The primary audience of evangelization formation is missionary and fruitful disciples (or those who desire to be missionary and fruitful disciples).

• These include: Past School of Mission participants, small group participants, CEC graduates, Adult and Junior Counselors of Youth Retreats

The secondary audience is beginning disciples. Beginning disciples are most likely to come to a Sunday Spark when invited, but are certainly welcome to come to all three parts.

Evangelization formation is designed for those further along the Thresholds of Discipleship (Missionary, Fruitful, & Beginning Disciples), but ultimately exists for the good of those in the early stages of the Thresholds of Conversion (Trust, Openness, Seeking).

HSCP Ignite has three parts:

• Ignite Workshops
• Upper Room celebrations
• Sunday Sparks

Ignite workshops occur twice a year (Fall & Spring) to provide ongoing formation in prayer and evangelization in a longer format (4 hrs). A meal is provided.

The following are the kinds of topics to expect from future Ignite workshops.

• Prayer Formation Modules
• Four Habits of Relational Prayer
• Life in the Spirit
• Discernment of Spirits
• Discernment of Charisms
• Evangelization Formation Modules
• What is HSCP Ignite?
• The Why of Evangelization
• How to share the Gospel
• How to share your Testimony
• Small Group Creation
  

Ignite Workshop Materials

Materials from past Ignite Workshops, including handouts and recordings.

Upper Rooms are celebratory events that occur twice a year (Winter & Summer) where disciples gather together to pray and hear testimonies of how God has been working through prayer and evangelization. There is food and fellowship, as disciples reflect and rejoice about how the gospel is being shared in our parish family.

The first Upper Room was celebrated Saturday, November 16, 2024 at Nissen Winery, 9 am - 1 pm.

• Coffee and Rolls
• Testimonials
• Prayer
• Chicken-Fried Chicken Dinner

Childcare will be offered, so little ones are welcome!

Sign-Up for the second Upper Room celebration, Summer 2025 coming soon ...

Contact Anna at 402-650-4067 for more info.

Sunday Sparks are regular consistent prayer formation in a short format (~10 min) after Sunday Mass bi-weekly. Ignite workshops occur twice a year, but growth in prayer must be daily. Sparks are a source of continual heat for our flame - like bellows adding air to embers - to help us remain consistent in our prayer. They give a language to think and speak about prayer based on the spiritual traditions of the Church, and provide an opportunity for fellowship, sharing, and support.

Sunday Sparks are not just a “second homily” in the following ways:

• Sparks are organized week after week to give a more complete formation in prayer, rather than unrelated individual homilies. In that sense Sparks are more like an ongoing homily series. Unlike homilies which over time should address every aspect of the faith (Creed, Sacraments, Morality, Prayer), Sparks are focused only on prayer. While Spark topics do build upon each other, any individual Spark will provide valuable insight into prayer even to an individual not able to attend previous Sparks.
• Sparks allow for discussion and practice in the immediate moment following the presentation. Short handouts or reflection questions (depending upon the topic) are given to further discussion. Some topics will easily lend to their practice at that moment. (The nature of homilies, being in the middle of Mass, do not allow their listeners to talk to each other about the homily, nor give time to process or consider putting it into practice since the Mass continues on quickly after that.)
• Sparks allow for questions to be gathered, answered either by table leaders or gathered for Father for explanation at a subsequent Spark. (Questions one may have during a homily may be forgotten by the time Mass is complete or never asked since response time is not built into the Mass format.)

Sunday Sparks dates and locations can be seen on the Mass Calendar.  Below are the Sparks dates grouped by parish location. No sign-up is needed to attend the Sunday Sparks.

Below is a playlist of all past Sunday Sparks.  For a full list and links to handouts go here.

NB: There are no Sunday Sparks during Advent and Lent, as we wish to foster gathering in small groups during those seasons.