Western
Rooted & Ready: Building Teams for Mission, Culture, and Kingdom Impact
Does your organization’s internal culture feel as healthy as the world-changing mission you proclaim? It’s a common struggle. Passion for the cause can lead to burnout and high turnover, creating a gap between our calling and our ability to see it through. To have a lasting Kingdom impact, the way we treat each other inside our walls has to match the good we do outside them.
“Rooted & Ready” is a workshop built to fix this. We’ll guide you through the real work of building a great team—from hiring well to helping people develop—and creating a culture that’s truly life-giving. This isn’t just for executives. We believe everyone helps shape the culture. You’ll leave with a practical plan and a shared vision to build a place where both your people and your mission can thrive.
In the afternoon, Steve Sundby will lead two sessions which will equip you to build Christ-centered teams that thrive both in purpose and in practice—fostering spiritual depth, alignment, and sustainable rhythms. Participants will also learn to navigate conflict with grace and clarity, transforming tension into opportunities for growth, unity, and renewed mission.
Eastern
International Stream
From Why to How: Building a Living Theory of Change
Looking to realign your work with your deeper purpose? This interactive workshop will help you reconnect with your mission, vision, and values—starting with the “why” behind your work. You’ll be introduced to the Theory of Change as a practical, values-driven framework for clarity, alignment, and strategy. Using real-world models, you’ll map values to outcomes and begin drafting a mini-Theory of Change for your own project—with space for peer feedback and fresh insight.
Domestic Stream
Walking Alongside: Discernment and Data in Neighbourhood Engagement
In this workshop we will explore different approaches to assessing neighbourhoods and communities, through asset-mapping, data collection, stakeholder centred storytelling, and urban exegesis. We will also ponder how the principles of discernment, incarnational presence and place-based theology can integrate neighbourhood assessments, helping us navigate the journey we are called to in Christ-like community engagement: that of doing FOR a neighbourhood to walking ALONGSIDE.
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