Ongoing Communities of Practice
These offerings are ongoing practice spaces where we will build community as well as build skills together. Individuals and congregational groups are welcome to join. We encourage consistent participation so that we can cultivate ongoing community together.
Building Congregational Community Safety Practice Circles
Join us for quarterly practice circles where we learn and skill up together to keep ourselves and our faith communities safe without relying on policing and the prison industrial complex. This practice circle is intended for congregations of all faith traditions. Read more about our Building Congregational Community Safety work.
- Learn specific, best-practice community safety skills tailored to congregational settings through skillshares and practice scenarios
- Deepen your analysis of carceral systems and their inability and failure to keep us safe
- Engage in case studies where we hear from real congregations practicing collective safety in the midst of this time of violence and state repression
- Develop spiritual and somatic practices to sustain this work over time
- Meet other people of faith across the country to provide mutual support in and strengthen the fabric of this work
(Re)Constructing Faith for White Christians
What do our Christian sacred texts have to teach us about living, surviving, even thriving, in the context of empire, tyranny, violence, and repression – the times in which we are living today? What do our Christian scriptures and traditions have to teach us, as white Christians, about our role in resistance and embodying liberation wherever we are planted? Our traditions were made for these times. They come from these times. We can reclaim our stories and re-tell them to nourish our resistance against white supremacy and our work for collective liberation.
Join white Christian leaders as we explore ways to interpret Christian scriptures in ways that get all of us free and develop practice for building up a new world together.
Organizing White Christians in Rural and Small Town Communities
Learn practices and strategies for faith-based, anti-racist organizing and ministry in small town and rural communities, with a focus on poor and white working class communities, including where the Christian Right is actively recruiting.
Preaching Liberation from the Pulpits of Christian Churches
If you are a white Christian clergy person who regularly preaches in a congregational setting, this offering is for you! We can provide 1:1 coaching and accompaniment to support your practice of preaching liberation each Sunday, or we can resource you and a cohort of your Christian clergy friends in the sacred work of interpreting Christian sacred texts for your people in ways that liberate everyone.
Curious about pricing? Read about our Gift Economy practice.