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Group Training Video Course
A great mental health resource.
Equipping you to help others and make a difference – connecting a life in crisis with a life in Christ.
Help your pastor and church members care for those who are hurting and broken. The Lifeline to Hope Group Course is a ten-session, video-based lay caregiver training program that provides everything needed for your church or small group to grow a team of caregivers to provide support, encouragement, and spiritual care to those in need.
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Key Benefits to Lifeline to Hope Group Training:
Help Prevent Pastoral Burnout
Many pastors and ministry leaders are not equipped to handle the constant caregiving and counseling needs in their church. You can help. You can become an advocate to help hurting people in your church – and prevent pastoral burnout.
Equip Your Church to Meet Needs
There are likely many people in your church who want to help others. Lifeline to Hope can equip them to effectively care for and help those in need.
Change More Lives
Lifeline to Hope can help support your pastor, train your church members to become biblical caregivers, and most of all, help those who are hurting and broken find hope.
About the Lifeline to Hope Training Course
What’s included in the course?
- Over 11 hours of Web-based Video Training
- A Comprehensive 330+ Page Facilitator Manual
- Administrative/Ministry Forms & Documents
- Small Group Handout Packet
- Facilitator Dashboard Access to Videos and Bonus Session
- Zoom Consult with Course Designers/Lead Trainers
How the Program Works
Be or Choose a Group Training Facilitator
The person in this role will lead group discussion and interaction. The training time is experiential, designed for learning together.
Gather Those Interested in Training
This is a 10-week group training program. Whether it is three or thirty participants, you will want to plan out the best times that work for your group.
The Facilitator Purchases Course
Facilitators purchase Lifeline to Hope course. This provides access to a dashboard with the training videos, Facilitator Manual, and ministry forms.
Purchase Caregiver Manuals
All participants need the Caregiver/Trainee Manual. This may be purchased by the trainee, or by the facilitator and provided to the Trainee.
Watch our video, filmed at one of our LIVE teaching sessions. Imagine doing this with your people. No matter the size of your group, it can be a wonderful time of learning together – with each person equipped to be a better caregiver.
Lifeline to Hope is adaptable to Zoom group meetings!
Course Video Lessons
- 1: Introduction – The Biblical Basis for Caregiving
- 2: Biblical Hope and Practical Help – The Keys for Living Model
- 3: Effective Listening and People Helping Skills – Part 1
- 4: Effective Listening and People Helping Skills – Part 2
- 5: The Search for Significance
- 6. Your Parents and You
- 7: Basic Helping and Crisis Intervention Skills
- 8: Strongholds and Spiritual Warfare
- 9: The Process of Change and Healing
- 10: Ethics, Liability, and the Law – Servant Leadership
Bonus Presentation: When Helping You is Hurting Me
Save 50% with coupon code CHURCH50
Valid until February 6.
Purchase the Lifeline to Hope Group Training Course
The 10-week program includes: Facilitator Video Dashboard with access to the 10 training videos and a bonus session, along with a detailed Facilitator Manual and ministry forms. After purchase, you will have the option for one Zoom call with the course designers and lead trainers to discuss facilitating Lifeline to Hope.
Save 50% with coupon code CHURCH50
Valid until February 6.
Participants who purchase the Caregiver/Trainee Manual will be eligible to receive a Certificate of Completion at the end of the program recognizing their achievement. The facilitator will submit the names of those who complete the course. Hope for The Heart will then ship the certificates to the facilitator for distribution.
About the Instructors
Dr. Eric Scalise
Senior VP & Chief Strategy Officer
Eric Scalise is a seasoned organizational leader with extensive professional and ministry expertise. He is the former Senior Vice President for the American Association of Christian Counselors and former Department Chair for Counseling Programs at Regent University. As a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Dr. Scalise has 40 years of clinical and professional experience. Additionally, he is a published author and national/international speaker, frequently working with organizations, clinicians, ministry leaders and churches on a variety of issues.
Haley Scully, M.A.
Vice President of Strategic and Ministry Projects
Haley Scully, MA, is a speaker, author, and trainer and has been with Hope for the Heart since 2011. She currently serves as the Vice President of Strategic and Ministry Projects. She began her work in our onsite counseling programs and moved into international ministry where she has delivered training in over 30 countries. She manages initiatives, develops partnerships, coordinates resources, and provides basic counseling, coaching, and care ministry training for church leaders and parachurch organizations around the world.
Haley earned her degree in Communications from Oklahoma State University and Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Counseling from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. She is passionate about connecting hurting hearts to hope in Christ and application of God’s Word to their everyday lives.
What Others Are Saying
“Because of Lifeline, we have seen the Lord do great miracles through simple people who are just willing to give their time, to listen, and love someone who is hurting. This is one training class you will not be sorry you took.”
— Kristi Duncan, Lifeline Director, Blue Ridge Community Church
