Learning Labs
Coming Fall 2010:
These are action based workshops. These courses focus on the themes evident in the life of Jesus: spiritual practices, simplicity, creativity, community, and advocacy. Each lab is designed to push participants beyond thinking about what they think about doing and into what they are currently doing in each of those areas. They are led by FLOOD staff and volunteers.
Two labs will begin in October 2010.
AWAKENING CREATIVITY (creativity, equipping)
Exploring the hidden story of your life
Do you aspire to be more creative? Since ancient times spiritual seekers have expressed their questions and longings through poetry, art and song. Jesus invited his listeners to repent, reimagine or dream up their whole lives again. Many have observed the vital link between imagination, creativity and spiritual transformation. This seven-week Learning Lab will help participants integrate creativity, personal narrative and theology through individual and group exercises. A final group show featuring the work of participants will occur on Saturday November 13th, 7-10 P.M.
Participants will:
-Learn to use daily journal keeping, a weekly walk and creative adventure as tools for transformation
-Study the life and teachings of Christ as an archetype for creative living.
-Explore personal narrative through artistic mediums (including poetry, dance, prose, music, sculpture, photography, drawing and painting).
-Discuss process and discoveries through small group encounter.
-Create a compilation piece from weekly exercises for display at an art event.
COST: $60-$120 sliding scale (Includes curriculum, art materials, facility use and final reception costs) Scholarships available upon request. Attend This Event
EXPERIMENTS IN TRUTH (equipping)
“Name one thing you could do over the next 40 days that would radically change your life?” Jesus of Nazareth spent 40 days in the wilderness fasting and facing his greatest shadows and temptations. The master invites us to rethink or reimagine our whole lives in light of the Maker’s dream of greater wholeness for our world.
This Learning Lab explores the physicality of spiritual formation. If I change what I do in my mind and body, how will it effect my capacity to flow with the creators energy & love? (what I eat? how I spend my time? the media I consume? how I use my money? who I spend my time with?) In this course we seek to deal with the disparity we often feel between how we want to live and how we actually live.
Participants will engage in practices aimed at confronting our shadows and obstacles to the spiritual life through “experiments in truth.” They will also:
-a transformative experience applying disciplines of abstinence and engagement to your personal growth issues through a 40 day experiment.
-a greater understanding of the holistic nature and physicality of spiritual formation. (Spiritual development as holistic life development)
-a practical understanding and experience of group discernment that helps you listen to your life, hear the voice of the Spirit and receive the wisdom and insight of friends to help you have greater clarity about your decisions.
-a comprehensive personal growth plan and rule of life that helps you maintain momentum & consistency
-identify mentor that you will meet with at least once during this course
$60-$90 Sliding Scale (Scholarships available upon request– contact sean (at) floodsac (dot) com. Attend This Event
