NOTE: The content of the following workshops can be formatted for shorter classes.
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
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