Each year, Deep Calls to Deep (DC2D) supports six peer groups of six preachers, who meet monthly to preach for each other, receive feedback, and support each other in the preaching vocation. Each peer group is mentored by a preaching guide, specifically chosen and trained to help build a sustainable community for long-term preaching formation.

Each summer, participants gather on the VTS campus for a four-day residency, participating in formation through the core components of DC2D: community, imagination, spirituality, and embodiment.