Dealing with Anxiety, Worry, and Stress

Session One – Understanding Anxiety, Stress, and Worry

• Reviewing common causes
• Identifying roots of anxiety, stress, and worry

Session Two – Managing Anxiety, Stress, and Worry

• Understanding your tendencies
• Spiritual and emotional preparation
• Practical preparation and managing circumstances

Understanding and Dealing with Depression

Session One – Understanding Depression

• Different from discouragement
• Common symptoms and causes
• Depression in Scripture
• Misconceptions of depression
• How circumstantial depression occurs

Session Two – Dealing with Depression Biblically

• · Life Orientation: Feelings vs. Commandment
  · Identifying self-talk
  · Managing your mind
  · Practical help for addressing depression
  · Q&A and project

Communication in Marriage

Session One – The Basics

• Communication Defined
• Purpose of Communication
• The Goal of Communication
• Pursuing Practical Oneness

Session Two – Skills and Tools

• Essential Components to Communication
• Communication Guidelines
• Applying what you learn

Session Three – Understanding Conflict

• The Origin of Conflict
• The Need for Conflict
• Obstacles to Overcome

Session Four – Resolving Conflict

• Personal Responsibility
• Dealing with the Past
• Issuing a Proper Apology
• Biblical Forgiveness
• Rebuilding Trust

Marriage Management Workshop

A Practical Approach to Marital Fulfillment 

God created marriage to work according to His design. Many Christian couples desire a fulfilling marriage. They know their marriage should reflect Christ. Yet, practically living out that belief can be challenging. When we attempt to use marriage for purposes for which it is not designed, we end up disappointed or disillusioned. Marriage is not only a beautiful gift from God, it is also a stewardship. And as stewards, we are to manage it and see that it is as healthy as possible. The Marriage Management Workshop is simple but practical. It helps couples see their marriage on paper. The Marriage Budget (which has nothing to do with money) will help couples:

• put their marriage in perspective
• develop practical ways of understanding and applying Biblical principles to their relationship.
• identify and increase Income Sources (things that add to your marriage and increase connection)
• assess and manage Necessary Expenses (things that require resources, but are necessary)
• discover and remove Unnecessary Expenses (things that use up resources but can be removed)
• identify and address Marital Debt (unresolved issues that requires current resources)
• discover ways of making Investments into other couples, which turn into Income
• learn to use the Marriage Budget Worksheet to experience optimal fulfillment in your marriage

The Marriage Management workshop will help you harness your strengths and become intentional about growing as a couple.

Session One – The Marriage Budget and Income Sources

• Introduction to the Marriage Budget
• See your marriage on paper
• Become Intentional
• Identify Income Sources

Session Two – Expenses

• Understand both Necessary and Unnecessary Expenses
• Identify which parts of your marriage need attention
• Develop a plan to address expenses

Session Three – Marriage Debt

• Understand the Impact of Individual debt
• Marriage debt and how it cripples
• Learn how to resolve marriage debt

Session Four – Marriage Investments

• Learn to work as a team
• Develop a plan to invest in others
• Explore ways you can pass on what you’ve learned

Priority Parenting

Session One – Why am I a Parent?

• How you answer this question will determine your overall approach to parenting your child. We will take a biblical view of the complexity of parenting and discover a proper understanding of why we have been given children.

Session Two – Parenting Priorities

• In this session, we will look at the importance of parental unity and explore the roles of moms and dads and the benefits of functioning as a team. We will discover the most critical aspect of parenting—character training.

Session Three – Influences

• Who or what has the most influence when it comes to your child? We will examine how children are influenced by culture and others while identifying the most common obstacles to character development.

Session Four – Practical Child Training

• In addition to developing a loving approach to child training, you will learn the significance of developing a respectful relationship with your child. We will examine how instruction and loving discipline are used to give a child direction and security.

Soul Stewardship Workshop

Overcoming Soul Wounds

Schedule: 8:30am - 3:30pm

Workshop Description

The objective of this workshop is to help people accept the responsibility for the condition of their soul. Jesus came to “save souls.” This doesn’t only refer to Regeneration and Justification, it refers to Healing and Wholeness. Like all aspects of sanctification, God invites us to participate in the process. Thus, our soul (thought life, emotions, affection, conscience, heart, etc.) needs attention and stewardship. Stewardship includes the awareness of what feeds and encourages our soul and what damages and weakens it. Soul wounds have power over us because they lurk in the shadows. As we embrace our identity in Christ, we transfer our loyalties from familiar lies to the Truth that sets us free. And, in the process experience healing and wholeness. 

Session One – Getting to Know Yourself

• Understanding the soul
• The soul before Christ
• How a soul is wounded
• Recognizing blind spots

Session Two – Taking Responsibility for Your Soul

• Coping with wounds without the Gospel – Surviving
• Identifying negative coping skills
• Stopping the chaos
• Treating yourself well

Session Three – The Truth (the Gospel) and Healing/Wholeness

• Born again and the wounded soul
• Soul transformation (becoming emotionally healthy)
• Confronting lies with the Truth
• The Repentance Process and soul care

Session Four – Managing Your Soul (Budgeting)

• Develop a personal plan for growth
• Identifying Income Sources
• Identifying Necessary and Unnecessary Expenses
• Identifying and addressing Soul Debt (unresolved inner conflicts)
• Living life differently

Power of Attitudes

Session One – The Anatomy of an Attitude

• Attitudes shape how we interact with ourselves and others
• Your Attitude determines your success or failure
• Attitudes can be changed

Session Two – Recognizing Tendencies

• Certain attitudes are more familiar
• Assessing your beliefs
• Addressing bad habits

Session Three – The Importance of Honesty

• Speaking the truth in Love
• Love is a choice
• Facing the truth

Session Four – Assuming Responsibility

• The dark side of manipulation
• Facing the truth about passivity