Opportunities to Become Equipped in Biblical Counseling
EQUIP 10 Ashamed No More
College Park Church's emphasis on Soul Care and biblical counseling provides a tremendous opportunity with EQUIP 10. The dates are Friday, June 11 from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. and Saturday, June 12 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Nicholas A. Ellen is currently the Co-Pastor of Jireh Bible Church, Houston, Texas. He is an instructor at the college of Biblical Studies. He has authored books such as Coming to Know and Walk with god, SO You Want to Get Married, Happy Even After, Pursuing Godliness through the disciplines of the Christian Faith, With All Your Heart, and Understanding and Developing a Biblical View of Life. He has developed a biblical counseling training center called Expository Counseling Center, LLC. Pastor Ellen’s B.A. in Business Administration is from the University of Houston. His M.A. in Christian Education was received from Dallas Theological Seminary and M.A. in Biblical counseling from The Masters College in Santa Clarita, California. Ellen is currently working on a Doctorate of Ministry in Biblical Counseling from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He is certified with the National Association of Nouthetic Counselors (NANC) and is a Senior Member of the Biblical Counseling Framework Association. He and his wife Venessa have two children named Venezia and Lindsey.
Pastor Ellen will be speaking on 'The Freedom of a Clear Conscience;, 'Making Emotions Your Servant', 'Fresh Perspectives on Self-Esteem, Self-Love and Self-Image', all along the backdrop of being 'Ashamed No More' and experiencing the grace of Christ.
With live discipleship vignettes, worship and a breakout session, the EQUIP 10 attendee will be given tools to use in bringing the Gospel alive in everyday persona, family and work situations. You will be equipped to speak truth in the midst of self-driven and wordly philosophies that do not help and do not bring about real change. Come and be equipped.
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Counseling and Discipleship Training (CDT)
In the last 3 summers, College Park has hosted this event (formerly called Equipping the Saints) and has seen over 600 folks attend. we have slimmed down the event, reduced the cost and hours, but the training remains the same. No Levels 2 or 3 will be offered this season, but all are encouraged to attend EQUIP 10, which serves as further training and a great introduction to Soul Care and Biblical Counseling
Dates: Thursday, July 8 (6-9:30 p.m.), Friday, July 9 (6-9:30 p.m.) and Saturday, July 10 (9 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.)
Thursday, August 5 (6-9:30 p.m.), Friday, August 6 (6-9:30 p.m.) and Saturday, August 7 (8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.)
Cost: $125 per person (no couples or family discounts); Cost includes materials, Saturday breakfast and lunch and dinner and refreshments during breaks. No meals will be served on Thursday and Friday dates.
Returning Speakers: Doug Pabody, Randy Patten, Dr. Stuart Scott, Dr. Charles Hodges and Brad Bigney
Content: You will receive 26 hours of instruction pertaining to the basics of biblical counseling, including: Counseling Philosophies, Key Elements, How To Improve Your Marriage, Counseling Those In Sexual Sin, Anger, Forgiveness, Idols of the Heart, Guilt & Repentance, Husbands and Wife’s Roles, Worry and Fear, Biblical Parenting, Counseling Those on Psycho Drugs, Depression, Counseling the Physically Ill, What Makes Biblical Counseling Biblical, How to Grow and Change. Completion of the material earns you the abiity to pursue counseling certification through NANC (National Association of Nouthetic Counselors).
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NANC Certification Study Groups
The National Association of Nouthetic Counselors (NANC) has an excllent certification process to train biblical counselors. For more information on this process, visit their website. From time to time, and as interest warrants, College Park offers at least one study group for men and women to work together on their NANC certification exams in theology and biblical counseling. A prerequisite for being a part of the group is that you must have completed a NANC-accredited training course for counseling. Attending Equipping The Saints qualifies a person to go on to certification. If you are interested and would be committed to attending this group and doing the work, please contact Nancy McLaughlin at . You may also reach nancy at 875-0282 x 132 . There is limited seating in these groups and the group will be scheduled only if ample interest from College Park attenders is present.
Women Helping Women
This 12-week class is offered periodically to equip women to come alongside other women who are hurting. Topics covered include why counseling should be restored to the local church, how to counsel to give hope, getting to the heart issues of anger, fear and depression, marital and parenting counseling and helping those caught in life-dominating sin.