Meet beyond the roles
Share an experience together outside the usual agenda. Make room for a new conversation, a laugh, or an honest moment.
For the people who lead and careYou carry a lot.
You carry a lot.
Here is room to receive.
A thoughtfully prepared experience of prayer, listening, and connection—for your people, and for you.
Start With a Short Discovery CallTell us about your team. Ask your questions. Explore whether a workshop would serve you.
Experiential workshops & retreats · Offered at no charge
Freshness for your people.
Breathing room for you.
Worship to prepare. People to care for. Volunteers to support. Meetings, decisions, and the unexpected needs that arrive between them.
You want something fresh and meaningful for your people. There may be little room left to create it yourself.
Let us bring the preparation.
Homeward brings a prepared experience of prayer, listening, and shared reflection, shaped with your community’s hopes in mind.
You help shape the invitation. Then you can be part of the experience.
Leaders, this time is for you, too.
You spend much of your week guiding, responding, and caring. Here, you are warmly encouraged to receive alongside your people—to pray, listen, laugh, and enjoy being together. Share at your own pace. We guide the session and agree on practical responsibilities beforehand.
Discover a shared language
Practice a simple prayer rhythm or listening tool together. You can return to it in staff meetings, small groups, and everyday care.
Receive as a community
Let someone else guide the flow. Give your people—and yourself—space for reflection, encouragement, and connection.
Trust grows when there is room to be human.
Even in a caring community, busy weeks can leave little room to know one another beyond our roles.
Shared prayer and attentive listening create space for a new conversation, a freely chosen honest moment, and the experience of being heard. These small encounters can help trust take root.
An invitation, never a demand.
People choose what they share. Leaders are encouraged to model curiosity and respect without asking others to disclose personal experiences.
We agree on respectful listening and privacy expectations together. Passing or reflecting quietly is always welcome.
A leadership perspective on trust
Patrick Lencioni places vulnerability-based trust at the foundation of his model in The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. Homeward makes space to practice listening, openness, and care that can support trust.
Explore the model → · A reference, not an affiliation or endorsement.
A resource you help shape.
A workshop you do not have to build.
| Your teamInvite & participate | HomewardPrepare & guide |
|---|---|
| Share your hopes and your community’s background | Shape the session and review the practices with you |
| Invite the people who should be in the room | Prepare the flow, materials, and guided exercises |
| Agree on a time, setting, and practical needs | Guide the experience and coordinate contributors |
| Participate, reflect, and decide with your team | Offer tools to keep and discuss what could serve you next |
We agree on responsibilities in advance, including any venue needs. All Homeward workshops, series, retreats, and materials are offered at no charge.
One gathering before a bigger decision.
The introductory team workshop gives your people a chance to try prayer and listening, hear the approach, and ask questions. You can assess the fit together before choosing anything further.
Experience
Spend 60–90 minutes practicing, reflecting, and exploring what might serve your community.
Regroup
Take time with your team to discuss what felt useful, what raised questions, and what you would want to deepen.
Choose
Continue with Prayer & Presence, Sacred Listening, or a half-day retreat—or simply keep using what you learned.
There is no program fee and no obligation to continue. We respect the time you give and make the preparation and next steps clear.
What would give your team some breathing room?
Begin with a short discovery call. If it fits, arrange a separate team workshop. Reflect and decide together.
Start With a Short Discovery Call