Convergence Q45 residency · one immersive week

A prepared place where work, rest, formation, and calling can breathe together.

The residency welcomes an adult woman into shared life for approximately one week: a private-home experience shaped by spiritual formation, independent work, nourishing hospitality, nature, selected gatherings, reflection, and faithful next steps.

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7 days of shared life1 personalized rhythm360° host and resident reflection

A peaceful waterfront home environment prepared for shared work, rest, and spiritual formation — A week held with preparation, spaciousness, beauty, and purpose.

The living curriculum

Formation moves through the whole week.

Curriculum appears in conversations, meals, work rhythms, travel, gatherings, prayer, creation, mutual observation, hospitality, and the small decisions that help another person flourish. The week carries enough structure to support purpose and enough openness to receive what unfolds.

Arrive and settle

Airport welcome, orientation to the home, nourishment, rest, and a gentle opening conversation.

Work with freedom

Protected space for remote professional work, prepared household access, and independent movement through the day.

Gather around purpose

Conversations about business, ministry, calling, gifts, current endeavors, and possible collaboration.

Enter living formation

Selected church gatherings, prophetic teaching, worship, activation, prayer, and reflection according to the week.

Receive the landscape

Water, sunlight, trees, birds, walks, pool time, boating when available, and unhurried contact with creation.

Reflect and return

A closing review, resident and host perspectives, next steps, family return, and continued communication.

Founding resident perspective · August 2026

Rikkia experienced the week from within.

“I feel like I had a very full week. Would I do it again? Yes, absolutely. Do I recommend it? Ten out of ten.”

Twilight settling over the waterfront and illuminated pier during the residency week — The waterfront held the week in spaciousness, reflection, and beauty.

Dr. Sherry-Ann Brown and Rikkia smiling together beside the waterfront home — Host and founding resident, sharing a week of friendship, work, formation, and discovery.

Rikkia smiling beneath flowering trees beside the water

Rikkia smiling among mature waterfront trees during independent discovery time

Dr. Sherry-Ann Brown and Rikkia smiling together during a waterfront outing — Shared experiences carried companionship into the living landscape.

Arrival beside the water

Rikkia arrived on Sunday evening and was welcomed at the airport. The drive opened into a waterfront setting where the backyard met the water. Morning sunlight, afternoon reflections, and expansive views made the environment picturesque and deeply relaxing.

Hospitality prepared for independence

Before arrival, Dr. Sherry-Ann Brown requested a shopping list and prepared the home with food Rikkia enjoyed. The arrangement allowed Rikkia to move independently, nourish herself between client sessions, and keep attention available for her work and the week’s experiences.

“I think that, to me, is a part of ministry: making sure that the people you are hosting have what they need.”

Professional work held inside shared life

As a Connecticut clinician with a virtual private practice, Rikkia continued meeting with clients during fuller workdays. Host and resident worked synchronously in the same environment, each tending her own responsibilities, then gathered for conversations, outings, and evening experiences.

Entrepreneurship and belonging

The first full evening included a Christian ministry and entrepreneurship gathering. Rikkia met people, shared her private-practice journey, learned more about Dr. Brown’s current endeavors, and experienced an immediate sense of fit and welcome.

Nature as spiritual restoration

Water, unfamiliar birds, Florida trees, sunlight, walks, a heated pool, and boating created room for wonder and repose. Rikkia described nature as a place of closeness to the Most High and Creator. The setting helped calm her nervous system, soften her thoughts, and support a more receptive state of mind.

Independent discovery

During unscheduled time, Rikkia took her own walks and returned twice to a favorite place near the water and trees. This independent movement became part of the residency’s spaciousness: companionship and personal discovery living within the same week.

Prophetic training and activation

On the final evening, Rikkia attended a prophetic training and activation gathering focused on the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues. The teaching connected with gifts she had witnessed through her mother and throughout her upbringing. She took detailed notes, entered corporate prayer and worship, and shared elements of her own reconciliation with God’s place and purpose in her life.

Alignment before, during, and after

Rikkia arrived after intentionally releasing elements that no longer aligned with her life. She brought a fresh mindset and openness. The trip came at the right time, gathering preparation, prayer, work, rest, spiritual experience, family affection, and future collaboration into one unfolding sequence.

A wholehearted return

At the close, Rikkia felt ready and excited to return to her son, family, work, and home. She also looked forward to continued communication with Dr. Brown concerning collaborations explored during the week. The residency ended with fullness, fondness, and movement toward what comes next.

Read the complete edited resident account

Part I · The week as a whole

I lived with Sherry-Ann Brown for one week. I came in on Sunday night, and she picked me up from the airport. I was pleasantly surprised. She put the top down, and we were off to the Bahia condos on the water. I knew she lived on the water, but I could not imagine what it was really like until I arrived. The backyard is literally the water. The views every morning were gorgeous. I would wake up with the sun shining, and by the afternoon the sunlight was glistening on the water. It was very picturesque, and I was deeply relaxed.

I am a single mother of three, so doing something like this is outside my usual rhythm. She was so excited to have someone come and visit. We first considered a shorter visit, then decided to extend it. I am so glad that we did.

On the first full evening, we attended a wonderful gathering at a church focused on people in Christian ministry who are also entrepreneurs. Sherry-Ann invited me because I have a private practice. I am a clinician from Connecticut. I had a wonderful time meeting people. I felt like I fit right in, and they said so, too. It was a beautiful way to begin the week and think about my business. Sherry-Ann and I are very good friends, although we do not often have time for detailed business conversations. I learned about her new endeavors, and I shared my work with others.

I continued working throughout the week. I work remotely and recently transferred my clients to virtual care. Sherry-Ann worked on her projects, and I worked with my clients. In the evenings, we enjoyed outings and activities. We swam in a beautiful heated pool. We also went boating through her boating club. It was joyful, peaceful at times, exciting at other times, and beautiful throughout.

The birds and trees were unlike those I see in Connecticut. Everything felt novel because I was in a different region of the country. When Sherry-Ann was working and I had open time, I took my own walks. I found a place by the water and trees that I loved enough to visit twice.

By the end of the week, I felt that I had experienced a very full week. I felt ready to return home, and I felt deeply fond of my time there. Would I return? Yes, absolutely. I recommend the experience ten out of ten.

Part II · Daily life, preparation, and alignment

Monday was wonderful. Moving into Tuesday, I had fuller client days and an opportunity to work synchronously with Sherry-Ann. One thing that stood out was how she prepared her home so I could do what I needed to do and move independently through the space. Before I arrived, she asked for a shopping list and purchased the foods I enjoy.

Being able to work and have the right nourishment throughout the day helped me remain present for my clients. I did not have to devote attention to arranging those needs because everything was at my fingertips. To me, this is part of ministry: making sure the people you host have what they need so their attention can remain available for their work, the events they attend, and the purpose of the week.

Nature is deeply important to me. Being close to nature and its peacefulness helps me feel close to the Most High and our Creator. During this week, I could walk directly outside into nature or look out and receive its peacefulness. My city environment at home is very different. This setting ministered to me, calmed my nervous system, brought peace to my thoughts, and helped me enter a softer, more receptive state of mind.

On Friday night, the final evening before my departure, I participated in an activation service. I did not fully know what I was stepping into. I moved by faith, trusted the process, and trusted that I would receive what I needed. The gathering served people interested in prophetic teaching and living prophetically. The topic was speaking in tongues. I took very good notes that I want to share with my mother, who has spoken in tongues for as long as I can remember. I was raised around these gifts and witnessed many of the expressions discussed that evening, so the teaching became a meaningful refresher.

We stood together in prayer and worship. I experienced meaningful prayer time and spoke about my own process of understanding God’s place in my life and purpose for my life. The week gathered into alignment. Before the trip, I had released things that no longer belonged within the direction of my life. I entered with a fresh mindset and openness. One element followed another, and the trip came at the right time.

I was excited to return home, see my son who lives with me, see my family, return to my work, and continue communicating with Sherry-Ann about collaborations we discussed during the week.

Authenticated testimony stewardship

Rikkia’s residency permission form

This form records each collective permission choice, connects the signature to the authenticated ChatGPT account, and preserves a dated, tamper-evident copy. Version 2026-08-23-v3.

1. Identity and public attributionParticipant’s full legal name

Choose the public name:

RikkiaInitialsFounding Resident, August 2026

2. Testimonial permission

I authorize Convergence Q45 and Dr. Sherry-Ann Brown to use the complete testimonial package described below. Editing may support length, grammar, clarity, accessibility, layout, and channel format while preserving my meaning, tone, spiritual interpretation, and context. Material changes require renewed review.

I approve the complete testimonial package:Short “ten out of ten” quotation; Complete edited resident account and nine-part narrative; Excerpts from the approved account; Final public wording review before publication; First publication without an additional wording review.

3. Photograph permission

I authorize the complete photograph collection and approved-channel group described below. Ordinary cropping, sizing, color correction, captions, and accessibility descriptions are permitted.

I approve all five residency photographs shown below.The approval applies collectively to Photos A–E.

**Photo A: Waterfront portrait**Rikkia beneath flowering trees beside the water.

**Photo B: Tree portrait**Rikkia among mature waterfront trees.

**Photo C: Waterfront twilight**The waterfront and illuminated pier at twilight.

**Photo D: Host and resident at home**Dr. Sherry-Ann Brown and Rikkia beside the waterfront home.

**Photo E: Host and resident waterfront outing**Dr. Brown and Rikkia during a waterfront outing.

4. Approved channels

The following channels are presented as one complete publication group.

I approve the complete channel group:Convergence Q45 websites, residency pages, and application materials; Social media and digital outreach; Newsletters and electronic communications; Presentations, workshops, webinars, and informational videos; Printed brochures, reports, displays, and residency materials; Grant, partnership, ministry, and program-development materials; 2027 Missional Journey materials and journals; Press and media responses approved by Dr. Brown.

5. Voluntary choice, duration, and limits

My choices are voluntary. Residency participation, friendship, ministry relationship, future invitations, and collaboration remain independent of this permission. No payment is promised unless a separate written agreement provides it.

My testimony or likeness will not be sold as stock media or used for an unrelated endorsement or product without separate permission.

Permission continues until I revise or withdraw it in writing through this system or the stated contact pathway. Convergence Q45 will stop new publication and update active controlled web and social channels within a reasonable period when practical. Materials already printed, distributed, archived, reposted by others, included in completed recordings, or preserved as lawful records may remain.

Optional notes, limits, selected-photo instructions, or questions

6. Electronic signatureType the same full legal name entered aboveI intend my electronic signature to authorize only the selections recorded in this form.I consent to conduct this transaction electronically, receive and retain the signed record electronically, and use my typed name as my electronic signature.I confirm that I am an adult, have had the opportunity to ask questions, understand these choices, and am signing freely.After signing, the record includes the form version, authenticated account, timestamp, device evidence, exact selections, and cryptographic fingerprints. A printable copy remains available above.

Two women working independently within a peaceful waterfront coworking environment at blue hour

Founding resident account · Part III

Independent work became a place of mutual witness.

Shared space allowed two professional lives to move in parallel. Incidental moments of hearing created unexpected points of spiritual resonance, while intentional reunion gave the week a place for interpretation.

Prophetic training within earshot

After completing her client work, Rikkia listened to portions of a training in which Dr. Brown participated. The facilitator guided breakout partners in listening for encouragement and speaking into one another’s lives. Rikkia witnessed prophetic formation from nearby, receiving an unplanned window into the practice.

Song as a vessel

A participant recognized Dr. Brown’s tendency to use song and encouraged its fuller expression. During a later exercise, Dr. Brown and a gentleman sang encouragement to one another. An established worship song opened into a medley, followed by new words Dr. Brown received in the moment. The sound carried Rikkia back to the worship she and Dr. Brown shared during college.

What is in your hand to do?

Dr. Brown overheard Rikkia say to her client, “What is in your hand to do?” Dr. Brown had been hearing the same words through several experiences, so the phrase arrived as another strand of confirmation.

Reunion after focused work

Independent days flowed toward intentional one-to-one time. Over seafood beside the water, they shared what had been stirring and activating within each of them. Moonlight rested across water and sand while distant lightning moved along the horizon. The setting gathered the week’s separate currents into conversation.

Residency design principle

Parallel work. Protected privacy. Chosen integration.

Auditory planningResidents disclose the privacy level required for calls and sessions. Doors, headphones, sound masking, scheduling, and separate areas support professional obligations.

Incidental hearingAny information heard within shared space remains confidential. Resident and host avoid repeating, recording, interpreting, or using professional content beyond permission.

Mutual witnessObservation can reveal gifts, patterns, language, and graces that become meaningful when shared with humility and consent.

Integration timePlanned one-to-one meals or reflective conversations give the week a place to gather what surfaced during periods of independent activity.

Read Rikkia’s complete edited Part III account

Living within a shared coworking space created interesting moments because Sherry-Ann and I could occasionally hear portions of one another’s work. She might hear something I said during my work, and I might hear something taking place during the varied work and training she was completing.

After I finished my own work, I had an opportunity to listen to a beautiful training session in which Sherry-Ann was participating. A woman facilitated the training, and participants entered breakout sessions where they practiced listening for what God might have for another person and speaking encouragement into that person’s life. They were encouraged to begin speaking and allow God to move through them.

I remember one participant reflecting to Sherry-Ann that she has a tendency to use song in her delivery and encouraging her to use that more. During another exercise, song became the form they were invited to use. Each person allowed the Lord to guide the words that came in the moment so the song could bring encouragement and upliftment.

I witnessed a beautiful moment between Sherry-Ann and a gentleman who had a lovely voice. They sang to one another. Sherry-Ann began with a worship song I remembered from the years when we worshiped together in college, where we first met. The experience then became a medley. When her next opportunity came, she created new words that she felt God had placed upon her heart.

There were also moments when Sherry-Ann witnessed my work. She specifically remembered hearing me say to my client, “What is in your hand to do?” Sherry-Ann had been hearing these words through several experiences, so hearing them again during my work carried meaning for her, and she was excited to share the connection with me.

The week held independent times and times when we came together. We went to dinner one-to-one, and that became a place where we could share what had been happening within us during the week and what had been activated during days when our work schedules limited deeper conversation. We enjoyed seafood beside the water and took photographs of the moon over the water and sand. Lightning appeared far in the distance. The evening felt powerful and deeply impactful.

Who may flourish here

A week for women ready to receive and contribute.

Adult women across generations who desire an immersive Christian formation week

Women able to participate responsibly in shared household life

Remote professionals, clinicians, entrepreneurs, ministry leaders, learners, and women in transition

Participants ready for prayerful reflection, community experiences, and accountable spiritual-gifts development

Women who value both meaningful companionship and independent time

Applicants able to provide references appropriate to a private-home residency

References, preparation, and shared-home care

Welcome becomes trustworthy through careful stewardship.

Every fellowship participant will provide references. Residency applicants will complete a deeper process appropriate to living in a private home. The final application and agreement will identify the specific host, dates, location, costs if any, accessibility, transportation, schedule, and household requirements.

References

Professional or ministry references and deeper personal character references capable of speaking to integrity, relational conduct, dependability, boundaries, and suitability for shared living.

Shared-home agreement

Written expectations concerning privacy, guests, quiet hours, work calls, food, transportation, household care, communication, personal space, photographs, and departure.

Safety and health

Emergency contact information, relevant access or accommodation needs, medication self-management, transportation planning, and appropriate professional care remain the responsibility of each adult participant.

Spiritual agency

Prayer, worship, teaching, and activation participation remain consent-based. Impressions remain available for testing. Each resident may pause, pass, ask questions, and seek mature counsel.

Confidentiality

Personal, professional, household, ministry, and client information receives careful protection. Remote work requires headphones, secure devices, and privacy practices appropriate to the resident’s profession.

Mutual stewardship

Host and resident communicate needs early, honor rest and work, repair misunderstandings promptly, and complete separate closing reflections.

A sample week

Enough rhythm for safety. Enough room for surprise.

SundayArrival, orientation, nourishment, rest

MondayWork rhythm, ministry and entrepreneurship gathering

TuesdayRemote work, shared conversation, independent evening

WednesdayWork, reflection, optional local experience

ThursdayNature, recreation, service, or formation experience

FridayWork, prophetic training and activation, closing prayer

SaturdayResident and host reflection, departure, next steps

Each residency is tailored to the host calendar, resident responsibilities, weather, transportation, ministry opportunities, health, energy, and consent.

Choose the depth of immersion

Fellowship and residency share a spiritual grammar.

Both pathways can gather spiritual-gifts discovery, shared service, selected experiences, reflection, and Hear · Discern · Respond · Steward. The residency adds private-home shared life and its deeper preparation.

DimensionFellowship weekResidency week

Primary environmentA concentrated week of shared experiences, learning, service, and reflectionA concentrated week that also includes living within the host’s private home

Overnight stayParticipant arranges lodging according to the opportunityResident stays within the designated host home under the resident agreement

ReferencesRequired referencesRequired professional or ministry references plus deeper personal character references

Daily rhythmScheduled shared experiences with defined independent periodsHousehold life, remote work, meals, nature, gatherings, reflection, and independent periods

PreparationProgram orientation, schedule, consent, accessibility, and participation guidanceProgram preparation plus shared-home, food, privacy, work, safety, access, emergency, and departure planning

ReflectionParticipant reflection and formation follow-upSeparate resident and host reflections, shared feedback, and program learning

Applicant knowledge center

Questions held with clarity.

These answers describe the developing residency pathway. Each future opportunity will provide its own dates, location, host, capacity, arrangements, and secure application information.

How long is the residency?

The developing model centers on approximately one week. Final dates, arrival, departure, and schedule will appear within the specific opportunity and resident agreement.

Who is the residency designed for?

The pathway is being developed for adult women across generations who desire immersive Christian formation and can participate responsibly within shared household life.

Can a resident continue working remotely?

Yes. The sample model includes protected professional work periods, advance scheduling, private-work planning, secure technology, headphones, and confidentiality appropriate to the resident’s responsibilities.

What references will be requested?

Every fellowship participant will provide references. A residency applicant will provide professional or ministry references and deeper personal character references capable of addressing integrity, dependability, boundaries, relational conduct, and suitability for shared living.

Does the preparation checklist submit an application?

The current checklist prepares future conversation and remains on the visitor’s device. A designated application process will explain collection, consent, review, reference contact, retention, and withdrawal before gathering applicant information.

Are spiritual activities required?

Each specific week will explain its formation opportunities. Prayer, worship, teaching, and activation participation remain consent-based, and residents retain freedom to pause, pass, ask questions, and seek mature counsel.

What should a resident bring?

A final packing guide will reflect location and schedule. Common needs may include identification, medications, work equipment, headphones, chargers, appropriate clothing, personal care items, Scriptures, a journal, and any accessibility support the resident manages independently.

How are food preferences handled?

Pre-arrival preparation may include an agreed shopping list, allergies, dietary needs, meaningful preferences, kitchen orientation, and clear expectations concerning meals and food preparation.

What happens during independent time?

Residents may work, rest, reflect, walk, receive nature, prepare for gatherings, or pursue agreed activities according to access, safety, weather, transportation, energy, and the host schedule.

How does the week close?

Host and resident complete separate reflections, share appropriate feedback, identify next steps, prepare departure, and establish any agreed follow-up or exploratory collaboration.

Will every week include boating, a pool, or particular gatherings?

Each residency will reflect its location, host calendar, weather, access, health, energy, transportation, and available opportunities. The published founding resident perspective describes one particular week.

Where will future application details appear?

The residency page will carry future opportunity details when dates, host, location, capacity, screening, costs if any, and the secure application pathway are ready.

Residency and Fellowship application

Bring your real rhythms into the conversation.

This application gathers formation hopes, practical availability, references, and ordinary home-life patterns. Scenario questions invite accurate preparation rather than idealized answers.

01Pathway and identity

Full namePreferred emailCell phoneCity and statePathway of interestHow did you hear about this opportunity?

Why does this pathway matter in your present season?What would you hope to hear, discern, practice, or steward?

02Schedule, travel, and work

Preferred region or possible datesUsual daily rhythmExpected remote-work time during the weekTransportation plan

Describe calls, privacy, sound, workspace, device, or connectivity needs.

03Ordinary home-life patterns

Choose the response that most closely resembles your usual practice. Compatibility is assessed through preparation, self-awareness, and follow-through.

After using a cup, plate, package, or personal item in a shared area, I usually remove it…My usual cleaning rhythm is…During an ordinary week, meals I personally prepare…My most common meal source is…A work call begins ten minutes after I finish eating. I would most naturally…For a seven-day stay, I would ordinarily bring…

Describe the last meal you prepared: the kitchen during preparation, immediately afterward, and one hour later.Describe a time you adapted to household practices that differed from your usual rhythm.

04Shared-home readiness

If every visible outlet appears occupied, I would…When something differs from my expectations, I usually raise it…Provisioning preferenceExpected daily kitchen time

Describe dietary needs, food-storage needs, strong-aroma cooking, accessibility, or location-specific accommodations requiring advance planning.Which household expectations will require your greatest conscious attention?

05References and acknowledgments

Professional or ministry reference: name, relationship, email, and phonePersonal character reference: name, relationship, email, and phone

I understand that a Residency occurs in the host’s current temporary residence during travel around the United States; the host may also be learning the property’s features and storage arrangements.I will use only resident-accessible and shared areas identified during orientation. The host’s private suite and all private or restricted areas remain reserved.I understand that no key, door code, or independent entry method is provided and that departures and returns require advance coordination.I will care for the home, communicate concerns promptly, follow the location-specific guide, and restore used spaces according to the departure checklist and arrival photographs.I am responsible for transportation, personal devices, toiletries, and sufficient daily and as-needed medications, health supplies, and medical-device accessories for the full stay.I authorize Convergence Q45 to store and review this application for Residency and Fellowship discernment, screening, planning, and communication.

Connected formation pathways

Discover. Dwell. Carry the light forward.

The residency can join spiritual-gifts discovery, a fellowship week, workshops, community confirmation, supervised activation, missional preparation, nourishing hospitality, and continuing collaboration.

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