What It Costs

What the work costs.

The Front Porch, the Threshold Session, and the Living Space are one climb. Each credits in full toward the next, so the whole climb costs what the Living Space costs on its own, and you can stop at any rung.

Everything below the climb stands on its own, and most of it is quoted after a conversation about what you actually need.

The Front Porch

Rung One · A Mission Brief and the report that follows

Six sections about your organization, and a report back describing it in its own language, with one next choice sized to the capacity you named.

For a leader of a single organization

In conversation

Sixty to ninety minutes with me, in person or on Zoom, walking the same six sections. I hear your tone, catch what you hesitate over, and read the energy behind the answers. You’ll receive a list of the figures and documents to gather beforehand.

On your own

The form, on your schedule. Your work saves as you go.

For a regional minister

In conversation

The same regional sections across sixty to ninety minutes, led by me.

On your own

A separate instrument, built for a body of congregations.

The Threshold Session

Rung Two · A deeper Mission Brief, then half a day with your organization

The first half is the Brief with you, going deeper than the one you have already filled out. The second is half a day with the people you name in the room, in person or on Zoom.

Both halves come with a list of what to gather beforehand. Have it in hand when we start.

Within five business days you receive a Threshold Finding and three recommendations built for your actual context, along with AI tools to support them. A previously purchased Front Porch credits in full toward it.

The Living Space

Rung Three · Ninety days, one-to-one

Integrity Audit, then Clarity Analysis, then Alignment Arc.

Built for organizations that carry other organizations, or that answer to a constituency wider than their own membership. A previously purchased Threshold Session credits in full toward it.

Standing time

Ongoing, one-to-one, on a rhythm you set

Regular time to look at what is in your own way, with no report and no one else in the room. We meet as long as it is useful to you and stop when it isn’t.

Organizational analysis

A project engagement, sized to what you are carrying

Your organization read against your vision: where fortification is needed, where excess is dragging you down, where a little agility would build momentum towards your dream, or the problem of your choice.

Development campaigns

A campaign, built and written with you

One specific way your vision is embodied in your organization’s work, built into a campaign your people can answer. I write the case, the asks, and the materials, and I build the arc across the season.

AI integration

Consultation, policy work, or a workshop

What to adopt, what to refuse, and how to write a policy your people can actually follow.

Workshops and keynotes

Quoted for the room

Workshops, keynotes, regional days, and board retreats are quoted after a conversation about what you need.

The Toolshed

Claude for Congregational Pastors · A separate line, for pastors

An occasional hour-long workshop equipping pastors to use Claude, primarily by demonstrating three skills. The skills arrive when you register, and you can buy them without the workshop. Every skill taught in the workshop is available individually or packaged in threes.

Any in-person engagement carries travel as an additional cost, stated in writing.

A Generous Welcome reflects the work of April McClure Stewart. It is not sponsored or endorsed by the future Living Waters Region of the Christian Church in Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

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