Wichita 2008
MB Biblical Seminary is coming to Tabor College Wichita October 3-7, 2008!
Words that Hurt and Heal
A course and workshops for those in ministry and marriage
Join Dr. Delores Friesen, Professor of Pastoral Counseling at MB Biblical Seminary, in discovering the many ways and areas of life in which words can both hurt and heal. Together with seminary students, grow in your ability to use communication as a positive tool and major method of intervention in ministry, marriage and counseling.
Schedule:
FRIDAY, October 3
Words that Hurt and Heal – An overview (Credit students only)
Time: 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Overview of interpersonal communication skills and theory--why it is important to understand and recognize when words hurt and heal!
SATURDAY, October 4
Words that Hurt and Heal in Caregiving – A workshop for caregivers and those in ministry
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Who am I, and how does my personality type and spiritual gifts affect my ministry? Topics to be covered include: Basic listening and supportive skills, confrontation and conflict resolution skills, dealing with difficult people, encouragement, affirmation, mentoring skills, group dynamics, group think, small groups in the Congregation, staying strong, avoiding burnout and experiencing healing.
SUNDAY, October 5
Words that Hurt and Heal in Marriage – A workshop for married couples and those that work with couples
Time: 3:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Learn how to make your marriage and home a foyer, not a fortress, where others can come in and go out blessed and strengthened. Learn about the signs of a marriage in trouble: Distancing, Criticism, Contempt, Stonewalling.
Learn ways to bring hope and healing to intimate relationships:
Understanding Self and Others
Enhancing Sexual Communication
Healing our Children through Good Enough Parenting
Conflict that Heals instead of Destroys
Building One Another Up by Speaking the Truth in Love
Spiritual Life that Nurtures and Blesses
MONDAY, October 6
Words that Hurt and Heal: Congregations and Pastors Working Together (Credit students only)
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Participants will be encouraged to bring specific situations, case studies and personal experiences to the group for consultation and discernment. The instructor will also bring additional resources and practice exercises to make sure the skills introduced in the Saturday and Sunday workshops are learned thoroughly enough to be able to teach others. There will be a special emphasis on community aspects of interpersonal communication: group dynamics, art, metaphors and paradoxes, conflict resolution, advocacy, forgiveness, burnout, cross cultural communication and evangelism. Depending on the group’s interest and needs, storytelling, preaching, children’s sermons, workshop presentations, and other oral communication skills may also be addressed.
Special Offering from Dr. Friesen!
TUESDAY, October 7
Prepare/Enrich Training
This all-day workshop trains pastors, counselors and marriage mentors in pre-marital and couples counseling.
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Materials, certification, access to computer inventories and scoring, plus additional training materials on the Life Innovations website are included.
Prepare/Enrich Training gives pastors, counselors, and marriage mentors a wonderful tool that will help make them much more efficient, skillful and responsive in their work with couples, whether this is in premarital counseling, enrichment classes or retreats, personal counseling, or working with conflicted and troubled marriages.
This one day training utilizes five different sets of Prepare/Enrich inventories that will provide information on where the couple agrees and disagrees in fifteen areas, including communication, family of origin, sexuality, finances, personality, spirituality and parenting. These inventories will then describe where each couple’s strengths are as well as where they need to grow and change. There are five sets of inventories for all kinds of couples, so although it was first designed for premarital couples, it is now utilized for older couples facing retirement decisions, couples with children, and those wishing to enrich their marriages. In addition, teaching materials for helping couples develop conflict resolution, budgeting, goal setting, and other communication skills are included. Visit the Prepare/Enrich website to learn more.
Dr. Delores Friesen is Professor of Pastoral Counseling at MB Biblical Seminary’s campus in Fresno, California. Her vast experience includes twenty years as a professor in the Marriage, Family and Child Counseling department at MBBS, thirteen years as a missionary in Africa, and seven years on pastoral staff in a congregation.
Costs and registration – Words that Hurt and Heal
Non-audit/non-credit participants
Early Bird Special: through September 29
One day $55 (Saturday or Sunday)
Two days $85 (Saturday and Sunday)
Two people (from the same church or a couple) $85 per day
After September 29
$75 per day (per person)
Note: All costs include a light lunch Saturday and light meal Sunday. Costs and registration for Prepare/Enrich Training are separate from those for Words that Hurt and Heal.
Click here to download a registration form for Words that Hurt and Heal
Audit
$200
Friday through Monday (includes meals on Saturday and Sunday)
Click here to download a Non-Degree application or to apply to MB Biblical Seminary.
Note: Costs and registration for Prepare/Enrich Training are separate from those for Words that Hurt and Heal.
Credit
$400 per unit for 1, 2 or 3 units of credit
Friday through Monday (includes meals on Saturday and Sunday)
Click here to download a Non-Degree application or to apply to MB Biblical Seminary.
Note: Costs and registration for Prepare/Enrich Training are separate from those for Words that Hurt and Heal. Prepare/Enrich Training is not available for credit.
Costs and Registration – Prepare/Enrich Training
Pastors $175
Seminary students $125
Please register by September 22
Click here to download a registration form for Prepare/Enrich Training.