LEARNING PARTIES are day-long, interactive, participatory, peer to peer learning experiences in connecting context, culture, theology and practice, designed to resource and equip congregational teams (lay and clergy members together).

Parties are 50 (minimum) and 500 (maximum) person capacity events sponsored by a church judicatory (diocese, synod, conference...) or a host congregation in promotional partnership with a local judicatory.

Parties are tailored to the needs of the sponsoring group. Among the plenary topics available are: emerging/alternative worship, new monasticism, contextual missiology, exploring ancient/future Christian spiritual practices, celtic insights for evangelism and worship, emerging church 101 - understanding postmodern culture for ministry, emerging church planting and birthing emerging ministry within traditional congregations.

Parties include emerging worship experiences, cohort (small group discernment), topical break-out sessions, open space technology/collaborative problem-solving and mission visioning, practical 'how-to' helps, open forum discussions, networking over food and drink, and peer learning facilitation by Praxis staff and local area practitioners.