Nurturing Care Maker's Space Retreat

You are invited to join the Nurturing Care team and your Nashville colleagues for a retreat of learning and creativity as we collaborate on ministry initiatives to elementary age children with autism through worship and prayer practices in our local congregations. Participants will use design learning methods to create a prototype that can help them explore how to better minister to neurodiverse children in their church.

Who is Nurturing Care?

Nurturing Care is a Lilly Endowment, Inc. grant initiative under the direction of Nazarene Theological Seminary. The overarching goal is to foster experiences of God with elementary age children through worship and prayer. Please consult our website for more information: www.nurturingcare.org.

Date and time:

March 6th · 1pm – March 7th · 3:30pm CDT 2026

Location:

Grace Church of the Nazarene

2620 Pennington Bend Road

Nashville, NT 37214

Accommodations:

Participants will stay overnight at a local hotel near Nashville Grace Church of the Nazarene (hotel TBD). Nurturing Care will reserve you a room when you register and are approved for the retreat. Accommodations will include meals for Friday night, Saturday breakfast and lunch. Free parking and all expenses upon arrival will be covered by Nurturing Care for those congregations participating in the Maker’s Space.

Organized by Nazarene Theological Seminary Nurturing Care

Contact: Dr. Dean G. Blevins, Director, [email protected]

Dr. Dana Preusch, Coordinator, [email protected].

Host or Publisher Nazarene Theological Seminary