Forming, featuring David Tackle, is currently under production, more information will be coming soon.

Forming  is an entrance to the Thriving: Recover your life program for people who want to grown their spiritual maturity by engaging at deeper levels with God.This 12 weeks is all about forming your relationship with Jesus! In Forming, you will learn more about hearing God and finding your true identity in Christ. You will begin to see yourself through the eyes of heaven and recognize grace as an active force for change. To learn more, feel free to download this informational booklet.

What is Forming?

Forming is a fresh, life-giving approach to spiritual growth and restoration that may be very different from what you have tried before. What makes Forming unique is that instead of relying on your willpower and self-effort to bring about change in your life, we help you build a relationship with God that has enough substance to change you from the inside out.

Most Christians experience a significant period of growth immediately following their conversion that includes new insights, making new friends, perhaps changing some behaviors and learning about the Christian lifestyle. After a few years down the road, however, most find themselves in a place where their growth is slowing down and a level of discontent is setting in. Some even experience burn out from too much volunteer work.

The reason for this stagnation is that while there are some things we can change by simply making a decision to do so (like a New Year's resolution) there are many areas of our heart that we cannot change by an act of will alone. The harder we try to make those changes, the more discouraged we become. Sometimes people even give up hope of life-long on-going spiritual growth, because they see so little movement.

This is precisely where Forming offers a way to move forward again. To use a metaphor, instead of trying to row against the current of our inner life in an effort to do what we think is right, Forming teaches us how to align our sails with the wind, engaging with the Spirit of God to change the direction of our hearts, so that we can go places we could never get to by rowing alone.

If you are tired of performance-driven, “row harder” approaches to spiritual growth, then join us in learning how to align your “sail” with the Spirit of God for the kind of change you always believed should be possible.

Forming consists of twelve 90-minute sessions, each with a particular focus intended to jump-start your spiritual life and help you develop greater intimacy with God. Insightful teaching is provided on DVD's, and relevant exercises are included in a workbook to help participants internalize the material and actually experience more of God. In fact, over half of each session is devoted to exercises and group discussions.

Both seasoned believers as well as those new to the faith who have taken this course report that it has been one of the most important experiences of their entire Christian journey.