What is 2HC?
The 2nd Half Collaborative (2HC) is a 10-month cohort-based journey for mission workers. Our destination? Spiritual depth, discernment of life contributions, and friendship for second half of life flourishing and fruitfulness. Our distinctives are a commitment to safe and honest sharing, monthly rhythms of learning, retreats, one-on-one spiritual direction, one-on-one coaching, and formation through regular spiritual practices. Subscribe below to stay connected to our 2HC community.
2HC was initially shaped by four mission workers with many years of collective cross-cultural experience. They have navigated the numerous joys and challenges of living on mission among the unreached. Joining together as friends on the road, they have supported each other to keep discerning and living into their life callings.
Our third cohort of 11 mission workers is currently on the journey together. We launched this cohort at the end of August 2023 with our first retreat. Over ten months we are supporting one another toward rich communion with God, authentic community, and sustainable mission. Numerous facilitators, coaches and spiritual directors provide encouragement and skilled help. Frontier Ventures, which is sponsoring this innovative initiative, is also providing valuable ongoing logistical support.
We are accepting applications for our 2024-2025 cohort! Application deadline is July 1, 2024. Please review our 2024-2025 Trailmap below as well as other pertinent information regarding our themes and rhythms of learning. If 2HC fits what you need for this season of your life, we welcome your application!
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
“2HC is more than the sum of its parts. The value of it for me is in taking a single theme for a month…looking at that theme from many angles and discussing honestly how it impacts my life with trusted friends. Being a trusted friend to others also strengthens my soul…I don't have to hide or stay silent. I can be and become who I am in Christ.”
“What I began to let go of was the feeling of needing to be the hero, of needing to be accomplished and thought well of, to be the pioneer who is always pressing, always pushing, always advancing, always accomplishing, always courageously going beyond and all the while appearing unfazed, collected, extraordinary and all the rest.”
“2HC has been an unexpected gift for my husband and me…to be able to take intentional time to look at the past as we dream about the second half of life has us in a state of hopeful expectation for what is yet to come. To be able to journey with others, that are also in transition, has provided a community of friends on the road that we will carry with us in our hearts.”
2024-2025 Cohort Trailmap
Please note: Virtual Retreats are conducted over three days. Because participants are joining from multiple time zones, synchronous calls last no more than four hours each day, with a silent retreat on Day 2 that 2HC participants complete on their own.
Cohort Themes
Our 2HC learning environment emphasizes the following second half of life themes:
Becoming our "truest" selves – Identifying and finding freedom from our adapted or shadow selves and living into our truest identities as beloved ones of God
Deepening our capacity for discernment – Developing greater awareness and discernment toward life contributions of both “being” and “doing”
Growing in spiritual practices and friendship – Engaging spiritually formative practices in community, so that our life contributions flow from a rich inner life with God, supported by others in authentic friendship
Cultivating sustainability – Slowing down, nurturing rhythms of reflection and action for a sustainable mission-life integration in the 2nd half of life
Within this circle of friends, we honestly grapple with many second half of life questions and concerns such as navigating ambiguity, facing disruption and loss, and adjusting to the changing needs of family through life’s different seasons. We commit to help each other live from the vision and values that lead to flourishing and fruitfulness in the second half of life. Journeying together for 10 months allows us to slow our pace, deepen friendships and reinforce learning. Small groups invite greater depth and breadth of sharing. Individual conversations with a spiritual director and a coach personalize learning and growth.
Monthly Learning
During each of the 10 stations, we engage in these same basic learning activities:
Week 1 – Learn. Interact with new content
Week 2 – Practice. Engage content in the context of one’s own proximate community
Week 3 – Reflect. Reflect personally on the previous week's practice; commit to next steps of more consistent rhythms of spiritual practice pertaining to that month's learning
Week 4 – Share. Support one another and share in a "safe to be fully known" online small group
In addition to these weekly activities, each cohort member receives one session of spiritual direction and one session of coaching per month.
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Who should apply?
What questions and longings are surfacing in your heart? Are they finding resonance with what we are articulating here at 2HC? If so—and if you have at least 7 years of mission experience—we welcome your application! Hit the “Apply Now” button below to access our application. And if you still want to think about it, sign up for our emails above to receive regular 2HC news, resources, and encouragement for your second half of life journey.
Our 2024-2025 cohort launches with our first retreat on August 1-3, 2024. Our cohort retreats, Campfire small group interaction, and learnings are all online, allowing 2HC members to remain in their mission context and engaged in their current roles.
If you invite another person to join (e.g., a spouse or a colleague) and you both apply at the same time and are accepted, you both receive a 10% discount.
For leaders on a sabbatical (or considering one), 2HC is an ideal way to provide additional content and the come-alongside friendship of others as you reflect and recalibrate toward a sustainable future.
We welcome your questions! Email info@2hc.life for more information.