1. Session 5: Adult Faith Formation Programing, Pathways & Playlists
Certificate in Pastoral Ministry Course: Adult Faith Formation
Adult faith Formation
Session 5: Adult Faith Formation Programing, Pathways & Playlists

2. Care in the desert of Lent
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Care in the desert of Lent
Lent is a time to learn to travel light, to clear the clutter from our crowded lives that we may listen and respond to that place within us where our deepest desires align with God’s desire.
Reflection:
What clutter do I need to release from my life?
How am I listening and responding to God’s desire for me?

3. Scripture Philippians 2:1-11
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Scripture Philippians 2:1-11
Imitating Christ’s Humility -Philippians 2:1-11
2 If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy, 2 make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. 5 Let the same mind be in you that was[a] in Christ Jesus,

4. Scripture Philippians 2:1-11
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Scripture Philippians 2:1-11
6 who, though he was in the form of God,     did not regard equality with God     as something to be exploited, 7 but emptied himself,     taking the form of a slave,     being born in human likeness. And being found in human form, 8   he humbled himself     and became obedient to the point of death—     even death on a cross.

5. Scripture Philippians 2:1-11
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Scripture Philippians 2:1-11
9 Therefore God also highly exalted him     and gave him the name     that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus     every knee should bend,     in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue should confess     that Jesus Christ is Lord,     to the glory of God the Father.

6. Richard Rohr: A Process of self-emptying
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Richard Rohr: A Process of self-emptying
[Jesus], though he was in the form of God, did not deem equality with God something to be grasped, Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave…
-Phil. 2:6-7
Richard Rohr, a process of self-emptying

7. Sharing Touched you Challenged you Engaged your heart and mind
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Sharing
What did you hear in the Scripture and/or in the reflection that
Touched you
Challenged you
Engaged your heart and mind
Gave you hope

8. CPM – Adult Faith Formation Session 3: Organizing Adult Faith Formation
Closing Prayer
Loving God, as we make our Lenten journey to new life, remain with us and guide us in the days ahead.
Help us to recognize and accept your constant care for us that we may listen and respond to that place within us where our deepest desires align with your desire.
We make this our prayer through Christ our Lord. Amen.

9. How to have the Perfect Meeting: Priya Parker and Beth Comstock
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How to have the Perfect Meeting: Priya Parker and Beth Comstock
As humans, we need to gather and connect. I've had moments where I leave meetings feeling energized, ready to take on challenges. But I've also left plenty of meetings feeling like we took so much time not reaching a solution or even a next step. So what makes the difference?

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A pathway is a process
for helping people discern where they are in their faith journey and to chart a path for faith growth—to get from where they are to a closer relationship with Jesus and a deeper practice of the Christian faith.
People should be able to clearly understand where they are in their faith journey and their next steps in faith growth. They don’t have to do everything, they just need to do the one next thing..

11. A pathway is life-centered
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A pathway is life-centered
Reaching into every area of a person’s life: relationships, family life, life transitions, marriage, parenting, financial stewardship, spiritual formation, professional and work life, service to others, and more.

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A pathway is holistic
incorporating the whole person: head, heart, and hands.
A way of the head (inform) demands a discipleship of faith seeking understanding and belief with personal conviction, sustained by study, reflecting, discerning and deciding, all toward spiritual wisdom for life. This requires that we educate people to know, understand, and embrace with personal conviction Christianity’s core belief and values.
A way of the heart (form) demands a discipleship of right relationships and right desires, community building, hospitality and inclusion, trust in god’s love, and prayer and worship. This requires that we foster growth in people’s identity through formation and the intentional socialization of Christian family and community.
A way of the hands (transform) demands a discipleship of love, justice, peace-making, simplicity, integrity, healing, and repentance. This requires that we foster in people an openness to a lifelong journey of conversion toward holiness and fullness of life for themselves and for the life of the world.
(See will there be faith: a new vision for educating and growing disciples. Thomas Groome, Harperone, 2011, pages ).

13. A pathway Focuses on Faith Maturing
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A pathway Focuses on Faith Maturing
The goal of a pathway is to develop disciples and promote faith growth. A pathway is created around the church’s vision of discipleship and mature faith—identifying characteristics of faith maturing that can be used for people to discern their faith journey and chart a path for growth.

14. The Elephant, The Rider and the Path
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The Elephant, The Rider and the Path
A Tale of Behavior Change

15. Designing a Pathways Model for Discipleship & Faith Growth
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Designing a Pathways Model for Discipleship & Faith Growth
1. Identify a target audience(s): children and parents, adolescents, young adults, midlife adults, mature adults, older adults.
2. Describe the life stage and religious-spiritual characteristics of your target audience.
3. Identify how you will use the pathways model, for example:
Sacraments/milestones: Marriage, Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation, Beginning Church Faith Formation, etc.
RCIA, Evangelization, and new member processes
Gathered faith formation events and programming
Parenting meetings
Small groups: affinity groups, interest groups, bible study groups,
On-ramps where people in your church might start the discipleship journey

16. Designing a Pathways Model for Discipleship & Faith Growth
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Designing a Pathways Model for Discipleship & Faith Growth
4. Develop the characteristics of faith growth you want to use in your pathways model. For example:
Option 1. Use characteristics of faith growth specific to the life stage (such as family faith practices) or the content of the event (such as preparing for confirmation)
Option 2. Use characteristics of maturing faith (see the “faith maturing characteristics” below)
Relationships with Jesus Christ
Living the Christian way of life - discipleship
Living with moral integrity
Learning and articulating the teachings of the Christian tradition
Praying and seeking spiritual growth
Studying and reading the bible
Engaging in service and mission to the world
Worshipping with the community

17. Designing a Pathways Model for Discipleship & Faith Growth
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Designing a Pathways Model for Discipleship & Faith Growth
5. Develop a ‘discernment continuum” that gives people a way to reflect on their current growth, for example:
Inquiring---getting started---making progress--- going deeper
How true is each statement for you: 1= not true from me , 3=somewhat true for me, 5=very true for me

18. Developing Playlists of Content and experiences
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Developing Playlists of Content and experiences
A faith formation playlist is a curated group of digital (online, video, audio, print) and gathered (church, home, small groups, etc.) faith forming experiences and resources that are tailored to the specific faith growth needs of people around a particular characteristic of faith maturing or theme/topic. Playlists are developed for each “stage” on the discernment continuum, such as Inquiring, Getting Started, Growing, Going Deeper. Each playlist provides a variety of ways for people to learn and grow in faith.

19. Developing Playlists of Content and experiences
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Developing Playlists of Content and experiences
Pathway-Specific
Content and experiences are selected to address each pathway, for example resources for Inquiring, Getting Started, Growing, Going Deeper

20. Developing Playlists of Content and experiences
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Developing Playlists of Content and experiences
Utilize the Faith Forming Experiences in the Life of the Church
Sunday worship
Sacramental celebrations
Faith formation programming
Intergenerational and family programming
Service and justice ministries
Pastoral care
Church events and community life

21. Developing Playlists of Content and experiences
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Developing Playlists of Content and experiences
Provide a Variety of Settings or Environments for Faith Growth
Independent/Individualized
Mentored
Family / At Home
Small Group
Large Group
Intergenerational /Whole Church Community
Community and World

22. Developing Playlists of Content and experiences
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Developing Playlists of Content and experiences
Address the Ways People Learn (Multiple Intelligences) through a Variety of Activities
Verbal-linguistic (word / book smart)
Logical-mathematical (number / logic smart)
Visual-spatial (art / picture smart),
Bodily-kinesthetic (body / movement smart)
Musical-rhythmic (music / sound smart)
Naturalist (nature / environment smart)
Interpersonal (people / group smart),
Intrapersonal (self / introspection smart)
Sports, music, art examples

23. Developing Playlists of Content and experiences
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Developing Playlists of Content and experiences
Use a Variety of Methods
Experience games, simulations, video games
Read
Analyze or create a case study
Write
Develop an apprenticeship or internship
Engage in storytelling and create stories
Create an exhibit
Feature films, TV shows, videos
Experience prayer and rituals
Converse with others
Take a field trip (e.g., churches, museums)
Create a media project or video
Participate in a mission trip
View or create art
Engage in or create a service / action project
View or take photographs
Watch or engage in drama
Keep a journal
Listen to or create a podcast
Develop a mentor relationship
Listen to or create music
Experience events in the congregation
Conduct a demonstration

24. Developing Playlists of Content and experiences
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Developing Playlists of Content and experiences
Publish the Playlists on a digital platform and use social media for connection, interaction, and sharing learning reflections. You can add the playlists to your existing church website or create a website just for faith formation and link it to your church website. Examples of faith formation websites: and

25. Developing Playlists of Content and experiences
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Developing Playlists of Content and experiences
Building a website is made much easier today by the availability of online website builders that provide predesigned website templates, drag-and-drop features to create webpages, and hosting for the website. Three popular website builders to explore are Weebly ( Wix ( and Squarespace ( All three have easy to use features and very reasonable subscription fees. For advanced users WordPress ( provides thousands of predesigned templates, lots of customization features, and ready-to-use apps. WordPress does require an understanding of web design and some programming ability.

26. Developing Playlists of Content and experiences
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Developing Playlists of Content and experiences
Here are several suggestions for web usability to keep in mind as you design (from Steve Krug’s excellent and easy-to-use book Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, Third Edition, Berkeley: New Riders, 2014).
Don’t make the user think—make web pages self-explanatory so the user hardly has any perceived effort to understand them, or example, clear choice of labels, clearly “clickable” items, simple search.
People generally don’t read web pages closely; they scan, so design for scanning rather than reading.
Create a clear visual hierarchy and menu system (main menu, submenus).
Make it very clear how to navigate the site, with clear “signposts” on all pages.
Omit needless words.
The home page needs the greatest design care to convey site identity and mission.
Promote user goodwill by making the typical tasks easy to do, make it easy to recover from errors, and avoid anything likely to irritate users.

27. St. Theresa of Calcutta Parish Profile
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St. Theresa of Calcutta Parish Profile
Community of 3500 families; growing Hispanic community; parish is financially secure; has good facilities
A seasoned pastor who is committed to parishioner faith growth; delivers engaging homilies; generally liked by parishioners
A large professional parish staff (15 full-time and 6 part-time) that operate out of a Silo mentality (a number of staff run their ministry without a connection to other ministries or in regard to the needs of the total parish).
A well-developed Children’s Catechetical Program
A new youth minister with a well-established youth ministry program
A Catholic School is attached (has funding trouble)
RCIA program is robust; no other ongoing adult faith formation

28. Holy Name Parish Profile
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Holy Name Parish Profile
Community of 1000 families; mostly Hispanic community; parish is financially insecure; has old facilities in need of repair/remodel
A first-time pastor who is zealous for the faith; delivers challenging homilies; parishioners are generally unsure of him
A small professional parish staff (3 full-time and 3 part-time) that are responsible for many ministries
A Children’s Catechetical Program that has undergone virtually no change in 10 years
A part-time youth minister hired with little or no training to develop a youth ministry program for a large population of poor Hispanic youth
No Catholic school attached
RCIA program is minimal; Cursillo retreats offered; small faith sharing groups meet in homes; parishioner and community outreach and support are critical but parish is struggling to provide

29. St. Anthony of Padua Parish Profile
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St. Anthony of Padua Parish Profile
Community of 10,000 families; mostly Anglo but with a growing Hispanic community; parish is financially well to do; has newish facilities; connected in the larger community
A very seasoned pastor who is well liked by parishioners; delivers engaging homilies; committed to the parish being an evangelizing force in the community (being and bringing the Good News to others)
A large professional parish staff (25 full-time and 20 part-time) that are responsible for particular ministries of the Church. The pastor meets regularly with a senior leadership team. The senior leadership team meets with parish staff under their responsibility
A huge Children’s Catechetical Program in English and in Spanish
A strong youth ministry program
No Catholic school attached
RCIA program is year round; Alpha evangelization outreach is strong; small faith sharing groups meet in homes; parishioner and community outreach and support are growing

30. CPM – Adult Faith Formation Session 3: Organizing Adult Faith Formation
10 Guides for developing aFF programming that reflects current research and practice in adult learning
1. Focus on the life tasks, needs, interests, and spiritual and faith journeys of each season of adulthood. 2. Target the spiritual and religious diversity of adults. 3. Offer a wide variety of programming to address the diversity of adults’ lives. 4. Use multiple environments for programming. 5. Enhance participation in programming by building on adult motivation and principles for effective adult learning.

31. CPM – Adult Faith Formation Session 3: Organizing Adult Faith Formation
10 Guides for developing aFF programming that reflects current research and practice in adult learning
6. Design online and digitally enabled strategies into all programming. 7. Develop programming around the essential eight faith- forming processes. 8. Incorporate intergenerational programming into adult faith formation. 9. Address the needs of families in each season of adulthood. 10. Design missional initiatives to reach the spiritual but not religious and the unaffiliated.

32. Conclusion In this course:
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Conclusion
In this course:
How much of your learning was self-directed?
How were your life experiences and knowledge engaged?
How did this course connect with your goals (personal, faith, career)
How relevant was the content we covered? Was it clear to you why we were learning about the content presented?
How have you been able to apply new knowledge and skills to your life, ministry?
Give some examples of how you were shown respect

33. Ten Principles of Servant Leadership by Robert Greenleaf
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Ten Principles of Servant Leadership by Robert Greenleaf
Listening - listen receptively to what is being said (and not said)
Empathy - put yourself in the shoes of the other person
Healing – desire to be compassionate
Awareness – tune in to what is happening around you
Persuasive – build consensus. Convince vs. coerce compliance

34. Ten Principles of Servant Leadership by Robert Greenleaf
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Ten Principles of Servant Leadership by Robert Greenleaf
6. Conceptualize – conceive a desirable vision, then lead in that direction 7. Foresight – look into the future and anticipate the likely impact of current decisions 8. Stewardship – acknowledge and care for God’s gifts 9. Cultivate Followers– help followers grow beyond their current skill levels 10. Build Community – create a deeper desire for belonging, a bond that goes beyond a traditional organization

35. Servant leadership invites us to Lead Like Jesus
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Servant leadership invites us to Lead Like Jesus
What followers look for in leaders:
Trust
Compassion
Stability
Hope

36. Vision of Pastoral Ministry: Communion
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Vision of Pastoral Ministry: Communion
At the heart of the vision for pastoral ministry is that our God is fundamentally relational: A loving communion of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. ‘At the heart of the divine act of creation is the divine desire to make room for created persons in the communion of the uncreated Persons of the Blessed Trinity through adoptive participation in Christ. (from Co-Workers in the Vineyard)
Rohlheiser: The Gospel of John and how it treats the Last Supper. Focus is on the “washing of the feet” Communion is the central focus.

37. Overtime ArchDiocese of Cincinnati
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Overtime
Organizing for Adult Faith Formation
ArchDiocese of Cincinnati
offices/evangelization-and-catechesis/adult-faith- formation/organizing-for-the-faith-formation-of-adults/
Milestones Ministry
Curated Faith Formation Resources
Adult Faith Formation
Rohlheiser: The Gospel of John and how it treats the Last Supper. Focus is on the “washing of the feet” Communion is the central focus.

38. Overtime USCCB website OHWB Research and show the terrain of AFF
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Overtime
Research and show the terrain of AFF
USCCB website OHWB
teach/catechesis/adult-faith-formation/our-hearts.cfm
Archdiocese of Atlanta
family-growth-life-cycle/
United Methodist Church on adult faith
serious-about-adult-faith-formation
Rohlheiser: The Gospel of John and how it treats the Last Supper. Focus is on the “washing of the feet” Communion is the central focus.

39. Overtime Nextchurch Research and show the terrain of AFF
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Overtime
Research and show the terrain of AFF
Nextchurch
Intergenerational faith
models/#gref
Messy Church
Life Tree Cafe
Journey on Canvas (faith autobiography)
Rohlheiser: The Gospel of John and how it treats the Last Supper. Focus is on the “washing of the feet” Communion is the central focus.