Who are you following?

Two thousand years ago, Jesus said to his disciples, “follow me.” But what does it mean for us to follow Jesus today?


Over eight sessions, you’ll form a foundational understanding of intentional spiritual formation. We’ll explore how to follow Jesus in our busy, distracted, and increasingly secular culture.


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Course Details

Course Begins: October 9th

Day & Time: Every other Wednesday at 6:00 pm

Location: Life Abundant Niagara

Cost: Free

Childcare: Available

  • Session One: Following Jesus (October 9th)

    Following Jesus is more than going to church or believing the right things; it is practicing a way of life. The meaning of “follow Jesus” is rooted in first-century practices of rabbis and apprentices, practices that inform our understanding of how to follow Jesus today.


    Practice: Develop a daily time and place to connect with God.

  • Session Two: Formation Part I (October 23rd)

    Whether we realize it or not, all of us are being formed — by our habits, relationships, the stories we believe, and our environment. This session explores the six primary forces shaping individuals: habits, relationships, stories, environment, time, and experience.


    Practice: Take a “life audit,” an inventory of all the forces that are forming you now and in the past.

  • Session Three: Formation Part II (November 6th)

    Many of us desire to become more like Jesus, but we feel stuck. We need a training program, a reliable pathway to transformation. We find this in the Way of Jesus, which shows us how to intentionally engage formation.


    Practice: Replace an old habit with a new spiritual discipline.

  • Session Four: The Practices (November 20th)

    The Practices are disciplines that create space for the Spirit to transform us from the inside out. Learn about practicing ancient disciplines that open us up to God to change us at the deepest level.


    Practice: Begin the spiritual discipline of Sabbath.

  • Session Five: Meeting God In Pain And Suffering (December 4th)

    The Practices can expose pain as our soul begins to process and discharge suffering. This session explores the three primary ways people deal with pain (deny, detach, or drug), how unhealed pain sabotages transformation, and how God can meet us in pain to bring lasting change.


    Practice: Notice and name your emotions in the presence of God through prayer.

  • Session Six: Healing From Sin (January 8th)

    This session covers three dimensions of sin — sin done by us, sin done to us, and sin done around us — and explores four layers of sin we move through in our healing: gross sins, conscious sins, unconscious sins, and attachments. Finally, the session covers our part in healing, the practice of confession.


    Practice: Confess and name your sin to someone you trust.

  • Session Seven: Crafting A Rule Of Life (January 22nd)

    Transformation is possible, but it’s not inevitable. Learn how to build an intentional plan, or what the early Christians called a “Rule of Life”: a schedule and a set of practices and relational rhythms that create space for us to be with Jesus, become like him, and do as he did.


    Practice: Craft a personalized Rule of Life

  • Session Eight: Life Together (February 5th)

    To sustain a lifelong journey of following Jesus, we need to key in on one final critical truth: you are meant to follow Jesus in community. Learn how to cultivate a community of depth, vulnerability, and commitment to transformation.


    Practice: Identify your intentional community and begin to meet.