Goldenwood

Goldenwood After-Work | Feb 2023
2023-02-28 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Goldenwood Commons, 109 E 31st St, 4th Fl, New York, NY, 10016, United States
This monthly rhythm has become a highlight for the community, fostering generative connections across the city. Stop by after work to hear about hope-fueled work initiatives emerging and/or share your own. Beverages and light snacks provided. Get home in time for dinner, or meet someone new and grab a bite together on your way out.
Our featured guest this month is the newest addition to the Goldenwood Team, our Director of Dream Cultivation, Stephen Bailey! Join us to hear more from Stephen and learn about the Dream Forum. (Now receiving submissions for this year…)
So you can mark your calendar now for the next ones: Mar 21, Apr 25, May 23, Jun 13.
New things rise up in community…

Thriving in Faith & Work: Austin, TX
2023-02-21 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Sao_Paulo) | Vuka – Bouldin Creek, 411 W Monroe St,, Austin, TX, 78704, United States
GENEROSITY: ATX presents Thriving in Faith & Work

How do you balance faith, work, family, and fitness? We live in a time where busyness is exalted and feel the tension it places on personal health and family well-being. Join us to discuss how leaders can best integrate faith, lifestyle, and work.
On Tuesday, February 21 at 6:00 pm we will host our first topical event of 2023 including a diverse panel of thought leaders that will share their journeys, expertise, personal perspectives, and answer questions from the community.
We are gathering local leaders who value our city and the people who make it so special. Please join us to learn more!
What to expect – Generosity: ATX is a group of high-capacity leaders spurring on one another to experience philanthropy with more joy, wisdom and IN Community presented by Generous.Life. Generosity: ATX events are hosted bi-monthly on topics that we are curious or passionate about in our city. All events are inspirational, educational and safe – No Ask.
Speakers

AJ Watson
CPO | INTELERAD

AJ Watson has strong professional roots in operational growth and value generation, in addition to extensive consultative experience that has driven effective product strategy and management for companies. His professional mission entails ensuring products, technology, and go-to-market decisions work seamlessly together to deliver the greatest market impact.
Prior to joining Intelerad, AJ worked with numerous software companies ranging from early stage startups, to Fortune 50 enterprises. He most recently served as the General Manager and Chief Growth Officer at Thinktiv, a technology-focused innovation firm. In that role, he created Thinktiv’s transaction advisory practice, which helped investors purchase more than 80 companies representing over $20 billion in enterprise value. AJ graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in business administration.

Chris Meroff
ENTREPRENEUR & BUSINESS OWNER | WILCO WORKSPACES

Chris grew up in the Northeast and began working for his parents at a very young age. He has always been a risk-taker with a passion to employ his community. Today he currently owns a variety of small businesses based out of Austin, TX and Machiasport, ME. With over 25 years of experience owning and operating businesses, he has dealt with a diverse group of people from clients to employees to competition.
All this experience has taught him that relationships matter, people matter. Guilt and shame are the chains that bind us to bad behavior and lead to isolation. Chris believes that when we walk in vulnerability and empathy, we can find our way towards a relationship. The beauty of culture when people gather together should be celebrated and cultivated, not ignored.

Amilee Watkins
COO & CO-FOUNDER | GOLDENWOOD

Amilee Watkins is the COO and co-founder of Goldenwood. Her work in the faith and workspace has spanned over a decade, focusing on leadership development and spiritual formation at the Center for Faith & Work for nine years, and helping lead the Gotham Fellowship program after graduating from the inaugural class in 2009. Prior to her work at CFW, Amilee worked for Starbucks Coffee Co. for seven years, managing teams inside the stores and developing leaders at every level, from barista to management positions. She also enjoyed her role as a Brand Ambassador, helping to launch new products in the NYC region. It was at Starbucks that faith and work started to come alive for her, because of course, who doesn’t experience God’s glory when sipping that perfect cup of coffee?

David Kim
CEO & CO-FOUNDER | GOLDENWOOD

David Kim is the CEO and co-founder of Goldenwood. Over the past several decades, Rev. Dr. David Kim has trained, consulted, and counseled hundreds of leaders and organizations in developing a robust, meaningful integration of faith and work. David’s past experiences as VP of Faith and Work, Executive Director of the Center for Faith & Work, Director of the Gotham Fellowship, and editor of the NIV Faith and Work Bible have given him a breadth of exposure to the challenges of integrating faith and work. His expertise as a key thought-leader in the faith and workspace has been well-established having addressed prominent institutions and churches around the world. David continues to pioneer creative means by which individuals and organizations can grow towards a dynamic lived spirituality that expresses God’s glory into the world.

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Trellis: A New Vision for Work
2023-02-19 - 2023-03-04 | Virtual
Too often, we myopically reduce the concept of calling to career choices, but doing so assumes that God speaks to us with regard only to our work rather than speaking into the whole of our lives, with work as one part. It is this layering within the larger context that can help us more clearly discern God’s direction for our work.
This Trellis draws from Makoto Fujimura’s book, Art + Faith. The title might mistakenly lead some to believe that this book is written primarily for the artist or art enthusiast. To make this conclusion, however, would keep many from reading what we believe is one of the most important faith and work books written to date. Fujimura addresses a critically under-represented perspective and ethos of the faith and work movement through his interjection of a “theology of making”. Drawing from rich biblical and theological streams, Fujimura helps us see a distinctive alternative that challenges the pragmatism overwhelmingly characterizing our approach to work today.
Throughout the two-week experience, you will be introduced to a variety of prayer forms, learning to walk conversationally with God, recognizing His voice in your life. Trellis will guide you to integrate life-giving spiritual practices into everyday rhythms, transforming and renewing our sense of calling. Enter into this season with a new structure that provides the space and a community for hearing God’s voice and knowing who He reveals Himself to be in the midst of your everyday routines, leading to holistic vitality.
The TRELLIS structure includes:

1 Intro Session: Sun Feb 19, 7:30-9p EST. (Online experience for theological introduction and time in listening quads. Recorded for those who cannot join live.)
6 Communal Guided Listening Sessions: every Mon, Wed, and Fri 12:20-12:45p EST, during the weeks of Feb 20 and Feb 27. (Attend live or listen to the 25-min recordings at personal set times.)
Daily Scripture Meditation and Exercise Pages: Individually in your Listening Book. (Participants are provided with a digital PDF or can order their own physical copy online via Amazon.)

The communal listening rhythms of TRELLIS are intentionally designed as intrusions into your regular daily routines and, therefore can be entered into from wherever you are. For more about TRELLIS…
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“If a vine doesn’t have a trellis, it will die. And if your life with Jesus doesn’t have some kind of structure to facilitate health and growth, it will wither away…The point of a trellis isn’t to make the vines stand up straight in neat rows, but rather to attain a rich, deep glass of wine.”
— John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
