St. John XXIII
Discipleship Apprenticeship Process
Discipleship is about falling in love with God. Now, you may think, “I love God,” and no doubt you do. But are you IN love with God? Have you fallen in love with the God who loves you more that you can imagine? Because once you have fallen in love with this God, you can’t help but want to grow the heart and habits of his disciples.
If you haven’t yet come to know Jesus’ love for you, ask him to show you. Or, maybe it’s been a while and you need to fall in love again. Ask him to remind you of your first love and show you again. Then, let his love move you to grow in the habits of discipleship.
Here's how the SJXXIII Discipleship Apprenticeship Process forms participants in the heart and habit of discipleship.
Keep in mind, Jesus mandates us to “Go and make disciples of all nations…” (Matt. 28). Before we can make disciples we must first be disciples ourselves. We must form ourselves before we can begin to form others.
This is a new leadership approach: apprenticing people to Christ for the mission of making disciples. This apprenticeship process is intended to equip parish leaders with the skills needed for the mission of the Church: seek the lost and make disciples. We will form leaders in the skills of forming other leaders for this mission and equip leaders who can equip others for making disciples and seeking the lost.
If you haven’t yet come to know Jesus’ love for you, ask him to show you. Or, maybe it’s been a while and you need to fall in love again. Ask him to remind you of your first love and show you again. Then, let his love move you to grow in the habits of discipleship.
Here's how the SJXXIII Discipleship Apprenticeship Process forms participants in the heart and habit of discipleship.
- Monthly Apprenticeship Sessions: Beginning in September, 2017, staff and council/commissions/committees are asked to take the first 20 minutes of each monthly meeting to pray, reflect and discuss aspects of discipleship
- Large Group Gatherings: As most groups in the parish will be engaged in this process, every three months the community will come together for an evening of reflection to intermix groups and discuss what has been discovered, learned and transformed. The dates of these gatherings are: Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017 & Thursday Feb. 22, 2018 from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm and Thursday May 31, 2018 from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm in the St. Peter's cafeteria.
- Mentoring: A key to the apprenticeship process of personal transformation is one-on-one coaching and mentoring. Trained mentors will be available to meet one-on-one with participants to reflect on personal experiences, discuss progress, and set goals to help integrate learning and awarenesses coming out of the sessions.
- Celebration: To celebrate the completion of apprenticeship, a community celebration will be held in early summer 2018 to discern next steps in creating a discipleship community.
Keep in mind, Jesus mandates us to “Go and make disciples of all nations…” (Matt. 28). Before we can make disciples we must first be disciples ourselves. We must form ourselves before we can begin to form others.
This is a new leadership approach: apprenticing people to Christ for the mission of making disciples. This apprenticeship process is intended to equip parish leaders with the skills needed for the mission of the Church: seek the lost and make disciples. We will form leaders in the skills of forming other leaders for this mission and equip leaders who can equip others for making disciples and seeking the lost.
