This section is about your history, where you come from, and where your roots are. The things you will learn and experience in this section will remind you that you are part of something
larger than yourself. God, our faith, the Church, the world – it all existed before you were born. We can draw on that history and learn from it, for it all helped make us who we are. These experiences are designed to help you tap into that history and those traditions.

May Christ dwell in your hearts through faith as you are being rooted and grounded in love. ~Ephesians 3:17

To complete this section, you will need to do 15 experiences with at least 2 coming from each of these categories:

Biblical History
Church History
Lutheran Faith & History
Family History
Personal History
Baptism Connection

This section is about how God is present for you here and now. Sometimes God shows up and it is obvious. Other times God shows up in more subtle or hidden ways. We know that God shows up in Word and Sacrament and we can turn to these anytime we need to feel God’s presence and reassurance. These experiences are designed to help you explore God’s presence and power in your life right now.

As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. ~Colossians 2:6-7

Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. ~Joshua 1:9

To complete this section, you will need to do 15 experiences with various numbers required in each of these categories:

Reading the Bible
Worship Life
Prayer Forms
Devotion, Meditation, Quiet Time
Holy Communion Connection

This section explores ways to live out your faith.

Our faith in Christ changes how we interact with and engage the world. We seek to share the gospel and change the world. We do this by living in community, forming connections to other people, and following the call of the Holy Spirit. These experiences are designed to help you branch out to other people and bear the fruit of the Spirit in the world.

My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.
~Jesus in John 15:8

For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God's will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God. ~Colossians 1:9-10

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. ~Galatians 5:22-25


To complete this section, you will need to do 15 experiences with various numbers required in each of these categories:

Connecting to the Congregation
Connecting to the World
Personal Faith