Program Details

Living Arrangements

Live in intentional community at the Woods with other Center participants.

  • Room:  Shared house with living space and kitchen
  • Board:  Dining room for some meals and cooking group meals primarily
  • Exception on Tuesday nights:  SFTS housing at Baird Hall in San Anselmo

Schedule

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Sample Weekly Schedule

  • Sunday:  Church worshiping community and Sabbath
  • Monday-Tuesday:  Community formation and ministry Apprenticeship
  • Wednesday:  Spirituality Concentration at SFTS plus spiritual formation and program integration with Nancy
  • Thursday-Friday:  Permaculture Apprenticeship
  • Saturday:  Sabbath

Monthly Schedule

  • September
    • Spirituality Concentration course at SFTS, plus spiritual formation and program integration with Nancy
    • Holistic Financial Planning
    • Learn the ecology of the land at the Woods
  • October
    • All of the above as regular monthly schedule
    • Sacred Quest Wilderness Rite of Passage with Nancy, first two weeks of month
  • November
    • Regular monthly schedule
    • One week break for Thanksgiving
  • December
    • Regular monthly schedule
    • Two weeks break over Christmas and New Year’s
  • January
    • Work at SFTS, removing invasive and non-native plants
  • February, March, April, MayIMGP7899
    • Permaculture course at the Woods
    • Regular monthly schedule, including spirituality concentration and permaculture
    • One week off for Easter
  • June
    • Regular monthly schedule for first two weeks
    • Westminster Woods’ Summer Staff begins third week
  • July
    • Westminster Woods’ Summer Staff
  • First week of August
    • Closing ritual and retreat

Tuition Cost

$7,500 (Approximated total market value of the program’s components:  $27,000)

The financial model for the Center is based on two components:

1) hands-on work exchange, which is the core of apprenticeships; and 2) mission-service fund raising of the $7,500.

Therefore, the participants will engage in a work exchange with those providing training and services.  The Center encourages participants to seek mission-service support from families, friends, faith communities, and other supporters in raising funds for their tuition.  The Center helps participants’ fund raising through mission-service support letters and ideas.

Participant Stipend

$200/month Participants receive this amount to offset incidental costs during the 11 months.

Collaborating Organizations

  • Westminster Woods
  • Program in Christian Spirituality at San Francisco Theological Seminary

Leadership Team