Co-CREATE 2.0

May 27 - May 30, 2025 • $550.00 Chaminade Resort, Santa Cruz, CA

Co-CREATE 2.0 is a four-day learning experience where participants dive deeper into FTE’s facilitation practices. Applications will be reviewed as they are received and are due no later than March 15, 2025.

APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN

A better future is possible when we co-create spaces and focus on conversations that matter.

FTE has distilled 20 years of accumulated wisdom about designing and facilitating discernment experiences, particularly with young adults. For the past several years, FTE has shared its facilitation methodology and approach with practitioners in hopes of helping diverse groups of people discern purpose and call, catalyze leadership, transform their communities, and ultimately create a better world. 

FTE is now offering part two of its co-create facilitation training. In Co-CREATE 2.0, FTE will dive deeper into facilitation methods and practices to create spaces for discernment and transformation. 

Apply to attend  Co-CREATE 2.0 in May at the beautiful Chaminade Resort outside Santa Cruz, CA. Priority will be given to those who have participated in a previous Co-CREATE training and want to dive deeper into FTE’s facilitation method for creating space that inspires discernment and faithful next steps. Participants can expect to come away with a better understanding of when to use which type of facilitation tool and practical experience in leading practices such as Word Cafe, Open Space, Holy Listening, and more. Applications will be reviewed as they are received and are due no later than March 15, 2025

Meet the Facilitators

The President of FTE, Stephen Lewis holds lead responsibility for the strategic direction of FTE.


I do what I do in hopes that my work with good colleagues will have a lasting impact on everyday people and communities across the world. The future is inevitable. Communities of faith, their leaders and the next generation are important catalysts in shaping the future. There is no viable path to the future absent of developing faithful, wise and courageous leaders now. No other national organization is like FTE in shaping the future by developing leaders on behalf of a diverse church and the academy.

Stephen Lewis

slewis@fteleaders.org

678-369-6740

Christina Repoley directs and leads FTE's programs and initiatives centered on cultivating the next generation of diverse leaders for the church and academy.


I have been connected to FTE for over a decade. As a seminarian, FTE supported my own discernment and connected me to a network that helped me successfully found and grow Quaker Voluntary Service. After pouring my heart and soul into supporting young adults in discernment, ministry and service for nearly 10 years in the Quaker context, I am excited to now be able to support an even wider network of young adults discerning their call in the world and finding out what makes them come alive. FTE is uniquely positioned to be a prophetic voice for both the church and the world, while supporting current and future leadership of a diverse network of young people.

Christina Repoley

crepoley@fteleaders.org

678.369.6113

Darlene Hutto leads FTE young adult discernment experiences, dynamic worship, and event facilitation. She served on FTE’s staff for 16 years and brings a wealth of experience to the church, supporting young adults in vocational exploration.


It is exciting to know that my life’s passion and love for ministry serves a critical mass of young adults—that’s worth coming to work. FTE provides me the opportunity to be engaged in conversation and service with the larger church in a way that I could not be if I were in a specific ministry. I work with leaders of congregations and church-related organizations that support young Christian leaders, and in so doing, have the chance to impact young adults who are exploring their call.

Darlene M. Hutto

dhutto@fteleaders.org

678-369-6112

Participants Can Expect To
Take a deeper diver into FTE's way of facilitating people and organizations to align their purpose, values and action

Take a deeper diver into FTE's way of facilitating people and organizations to align their purpose, values and action

Explore their facilitation method/approach to facilitation

Explore their facilitation method/approach to facilitation

Discover what type of facilitation to use when

Discover what type of facilitation to use when

Gain practical experience in leading practices such as Word Cafe, Open Space, Holy Listening, and more

Gain practical experience in leading practices such as Word Cafe, Open Space, Holy Listening, and more

Frequently Asked Questions
  1. People who want to deepen their experience in the art of co-creating and facilitating FTE-like conversations and discernment experiences.
  2. People who want to build on what they already know about facilitation to expand comfort and skill in knowing which facilitation practices to use in what setting or scenario.
  3. People who want to expand their facilitation toolbox and practice of facilitation, group discernment, and co-creation of faithful next steps.

The retreat will occur on May 27-30 at Chaminade Resort outside Santa Cruz, CA (San Jose is the closest airport; San Francisco is also an option but slightly farther away).

Yes! This retreat is designed for those who have participated in one of FTE’s Co-CREATE trainings or those with prior facilitation experience.


  • Take a deeper diver into FTE's way of facilitating people and organizations to align their purpose, values and action
  • Explore their facilitation method/approach to facilitation
  • Discover what type of facilitation to use when
  • Gain practical experience in leading practices such as Word Cafe, Open Space, Holy Listening, and more

Yes, if they register to attend and cover their travel. On a case-by-case basis, persons will be subject to review. 

FTE highly subsidizes the cost of this event. The registration is $550 and includes all expenses (excluding travel) for 3 nights of lodging, meals, and materials at the Chaminade Resort.

For more information or questions, please contact Marissa Akery.

No. You are responsible for the cost of your transportation to Chaminade Resort. San Jose is the closest major airport, but getting yourself to and from Chaminade is up to you.

Plan to arrive at Chaminade Resort by 4 pm on Tuesday, May 27, and depart from Chaminade after breakfast on Friday, May 30.