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Relationships
Fighting the Good Fight –
Rules for Fighting Fair
This light-hearted
presentation provides an effective way to “clear the air,”
resolving conflicts with both of the parties feeling good when the dust
settles. Intended for married couples, but applicable to any close adult
relationships.
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Connecting the Dots –
Drawing the Picture of Yourself
An opportunity to begin with the blank canvas, you will discover who
you are at this time in your life. Let go of past unhealthy images and
begin a new journey of being who you were intended to be.
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Lust or Love?
– Relationships that Last
Images of love in music, in movies, and in magazines have given many
misconceptions about what love really is. How can you know when it is
the real thing or if it is just being in love with the idea of being in
love? This is an opportunity to gain wisdom about what real love has to
offer for those who want a genuinely intimate relationship.
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Roots and Wings –
Parenting for Success
The ultimate goal of effective parenting is to raise children who
are confident and capable, and who will one day leave the
nest! Essentials of parenting are presented to accomplish this lofty
end.
A Three-strand Cord –
Friends for All Seasons
The importance of friendships on our life’s journey is often taken
for granted. Different kinds of friends come into our lives at various
times and for a variety of purposes. This is a special time to
rediscover the need to be intentional about developing and maintaining
meaningful friendships for a richer life.
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Work
Must Be a Saint (and other duties as assigned)
The challenges of living a Christ-centered life in the workplace
could have put Mother Teresa to the test! This offering provides ways of
communicating directly and correctly, reducing conflict, and approaching
co-workers from a principled mind set to work effectively. In this
scenario, everyone wins!
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Making the Most of the
Time – Becoming a Master of Your Time
Each of us is given the same number of hours in a day, right? So,
why do some people accomplish more than others? This is not such a
mystery after all. There are several ideas and skills to master one’s
time and make life as productive as it can be.
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Principles at Work –
God-given Principles About Our Work
The Bible has much to say about work. Those rules that dominate the
workplace seem to be in direct opposition to Christian principles. This
is a look at the Kingdom Principles one can use to attain success in the
workplace.
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Living Your Dream –
God-given Purpose and Meaning for Life
What is your dream life? The Dream-giver has placed you in this
world for a special purpose. This is an adventure trip to discover what
has been given for you to do in your lifetime. Yours is a destiny to be
fulfilled. Discover it and life will begin to be a journey of joy and
abundance.
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When You Have a Tough Nut
to Crack – Dealing with Difficult People
Every person is confronted in life with people who may be difficult
to deal with appropriately. This is an opportunity to have a fun look at
human nature, ours and others’! This program provides a variety of
options to use as helpful tools to deal with even the most challenging
individuals who we discover on our path.
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Clean Feet and Sharp Pencils –
Preparing for Work
We are called to be followers of Jesus’ example in our efforts
toward others. This examines the steps of preparation we must
experience if we are to be effective as servant leaders.
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Downsized – It’s
Not for Sissies!
Corporate America is taking on a leaner workforce at the cost of
many positions held by good workers. This is an opportunity to gain a
clearer understanding of the impact of downsizing and the process of
adjusting to the reality of job loss beyond our understanding. It is
intended for both the individuals who are experiencing the effects of
downsizing and for those who love them.
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Retirement – A
New Adventure
The age for retirement seems to be pushing lower, while life
expectancy is growing longer. With a realistic look at the truths about
retirement, healthy and well-informed choices can be made as one
approaches planning for the future. Rediscovering the possibilities can
replace a faulty notion of finding fulfillment in a rocking chair.
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Nailing Down the Problem/Hammering Out the
Solution – Constructs of a Problem-Solving Model
This workshop presents the practicalities of defining a problem and
finding a solution in a collaborative way. Useful hints are provided to
overcome the risks of being overwhelmed by multiple problems. These
tools are simple, but necessary for the structure of a successful
outcome.
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Health
Running the Race –
A Total Mind, Body, and
Spirit Workout
Marathon runners do not wait for the day of the race to prepare to
succeed. Our daily run requires the optimum functioning of our full self
– mind, body, and spirit. The plans, ideas and discipline to train each
day will inspire and encourage each participant to make a successful run
to the finish line of life.
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The Care and Feeding of a
Healthy Woman – Eating Your Way to
Health
Whoever said, “you are what you eat” should be given a lot more
credit. From aspects of physical health to one’s mental, emotional, and
spiritual health, a woman faces unique challenges in understanding the
importance of ALL that is consumed. An overview of healthy versus
unhealthy options can help each woman to choose with wisdom.
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Having Peace in The
Middle of Chaos
Peace is not determined by circumstances. Even when life is filled with
crisis or stressors, an individual can find the Source of genuine peace.
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Pleasingly Plump –
Redefining Beauty
This program is not intended to be instruction in self-deception
about one’s appearance. Rather it will uncover the deceptions that lead
to an obsession about weight and attractiveness.
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Faith Journeys
Experiencing Jesus as Your Life Coach
The popularity of Life Coaches has been booming over the past
decade. Now you can have a personal Life Coach of your very own!
Learning the way to discover the best your life can be, with answers as
close as your Bible.
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Turning Mountains Into
Plains – Overcoming Obstacles in Life
Obstacles in life come to us all. This workshop presentation
provides how to overcome, rather than being overcome! The strategies are
simple and effective.
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Broken For You –
The Journey of Grief
Loss comes to us for many reasons. Understanding the process to go
through the pain of grief, rather than avoiding it, is the focus of this
topic. We will look past the “why” to find answers that can truly help.
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The Wardrobe for a
Lifetime – Preparing for Spiritual
Warfare
We may think our issue is with a coworker or a family member, only
to discover that our real struggle is not with flesh and blood, but is
spiritual. The book of Ephesians offers our protection against these
struggles.
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The Unforgiven –
How to Care and Nurture a Bitter Root
Forgiveness is not an easy topic, yet its opposite, unforgiveness
has a great effect on the one who refuses to forgive. The unfortunate
fruit that is produced is a strong and flourishing root of bitterness
that impacts all of life. Learn how to uproot and destroy an unrelenting
plant of bitterness.
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Life Without Limits –
Personal Challenge of Transcending Your Human Potential
Hear Rita Weber’s personal testimony of the tragedy and loss through
which she recognized her need for a Power greater than herself. Will
conclude with an opportunity to pray a prayer of repentance and
personal commitment to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
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Hands on Faith –
Putting Faith to Work in Your Life
Hebrews 11:1 defines faith as the “substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen” (KJV) and so it is. How can we make
this concept easier to wrap our brains around and allow it to be evident
in our daily life? This is NOT the “name it and claim it” strategy so
popular among televangelists today, but the understanding of faith at
work as presented in the Holy Scriptures.
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Prayer That Works –
Learning from the Best
Does prayer still have the power it had when Jesus taught about it
2,000 years ago? Understanding how prayer changes things and uncovering
the important impact it can have when we learn to pray effectively is
provided in this study.
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Catching Fire –
The Essential Elements of Spiritual Revival
Just as an ordinary fire requires certain essential elements to burn,
our Spiritual fires can only be kindled or brought back from a glowing
ember to a consuming flame when the needed conditions are met. This
program looks at the power of the Holy Spirit – his gifts and fruits –
available to all who desire to be open to receive them.
The Three “Rs” –
Repentance, Restoration, and Revival
“The Great Awakening” which swept through history with the power of
revival in the past is greatly needed as we face a world so oblivious to
its deepening despair and sense of hopelessness. The basics of a revival
of the gospel message of hope and salvation for this broken world begin
on a personal level. This is a motivational and inspirational challenge
to begin to change the world, one soul at a time.
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Finances
The Pay-Off –
Principles of
Money Use
Jesus spoke more about money than about heaven and hell combined. Here
is a look at the principles of money use for those who choose to live in
the truth Jesus shared.
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Sowing and Reaping –
What the Bible Doesn’t Say
Much is being taught today about the planting of “seed” money. What does
the Bible say? Is this a principle we are given to use in our Christian
walk? The study looks at the Bible’s teaching about sowing seeds and
reaping a harvest.
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Uncovering your
Treasure
What is it that you value most? The Bible is clear that we, as human
beings, will be focused on what is important to us. This is a chance to
look past what we think is the correct answer, and to acknowledge what
our life actually reveals.
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Stocks and Bonds
(and other forms of Captivity)
Do you have your investments or do they have you? This is a fun look at
the addictive quality of wealth.
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Chasing the Wind –
The Unsatisfying Quest of
Riches
Solomon, known for his incredible wealth and unsurpassed wisdom,
examines the pursuit of material things. This study of the true Wisdom
of the book of Ecclesiastes provides insights into the things of life
that really matter.
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Becoming a Money
Changer – Using Money
Wisely
As the old character Ebenezer Scrooge found after a remarkable night in
Dickens' A Christmas Carol, money can be just money or it can
become something much greater. Each of us has the opportunity to use our
money, no matter if we are wealthy or poor, to turn it into much more
than mere dollars and cents.
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