2023 Evangel Gathering - Friendship and Flourishing for Missions

54 • 2023 E vangel G athering • S acred R oots T hriving in M inistry : F riendship and F lourishing for M issions

questions will challenge you to evaluate carefully what action you are to take after a particular reading.

Habits? Charlotte Mason (d. 1923) was a master teacher. She believed Christian formation must carefully attend to habit formation. Like laying railroad tracks, habit formation is hard work. But once laid, great work requires little effort just as railroad cars run smoothly on tracks. Habit questions challenge you to reflect on small daily or weekly actions that form your character and the character of those around you.

V. Constructing a Sacred Roots Thrive Plan

In this section we review the six components of a Thrive Plan is and how to create one for your Sacred Roots study group.

A. Key definitions “Study Group” and “Thrive Plan”

1. Study Group

A study group is a group of students who work through a curriculum together to achieve particular learning objectives together. Study groups provide a richness to the learning process due to the multiple perspectives offered by the participants. A Sacred Roots Study Group consists of congregational leaders who are learning together under the guidance of a study group leader, a contemporary mentor, and an historical mentor.

2. Thrive Plan.

A Sacred Roots Thrive Plan is a way to thrive, not simply survive in ministry. A thrive plan is an online form where a Sacred Roots Study Group leader outlines the study group’s specific, intentional strategy to apprentice together under a master practitioner of life with God (e.g. Augustine, Athanasius, Benedict, Basil).

B. Putting our cohort Thrive Plan together

1. Movement name

a. The family or network to which my network is formally or informally connected.