Horizons Fellows
HORIZONS FELLOWS: VOCATIONAL DISCERNMENT THROUGH RELATIONAL DISCIPLESHIP
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
Horizons Fellows explore vocational discernment through relational discipleship, guided by mentors from varied careers, with a focus on developing a theologically rich understanding of personal calling to be pursued in all arenas of work and life.
Through a fall retreat, monthly discussions as a cohort of Fellows, individual meetings with mentors, and large group lectures and workshops, we guide them to sense the horizon where the limitless sky and the concrete earth meet.
12 Horizons Fellows are paired with community mentors for monthly meetings
Reading: Leading Lives that Matter: What we should be and who we should be, ed. by Dorothy Bass and Mark Schwen, Let your Life Speak by Parker Palmer, Vintage Saints & Sinners by Karen Wright Marsh, and various articles and essays.
Fall Retreat led by Rev. Bill Haley at Corhaven Farm, a retreat center in the Shenandoah Valley and home to Coracle, a foundation committed to “spiritual formation for Kingdom action”
Monthly discussions as a group facilitated by Christy Yates, often with guest speakers, to explore key themes and questions around Calling.
Fall Semester | Where am I called from? – experiencing the love and grace of God through sharing our stories, considering various views of calling through constraints, vocation and longing and issues of race and privilege.
Spring Semester | Where am I called to? – loving our neighbors through place, loving our neighbors through deep difference and pluralism, and loving our neighbors in hope.
Participation in other events offered through Theological Horizons and our partners
2023-24 Horizons Fellows
Ashley Fan (mentor: Mary Brissett)
Ashley Prillerman (mentor: Faith Kelley)
Cora Carmouche (mentor: Lisa McNerney)
Dagim Tekle (mentor: Josiah Claypool)
Jase Banks (mentor: Toby Jenkins)
Lilly Long (mentor: Kathryn Mutter)
Lilly West (mentor: Jane Grizzle)
Noah Plott (mentor: Jerry King)
Rebecca Popp (mentor: Sarah Davis)
Sam Kipps (mentor: Garrett Trent)
Tabi Summers (mentor: Ginger Oakes)
Participation in the Fellows is by application each spring.
To learn more, email Christy Yates at christy@theologicalhorizons.org