The Foundry
Partnering with churches to make disciples and form leaders
Welcome! The Foundry partners with churches to provide training and teaching that equips all members for growth and service. Thanks for considering letting us serve you.
One way that we do this is by combining short videos that introduce a topic with a time of live reflection and interaction, whether in person or virtually. The videos below are a sample of what we offer.
Please contact us if you have questions or would like to talk more about how we can partner with you to make disciples and form leaders.
One way that we do this is by combining short videos that introduce a topic with a time of live reflection and interaction, whether in person or virtually. The videos below are a sample of what we offer.
Please contact us if you have questions or would like to talk more about how we can partner with you to make disciples and form leaders.
Dr. Jeff Fisher - Cultivating Healthy Spiritual Habits in Difficult Times
Discussion questions for "Cultivating Healthy Spiritual Habits in Difficult Times"
1. What are some of the "automatic" habits that you already have (not necessarily "spiritual")?
2. What have been your experiences and/or expectations about rhythms of rest like sabbath-keeping?
3. What have you found to be some of the most common obstacles to establishing or maintaining healthy habits?
4. If you could craft a "perfect" repeatable weekly rhythm what kinds of things would you want included each day and each week?
1. What are some of the "automatic" habits that you already have (not necessarily "spiritual")?
2. What have been your experiences and/or expectations about rhythms of rest like sabbath-keeping?
3. What have you found to be some of the most common obstacles to establishing or maintaining healthy habits?
4. If you could craft a "perfect" repeatable weekly rhythm what kinds of things would you want included each day and each week?
Dr. Brian Telzerow - Pacing Presence
Discussion questions for "Pacing Presence"
1. What % of your ministry staff, volunteers, elders and deacons time is spent with people in their environment? (Places of work, school, homes, neighborhoods, dinners out, activities not at church)
2. What efforts need to be done with job descriptions for staff, volunteers, elders and deacons to prevent "mission creek" from preventing significant time being spent with those in need as well as the congregation overall?
3. What needs to be done differently to train ministry staff, volunteers, elders and deacons to embrace a more intentional role of building relationships with those they serve?
1. What % of your ministry staff, volunteers, elders and deacons time is spent with people in their environment? (Places of work, school, homes, neighborhoods, dinners out, activities not at church)
2. What efforts need to be done with job descriptions for staff, volunteers, elders and deacons to prevent "mission creek" from preventing significant time being spent with those in need as well as the congregation overall?
3. What needs to be done differently to train ministry staff, volunteers, elders and deacons to embrace a more intentional role of building relationships with those they serve?
Dr. Branson Parler - "Cultivating Fruitful Conversations"
Discussion questions for "Cultivating Fruitful Conversations"
1. What do you think about the definition of conversation as a “corporate spiritual discipline?” How does that change our perspective of conversation or affect the priority we might give it?
2. How would you respond to the following statement? “The more a church can have good conversations, the better disciples it will make.”
3. We don't have conversations in a vacuum; we are formed and shaped by our broader culture. What in our daily experience in our broader culture contributes to developing these good practices, and even fruit of the Spirit? What in our daily experience in our broader culture teaches us to develop bad habits, the works of the flesh?
4. Where and how can you foster fruitful conversations in your church context?
1. What do you think about the definition of conversation as a “corporate spiritual discipline?” How does that change our perspective of conversation or affect the priority we might give it?
2. How would you respond to the following statement? “The more a church can have good conversations, the better disciples it will make.”
3. We don't have conversations in a vacuum; we are formed and shaped by our broader culture. What in our daily experience in our broader culture contributes to developing these good practices, and even fruit of the Spirit? What in our daily experience in our broader culture teaches us to develop bad habits, the works of the flesh?
4. Where and how can you foster fruitful conversations in your church context?