The Parents' Tool Chest: Building a Family Upon the Plans Of The Master Architect is a 12 week class ( or 2 six-week classes) for families who want to learn ways to build strong foundations, create safe havens and house unconditional love, all of which are based upon blueprints drawn by the Master Architect, God. The course offers a more in-depth approach to the topics outlined in the conference/workshop series (see the Workshops and Other Events page for details on offering The Parents' Tool Chest as a conference or workshop). In the course, participants will:
- Learn what children are capable of understanding and doing at different stages of life and discover how to encourage their moral, faith, spiritual, psychosocial and cognitive development.
- Understand how and why parents and children all think, learn, and communicate in different ways and apply this information to improve communication and trust while decreasing stress and frustration at home. Parents will apply this information to practical issues that ar
- Discover how to encourage and promote both parents’ and children’s spiritual development, by creating teachable moments about faith and beliefs and by creating a family life that naturally encourages God to be recognized and included.
- Learn how to practically apply this knowledge to real-life situations (such as why one person always seems to move in his or her own time zone, how to respond to the "I want a pet" request, resolving disagreements between siblings - or children and parents-, and understanding how disagreements over "silly" things occur) through small and large group discussion and activities built into each session.
Applying these practical tools to family life offers parents, no matter how young or old their children, the opportunity to develop a family that understands, trusts, and shares with one another and God.
The Parents' Tool Chest course includes a leader's guide with lesson plans, leader's notes, reproducible handouts and a PowerPoint CD. $70. To order, contact Heidi Hawks at hhawks@seespiritgrow.com
The Path Less Traveled: Who We Are, Why We're Here, and Where We're Going as Individuals and as a Church is a five to six-week program designed to lead both individuals and the church to which these individuals belong on a journey of spiritual and self-discovery and understanding. Week 1 examines why we were born, why our church was born. Week 2 examines who I am as an individual, and who we are as a church (this week is easily expandible to two sessions). Week 3 explores where we are going as individuals and as a church and discusses the concept of success. Week 4 discusses how we will get where we want to go, and Week 5 examines the individuals' and the church's status of spiritual development. Sessions make use of small group and/or large group discussion, music and movie clips and Bible study. The Path Less Traveled course includes a leader's guide with leader's note and reproducible handouts. $45. Contact Heidi Hawks at hhawks@seespiritgrow.com to order.
