We can help you define your call more clearly and know what your next steps are.
PERSONAL AND SPIRITUAL
Development
ASSESSMENTS
Every day we choose strategies based on our hard-wiring and motivations. Having a resident expert available to your team to help decode the nuances will make everything a little more understandable in our teams and families so we can focus on healthy relationships, mission together, stronger teams, and more effectively navigate conflict.
SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES
A healthy person starts with a healthy soul. Answering the deep call from the Father to grow closer to Him starts with developing some intentional and eternally rewarding spiritual disciplines. Sound overwhelming? We’re here to help you take it one step at a time.
RETREAT MINISTRY
Be it marriage, ministry teams, or women’s retreats, the focus is providing authentic and safe environments for you as a leader or your leadership team to connect first and foremost with God, and then allowing that encounter to transform your life. It is a dynamic experience, full of thoughtfulness and laughter.
PRAYER MINISTRY
Sometimes we just need to do some deep soul work that can only be done through extended times of prayer with someone else listening to the Holy Spirit with you. Times of prayer ministry have resulted in clarified calling, inner healing, and deeper intimacy with the Lord.
Testimonials
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In the first session of our retreat, Mary K taught us a practice called Closed Hands Open Hands, rooted in Matthew 11:28-30, that allows you to leave burdens with a God who listens, speaks and cares. I mentioned this briefly to my mentor during a meeting. She then shared it with one of her previous mentees. This mentee led it in her small group, and it created a breakthrough with a longstanding tension among them. I was then asked to share this discipline in our seminary's retreat. The holiness and sigh in the room that night was tangible despite my sweaty hands and shaky knees. God gives grace to us who have nothing to give but closed and open hands.
Don Don Baird, Cornerstone Alliance Church (Chicago),
Spiritual DisciplinesIn her couples´ retreat, Mary K Petty created a safe space for sharing in order to connect with others on a deeper level and grow closer as couples. She modeled what she asked us to do, and she provided practice as well as processing time. In the seriousness of our time that weekend, she also created time for great fun and fellowship. We hadn't laughed so hard in a long time!
Tim and Amy Whittaker, 24/7 Life Church,
Couples RetreatsI can genuinely say that I have never been a part of a Women's Retreat that was as meaningful as the one Mary K led two years ago. The Holy Spirit’s presence was obvious and created an environment that was warm, authentic, rich, and safe. Without it feeling overly rigid, the schedule allowed balance between personal communion with the Lord and edifying fellowship. There was nothing “fluffy” about the weekend, which means I went home truly full and satisfied.
Darla Peters, Muncie Alliance Church,
Women's RetreatsThese assessments positively influence how people connect with each other based on how they are hardwired by God. Mary K helps us see that our differences in how we operate are not automatically a detriment to our ministry. Our church leadership team has done several of these assessments, and we are more aware of where each person is coming from and what each person brings to the table
Tim and Amy Whittaker, 24/7 Life Church,
AssessmentsVOCATIONAL
Development
DISCERN YOUR CALL
We’ll help you discover where your calling is leading you and what kind of additional experience or training you may need.
ALREADY ACCREDITED?
The next step is to find a licensed place of service for you, which will include the ordination/consecration development track.
With so many ways to serve you can get started now with
one of the service opportunities listed below
MIDWEST DISTRICT
There are always openings in churches within the Midwest District (Illinois and Indiana). Sometimes we publish them and sometimes it’s more of a matchmaking conversation. We are dedicated to helping churches and candidates for the right fit for each other for the sake of the King.
ALME
Serve your two years full-time ministry term for your international candidate requirements. It’s full of the missional and practical experiences of full-time ministry that will launch you to the ends of the earth. There are several factors to consider, so let’s get the conversation started.
GREENHOUSE RESIDENT
Serve two years as a resident in an established Greenhouse Environment to focus on broad ministry exposure and personal holistic development. You’ll walk closely with veteran ministry leaders and church families who will invest deeply in your life, your calling, and your future.
ENVISION CHICAGO
Envision Chicago is a diverse, incarnational ministry strategically located in the inner city of Chicago. You can serve short-term or long-term. Maybe you feel called to plant a church in the city of Chicago. Either way, Chicago has 77 neighborhoods that need the gospel!