian University & Eden Center for Regenerative Culture
— Abilene, TX —
Ready for deeper community?
Looking for a way of life that is good news—to you, to others, and to all creation?
Do you want the relationships, knowledge and skills for such a lifestyle?
If so, we invite you to join us for 5 days and 4 nights of transformational learning.
Explore the Story, Setting and System of your community. Begin answering 10 essential questions for regenerative culture. Learn together in skills training, field trips, conversation, and prayer. Build a portfolio of ideas, reflections, skills, contacts, and resources. Take time for connection, practice, processing, and rest.
Come away with a pathway to regenerative culture in your own setting—a life of joyful, intergenerational community in God’s love that keeps on making the world better. Find partnership for this grand adventure and journey!
Your registration fee of $1000 covers all costs for the workshop — tuition and certification, four nights' lodging at Abilene Christian University in comfortable shared apartments with en suite bathrooms, meals for the five days of the workshop, training materials, and transportation costs to and from the Abilene airport as well as for outings related to the workshop.
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Story
All people live within a framework of meaning that is shaped by their understanding of four stories they inhabit.
Explore the foundational narratives that shape us, and attend to the meaning-making stories and values that your group shares. -
Setting
Place profoundly, unavoidably shapes the stories that unfold there—and, in turn, is shaped by those stories.
Attend to your built and natural environments—the places in which people interact among themselves and with their wider contexts. -
System
System is where Story and Setting converge to form the distinct ways we arrange our lives.
Explore several key questions—about your commitments, communication patterns, decision-making processes, and rhythms of attention—that will help you develop a way of life that aligns your unique calling and context.
Here’s what previous trainees have SAID!
“These friends and collaborators in the Kingdom have pushed back the frontiers of apathy and complacency in Western Christianity and are thought leaders and doers in our time. So many have a harsh critique of the way things are—kicking over sandcastles, so few have the bravery to build new ones. My wife and I will be forever grateful for what they gave us, a sense of true authentic community—one that lasts to this day.”
Mark Willis—Chicago, IL
“This remarkable week-long workshop synthesizes insight and praxis, personal growth within community, natural and built community development,
life together tools, and more in an experiential
hands-on environment—with a welcome lack of
insider jargon. This content and experience
will be very useful for anyone from any profession who’s interested in becoming part of the solution: holistically engaging life in fresh forms”
Kirk Ruch—Vancouver, BC
“The Christ-like spirit and the compelling mission vision of our friends have always walked a few steps ahead of us—like a finger pointing us in the direction of the vision of God and like a friend on a journey. . . whose gracious encouragement gives us strength along the way.
James and Erin Henderson
Ashrei Center for Spiritual
Formation—Mexico City
“taught me to connect with others and with God in a much deeper way”
John Porter
From House to House—
Clemson, SC
