The 2nd Half Collaborative (2HC) is a cohort-based journey for mission workers. Over ten months, we support one another toward vibrant communion with God, authentic community, and sustainable mission. Our distinctives are a commitment to safe and honest sharing in small groups, monthly rhythms of learning, retreats, one-on-one spiritual direction, one-on-one coaching, and formation through regular spiritual practices. Numerous facilitators provide encouragement and skilled help.
Frontier Ventures, which is sponsoring this formational initiative, also provides valuable ongoing logistical support. To stay connected to our 2HC community, subscribe below to our newsletter. We are accepting applications for our next cohort journey that begins in January 2027! Press any “Apply” button to be taken to our 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.”
“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.”
“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.”
2027 Cohort Trailmap
Follow our 2HC 2027 Cohort Trailmap to help you envision what the cohort journey looks like. 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
Living and serving in a cycle of grace and becoming our truest selves in Christ.
Living from a place of acceptance as beloved ones of God, sustained by nourishing spiritual practices. Our lives then become a unique and “truest-self” sign of God’s grace, bearing fruit in this world. We also identify our adapted or shadow selves, relinquishing our need to “cover up” our weaknesses, seeking healing, and gaining an inner freedom in God.
Deepening our capacity for discernment.
Developing greater awareness and discernment toward life contributions of both “being” and “doing” in collaboration and friendship with others.
Engaging in spiritually forming practices and honest friendships.
Engaging spiritually formative practices in community, so that our life contributions flow from a rich inner life with God, supported and affirmed by others in authentic friendship. We also move toward the integration of communion with God, authentic community, and sustainable mission.
Cultivating sustainability
Slowing down, noticing God’s presence, nurturing rhythms of reflection and action for a sustainable mission-life integration in the 2nd half of life. We also learn to grieve losses and to adapt our rhythms of spiritual practices to fit different seasons 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 in this season of your life. We commit to help each other live from a deeper connection to our souls and to vibrant community so that we can flourish and be fruitful 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, and in addition, each cohort member receives one session of spiritual direction and one session of coaching per month.
WEEK 01
Learn: Interact with new content
WEEK 02
Practice: Engage content in the context of your own community
WEEK 03
Reflect: Reflect personally on the previous week's practice
WEEK 04
Share. Support one another and share in a "safe to be fully known" online small group
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 interest in 2HC! Press any “Apply” button to be taken to our application. Contact us with your questions. We would be happy to hear from you. We also welcome you to sign up for our emails to receive regular 2HC news, resources, and encouragement for your second half of life journey.
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.
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