Nurturing Care Partners with PLNU Center For Pastoral Leadership to Host Maker’s Space Meeting, May 29 to 31, 2025
NTS Nurturing Care is partnering with the Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU) Center for Pastoral Leadership to host a Maker’s Space retreat on May 29 to 31, 2025. Participants will explore how virtues like gratitude and trust can help children engage in practices around worship and prayer.
Ministers and children’s pastors from the West Coast are invited to apply. The retreat will take place at PLNU, beginning on Thursday, May 29, at 5:00 pm, and concluding on Saturday, May 31, at noon. Lodging and meals—from Thursday dinner through Saturday lunch—are included.
During the retreat, churches will use design learning to:
1. Identify key challenges and opportunities in their congregational context.
2. Collaborate with sister churches to develop creative responses.
3. Plan and launch a small prototype/project addressing either the virtue of trust or the virtue of gratitude that helps them learn and grow in ministry.
Nurturing Care will guide this process through structured discussions and on-site consultants who will help churches consider their projects and what can be accomplished. By the end of the retreat, church leaders will develop a clear prototype for their ministry setting and a draft proposal for a mini grant.
To support these efforts, Nurturing Care will offer mini grants of $3,000 to $5,000 to help each approved project secure needed resources. Additionally, NTS will organize ongoing Zoom meetings throughout the year, providing a space for participants to share resources and receive continued support.
Ministers and children’s pastors interested in attending can visit our Eventbrite page at www.nts.edu/makers-space. For questions, contact Dr. Dana Preusch, Nurturing Care Coordinator, at Dana.Preusch.@nts.edu.
Dr. Dean Blevins, Nurturing Care Director, sharing about Nurturing Care and the West Coast initiative and the key virtues they hope to develop in children.
