The Table: A School of Discipleship

God is unfolding such beautiful things in our region!

I’m writing today to share what’s going on in our little corner of the world and to testify to the goodness of our God!

We are excited to announce that this summer we will be launching a discipleship school - a ministry we are calling The Table. The Table is a place for longing hearts to come away with God. It's a space where, together, we can learn to more deeply rest in Him and trust Him, allowing Him to shape and mold us into the people we were created to be. 

For years, I’ve been dreaming with the Lord about a discipleship school in our region. Though I’m finishing my Master’s in Divinity this year and have been deeply blessed by my seminary journey, it's the discipleship school vision that has repeatedly tugged at my heart. There have been some “almost” moments along the way, but the timing has never seemed quite right. 

However, in January 2021, when the Lord led us to leave the neighborhood we so deeply loved and buy a piece of land outside the city, we knew God was up to something new. We started from the beginning. No driveway, no electricity, no water, no house. As we co-labored with the Lord (and many contractors!) to build this new home, the Lord was simultaneously working some things out within us.

In early June 2022, the house was nearly finished, and we excitedly moved to the farm. Three weeks later, I was diagnosed with cancer. I'd counted the weeks to move onto the land with plans to quickly start working. But the Lord allowed things to play out differently. For the next seven months, our lives were turned upside down (in the natural sense), as I underwent surgeries and wrestled with treatment decisions. I was forced to stop doing many things. I spent far more time at home doing “nothing” than I would have ever chosen on my own. But the Lord was shaping and forming parts of us that needed His deep, healing, transformative touch. He had called me into an extended Sabbath. 

New rhythms have been forming in our lives since then. While I have long since cherished intimacy with the Lord, He has taken our family to new depths with Him. And yet, in the midst of this slowing down, our Father gave me a clear directive: I was not to stop dreaming. So, as I sat, healed, pondered, and rested, I have been joyfully dreaming with God. And that’s how we arrived where we are today. 

In the early days of dreaming, I assumed that if the Lord ever led us to start a school, we’d begin by working with young adults. But over these last many months, the Lord has had something different and surprising to say about this.

He has made clear that His first priority for us in this new work is investing in the youth. God wants these young ones to know and experience, all the more, His extravagant love. He wants to further anchor their identities in Him, and He wants to make their value within the Body of Christ abundantly clear - to them and to all of us. He wants to further equip them for this very moment in history.

And so, it is with great joy that our first discipleship school session will be for youth, ages 12-17. We will also be accepting a few young adult interns to join us on this beautiful ride! The school will be in session from June 13th-July 27th and will meet two days each week. We believe God is going to do amazing things! 

To be clear, we believe the school will expand in time, and we believe that eventually God wants to invite people of all ages on a similar journey. But this summer … the focus of our time, heart, and energy has been made clear to us. The Table: Youth Edition

If you have a youth (or you are a youth!) who is interested in applying for the school, please contact me by using the “Get in Touch” button on the website. I will send you the application you need in addition to more details. Parents, please reach out to me with any questions at all. We know and feel the weight of shepherding youth, because we know what they mean to God.

Blessings to you in the name of our beautiful Lord, Jesus.