Practicum Elements
2027 Practicum
Your Calling/Your Divine Wiring
Each Practicum has some common elements of practice: attending to some area of your life that needs attention, inviting accountability and feedback, and a day of solitude retreat with the Lord. As well, in this specific Practicum there will be a special focus on both your calling and your divine wiring.
Called to Govern
Called to Govern (C2G) is a transformative 6-session study of Old Testament kings, conducted over a Friday afternoon and Saturday, that helps leaders find clarity and purpose in their calling
Our of our key objectives for DLI is helping leaders discover and/or reignite their calling. A healthy leader operates in their calling rather than serving in areas that may be preventing someone else to fill that need. In this study of the Old Testament kings, you will be part of a moderated group, to build meaningful community and process key lessons together. Through safe conversations where vulnerability and boldness are equally welcomed, participants develop the biblical foundation, personal clarity, and professional audacity needed to live out their callings at home, at church and in the community with wisdom and grace.
Focus Area:
This Practicum element is the core of the experience. It is an opportunity for you to make decisions, design a plan, take steps forward on one practice or issue in your life. For example, you may consider:
· Attending to a gap in my personal or leadership life
· Establishing a new (or neglected) healthy rhythm in your life
· Dedicating time and attention on a priority that is being neglected, unattended
Many of you may enter the Practicum already having some sense of what the Lord wants you to focus on. Others will be guided through a process to determine what that Focus Area will be. You will also have the opportunity to get assistance from your AP partner, if needed, in nailing down your practice or issue that you will concentrate on.
Strength Finders
Too many leaders spend years trying to fix what they're not, and wear themselves out in the process. In this element of the DLI Practicum, you'll take the CliftonStrengths assessment and discover your Top 5 talent themes: the natural ways you think, feel, and act that God wired into you long before you ever stepped into ministry. You'll walk through your results with a certified Strengths coach and begin to see why some parts of leadership energize you while others drain you. Your strengths aren't an accident. They're part of your calling.
But just like everything in the Practicum, we don't stop at knowing. We want topractice. Your challenge for this element is to choose one of your strengths and intentionally put it to work in your family, your ministry, or your rhythm for the year, and then share what you learn with others on the same journey. You'll also get a glimpse of how your strengths connect with the leaders around you, so you can stop competing and start complementing.
It's a small action that can produce big results: leading from who you really are, for the long haul.
Accountability:
Participants will recruit one person to walk with them during the Practicum who is outside the Practicum program. Although it is not a huge time commitment for those you select, it is a hugely significant. Many times, when we attempt steps of growth, we do it alone. We don’t include others for accountability, prayer, feedback, and often, we get nowhere, or if we do gain ground, it typically is short lived. It is the goal that all who participate experience how powerful and effective it is to invite others to invest in this way during a specific season of our lives.
The proper selection of your Accountability and Prayer Partner (AP Partner) will be important to the success of your Practicum. We will provide you with some simple guidance on this important selection decision. Your AP Partners will make an agreement to meet with you (in person, video call, or on phone) on a monthly basis throughout the duration of the Practicum.
Silence and Solitude
Some call this the “Practice of Presence” – very simply, practicing being present with our heavenly Father who loves us dearly. The Practicum will end with a day set aside to be quiet with the Lord. On our day retreat you will be provided a guide to utilize during the day. If you come knowing the Lord wants to take you in a different direction, that is perfectly fine. For some the agenda for the day retreats may be nothing more than taking in God’s beauty and resting.
We will gather at Mother Cabrini Shrine. Although just outside of Denver this is a beautiful space in the foothills overlooking the city. There will be some time to meet some of those you are participating with, but most of the day you will be you and the Lord.
Contact
Reach out to connect with our team.
CHRISTINe MARTINEZ
christine@denverlead.org
(303) 941-5412
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