The importance of mentors: Austin McRobbie
City Lab: Testimonials
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"Through this mentoring experience,
I’ve become more intentional about meeting others in my everyday circles, acknowledging them as being made in God’s image, and seeing the beauty in people." Caleb, Missions Coach |
"City lab helped me draw similarities between what scripture has to say about God's mission and my day to day life. Things that are easily mistaken as insignificant have more meaning since God can work in even the most mundane tasks/areas of my day."
Ajia, Graphic Artist |
“The city lab is focused discipleship with an eye for young professionals. The theologically rich discussions paired with practical action steps and experiments were important in bringing about the transformation I needed in order to become more engaged in my community and workplace for Christ. The life on life mentoring style moved me forward in my desire to become more involved in the great commission in my city.”
Josiah, Teacher |
Navigating Transition: Shannon Little
After finishing undergrad at UC Davis, I served as a missionary in South Africa. Towards the end of my second year I remember having conversations with my coach about what direction my life might take back in the U.S. While I had some ideas, nothing could really prepare me for the overwhelming transition I was about to experience.
My transition was a slow and at times painful one to walk through, full of searching and wandering. I went from feeling extremely missional and purposeful to feeling a suffocating uncertainty about discerning God’s will for my future. I was grieving the loss of the country, culture, and church community I had come to love, as well as the loss of mentors who had coached, discipled, and cared for me those two years. I knew I had skills, strengths, and experience from vocational ministry, but translating them to the marketplace in a missional way was untested waters.
In almost every area of life I was starting from scratch and needed help, but I didn’t know where to turn. Even searching for a church community in a new city as a single person was more exhausting and daunting than I anticipated. To make matters worse, while I longed for discipleship, I was afraid of feeling like a burden to others and struggled to ask for help. Had I found a mentor and community of like-minded individuals sooner, I wonder how much richer that season could have been both spiritually and relationally.
Shannon is now a Marriage & Family Therapist with Soul Care House.
My transition was a slow and at times painful one to walk through, full of searching and wandering. I went from feeling extremely missional and purposeful to feeling a suffocating uncertainty about discerning God’s will for my future. I was grieving the loss of the country, culture, and church community I had come to love, as well as the loss of mentors who had coached, discipled, and cared for me those two years. I knew I had skills, strengths, and experience from vocational ministry, but translating them to the marketplace in a missional way was untested waters.
In almost every area of life I was starting from scratch and needed help, but I didn’t know where to turn. Even searching for a church community in a new city as a single person was more exhausting and daunting than I anticipated. To make matters worse, while I longed for discipleship, I was afraid of feeling like a burden to others and struggled to ask for help. Had I found a mentor and community of like-minded individuals sooner, I wonder how much richer that season could have been both spiritually and relationally.
Shannon is now a Marriage & Family Therapist with Soul Care House.
