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After separation or divorce, your Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays won’t look the same as they used to. Traditions change. Some family members won’t be there. Social gatherings can feel stressful. But DivorceCare Surviving the Holidays can help! This short event includes a video, sharing time, and a “Survival Guide” filled with tips and encouragement for managing the holidays after separation and divorce.

By attending Surviving the Holidays, you’ll learn how to:

• Manage difficult emotions
• Survive social events
• Give your kids a good holiday experience
• Find hope for your future

Leader: Mary and Michael Rosen

CARE OPEN TO ALL

If you want to gain a community of christian veterans this is a place you are welcome!

There is no current meeting schedule, but if you would like to get connected email the leader.

OPEN TO ALL – Care

GriefShare is for people grieving the death of someone close to them.

It may be hard for you to feel optimistic about the future right now. If you’ve lost a spouse, child, family member, or friend, you’ve probably found there are not many people who understand the deep hurt you feel. This can be a confusing time when you feel isolated and have many questions about things you’ve never faced before.

GriefShare is led by people who understand what you are going through and want to help. You’ll gain access to valuable GriefShare resources to help you recover from your loss and look forward to rebuilding your life.

Each week your GriefShare group will watch a video seminar featuring top experts on grief and recovery subjects. These videos are produced in an interesting television magazine format featuring expert interviews, real-life case studies, dramatic reenactments, and on-location video.

Leader: Stacey Wieder

COUPLES
Meets second and fourth Thursdays
This is an ongoing care group that offers direction and encouragement to couples who are tired of living on the edge in their relationship and want to move to a relationship that thrives. We will focus on the key steps to Transforming your Marriage. Through discussions, testimonials and exercises we will build a couple’s skills in areas of communication, trust, forgiveness, intimacy and prayer.

• Tim & Diana Journy have a great Christian-based ministry!  Their coaching and writing (Our Journey) skills are highlighted within their Marriage Transformed bi-weekly gatherings. They have several years of syllabus material at the ready but are also flexible, based upon group requests and needs. The tools couples are provided through the group meetings are instrumental in relationship building. Both of them have contributed greatly toward the successful resolution of many marital conflicts, ours included!  The group dynamics and synergy are very positive, and any struggling couple will be well served by attending their Care Group meetings on a regular basis! —Terry & Joann
• Marriage Transformed helped us realize that our problems were not unique. There is no way to measure the value of Marriage Transformed, it’s worth is priceless. —Ron and Julie
• Tim and Diana share tools!  We all need tools: to be a better player or a better public speaker.  To be a better spouse we need tools.  Tim and Diana teach tools to help you become a better spouse. —Anonymous
• I am thankful for the testimony of our coaches, Tim and Diana, and the many tools they teach.  I enjoy meeting with other liked minded couples. —T
• The value of Marriage Transformed: we share and learn with other couples who go through similar issues and struggles. —Anonymous
• “I’m not in the singles group.”  Without this group, I would have lost my marriage.  The group has given me the skills and support to make our marriage work!  —Anonymous

Leader: Tim & Diana Journy

Tim and Diana lead several care groups to support marriages in crisis. They have been married since 1976 and have four adult children and three grandchildren. Tim and Diana have a career as Christian Marriage Coaches. They recently wrote a book titled "Our Journey: Infidelity Revealed - Rocky Recovery - Marriage Restored."

MEN
Meets first and third Thursdays 

This is an ongoing care group that offers support for men who have been knocked down and trying to “Get Back Up”.  Life can be tough, and this group is about guys coming around one another to understand, encourage, and connect.

Leader: Tim Journy

Tim leads several care groups to support marriages in crisis. He and his wife, Diana, have been married since 1976 and have four adult children and three grandchildren. Tim and Diana have a career as Christian Marriage Coaches.

WOMEN
Meets first and third Thursdays
This is an ongoing care group that offers support to those who are healing from betrayal.  Betrayal has many different faces; it can be adultery either emotional or physical, alcohol addiction, drug addiction, abuse either physical or emotional. The group is open to anyone who has experienced betrayal and needs support.  The women in this group come around one another to offer encouragement, love, understanding and a helping hand.

Each meeting starts with fellowship where a snack is provided, a short study from a lesson with an exercise from the lesson, time to share along with time for others to offer support.

Psalm 34:18—The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Testimonies

• Hello Diana—I want you to know how much your class means to me.  Thank you for committing to such sorrow over and over again.  I know how that feels from my years of facilitating Grief Share.  At some point during each group time, something profound is always experienced or enlightened.  I only wish I had your class last year.  You are a beautiful soul and I love your love for Christ.  —D
• I just wanted to thank you Diana for last night’s class.  The women were wonderful and could see Jesus doing a mighty work there.  Today my goal is to focus on the acronym THINK, from class…reminding myself before I speak to ask what I am about to say; Truthful/Helpful/Insightful/ Necessary/ Kind.  —Fran
• I really have been strengthened in my painful journey with spousal betrayal as a result of  alcohol addiction by participating in the Broken and Beautiful group.  It has helped so much to be a part of a network of Christian women walking through their issues with betrayal together and with God.  I love that we provide support to each other as we focus on a number of topics and have time dedicated to learning as well as sharing our situations, our personal feelings and learnings, and our Christian walk.  Diana is an excellent leader and has personally gone through a journey from which we learn a great deal through her experience, learnings, and wisdom. -LB
• This was not a group that I wanted to be a part of because it meant that I had been betrayed by my spouse. However, the reality was that in trying to survive the trauma of infidelity this group and Diana has been a lifeline. This group has provided a space for me to process what happened and receive unique support and feedback from others who “get it.” Being that I am a licensed therapist, it can sometimes be a challenge to be on the receiving end of being helped. But this group has been a safe place where I feel released from upholding all the expectations heaped onto me to be the insightful and inspiring therapist, or the unwavering faithful Christian, or a present, available, energetic mother, and just be embraced. I truly believe God led me to Diana and this group as a means of reassuring me of His promises that He will work all things together for the good and that He has not forsaken or abandoned me. In times when I have doubted if I will ever be okay again, the group provided a necessary encouragement that I can get through one more moment and it gave me the hope that I will eventually get to the other side of this someday.  -Alisha

Leader: Diana Journy

Diana has a career as a Christian Marriage Coach. She is blessed to offer support and encouragement to women who have or are experienced any type of betrayal.

OPEN TO ALL
DivorceCare groups meet weekly to help you face these challenges and move toward rebuilding your life. Each session has two distinct elements: a seminar with experts (30-40 minute video) and a support group with focus.  After viewing the video, DivorceCare group participants spend time as a support group, discussing what was presented in that week’s video seminar and what is going on in the lives of group members.

DivorceCare is a friendly, caring group of people who will walk alongside you through one of life’s most difficult experiences. Don’t go through separation or divorce alone.

Childcare is available.

Sign up for our Surviving The Holidays class on November 10th

Leader: Michael & Mary Rosen

If you or someone you know has had an abortion, God wants to heal your hurt and your heart in a safe, supportive environment. “Forgiven and Set Free” is a Bible study/support group that offers help and hope. Groups are conducted by trained volunteers who are under the direction of the Pregnancy Center; the study and group are not intended to be a substitute for professional counseling.

For more information, or to reserve a spot in this safe, non-judgmental group: please call 727-940-2636 or email info@passagesofhope.org

MEN
This care group is a monthly support call for men who have been unfaithful in their marriages. A Rebuilder is a man who acknowledges his wrong and is attempting to heal (rebuild) himself, his spouse and his family.  Each call will have a topic of discussion to assist the Rebuilder along the path to healing. Successful Rebuilders are resilient, realistic and respectful in their approach to a restored marriage.  The calls are an hour in length.  Your ability to remain anonymous is protected.

Leader: Tim Journy

Tim leads several care groups to support marriages in crisis. He and his wife, Diana, have been married since 1976 and have four adult children and three grandchildren. Tim and Diana have a career as Christian Marriage Coaches.

OPEN TO ALL
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