(This program is made possible through a Vital Worship Grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Grand Rapids, Michigan, with funds provided by Lilly Endowment Inc.)
It is imperative that the church continues to offer an opportunity to begin the journey of emotional healing in the arms of the Father by encouraging a spiritual formation that does not deny the self and makes space for complicated people to be able to face what they’re feeling and who they are.
This is especially true of the immigrant church, as much of American christian spiritual formation is not geared toward the immigrant community or experience, and many of God’s people are left to figure out how to walk with God on their own. This does not always fare well, especially for the next generation of the immigrant church.
But the road is not meant to be walked alone.
Modeled after Mark 12:30 to go after the call to love and worship God
with all of ourselves,
Y30: Heart, Mind, and Soul is designed with the goal of resourcing and empowering the people of God to become more healthy and resilient in their heart, mind, soul, and strength.
See the elements of Y30: HMS below.
THIS IS THE FULL COLLECTION of the Heart, Mind, and Soul spiritual formation curriculum, which was released during the 2024 Summer Conference: GET UP AND WALK. While these pages are contextualized to the Korean American church, they are widely applicable to the immigrant church overall. Therefore we have revised the majority of language within the pages to reflect this.
These pages include processing stress, difficult emotions, Sabbath and rest, family, relationships, and culture, and more. The key to this curriculum is to ask good questions, guide the user through their process, and help walk through spiritual disciplines to bring it before God.
Our prayer is that these pages will help to push the needle forward and be a helpful tool for the next generation of the immigrant church of New England to grow resilient and healthy in their spiritual formation and well-being.
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At this point, it’s important we share our heart behind this year’s theme.
Spiritual formation matters! It is an important part of the growth of the next generation- and easily overlooked. Students are just expected to know how to process, worship, pray… but we need to walk with them.
In this liminal and new space of next-generation ministry, We believe that spiritual formation as an answer to students’ identity formation and emotional/mental well-being is a key aspect to greater spiritual resilience in adulthood. This is why we decided to have this theme for Year 30.
It’s really important to note that these resources are NOT meant to take the place of church or community! It is imperative that the church continues to offer an opportunity to begin the journey of emotional healing in the arms of the Father by encouraging a spiritual formation that does not deny the self and makes space for complicated people to be able to face what they’re feeling and who they are.
We pray that through this special resource highlight for our 30th year anniversary, we can continue to see our youth and emerging adults grow lasting faith and thrive in their walks with God.
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Here are some books and resources about our context! Please take a read.
Use this list for a resource guide, or even a personal summer reading list.
Mental Health Resources
Coming soon!
As written into the grant, we have a few events planned throughout Y30: Heart, Mind and Soul:
Summer Retreat, “GET UP AND WALK”
Dwelling Place (end of 2024) - Coming Soon
Day of Rest for Pastors and Leaders - Coming Soon
Discipleship Network - Coming Soon
Stay posted! There’s so much coming soon!
