Three-part experience that combines spiritual formation with family-systems work.
This is step 1 of your EF Journey! Our Foundation Intensive is a two day experience that presents five modules (Mission, Authenticity, Integrity, Obedience and Vows) in a structured process. Through large group content presentation, personal reflection time and small group sharing, you will begin to uncover how your childhood experiences are connected to the meanings you make about the world and the ways you show up in relationships. A workbook provides content summaries and reflection prompts.
UPCOMING : Save the date OR click the links in blue for more info & to register!
September 18 & 19, 2026 – Arvada Vineyard – Arvada, CO
October 23 & 24, 2026 – Vineyard Altoona – Altoona, PA
October 22 & 23, 2026 – ONLINE (Thursday/Friday)
November 13 & 14, 2026 – Midtown Vineyard – Fresno, CA
November 20 & 21, 2026 – ONLINE (Friday/Saturday)
If you have completed a Foundation Intensive, then this is your next step! This 6 month journey gives you the space to try on new ways of showing up in your most important relationships. You will join in 13, one hour Large Group Zoom calls that cover various topics to grow your emotional health! You will be guided through reflection & practice of new skills through a workbook and weekly small group coaching calls.
FALL COHORTS run September 28, 2026-March 22, 2027
Choose from four large group options:
This nine-month journey gives you the space to try on new ways of showing up in your most important relationships and as you lead in your church! You will join in 13, one-hour Large Group Zoom calls that cover various topics to grow your emotional health. You will be guided through reflection & practice of new skills through a workbook and weekly small group coaching calls with seasoned coaches. You’ll also have access to bonus materials from expert voices at the intersection of spiritual formation and emotionally healthy leadership!
*Completion of the Emotionally Focused Foundation Intensive is a prerequisite for joining this cohort!
Our Emotionally Focused 3: Family experience meets ONLINE for 12 consecutive weeks on Thursdays from 1:00-2:00 PM EST.
This mini cohort is designed specifically for pastors as a safe and challenging space to engage the Emotionally Focused Family process, which is step 3 of our 3 core Emotionally Focused experiences.
This 12-week journey builds on concepts & practices from your previous Emotionally Focused work, and applies them to your family of origin through the lens of systems thinking. Our learning community will engage in 12 one-hour sessions on noticing how anxiety spreads through systems, and practice tools for diffusing it in yourself and those you lead! After short content recaps, the majority of the online meet-ups are for conversation, questions, and coaching around topics of family systems theory and ways to apply the tools to your pastoral leadership. A digital workbook and additional resources are included in the cost.
We are looking for pastors who are committed to growing in emotional maturity, and are willing to honestly explore the parts of their story that hold them back. We ask that you commit to being as fully present as possible, participating in each of the spaces designed for you. You will get the most out of this cohort if you are willing to name the current realities of your life and leadership, believe change is possible, and try on new habits around how you show up in relationships.
Upcoming Dates:
This experience builds on concepts & practices from Emotionally Focused Foundation & Formation, and applies them to your family of origin. Join a learning community for 10, one hour sessons on noticing how anxiety spreads through systems, and practice tools for diffusing it in yourself and others! After short content presentation, the majority of these large group zoom meet ups are for conversation, questions and coaching around topics of family systems theory.
Join a Fall Cohort below!
Online communities, workshops, and a retreat (in Puerto Rico!)
In 2026, we’re offering a variety of opportunities for pastors to invest in relationships and long-term flourishing:
Communicating for a Change Workshop
6-week online community hosted by Relational Peace
Marriage Enrichment with Vitalization Wellness
6-week online community and coaching sessions for pastor couples
Preventing Burnout in Ministry & Marriage
4-month online community for couples
Mutual Marriage Retreat
October retreat hosted by the Kineo Center in Puerto Rico
Emotionally Focused is a discipleship process that blends Christian spiritual practices and concepts from neuroscience and psychology to unpack your most formative life experiences and help you understand how they influence the person you are becoming. There are three core experiences that build on each other and should be engaged in sequence. Each experience pairs excellent content and practical tools with time for guided self reflection, small group processing and coaching!
WHO IT’S FOR
All opportunities are open for general sign-ups, unless otherwise noted. Click the links on each date to register.
Upcoming Opportunities
STEP 1: Foundations Intensives (2 days)
Get an introductory look into the emotional health topics of mission, authenticity, integrity, obedience & vows. The two days will include large-group presentation, time in solitude for reflection & prayer, and small-group sharing and coaching. And you’ll walk away with tools and language to help you explore places in your story that God wants to heal and reframe.
Save the date or click the links for more info.
• September 18 & 19, 2026 — Arvada Vineyard – Arvada, CO
• October 23 & 24, 2026 – Vineyard Altoona – Altoona, PA
• October 22 & 23, 2026 – ONLINE (Thursday/Friday)
• November 13 & 14, 2026 – Midtown Vineyard – Fresno, CA
• November 20 & 21, 2026 – ONLINE (Friday/Saturday)
STEP 2: Formations Experience (6-month coaching process)
Expand the tools and practices for showing up differently in your most important relationships. Through 12 one-hour online meet ups and weekly coaching in small groups, you will explore where you are stuck, who you want to be instead, and how to get there.
• April 2026 Cohort is in progress
• September 28, 2026-March 22, 2027 – Register here!
STEP 2: PASTORS ONLY Emotional Health Cohort
This is a safe and challenging space designed just for pastors to engage in the Step 2: Formation experience, alongside seasoned coaches and with access to expert voices in emotional health. Completion of Step 1 (Emotionally Focused Foundation Intensive) is a prerequisite for joining. Contact Alison Groenendyk for details.
• Spring 2026 Cohort is in progress
• Next cohort: August 19, 2026 – May 12, 2027 – Register here!
STEP 3: Family
Dive into family of origin work to better understand and map how anxiety spreads in systems, and the impact on your current relationships.
• September 21-November 23, 2026 – Registration full
• October 7-December 16, 2026 – Wednesdays at 8 PM ET – REGISTER HERE!
STEP 3: PASTORS ONLY Family Mini-Cohort
This 12 week mini-cohort is designed specifically for pastors as a safe and challenging space to engage the Emotionally Focused Family process. To participate, you must have completed EF Foundation and EF Formation.
Save the date or click the links for more info.
• June 11-September 10, 2026 – In progress
• October 29, 2026-February 4, 2027 – Register here!
2026 – 2027 Opportunities for Pastors and Church Boards
Programs include include a matching-fund opportunity for participants, along with mentoring by a current or former Vineyard pastor
Stewardship Training | 3 months | Begins January 2027
For Lead Pastors +1 (staff/support pastor, board member, congregant)
This 3-month cohort will train pastors to teach on stewardship.
Church Finances Cohort | 9 months | Begins January 2027
For Lead Pastors and their Church Boards
This 9-month cohort includes topics such as generosity/stewardship, pastoral compensation, sabbatical, and rhythms of rest. Board members participate in four facilitated discussions.
Personal Finances Cohort | 9 months | Begins January 2027
For Lead Pastors
This cohort features financial education and coaching sessions for pastors and spouses.
Online communities, workshops, and a retreat (in Puerto Rico!). Learn more.
The Kineo Center has designed an extraordinary experience for our Vineyard pastors – the Mutual Marriage Retreat. This week offers couples a transformative time, filled with insightful workshops, immersive tools, and healing guidance to cultivate breakthrough in your marriage. The retreat is hosted and facilitated by the Kineo Center, in Puerto Rico. While together, we’ll pursue:
October 12 – 16th 2026
Cost: Vineyard USA Pastoral Health & Formation is covering over two-thirds of the cost. Your cost is $950 per couple plus travel to and from Puerto Rico.
The Kineo Center has designed an extraordinary experience for our Vineyard pastors – the Mutual Marriage Retreat. This week offers couples a transformative time, filled with insightful workshops, immersive tools, and healing guidance to cultivate breakthrough in your marriage. The retreat is hosted and facilitated by the Kineo Center, in Puerto Rico. While together, we’ll pursue:
October 19 – 23rd 2026
Cost: Vineyard USA Pastoral Health & Formation is covering over two-thirds of the cost. Your cost is $950 per couple plus travel to and from Puerto Rico.