HOPE CSA

 

HOPE CSA, INC.  

10373 N 300 E, North Manchester IN   260-982-4961   www.hopecsa.org   email-jeff@hopecsa.org

HOPE CSA is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) teaching ministry that offers a course of experiential learning and academic study to assist pastoral leaders to become healthier and more effective leaders.  Mindful that the word “pastor” comes from the Latin pascere which literally means “one who puts to pasture,” the ministry of HOPE CSA works collaboratively with Hawkins Family Farm as the setting for this unique approach to help clergy better understand their work with their "flocks."

How does it work?

Participants gather in groups of eight each month to spend a full day on the farm (February through January, excluding December).  The first half of the day is spent engaging nature’s processes by way of the shared labor of light farm work (such as weeding the garden and tending the animals). Mid-day a hearty meal of farm-grown food is enjoyed. The second half of the day is spent in quiet time, prayer, reflection, and discussion.  Conversation during the day revolves around the structure and processes experienced and observed in nature, their biblical and theological expressions, and their identical functioning in any organic “household” --whether a small group of colleagues, a flock or family, the plant-community of a garden or the people-community of a congregation. As one participates in and reflects upon the regenerative order of Creation, new thinking and functioning is encouraged toward the “holy health” of the pastoral leader, as well as his or her family and congregation.

 

For more information, visit our website:  www.hopecsa.org