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Josiah closed the discipleship series by sharing lessons he’s learned about joining God’s work through everyday vocation—being a light like Jocelyn, doing hard things like his dad taught him, practicing clarity like his mom, writing generous stories like Nicole, and encouraging others the way Jayme has done for him. He emphasized creativity as part of the Imago Dei and the importance of staying curious in faith. His final and most personal lesson was to be faithful and not focus on numbers, recalling a season in ministry where only one student showed up but was still worth showing up for. He ended by inviting the community to reflect on where their own work intersects with God’s work in the world.
Speaker: Josiah Day
Nicole’s talk reframed discipleship as learning to love the way Jesus loved—not as an easy feeling or a set of private habits, but as a costly, relational commitment expressed in community. She contrasted her preference for independence with Jesus’ inclusive, patient, interruptible way of being, challenging the gap between saying “I love” and actually living it through dignity, compassion, and presence. She named the real barriers—our desire to be right, old habits, power dynamics, and past wounds—and invited honest reflection on who is hardest to love, what love requires of us, and how others actually experience our presence. In the end, she defined love as a compassionate, consistent action that seeks what is good for both self and neighbor, closing with a prayer for a church renewed by empathy, justice, humility, and courageous love.
Speaker: Nicole Farr
Ryan reframes discipleship away from a rigid, information-driven idea of being a “disciplined follower” and toward apprenticeship to Jesus—a slow, shared process of formation on the way. Drawing on the Road to Emmaus and Jesus’ rabbinic context, he emphasizes that becoming like Christ happens in real life through walking, questioning, grieving, and eating together. Formation is always happening, and the key question is with whom we are being formed, since community reveals blind spots, stretches love, and interrupts false certainty. Ultimately, discipleship is less about having the right answers and more about being shaped together over time, as each person’s becoming in Christ helps form the others.
Speaker: Ryan Day
Jayme’s talk on Reimagining Discipleship invited the community to rethink discipleship not as a program, checklist, or pressure-filled obligation, but as a lived, relational way of life rooted in following Jesus. Drawing from personal experience, Scripture, and reflection, Jayme named how discipleship has often been distorted into performance, production, or control—and how that distortion can drain it of joy and authenticity. Instead, discipleship was reframed as becoming more like Jesus from the inside out, learning to love others as Christ loves, and trusting the work of the Spirit rather than trying to manage outcomes. Ultimately, discipleship was described as a long obedience in the same direction together—a shared, lifelong journey of learning, loving, and surrendering control as we follow the way of Jesus in real life.