Learn Do For One's principle-based approach to building relationships across societal barriers.

Lead For One is a four-part leadership course for individuals interested in building freely-given and enduring relationships for isolated and vulnerable people, rooted in the principles of Do For One.

Since Do For One’s inception nearly ten years ago, our small yet talented leadership team has honed in and creatively improved upon their focused mission, which addresses the very question that so many are struggling to find viable answers to: How do we bring isolated people into greater community life?

This course provides participants with a comprehensive, principle-based approach to addressing this very question

  • Session 1: Imago Dei Foundation | Inherent Dignity vs. Capacity-Based Views of Human Life

    Session 2: Our Principle-Based Approach | Citizen Advocacy and the Philosophy of Personalism

    Session 3: Matchmaking Process | Recruitment and Matching

    Session 4: Support Process | Strengthening and Nurturing Relationships, Community, and Vision

  • Leaders and affiliates who join the course can opt for a full-year immersion into Do For One’s relationship-building model, which includes one-on-one coaching, small group facilitation, tailored training, and resources.

Who is Lead For One for?

Do you know someone who is lonely and isolated due to their disability or other circumstances? Are you eager to become a relationship-builder for them but need guidance and a supportive learning community?

Are you looking for ways to help a congregant experience true belonging, but feel stuck knowing their valued participation depends on others stepping into committed relationships with them?

Are you a service worker or caregiver longing to see marginalized individuals thrive in freely-given, one-to-one relationships that go beyond paid providers or clergy?

Do you feel burdened by your organization's needs and want to explore creative ways to equip lay leaders to be caring friends to those in need?

2024 Cohort Affiliates

“I am convinced that the drive behind Do For One is a message the world needs at this moment.”

- Matt Mooney, Founder at bEfriend and 99 Balloons

What the Participants of the 2024 Cohort Said:

“I’m looking forward to becoming more of who God made me to be through this work.”
“I’m taking this course to be around like-minded people. There is deep thought behind everything at DFO, and that makes me appreciate and be excited about this work.”
“As a special ed teacher, I had a lot of unlearning to do.”
“Friendship was a lifeline to me. I want others to experience this too.”