Listening, Learning, and Leading Experience

About the Listening, Learning, and Leading Educational Experience

Your Intervention, Your Impact: Passing Faith to the Next Generation

The Listening, Learning, and Leading Educational Experience is a program offered by the Faith Forming Families Network. It is designed for teams of caregivers and community members—such as lay leaders, social workers, teachers, and coaches—who are invested in the spiritual formation and moral development of children.

The program guides teams in designing and implementing an intervention that supports parents in passing down their faith. Each team begins by becoming better acquainted with their community and identifying a faith formation challenge within that community that they want to take action to address.

L3 staff then work with each team (two or more people) to create an individualized learning contract, helping participants gain the knowledge and skills needed to tackle their chosen challenge. Throughout the process, teams are are supported by L3 staff as well as a dedicated mentor who works closely with them—offering encouragement, asking guiding questions, and helping maintain momentum. After meeting their learning goals, teams move on to implementing their interventions.

The program concludes with a celebratory dinner at which teams share the work they've done with other members of their cohort.

Microgrants and Application Process

Participation in the program is free, thanks to a generous grant from the Lilly Endowment. In addition, each team receives a $1,500 microgrant to support implementation.

The L3 program accepts applications on a rolling basis. We hope you will join us! Complete the form below to express your interest and learn more. 

Participant Testimonials

"Being part of the L3 program has been a lot of fun for our team. We've learned so much and enjoying working together. Even when our participation in the program ends in a few months, the work we started will keep helping the children in our church grow in their walk with Christ." -Sydney Smith-Weatherby, Baptist Temple Church

If I join, what will my participation in the L3 program look like?

The L3 program is designed to fit into the busy lives of our participants. Teams can start anytime and move at their own pace—some finish in two months, others in six months, still others in a year. All timelines are welcome.

Participants advance through six program benchmarks, first listening, then learning, and finally leading.