Colleges & Universities
Becoming the Spirit led campus you are called to be…
Transformative Spiritual Direction for Colleges: Nurturing Holistic Growth and Impact
The Transformation Initiative is a tailored offering designed exclusively for colleges and universities seeking to cultivate spiritual growth in their staff, faculty, and students. Our unique strategy fosters a holistic approach from the top down and the bottom up, providing impactful spiritual care for the entire campus community.
Top Down: Spiritual Direction For Your Staff and Faculty
If we teach what we know, but reproduce who we are, then it is our responsibility as leaders to commit ourselves to deep personal transformation through the power of the Holy Spirit.
By prioritizing the spiritual health of your staff and faculty, you are fostering an environment of deeper connection with The Holy Spirit which leads to healthier personal lives, balanced leadership, and a heightened ability to discern God's direction.
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Healthy Leaders, Healthy Organizations:
Experience the ripple effect of your team experiencing deep heart transformation. Healthy leaders cultivate healthy organizations and ministries.
Healthier Personal Lives:
Empower your team to lead healthier personal lives by prioritizing their spiritual health. By providing spiritual direction to your leaders, you are investing in marriages, family systems, and encouraging personal growth.
Balanced Leadership:
Cultivate healthier leaders who bring a non-anxious presence. Investing in spiritual health nurtures balanced leadership, fostering a workplace environment that is loving, gracious, and truthful.
Heightened Ability to Discern God's Direction:
Through spiritual direction, leaders will grow in their ability to discern God’s voice in their lives impacting their areas of oversight. What if we stopped chasing the “silver bullet” or other quick fixes and turned toward the Holy Spirit? Who better knows what your organization needs in this season?
Unique Opportunity with Subscription Services:
Take advantage of our subscription services to provide spiritual direction to your team at a highly discounted rate. Invest in the spiritual health of your organization by committing to the deep personal transformation of your leaders.
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Once a month spiritual direction sessions: Access for your staff to a directory of highly qualified spiritual directors to choose from.
Personalized Individual Space For God Retreats: Custom day retreats designed for your staff around a variety of topics (discernment, rest, growth) with a built-in spiritual direction session.
Spiritual Formation Training: Spiritual formation trainings or exercises for your staff that accomplishes your goals.
But why stop there? Take it a step further by providing spiritual direction for your student leadership teams and seminarians!
Bottom Up: Spiritual Direction For Students
During our college years, we wrestle with significant questions about our identity, career path, and relationships. The Transformation Initiative is here to support your students on their journey by offering spiritual direction at a significantly discounted rate. We achieve this by partnering with Spiritual Directors in training, sourced from reputable institutions like SoulFormation.
These directors, undergoing rigorous training, are eager to work with your students as part of their practicum. By connecting your students with these dedicated individuals, you not only make affordable spiritual care accessible but also facilitate an opportunity for them to experience the profound love of God, discern the voice of the Holy Spirit, and live more fully into their identity in Christ. The Transformation Initiative provides a unique chance for personal growth and spiritual exploration during this pivotal stage of their lives.
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By investing in the spiritual health of your campus, you will help to foster:
Holistic Spiritual Growth in Students:
Help students grapple with important questions around identity, career, calling, and relationships, contributing to their holistic growth.
Transformation of Campus Culture:
As students have formative experiences with The Holy Spirit, witness a positive shift in campus culture, with students exemplifying Jesus’ life and mission.
Increased Enrollment:
Attract a stream of potential students from churches, ministries, and families who recognize the value of a deeply formed graduate.
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Once a month spiritual direction sessions: Your students will be given access to a directory of of highly qualified spiritual directors in training to choose from. After selecting their top choice, your students will be connected with their director to schedule their first session.
Grow your campus community, empower students for holistic growth, and create a positive ripple effect that extends beyond the classroom. Embrace the opportunity to offer comprehensive spiritual direction at your college or university and make a lasting impact on the spiritual well-being of your students.
Partner with Deeper Walk to bring The Transformation Initiative to your institution.
Download the brochure below to learn more about our subscriptions and begin a movement of transformative leadership for your campus.
“The experience of spiritual direction has filled a longing in my soul. It has helped me be more attentive to the whispers of the Holy Spirit in my life.” — Alice Fryling
FAQs
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Deeper Walk exists to walk with a wide diversity of leaders who live in different church and theological frames. We exist to help draw them into transformational encounters with God in Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. In every age the Church has faced ‘flash points’ with regards to moral theology. People of faith often have strong convictions about these issues that may differ from one another. Because Deeper Walk is not a church and is non-denominational in nature, we do not believe it is our place to take a position on the ‘flash points’ of moral theology that are calling for attention in our day. We believe that to do so would significantly limit our freedom and ability to serve the broad spectrum of leaders who come to us for guidance and support on their spiritual journeys. Congruent with our calling from God, we will always point leaders back to their own relationship with the Trinity to listen to the Word and what the Spirit is saying.
“In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.” St. Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)
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Great question! While every director is slightly different in their style or approach, click here to get a general idea of what you can expect.
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Deeper Walk provides certified Spiritual Directors for your staff and faculty, and spiritual directors in training for your students.
Our spiritual directors in training benefit from thorough supervision provided by respected ministries. We partner exclusively with reputable organizations known for their consistent oversight, guaranteeing that individuals seeking guidance receive high-quality spiritual direction. Our commitment to delivering exceptional support rests on the foundation of continuous, top-tier supervision, ensuring those we serve receive the best possible guidance.
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For all other questions you can contact Mike Labrum here.