101 Spark:
Discipleship
Training
School

Come and experience how the combination of your faith & creativity has the power to change the world!
SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2020 FEBRUARY 26TH, 2021

IT ALL STARTS WITH AN IDEA.

The idea that within every single one
of us lies the potential to co-create a bright & hopeful future with God.
That is exactly what the 101 Spark - Discipleship Training School is about. We believe in the power of intentional community, as a place to spark faith & creativity into an irresistible force that can change even the hardest places in the world... whether it's right outside our door or on the other side of the globe.
And we also believe that this kind of experience doesn't ''just happen''. And that's why we're putting together a crew of pioneers, creatives and community builders to facilitate an inspiring environment where we want to invite YOU (that's right, YOU) to join us for an exciting season of getting to know God better and having a go at letting the world know who He is and what His kingdom is all about.
So what do you say? Ready to take the leap?
Part 1: Lecture phase (Sept - Dec) - 12 weeks on the West Coast of Sweden.
Part 2: Outreach phase (Dec - Feb) - 12 weeks on the road and abroad.
SEPT 10 - DEC 4


Weekly teaching topics

One-on-one mentoring



Part One:
Lecture
phase
Live-learn environment
Practical service
Do Da Thing:
Entrepreneurial projects

Intentional community




DEC 7 -FEB 26
Share God's love & truth

Part Two:
Outreach
phase
Broaden your perspective
on societal issues
Hands-on opportunities to
serve with diverse ministries
Cross-cultural experience

CONNECTING THE DOTS

An intentional community to help you grow as a disciple, clarify your calling, and inspire you to creatively engage with the needs of our world.
SEPT 10 -DEC 4

Part One:
Lecture phase
The lecture phase is a 12-week journey where you get to know God deeper through fellowship with others and through a big variety of activities. You will receive quality teaching from experienced international speakers. Every week has a new topic where you get to go deeper in understanding and practice in topics like God’s Character, Hearing God’s voice, Holy Spirit, Identity, Relationships, missions and more.
Being part of a live-learn environment will also encourage you to explore how to apply all that you are learning into a hands-on and concrete way of life, anchoring all that you are and do in God's love & truth. We recognize that learning and growth don’t just take place through lectures in a classroom, but also through serving, living in community, one-on-one discipleship, personal time with God, worship, small groups and much more. Therefore, all these elements will be woven into the schedule throughout the lecture phase.

Weekly teaching topics
HEARING GOD'S VOICE

God communicates with every person for the purpose of relationship. You will learn to understand and recognize the various ways God communicates with us.
NATURE & CHARACTER
OF GOD

What we believe about God will impact how we love and trust Him. This week will encourage you to wrestle with, and respond to, the truth about who He is.
THE MISSION MANDATE

The call to go applies to every Christian. We will learn about the state of the world today and God's heart to see all come to the knowledge of who He is and join into His eternal kingdom.
BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW

God is the source of the entire created order and His desire is that we would know His truth & wisdom as the foundation upon which we build all of life - from the individual to civilizations. This week will help expend your view of who God is and the all-encompassing reach of His kingdom.
ID: THE UNVEILING PROCESS

This week will be about exploring together how to make sense of our God-given, intricate identity and how we can learn to live from a place of intimacy with God to bless the world around us.
SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY

Recognizing God’s voice, the power of prayer and God’s heart for the world. Understanding the role we play in fighting against rulers and principalities in the spiritual realm.
THE PERSON & WORK
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

The Holy Spirit has been sent to guide and empower believers. You will learn more about the person of the Holy Spirit and how He works in us.
EVANGELISM: THE POWER
OF THE GOSPEL

This week will encourage and challenge you to share the Gospel with others. You will gain practical skills and strategies for sharing the Gospel.
FEAR OF THE LORD

Living and relating to God, others and the world in a right manner that is consistent with who he has called us to be and how he has called us to live.
THE BIBLE: GOD'S STORY

Engage with God’s big story (meta-narrative) so as to recognize my personal story in the context of God’s work and ways in individuals lives throughout history.
NIKO

NIKO is a five-day wilderness leadership training program where you take risks to discover more about who God has made you to be.
HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
& SEXUALITY

Relationships & sexuality are very important parts of our lives! This week teaches us a biblical perspective on how to love God and love people.
DEC 7 -FEB 26

Part Two:
Outreach Phase
This is the part where you will take all the learning you’ve experienced during the first three months, to the next level. This second part of your DTS will be a time of risk and adventure where you will get to test and explore what it means to apply all you have learned about God, yourself and the needs of the world, in real life situations.
For this year's outreach, your team will be visiting different locations, working with projects that connect with the various entrepreneurial endeavours you will engage with during the first 12 weeks of the lecture phase. This approach will help keep up the momentum already created with the work and ministries we'll be collaborating with. The outreach phase is designed to help you gain experience in these four areas:

Share God's
love & truth
Part of our calling as children of God is to share His love and truth with those who do not know him. There will be ample opportunities for you to practice how to do this in a variety of creative ways and from a holistic point of view. The goal is to learn how to both tell people about the Good News and God’s love for them and at the same, time show them what His kingdom looks like here on earth.

Hands-on opportunities to
serve with diverse ministries
You will get to serve, bless, and be a part of supporting existing projects and ministries in the community where you will live during the outreach phase. There will be many opportunities for you use your skills and abilities to contribute to the ongoing efforts happening on location. This will give you a taste of what working abroad in a missional setting can look like.

Broaden your perspective
on societal issues
You will get to wrestle with the difficult reality of encountering broken lives and communities and see up close the roots of all this hurt. This will help you broaden and deepen your understanding of the complex dynamics at play, and hopefully, inspire you to explore how you could wisely and creatively engage with those problems in the future.

Cross-cultural
experience
The world is big and complex and for us to reach the world, we need to engage with it. There are cultures, and ways of life out in the world that are different from what we know. Getting acquainted with the unknown and the unfamiliar will grow your curiosity, challenge your perspective and deepen your understanding of the diversity and beauty of the created world.
WIDE OPEN SPACES

What's next?
There is room for you!
Sparkbox is the vision we are moving towards as a community. It's the dream we have of growing into a crazy playground for pioneers, entrepreneurs and community builders here on the west coast of Sweden. Together and with God, being committed to creating and cultivating sustainable solutions for the problems facing our world today. And through it all, to inspire and empower young people with the truth of the Gospel, so that they may see and know what it means to build a better tomorrow - one that makes manifest our Father’s kingdom, both locally and abroad.
And we want you to know that there is place for you to join the party! We want you to know that your are carrying an enormous creative potential just waiting to explode into brilliance. And our hope is that your DTS would be a time of both growing and dreaming, and that it would feed the fire God has placed in your heart, helping you clarify what He is calling you into and encourage you to boldly start building towards that!
And that's exactly what we want to create space for at Sparkbox: the dreams and visions you are carrying in your heart! So we encourage you to begin thinking already now: what has God placed in you and what will you do with it all? And if you believe that Sweden and Sparkbox is the place for the next leg of your journey, then know that there is a space for you!