Going Deeper with God

"We are what God has made us,
created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to
be our way of life."
— Ephesians 2:10

Christian Spiritual Formation Certificate Program

2012-2013

Christian spiritual formation comes from God’s transforming power available to all Christians. However, the transformed life does not come by accident or by chance. To be formed in Christ and have Christ formed within us is clearly a gift of God. Yet there are practices, disciplines and ways of being that enable us to see, hear, and respond to God. We become transformed through God’s invitations, convictions and guiding Word.

Genuine spiritual formation is the great reversal of the negative formation of our culture.

Genuine spiritual formation reverses our role as “controller” (who acts to bring about desired results in our life) to being the object of the loving purposes of God.

Genuine spiritual formation reverses our habitual expectation of gratification to a posture of patient, opened surrender to our loving God and his work in the world.

Genuine spiritual formation brings about a radical shift from being our own production to being God’s workmanship.

Robert Mulholland, “Shaped By the Word”

 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

Going Deeper with God.

The Christian Formation program is nine months long. It includes eleven retreat days; nine days at St Andrew’s House on Hood Canal and two in-town, one day retreat/seminars. You will be assigned readings, two reflection papers, and on-going mentoring within a growing Christian community. This will take place in the context of ongoing group spiritual direction during the nine-month period, facilitated by a trained spiritual director. Much of the time together at retreats and seminars will be focused upon spiritual formation and the spiritual practices. At each retreat, participants will be given readings, an invitation to a new spiritual practice and time alone with God. The teaching segments will be interactive; group and guided experiences will play a major role.

SCHEDULE:

September 6-8, 2012 — Three-day retreat at St Andrew’s House, Hood Canal

Spiritual Formation

October 20, 2012 — St. Mary’s by the Lake, Bellevue, WA

Inward Disciplines I

January 10-12, 2013 — Three-day retreat at St Andrew’s House, Hood Canal

Inward Disciplines II

March 23, 2013 — St. Mary’s by the Lake, Bellevue

Outward Disciplines

May 9-11, 2013 — Three-day retreat at St Andrew’s House, Hood Canal

Corporate Disciplines

The following topics may be included in this year’s curriculum. The faculty reserves the right to change these topics as we feel it is needed.

• What is Spiritual Formation? The role of spiritual practices/disciplines. The discipline of reading God’s Word. Worship, Prayer

• Prayer, Reflection, and Discernment

• Sabbath, Solitude, Silence

• Surrender and Prayer

• Simplicity, Contemplation and Action

• Service and Calling, Celebration, and Community

Tuition will be approximately $1685

Scholarships available based on family income.

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Complete an application and ask two individuals who are familiar with your spiritual journey to complete a recommendation on your behalf. Mail these to: CFDM, c/o Lynn Colella, 13001-176th Pl NE, Redmond, WA 98052 with a non-refundable application fee of $35 (to be made out to CFDM).

 

Only 16 people will be accepted in the CFDM Spiritual Formation program for 2012 - 13. If you are accepted and want to hold your place, a $100 deposit (non-refundable) is required.

 

 

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