Training Resources
Commonwealth exists to train, equip, and send out regular people to live as missionaries in the places where they work, live, and play. 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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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/.