The Class
Forming
Forming is a fresh, life-giving approach to spiritual growth and restoration that may be very different from what you have tried before. Instead of relying on your willpower and self-effort to bring about change in your life, we help you build a relationship with God that has enough substance to change you from the inside out. An entrance to the Life Model course series, Forming is for people who want to grow in their spiritual maturity by engaging at deeper levels with God.
In this 12-week class, you will learn to engage with God and live from your true heart through a video series and time for quieting, listening and journaling, instead of continually striving to go go go and do do do. To use a metaphor, instead of rowing against the current of our inner life, in an effort to do what we think is right, Forming teaches us how to align our sails with the Holy Spirit so that we engage with God to change the direction of our hearts so that we can go places we never could get to by rowing alone. In Forming, you will engage with Scripture, your past and present experiences, and your emotions in healthy ways to reveal truths you may not realize are there.
Time and Place
Forming – Wednesday Mornings
9:30am – 11:30am | Wednesdays
Sept. 21 – Dec. 14, 2016
Dinwiddie House
Arlington, VA (address provided upon registration)
Faculty
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Jeannie Hertbert
Susan Price
Class Schedule
September 21: - Week 1: Changing our minds about change
September 28 - Week 2: God is relational
October 5 - Week 3: Developing a conversational prayer life (part 1)
October 12 - Week 4: Developing a conversational prayer life (part 2)
October 19 - Week 5: Grace as a means for transformation
October 26 - Week 6: Engaging with God for change (part 1)
November 2 - Week 7: Engaging with God for change (part 2)
November 9 - Week 8: Engaging with God for change (part 3)
November 16 - Week 9: Renewing our mind
November 23 - Thanksgiving week - No class
November 30 - Week 10: Healing our identity and self-rejection
December 7 - Week 11: Disarming our fear and anxiety
December 14 - Week 12: Two kinds of maturity and class wrap-up