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Join the Virtual Cohort

Partner with expert consultants and other families to create faith formation practices you can use at home, with your children.


Plus receive $1,000 to bring your vision to life!

Program participants will:


  • Develop home-based faith formation practices tailored to your family's unique context and needs.
  • Receive expert support through training sessions with an experienced children's ministry consultant.
  • Access $1,000 in funding to implement your faith formation innovations.
  • Learn proven frameworks in three key areas:
  • Contemplative Spirituality - practices for listening to God as a family
  • Intergenerational Worship - connecting faith across generations
  • Child-Focused and Child-Led Advocacy - empowering young people's voices
  • Join a supportive community of Arizona families and churches reimagining faith formation at home.
  • Gain practical tools and research insights from children's faith development experts.

This year long virtual cohort (April 2027 - May 2028) brings together family teams for co-learning and community building.


Cohort Sessions TBD

*Opening Retreat


*BCH Training – Contemplative Spirituality


*BCH Training – Intergenerational Worship


*BCH Training – Child-Focused and Child-Led Advocacy


*BCH Check-In


*Closing Celebration


Plus: Regular work with your team between sessions to develop and test your family's faith formation practices


*All sessions are virtual

This cohort is for families and churches that are ready to strengthen faith formation at home.


Your team should include:

  • Parent(s) with their young people (grades K-12)
  • A church ministry leader (pastor, educator, youth leader, etc.)
  • An enthusiastic adult familiar with your family (godparent, mentor, "adopted" aunt/uncle/grandparent, etc.)
    

We especially welcome families who are:

  • Single mothers of color parenting boys
  • Parenting neurodiverse children
  • Parenting LGBTQIA+ children
  • 3rd Culture families
  • Adoptive or fostering families
  • Parenting children in grades K-6 or 7-12
    

Note: Registration requires participation from both parent(s) AND their young people, along with church ministry representative approval

Raising kids today can be hard. No one comes into the world with a handbook on how to raise healthy, happy, and whole children with a strong sense of self that aligns with who God has created them to be.

As Christian parents, we raise our children the best we can with what we've got. But what if someone with expertise in parenting and spiritual formation could accompany you on your Christian parenting journey—at no cost except your time?


That opportunity exists, and you can join now!


Research shows that children form stronger, lasting faith when they practice it at home alongside parents and caring adults. Yet many families feel ill-equipped or unsure how to nurture faith at home.

This cohort equips you to change that—creating sustainable practices that work for YOUR family in YOUR context.


Program focus areas include:

  • Home-based contemplative spirituality practices for families
  • Intergenerational worship and faith activities
  • Empowering children's voices through advocacy and activism
  • Adapting practices for diverse family structures and children's needs
  • Building supportive community among families and churches

FREE — No registration fee. 
You receive expert consultation, trainings, resources, and a
$1,000 mini-grant at no cost to your family or congregation—generously funded by the Lilly Endowment Inc.


Registration deadline: February 15, 2027

Capacity: Limited to families and churches who can travelPhoenix, Arizona area, if a southern or northern Arizona group is not formed.

Complete the registration below. After registering, you'll receive information about preparing for the cohort and connecting with your consultant.


Questions? 
Contact Dr. Karen E. Stewart at


kstewart@wesleyseminary.edu or 602.350.0678


Learn more about Bringing Church Home →

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