Growth Seekers Small Group Program Overview

This 18-week discipleship experience focuses on developing healthier relationships within safe, supportive communities. Designed for adults seeking personal growth and stronger connections, the program offers experiential learning activities and new tools to enhance emotional and spiritual well-being. Participants can expect to reflect on their own relationships, practice essential skills, and work towards positive changes in a confidential setting. Our program is built on the foundational principles of Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend's "How People Grow" and "Changes That Heal," as well as Stephen Arterburn's "Healing Is a Choice."

Discover inspiring stories of transformation through the Growth Seekers experience.

What You Can Expect

  • Safe and Supportive Environment: Connect with others and grow in your faith in a confidential and trusted setting.

  • Healthy Relationship Skills: Learn and practice essential skills for building strong, healthy relationships.

  • Personal Reflection: Reflect on your own relationships and make positive changes to enhance your emotional and spiritual well-being.

  • Experiential Learning: Engage in experiential learning activities that help you apply new skills and principles to your life.

Who Should Attend

  • Adults Seeking Growth: Individuals interested in growing in their relationships with God, others, and themselves.

  • Supportive Community: People looking for a supportive community to share their journey with.

  • Healthy Relationship Skills: Individuals wanting to learn more about healthy relationship skills and how to apply them in their lives.

Benefits of Attending

  • Stronger Relationships: Develop stronger relationships with God, others, and yourself.

  • Deeper Understanding: Gain a deeper understanding of healthy relationship skills and how to apply them.

  • Supportive Community: Experience a more supportive and fulfilling community.

  • Purpose and Direction: Discover a sense of purpose and direction in your life.

Key Principles

  • Based on principles from renowned experts in psychology and spiritual growth

    • Healing Is a Choice by Stephen Arterburn: Emphasizes the proactive decision to confront and work through pain to achieve healing.

    • How People Grow by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend: Provides a comprehensive roadmap for deep, substantive growth by uncovering obstacles and integrating biblical teachings into personal development.

    • Changes That Heal by Dr. Henry Cloud: Focuses on four developmental tasks essential for healing and growth: bonding to others, separating from others, sorting out good and bad, and becoming an adult.

  • Aims to foster a deeper sense of purpose and direction in life

  • Provides opportunities to connect with others on similar growth journeys

  • Group Experience

  • Safe Space

  • Spiritual Growth

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Specific Skills Learned in the Growth Seekers Program

The Growth Seekers program is designed to help individuals develop essential skills for emotional and relational health. Here are some specific skills you will learn:

  1. Attuning: The ability to listen with the intent of understanding what another is experiencing, leading to deeper relational connections.

  2. Emotional Awareness: Naming and understanding emotions in oneself and others, crucial for emotional and spiritual growth.

  3. Reshaping Narratives: Identifying and changing the internal stories that shape reactions and relationships.

  4. Meeting Relational Needs: Recognizing and fulfilling the relational needs essential for personal and professional growth.

  5. Conflict Resolution: Learning to manage conflicts healthily, leading to stronger relationships and more effective leadership.

  6. Relational Skills: Developing skills to better navigate personal relationships and ministry challenges, including understanding and identifying relational needs.

These skills are taught through experiential learning activities and new tools for growth, providing a comprehensive approach to emotional and relational health from a Biblical perspective.

Testimonials

  • “Growth Seekers was the most significant emotional healing I’ve experienced. I’ve been in therapy and women’s Bible Studies for many years, but Growth Seekers helped me experience deep relationships, and healing, and a feeling of being forgiven by God”

  • "My marriage is better because I’ve learned skills to connect deeper with my wife."

  • "This is one of the best things I’ve done in my life."

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Connect with Growth Seekers

By participating in Growth Seekers, you will have the opportunity to learn and practice healthy relationship skills, reflect on your own relationships, and make positive changes to enhance your emotional and spiritual well-being. Our program provides a safe and supportive environment where you can connect with others and grow in your faith.

Key Benefits of Growth Seekers:

  • Personal Growth: Develop essential skills for emotional and relational health.

  • Stronger Relationships: Learn and practice healthy relationship skills.

  • Community Involvement: Connect with others and grow in your faith within a supportive community.

  • Emotional Wellness: Enhance your emotional and spiritual well-being through reflection and positive change.

Reach out to us today for further details on commencing your path towards emotional wellness and enhancing your personal and relational growth.

By joining Growth Seekers, you can embark on a transformative journey towards emotional and relational health, leading to a more fulfilling and purposeful life.