Divorce & Relationship Recovery

 

The Divorce and Relationship Recovery group offers a series of courses designed for both those who may be experiencing the pain and grief of separation and/or divorce as well as individuals  or couples who are seeking personal growth.  The course DivorceCare is situational specific. All other courses are open to those who are interested.

  Divorce Care

Are you hurting? Is your relationship breaking apart? Are you separated? Do you know where to turn? DivorceCare at Valley Springs is a safe place. Our leaders have experienced divorce and healing. And they want to assist you. Some of the important topics covered: "What's Happening to Me?" "Facing Loneliness, Anger and Depression." "Financial Survival and Kid Care."

A new Divorce Care group is beginning at Valley Springs on March 29th, 2011 and will run through June 28, 2011.  The group will meet from 7-9pm.  Childcare provided.  For more information contact Stacia Souter at 916-872-8032.

There are thousands of DivorceCare divorce recovery support groups meeting throughout the US, Canada, and in other countries around the world.

The DivorceCare participant workbook contains a Gospel presentation, a note taking section, a daily personal bible study, and insights from prominent Christian leaders, a recommended reading list and other informative resources.
   Church Initiative also offers DivorceCare for Kids.  We just need a leader or two!
  Boundaries, by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend, addresses specific issues that confront today's Christians, such as:
  • Living a life out of control
  • Having people take advantage of us
  • Having trouble saying "no"
  • Being disappointed with God because of unanswered prayers 
  God Will Make a Way: What to do when you don't know what to do
These principles offer a groundbreaking new approach to recognize when God is present and how He works His will in our lives.
The princples of the way:
  • Begin your jouney with God
  • Choose your travel companions wisely
  • PLace high value on wisdom
  • Leave your baggage behind
  • Own your faults and weaknesses
  • Embrace problems as gifts
  • Take life as it comes
  • Love God with all you are
As clinical psychologists, the authors deal daily with real people facing real problems, so this book is not just psychological or biblical theory.
  Safe People: How to find relationships that are good for you and to avoid those that aren't 
Countless individuals have invested themselves into people who've shipwercked their lives in return.  They've been abandoned or taken advantage of and left with little to show for what they've given.  They've lost the sense of security and personal value in the process.  If you're one who has chosen the wrong people to get involved with or makes the same mistakes about relationships over and over again, then the Safe People book offers you a remedy.
Safe People gives you solid guidance that will help you:
  • Correct things within yourself that jeopardize your relational security
  • Learn the twenty traits of "unsafe"people
  • Recognize what makes people trustworthy
  • Avoid unhealthy relationships
  • Form positive relationships
  Changes that Heal: How to understand your past to ensure a healthier future
Christians are suffering from a whole range of emotional problems: anxiety, loneliness, grief over broken relationships, resentment, and feelings of inadequacy.
Often they have been struggling with those problems for years. "Changes that Heal" teaches that there are biblical solutions for your struggles with depression, anxiety, panic, addictions, and guilt, and that these solutions lie in your understanding of certain basic developmental tasks.  These tasks involve growing up into the "likeness" of the one who created you.
In this book, Dr. Cloud has identified four aspects of the personality of God that, if we would cultivate them, would greatly improve our day-to-day functioning. God is able to do four things that we, his children, have difficulty doing:
  1. Bond with others
  2. Separate from others
  3. Sort out issues of good and bad
  4. Take charge as an adult 
  How People Grow: what the Bible reveals about personal growth
"This is one of the best books on spiritual growth that I have ever read."
-Rick Warren, author of The Purpose-Driven Life
Does Christianity really work? Why do many sincere Christians fail to make progress in some area of their lives even though they work hard to apply the spiritual solutions they have been taught?  They learn about God's love, yet continue to feel depressed.  They understand the crucified life, but still struggle with problems in their relationships.
In this foundational work , Cloud and Townsend describe the principles they use in their private practice, in their teaching and seminars, and in their writing of books like "Boundaries," "Changes that Heal," and "Safe People."  Their practical approach to helping people grow really works and has such transforming power in people's lives because their principles are grounded in both orthodox Christian faith and a keen understanding of human nature.
This book will be useful both to those who are helping people grow spiritually, as well as to those who are seeking growth themselves. 

 


For more information, please call the church office or contact Barbara Shinn.

 

Church office: 916-786-7940

Barbara Shinn: bshinn@sbcglobal.net

http://www.divorcecare.com