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GENerate
Aging Wisely, Generatively, and Soulfully

GENerate is a one-year, immersive experience for adults exploring the meaning of aging and its transitions in an open communal context, guided by Lab/Shul’s everybody-friendly, artist-driven and God-optional approach to Jewish learning and living. Cohort 4 will meet on Zoom throughout the year and gather for a mid-process in-person retreat in New York City.

As a participant in this process, you can expect:

To be met with curiosity and personalized interest from facilitators around your process of grappling with aging
To be provided with readings, discussion questions, and prompts for creative work to deepen your learning and reflection throughout the process
To engage with contemporary resources on aging, to study sacred text, to engage in guided experiences of ritual and contemplative practice, and to be led through a process of co-creating a culminating ritual with the other members of the cohort.
To have dedicated, one-on-one time pastoral reflection with the GENerate facilitators at three points in the year
To have an opportunity to get to know other people exploring what it means to age with wisdom
To receive GENerate-specific invites to wider Lab/Shul community events

In return, please:

Save the dates for our cohort meetings on your calendar and make every effort to attend each one
Share of yourself as openly as you feel comfortable throughout the process, and to witness others with sensitivity
Engage with readings, discussion prompts, and prompts for creative work to the best, and to follow your own curiosity where it leads you

The full year program costs $2750, with an additional $500 for the in person retreat (travel and accommodations not included). Financial assistance is available — if this program sounds like you and the cost is prohibitive, please let us know, and we'll find a way to make it work!

Space is limited, and we are carefully curating a cohesive community, so we may not be able to accommodate everyone who applies. Thank you for your interest. We look forward to seeing your replies!

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* Tell us what you wish for yourself in this program. You might consider: What brings you to this program? Why is this the right time for you to join a program like this one? What do you wish to get from the program? What do you wish to give back as a result of having completed the program? Answer as briefly or extensively as you would like.

What prior experience do you have being part of an intensive group process? What excites you about joining a group like this? What gifts do you offer as a participant, and what might you hope to receive from other participants? What concerns do you have about being part of an intensive group of this nature?

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What are three outcomes you would like to achieve as a participant in the GENerate group?
What are three issues that worry and concern you about aging? How do you think a group like GENerate can assist you to address these concerns?
What is your favorite thing about aging? What is your least favorite thing? What do you think would be the most fun for you to be part of a group of like-minded elders?
Whose aging process do you admire? Why? (This can be a person you know, a public person such as a celebrity, or someone even that you have seen in a film or a play, a novel, or even in the newspaper.)
Do you feel willing to share in a deep personal manner your ideas and questions about aging? If not, what would make you more comfortable doing so?
Are you interested in community service? Do you volunteer or otherwise have engagement in your community - now or in the past?
What are your feelings towards spiritual questions regarding this stage of your life, your connection to your spirituality, (ie: the afterlife, rebirth, your soul, God)? Do you feel at peace and resolved around these themes? To what degree?
Is there something else we should have asked, and you would like to share? What is personal for you that being in GENerate may allow to develop?

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* Please feel free to add any additional comments about how you envision the GENerate experience benefitting you (and, if you wish, your family and/or your community, your work life, etc), or whether any needs you may have that will help us make this experience maximally accessible for you (for example, closed captioning on Zoom).

* Checking this box indicates your agreement to participant expectations.

Checking this box indicates your agreement to participant expectations. I agree to:

Commit to 3-6 hours of time in cohort programming per month,
Commit an extra 2-4 hours per month to connecting 1:1 with peers and facilitators, reading and/or absorbing other media from a curated list, and reflecting on the themes coming up in the program.
Commit to sharing insights emerging for me in the process and listening to others' insights with curiosity and sensitivity
I understand that Cohort 4 will meet primarily on Zoom and agree to prioritize being in a maximally distraction-free space for our group meetings
Commit to making the trip to New York City for our in-person mid-process retreat December 4-6, 2024.

I understand that the program costs $2750, with an additional $500 for the mid-process retreat (travel and lodging not included). Financial assistance is available — if this program sounds like you and the price tag is prohibitive, please reach out to us to discuss further.

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