UPCOMING EVENTS
Soul Care Day: Response - From Knowledge to Friendship
Awareness leads to invitation. Led by John DelHousaye, this day focuses on how we respond to God’s presence with trust, surrender, and love. We consider the tension between traditions that emphasize right thinking and those that emphasize heartfelt experience, discovering that true maturity requires both. Drawing from scripture and stories of revival, we explore how response transforms belief into friendship with God. Through prayer, confession, and acts of obedience, we learn that concepts alone cannot comfort—only presence can. Response is the movement from hearing God’s call to saying, “Here I am,” allowing the Spirit to set our hearts ablaze.
Regular Registration – $55 per soul care day
General Member Registration – $50 per soul care day
Full & Professional Member Registration – $48 per soul care day
Future Church Cohort w/ Neil Cole (Primal Fire)
A 9-Month, 9 Sessions online Cohort Exploring: Kingdom Ecosystems, Church Planting, Leadership, and Missional Innovation for artists, shepherds and builders alike.
“Future Church, Future Shepherds” is a 9-month cohort designed for current and aspiring church planters, ministry leaders, and practitioners exploring new expressions of the church. Meeting once a month for two hours, this cohort brings together voices from across the city and beyond to engage critical topics related to church planting, leadership formation, and mission in today’s cultural landscape. This is for both laity and leadership.
Each session will feature a local or visiting practitioner who brings both theological depth and lived experience to the conversation.
Sessions recorded and sent out when participants miss.
Topic of the month: Movement, Not Machine
Recovering the organic, Spirit-led impulse behind early church movements — and resisting the drift toward institutional maintenance.
Phoenix Refugee Connections: Field Trip - Matthew House
Come and see the quiet, faithful work happening at Matthew House, a local nonprofit walking alongside refugee and other immigrant families with housing, education, and practical support as they build new lives with hope.
Join us for a field trip to learn their story, meet the team, and discover how they support families with dignity and care. You'll hear about their mission, their model, and meaningful ways you can come alongside their work through your time, talent, or treasure.
We'll also share a meal catered by one of the families working with Matthew House!
Location is near Alma School and Baseline, Mesa, AZ. Exact address will be provided after registration.
Citywide Gathering
Join us on May 20th for an important and timely conversation with David and Kelli Pritchard, focused on strengthening families through effective parenting and intentional family ministry.
Whether you’re a pastor, ministry leader, or nonprofit leader serving families, this session will give you tools you can immediately apply—both in your organization and in the lives of the people you lead.
Future Church Cohort w/ Russ Johnson (Lark)
A 9-Month, 9 Sessions online Cohort Exploring: Kingdom Ecosystems, Church Planting, Leadership, and Missional Innovation for artists, shepherds and builders alike.
“Future Church, Future Shepherds” is a 9-month cohort designed for current and aspiring church planters, ministry leaders, and practitioners exploring new expressions of the church. Meeting once a month for two hours, this cohort brings together voices from across the city and beyond to engage critical topics related to church planting, leadership formation, and mission in today’s cultural landscape. This is for both laity and leadership.
Each session will feature a local or visiting practitioner who brings both theological depth and lived experience to the conversation.
Sessions recorded and sent out when participants miss.
Topic of the month: Stewarding the Spotlight
We’ve never had more Christian leaders—and less cultural trust. This session explores spiritual authority in a performance-driven culture, and why leaders who don’t learn to carry influence without needing titles will find themselves speaking loudly to a world that’s already stopped listening.
Future Church Cohort w/ Steve Reimer (Paseo Walking with God Communities)
A 9-Month, 9 Sessions online Cohort Exploring: Kingdom Ecosystems, Church Planting, Leadership, and Missional Innovation for artists, shepherds and builders alike.
“Future Church, Future Shepherds” is a 9-month cohort designed for current and aspiring church planters, ministry leaders, and practitioners exploring new expressions of the church. Meeting once a month for two hours, this cohort brings together voices from across the city and beyond to engage critical topics related to church planting, leadership formation, and mission in today’s cultural landscape. This is for both laity and leadership.
Each session will feature a local or visiting practitioner who brings both theological depth and lived experience to the conversation.
Sessions recorded and sent out when participants miss.
Topic of the month: The Challenge of Vision & the Supremacy of Relational Paradigms
How important is vision actually if at all? How do we discern, hold, communicate and embody what actually matters without losing sight of our true telos?
Future Church Cohort w/ Hugh Halter (Brave Cities)
A 9-Month, 9 Sessions online Cohort Exploring: Kingdom Ecosystems, Church Planting, Leadership, and Missional Innovation for artists, shepherds and builders alike.
“Future Church, Future Shepherds” is a 9-month cohort designed for current and aspiring church planters, ministry leaders, and practitioners exploring new expressions of the church. Meeting once a month for two hours, this cohort brings together voices from across the city and beyond to engage critical topics related to church planting, leadership formation, and mission in today’s cultural landscape. This is for both laity and leadership.
Each session will feature a local or visiting practitioner who brings both theological depth and lived experience to the conversation.
Sessions recorded and sent out when participants miss.
Topic of the month: Models & Marketplace Missiology
Examining how business, bi-vocational ministry, and entrepreneurial strategies intersect with the church. What does it mean to be present in the marketplace as the church?
Boundaries & Responsibilities of a Pastor
This gathering will equip ministry leaders with the wisdom to discern healthy rhythms, expectations, and methods for engaging those they lead.
Citywide Gathering
Join ministry leaders from across the valley for a shared meal and a thoughtful conversation with Phil Herndon on how to respond to criticism with wisdom, clarity, and grace. Whether feedback comes privately or in public, it can be difficult to discern what’s true, what’s helpful, and how to respond in a way that reflects the heart of Jesus. Together, we’ll explore practical, grounded ways to lead faithfully while holding both conviction and compassion as we shepherd people well in the midst of tension.
Future Church Cohort w/ Jon Dengler (WellBuilt Cities)
A 9-Month, 9 Sessions online Cohort Exploring: Kingdom Ecosystems, Church Planting, Leadership, and Missional Innovation for artists, shepherds and builders alike.
“Future Church, Future Shepherds” is a 9-month cohort designed for current and aspiring church planters, ministry leaders, and practitioners exploring new expressions of the church. Meeting once a month for two hours, this cohort brings together voices from across the city and beyond to engage critical topics related to church planting, leadership formation, and mission in today’s cultural landscape. This is for both laity and leadership.
Each session will feature a local or visiting practitioner who brings both theological depth and lived experience to the conversation.
Sessions recorded and sent out when participants miss.
Topic of the month: Margins Matter
Understanding how God moves at the margins — economically, culturally, and socially. A call to decentralize power and prioritize the overlooked.
Future Church Cohort w/ Caryn & John Amandola (No Harbor)
A 9-Month, 9 Sessions online Cohort Exploring: Kingdom Ecosystems, Church Planting, Leadership, and Missional Innovation for artists, shepherds and builders alike.
“Future Church, Future Shepherds” is a 9-month cohort designed for current and aspiring church planters, ministry leaders, and practitioners exploring new expressions of the church. Meeting once a month for two hours, this cohort brings together voices from across the city and beyond to engage critical topics related to church planting, leadership formation, and mission in today’s cultural landscape. This is for both laity and leadership.
Each session will feature a local or visiting practitioner who brings both theological depth and lived experience to the conversation.
Sessions recorded and sent out when participants miss.
Topic of the month: Convergence Practice & the Jesus Way
A framework for integrating spiritual formation, cultural engagement, and missional imagination. Living out the “Jesus Way” in every sphere including containers not attached to the norm.
Making Jesus Visible: Immersive Experience in Missional Imagination
This gathering is an invitation for those who sense a deeper calling to incarnate the Gospel not only within church walls, but out in the marketplace, the studio, the café, the neighborhood. We’ll explore how the Church of the future doesn’t primarily erect buildings, it cultivates people by provoking Heaven.
Ministering in a Mental Health Crisis
This workshop will collaborate with Fuller Seminary to equip pastors and ministry leaders with tools for ministering to individuals experiencing isolation or mental health issues.
Future Church Cohort w/ Micheal & Charith Denson (The Monastery)
A 9-Month, 9 Sessions online Cohort Exploring: Kingdom Ecosystems, Church Planting, Leadership, and Missional Innovation for artists, shepherds and builders alike.
“Future Church, Future Shepherds” is a 9-month cohort designed for current and aspiring church planters, ministry leaders, and practitioners exploring new expressions of the church. Meeting once a month for two hours, this cohort brings together voices from across the city and beyond to engage critical topics related to church planting, leadership formation, and mission in today’s cultural landscape. This is for both laity and leadership.
Each session will feature a local or visiting practitioner who brings both theological depth and lived experience to the conversation.
Sessions recorded and sent out when participants miss.
Topic of the month: Enchantment & Heaven
Reclaiming wonder, mystery, and the transcendent in church life and leadership. How does a future-oriented theology of heaven shape how we plant now?
Future Church Cohort w/ Banquet Team
A 9-Month, 9 Sessions online Cohort Exploring: Kingdom Ecosystems, Church Planting, Leadership, and Missional Innovation for artists, shepherds and builders alike.
“Future Church, Future Shepherds” is a 9-month cohort designed for current and aspiring church planters, ministry leaders, and practitioners exploring new expressions of the church. Meeting once a month for two hours, this cohort brings together voices from across the city and beyond to engage critical topics related to church planting, leadership formation, and mission in today’s cultural landscape. This is for both laity and leadership.
Each session will feature a local or visiting practitioner who brings both theological depth and lived experience to the conversation.
Sessions recorded and sent out when participants miss.
Topic of the month: Debrief & Next Steps
Practical strategies for identifying, equipping, and cultivating a core team that can carry the vision and embody the values of the future church.
Phoenix Refugee Connections: Virtual Immigration 101
For years, our network has walked faithfully with our refugee neighbors resettling in our community. As we've done that work, many of you have asked deeper questions about the broader immigration system that shapes the lives of the families we love and serve.
This virtual Immigration 101 workshop, led by our partners at Immigrant Hope Mesa, will help you understand immigration through both a biblical foundation and a clear, practical overview of how the system works.
This is a chance to deepen the compassion you already show to refugees by understanding the wider realities their immigrant neighbors face.
Phoenix Refugee Connections: Worship Together
Come worship alongside believers from across the world; learn from them; see the Lord and your faith through the eyes of a different culture. This time, we'll be visiting our East African brothers and sisters at a church in Glendale.
(location will not be disclosed until after registration)
Rest and Renewal Retreat
Join us at for a day of rest, renewal, and community at the Franciscan Renewal Center.
FUTURE CHURCH COHORT
A 9-Month, 9 Sessions online Cohort Exploring: Kingdom Ecosystems, Church Planting, Leadership, and Missional Innovation for artists, shepherds and builders alike.
Sessions recorded and sent out when participants miss.
W/ HUGH HALTER, TAYLOR MCCALL, GAVIN LINDERMAN, DENSON CREATIVE & MORE.
Faithful Presence: Standing with the Persecuted Church
Join renowned authors Daniel Yang and Matthew Soerens for an eye-opening and empowering evening of connection and learning.
Communities of Flourishing: Moving from Criticism to Action
Helping communities of Jesus-followers bring cross-shaped justice to bear on their local context.
Faithful Presence: Discipleship in Schools & Civic Spaces
Many of us spend real time with students in schools and civic settings—and we're often left wondering what faithfulness actually looks like there. What can we say? What should we hold back? How do we disciple without crossing lines or disappearing altogether?
This gathering is a chance to slow down and wrestle with those questions together. Dana Dailey will guide the conversation, drawing from decades of experience walking with young people and leaders in both ministry and public settings. Expect honest dialogue, practical insight, and space to reflect.
AI & The Church
This workshop will equip pastors and ministry leaders with a deeper understanding of AI and its impact on our congregations.
Refugee Ministry 101 in Chandler
Arizona has welcomed more than 108,000 refugees--vetted survivors of war and persecution--from all over the world since 1980, and they're here to stay. These new neighbors come from places like Afghanistan, Burma, the DR Congo, Syria, and dozens of other countries. Come learn how this all works and how YOU can best love your refugee neighbors as they do the hard work of integrating into American society.
Three-Part Soul Care Journey: Encountering Love
This day invites participants to awaken to the presence of God in scripture, conscience, and daily life. We explore the difference between knowing about God conceptually and encountering God relationally, tracing biblical and historical themes of awareness from Moses' burning bush to Wesley's "heart strangely warmed".
Surge Citywide Gathering
Surge is rooted in the conviction that the Church is one city-wide people, unified around Jesus and made visible in every neighborhood, vocation, and community. Together, we seek to put Jesus on display through the collective witness of God’s people across our city.
Phoenix Refugee Connections: Book Club
Join us for a 5-week Book Club! This book calls the Church to embrace a vision of discipleship and evangelism that welcomes refugees, confronts injustice, and bears faithful witness to the healing power of the gospel.
Volunteer with ICNA Relief (Phoenix Refugee Connections)
Did you know every Wednesday, our friends at ICNA Relief have a Volunteer Day at their Donation Center? We will be joining them on December 10th to help sort through clothes, shoes, and other donations! These items are then packaged and provided to our refugee neighbors in need. There are limited spots!
Night of Action (Phoenix Refugee Connections)
Join us for a meaningful evening of reflection, creativity, and advocacy. We'll have several interactive stations set up, each offering unique ways for hands-on engagement. You're welcome to move freely between stations or spend your time in just one.
Responding to Crisis in the Congregation
A proactive approach to abuse, crime, and accusation in the church.
An Evangelical's Guide to American Christian Nationalism
Across the country, more and more Christians are talking about Christian Nationalism. The term shows up in sermons, podcasts, and political debates—but it’s often confusing. What exactly does it mean? Why does it matter for followers of Jesus? And why are so many saying it’s dangerous for the church in America?
Embodied Forgiveness Workshop
This immersive worship invites you to participants to explore the transformative process of Embodied Forgiveness as a way of life. Embodied Forgiveness is a deep, communal practice, moving beyond mere concepts to develop paradigms and skills that foster reconciliation and healing.
Phoenix Refugee Connections: West Valley Field Trip
Visit 2 of our local partners providing direct support to our refugee neighbors in the West Valley: The International Rescuee Committee and Friendly House. Learn how these organizations fill critical needs of the community in very distinct ways. Participants will explore ways to serve with the time, resources, money, and voice.
Women in Leadership
Women in Leadership is a monthly lunch gathering of women who are committed to use their vocation and resources as a practice of peacemaking in our cities.
NOTE: FREE PARKING is available in the lot adjacent to the church. The cameras will be turned off during our meeting time, so there is no need to register your vehicle with the company that manages it.
Share & Care Group Gathering
Gather together with others doing local refugee ministry: share your experiences, gain new insights from others, pray together, and know you're not alone!
Virtual Info Session with The International Rescue Committee
Learn from staff at the International Rescue Committee (local refugee-resettlement agency) about recent policy changes to SNAP benefits (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, AKA food stamps) that profoundly affect our refugee neighbors' ability to survive and thrive here in Phoenix.
Phoenix Refugee Connections: Share & Care Group Lunch in Chandler
Gather together with others doing local refugee ministry: share your experiences, gain new insights from others, pray together, and know you're not alone! These informal "Share & Care" group meetings occur regularly at varying locations across the valley. There's no commitment and no need to only attend meetings in your geographic area. Join whenever you can! This time, we'll be enjoying delicious Ethiopian cuisine at a restaurant in Phoenix.
Women in Leadership
Women in Leadership is a monthly lunch gathering of women who are committed to use their vocation and resources as a practice of peacemaking in our cities.
NOTE: FREE PARKING is available in the lot adjacent to the church. The cameras will be turned off during our meeting time, so there is no need to register your vehicle with the company that manages it.
Phoenix Refugee Connections: East Valley Field Trip
Visit 2 of our local partners providing direct support to our refugee neighbors in the East Valley: WTAP (Welcome to America Project) and ARC (Arizona Refugee Center) Learn how these organizations meet critical needs of the community in very distinct ways. Participants will explore ways to serve with the time, resources, money, and voice.
Lunch: Cafe Lalibela - Everyone will order and pay individually at the restaurant
Phoenix Refugee Connections: Share & Care with MOSAIC Elder Refugee Program
Gather together with others doing local refugee ministry: share your experiences, gain new insights from others, pray together, and know you're not alone!
These informal "Share & Care" group meetings occur regularly at varying locations across the valley. There's no commitment and no need to only attend meetings in your geographic area. Join whenever you can!
This time we'll have our friends join us from Area Agency on Aging's Mosaic Elder Refugee Program that provides services and support to elder refugees (60+) living in Maricopa County.
City Wide Gathering w/David Fitch
History is clear: Whenever the church has aligned itself with worldly, coercive power, it ends up on the wrong side of important justice issues.
But when the church cooperates with God's power through his presence among the least powerful, its witness for Jesus transforms the world into a better place.
We can’t wait to see you at this special event.
Lunch is provided.
Phoenix Refugee Connections: Refugee Ministry 101
Arizona has welcomed more than 108,000 refugees--vetted survivors of war and persecution--from all over the world since 1980, and they're here to stay. These new neighbors come from places like Afghanistan, Burma, the DR Congo, Syria, and dozens of other countries. Come learn how this all works and how YOU can best love your refugee neighbors as they do the hard work of integrating into American society.
Phoenix Refugee Connections: Worship Together with Hoziana Ministries
Come worship alongside believers from across the world; learn from them; see the Lord and your faith through the eyes of a different culture. This time, we’ll be visiting our East African brothers and sisters at Hoziana Ministries in Phoenix.
Women in Leadership
Women in Leadership is a monthly lunch gathering of women who are committed to use their vocation and resources as a practice of peacemaking in our cities.
Meets on the fourth Thursday of the month.
NOTE: FREE PARKING is available in the lot adjacent to the church. The cameras will be turned off during our meeting time, so there is no need to register your vehicle with the company that manages it.
Phoenix Refugee Connections: Summer Book Club
Journey with us as we read this true story of endurance, hope, doubt, and sacrifice amidst the turmoil of the Second Congo War
This riveting book tells the story of young Bikonzi Moise: alongside his mother and six siblings, Bikonzi is ripped from his home and forced into a concentration camp in the middle of the Second Congo War. Through unyielding hope, unimaginable sacrifice, and the wrestling with God amidst deafening silence, this unforgettable story will leave you breathless and inspired.
Now residing here in Phoenix, Bikonzi Moise's story is not just a testament to survival --it's a beacon of the human spirit's capacity to overcome adversity and find light even in the darkest of times.
About the author: Reverend Clint Leavitt is a good friend of Bikonzi Moise. He is a pastor, writer, and film enthusiast passionate about exploring faith, doubt, and the human condition. He serves in urban Phoenix, where he helps foster missional communities. His work engages the spiritually curious, drawing from Scripture, culture, and storytelling to offer a deeper paradigm of hope.
3 ONLINE SESSIONS:
6/24 - 7/8 - 7/22
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Including a discussion with
Bikonzi Moise and the author!