Arrow Rise Leadership Program
Arrow Rise is for young leaders aged between 18 and 25 who are committed to Christian discipleship, volunteering in a leadership position, serving in a local church or Christian organisation and who have a deep desire for greater Christ-like leadership.
As a leader in a church or para-church organisation, you already know how much the future of the Christian movement in Australia depends on our capacity to retain and disciple young adults. The National Church Life Survey identifies retaining young adults as a primary indicator of church sustainability. Young adults in turn fuel a vibrant youth ministry. Without these two age groups, churches develop an age-range gap from which most do not recover.
You’re probably trying your best to create engaging programs and to develop your young adults as leaders. It’s hard work. Young adults are distracted by studies and careers and attracted to dozens of other influences and possibilities. Some never reappear after being submerged in the pressure of year 12, some turn 18, grab the car keys and are seldom seen again.
Even large churches struggle to find the time, energy and resources to provide an attractive, supportive and challenging environment where young adults will go beyond socialising and a perfunctory Bible study.
Leaders like you partner with Arrow to invest in the lives of young adults, deepening their formation and building the habits and skills that will sustain and strengthen their discipleship.
– Cath Tallack
Residential
One week-long interactive residential retreat filled with experiential learning and dynamic content by some of Australia’s best Christian leaders.
Online Learning
Practical online sessions and resources keep you connected and learning from leading specialists on various leadership topics.
Reading and Devlopment
Participants read a range of leadership and evangelism literature and complete some personal development projects.
Leadership Partners
Participants meet regularly with an experienced Leadership Partner to discuss life, and ministry issues, their reading, and progress.
State-Based Peer Groups
Peer groups meet together between each residential and initially at an induction day prior to the first residential.
Arrow Rise is a development program tailored to 18-25 year-olds. We tackle the issues young adults are seeking to address, in a style and language that makes sense to them. Participants interact with content specialists while learning in a supportive community. Each participant is assigned a personal leadership partner – a specialist coach to help them think through their challenges and opportunities. Participants deepen their faith, strengthen their commitment and build the disciplines that will serve them over a lifetime.
Your young adults can undertake Arrow Rise as part of a higher education course in partnership with some of Australia’s leading ministry training institutions including ACOM.
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- Participants experience:
- Learning in community during a residential intensive
- Support in a small peer group throughout their Arrow Rise journey
- Opportunity to talk through their questions and challenges with a personal leadership partner
Participants graduate with:
- Greater self-awareness
- Stronger character
- Higher Resilience
- Deeper commitment to the way and the mission of Jesus
Program
No Accreditation- Thanks to a generous donor contribution, the cost to you for Rise 2023 is only $2,250. (Usually $3400)
- Residential accommodation, meals and tuition
- Return flight cost from capital city
- Program materials
- One-on-one coaching sessions with an experienced Leadership Partner
- Leadership assessment tools and follow-up consultation
- Contact and liaison time with the Arrow Leadership Program Team
- NB: The Arrow Rise Program is enabled by the generosity of donors, supporters and volunteers.
ACOM Students
Accreditation- Includes all inclusions in the standard ‘program’ section of this table.
- The price above does not include ACOM fees but represents the deposit due to Arrow Leadership.
- Following payment of the deposit to Arrow Leadership, participants will register as students of ACOM.
- ACOM student fees will be payable to ACOM.
- ACOM queries can be directed to Stephen Parker, Student Engagement Manager, ACOM on 0410 614 894 or SParker@acom.edu.au
- Participants utilizing Fee-Help must ensure they are eligible for Fee-Help by the date of acceptance of the offer to participate in the Arrow Leadership Emerging Leaders Program.
“Arrow is the kind of professional development that all professional development really should be – personal development. As a teacher and leader, the person I am matters more than the techniques I have or the books I’ve read. It’s nice to go to a ‘PD’ and feel changed, rather than just temporarily enlightened.”
“I thought I was coming to a professional development program, however it is so much more than that. This program has the potential to change the trajectory of your life.”
“Arrow Leadership is a pivotal experience. It asks for the participant’s courage. Courage to scale heights and plumb depths of character rarely traversed in lives harried along in the currents of life.”
“Over the past 12 years of leadership and over 20 years of teaching, the Arrow Leadership program has been by far the most insightful and has made the greatest impact for positive change.”