Residency Timeline
Orientation
Sept. 1
Residency application opens.
Nov. 27
Applications are due by 11:59 p.m.
Dec. 2-6
Applicants will interview with the Formed in Faith team.
Dec. 6
Applicants will be notified of acceptance status.
Dec. 11, 9:30-11 a.m.
Zoom: Info/orientation meeting for accepted residents.
Jan. 13 & 14, 8:30 a.m.-noon
Kickoff retreat and residency begins. The senior leader/head of staff from each church should attend on Jan. 13, 8:30 a.m.-noon.
Phase 1: Equipping parents/caregivers to experience God alongside their young children
Note: Specific dates for Phase 1 events will be published after residents are selected in order to attend to residents' availability as much as possible. Resident applicants can list their availability in the application.
Dates/content subject to change.
Ongoing activities throughout phase 1:
- Coaching sessions (coaching windows: March-April, June-July)
- Discussion board/online hub engagement
- Opportunity to request to fund projects and access to consultants
- Evaluation
January 2025
Residents will be asked to announce their participation in this project at their church. Churches will also begin planning and hosting parent listening sessions (to take place in January-April).
February
Training Session: The State of Christian Parenting. (Senior leadership should attend this session.)
Residents will begin to experiment with parent engagement.
February-March
Training Module – Leading Parent Circles: Experiencing God Alongside Our Children (six weeks, one evening per week)
April
Attend Formed in Faith community event (topic and facilitator TBA).
May
Training Session: Workshop and debrief parent engagement experiment
June-July
Personalized coaching will be available to residents, with options to continue processing parent engagement experiments.
Sacred storytelling and ignatian imagination circles will be offered periodically.
Residents are invited to attend the InterGenerate Conference on June 10-12 (costs covered by OCE).
Phase 2: Equipping the church to experience God alongside parents & young children
Ongoing activity throughout phase 2:
- Coaching sessions (coaching windows: January-March, May-June)
- Discussion board/online hub engagement
- Opportunity to request to fund projects and access to consultants
- Evaluation
- Optional conference/ministry immersion field trip
August-September
Churches are asked to announce phase 2 activity in their congregations and engage in a church-wide appreciative inquiry activity. Congregational surveys will also be shared.
Residents will meet with the Formed in Faith team to review data from Phase 1.
October
Phase 2 Retreat (two half-days. Senior leaders will be asked to attend one half-day.)
Residents will attend the Formed in Faith community event (topic and facilitator TBA).
November
Training Session: Sunday Morning Worship (Senior leaders should attend this session.)
January 2026
Attend Formed in Faith community event (worship ministry leaders are invited to attend as well).
February
Training Session: Exploring Scripture
Senior leaders are invited to attend an exclusive event: Preaching to All Ages.
March
Training Session: Children's Ministry Time (All children's ministry leaders and volunteers in your church are invited to attend.)
April
Training Session: Transforming a Church Culture (Senior leaders should attend.)
Residents will meet with the Formed in Faith team to review data from Phase 2 so far.
May
Training Session: Community Life (Other leaders or volunteers from each church are invited to attend.)
June
Training Session: Service & Community Engagement (Other leaders or volunteers from each church are invited to attend.)
Wrap Up
Ongoing activities in this phase: Coaching for sustaining change (coaching window: August-October)
July-August 2026
Residents will continue to experiment in their churches.
September
Final congregational surveys and interviews will take place.
October
Final celebration & story sharing (senior leaders are invited to attend).
Residents will also find ways to share stories of the cohort experience in their churches.
Post-Project
Residents will receive a summary of evaluation data with recommendations for continuing this work and debrief summary with coaches and Formed in Faith leadership team.