WHAT IS SOMA IMMERSE?

Soma Immerse is a 3.5-week immersive experience for young adults (school leavers and above) designed to give them a taste of living in an intentional gospel-centred missional community. Participants will receive theological and methodological training in the gospel and how the gospel is lived-out.

The experience is about total immersion in the gospel, including classroom training, life on life discipleship, and missional life in new everyday rhythms. This training is experienced in the context of living with Soma families, and practicing leadership while serving the Blue Mountains with a missional heart.

Hannah, Annie & Anita

EXPECTED OUTCOMES

  • Renewed love for Jesus and motivation for his mission
  • Greater understanding of how the gospel impacts every aspect of our lives now – every situation, struggle and issue we face
  • Increased ability to apply the gospel to your own life as well as others’ lives
  • Greater dependency on the Spirit and desire to submit to God’s word in every area of life
  • Better understanding of your own story in light of God’s story
  • Increased clarity of your God-given gifts and strengths
  • Refining of your gifts in the context of serving Jesus’ mission
  • Knowledge and skills to start and lead a gospel community on mission

LEARNING EXPERIENCES

  • Be part of various learning classes
  • Participation in a Gospel Community on mission with others from Soma Blue Mountains
  • Learn to shepherd others in the gospel through a DNA group (a same-sex discipleship triad)
  • Live and serve alongside families on mission from Soma Blue Mountains
  • Participation in Soma Blue Mountains Sunday Gatherings
  • Experience coaching around gifting, personality, and context
  • Practice leadership
  • Join in regular prayer times and hang out with other Immerse residents
  • Explore a world heritage wilderness area: the Blue Mountains, Australia

TEACHING CONTENT

  • Introducing Gospel Communities (GC’s)
  • Gospel Power & Purpose
  • Gospel Identity
  • Gospel Fluency
  • Gospelling Yourself
  • Gifting & Spirit
  • Spirit-led Life
  • Knowing Jesus through the Scriptures
  • Building a Gospel Community
  • Leadership
  • Gospelling in all of Life
  • Biblical Humanity

WHO IS THE IDEAL APPLICANT?

Because this is a high-capacity leadership level training specific to Soma’s paradigm for missional communities, we primarily recruit those coming from a church context that is committed to missional communities as a primary source of discipleship. We also recruit those that have the gift and call to lead, and desire to live life in a missional community in their context. We do require references from local leadership to affirm leadership and calling. This is not necessarily a call to be an elder/pastor, but a call to lead somewhere in bringing the gospel, community, and mission together in a local church to create reproducing disciples.

HOW LONG IS SOMA IMMERSE?

3.5 weeks: 5pm, Thursday 11 January – 2pm, Sunday 4 February

WHAT IS THE COST?

$800.00 per person (host home provided). We also recommend you plan for approx. $250.00 for outings/spending money.

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