Training Resources
Commonwealth exists to inspire, equip, and send out regular people to live as missionaries in their everyday lives. This is why we prioritize creating practical resources for our community. Whether you are committed to our community for the long-term, joining us for a season, or just happen to stumble across this webpage, we hope that these resources are helpful to you as you grow in your understanding of your unique place in the mission of God.
Recent Trainings
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We believe that it is important to build meaningful relationships with people who think and believe differently than we do. But knowing how to engage with someone from another faith (or no faith at all) without it feeling awkward, forced, or like there is a hidden agenda isn't easy.
In this episode, Brent and Mike talk about the importance of having intentional conversations with people of different faiths. They share three simple practices—curiosity, listening, and sharing—that have made a powerful impact on their own relationships. Tune in to learn how you can build genuine friendships, cultivate peace, and create opportunities for honest faith conversations in your own life! -
Over the years, we’ve learned that the healthiest communities are the ones that pray together often. But knowing how to pray as a group without it feeling awkward or forced isn't always easy.
In this episode, Brianna and Jondra introduce a simple tool that has made a powerful impact on their house church. Tune in to learn how you can make corporate prayer accessible, meaningful, and a consistent habit in your own community!
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Every year, as we enter into the lenten season, we are invited to reflect upon our brokenness, our mortality, and our deep need for Jesus and His resurrection.
This exercise of writing your own epitaph will encourage you to consider your life - as it has been, as it is, and as it could be. What matters most? How do you want to be remembered? What does it look like to live life to the fullest? As we do this, we turn towards God, who is the author of our lives, and discern what it looks like to lead lives defined by worship and gratitude.
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In this episode with have a conversation with Larry McCrary, missionary and founder of The Upstream Collective. Larry and the Upstream team train marketplace missionaries to go abroad and engage their context through their vocation. They partner with churches to send well and support people during their time overseas.
Larry shares a helpful tool for assessing the unique rhythms of your neighborhood or missional context and identifying the best times to build relationships and connect with people on a deeper level.
If you want to learn more about The Upstream Collective, visit https://www.theupstreamcollective.org/.
