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Faith Leaders and Healthy Relationships
Healthy Relationships & The Faith Community
Equipping the Body & Transforming our Community
“When we no longer experience ourselves as part of a caring, supporting, praying community, we quickly lose faith. This is because faith in God can never be separated from experiencing God’s presence in the community to which we belong.”
Henri J. M. Nouwen, Donald P. McNeill, and Douglass A. Morrison
Background:
The members of the Lucas County DELTA Project chose to reach out to the faith community, recognizing that religion plays a critical role in the growth and development of relationships. The first phase of our faith community work focuses on the Christian faith, but DELTA hopes to expand our work to include the diversity of religions found in our community.
Objectives:
Share the work you’re currently doing to encourage cross-fertilization, collaboration, and inspiration. Identifying and common goals and forging partnerships.
Gain information, skills, and practices that will help you as you work to promote healthy relationships within your congregation.
Commit to participate with efforts to create and implement a faith-based curriculum.
Love In Action Small Groups Curriculum:
A community effort to join faith leaders and intimate partner violence prevention professionals to collaboratively create small group curricula for youth and adults that focuses on healthy relationship development in a manner that honors the Christian faith.
Love In Action Next Steps:
- Assessing the Needs of Your Congregation
- Recruiting and Training Small Groups Facilitators
- Recruiting Small Groups Participants
- Recognizing Healthy & Unhealthy Relationships
- Policy and Practice for Responding to Abuse
- Supporting & Sustaining Healthy Relationships Efforts
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