Looking for Disciples

Challenge:
Engage Christians more deeply in the personal spiritual journey with Christ expanding the empowered base of Christians carrying the essential message of Christ’s love and fulfilling their personal yearning to reach for the sanctity seen in the lives of the saints.

Method:
12 Steps to Spirituality – a concrete step style instruction and spiritual direction community that leads each participant deeper into the mysteries of God’s love for us and the ability for us to love God back.

Process:
Starting with two books “How Can We Find True Love… The Twelve Steps to Spirituality”, and “The Care and Feeding of the Mustard Seed and other Traditions of God's Love for Us” currently in draft form, we would:
* - Gather together three or four interested pillars of the church to guide this project.
* - Begin by rewriting the draft of the mustard seed based upon a new template of the Spiritual Direction Program laid down by the new team.
* - Create a template for a weekly program on Spiritual Direction.
* - Lay down the framework for spreading the message to the parishes through a mission/retreat program.
* - Talk with _____ about a weekly program.

Results:
A Christian Community filled with a sense of mission and personal commitment, and an individual pathway to spirituality. The spiritual journey found in the words of St. Teresa and John of the Cross can come to life for many Christians expanding and deepening their faith experience.