Rebuilding Faith & Freedom 

Rebuiling Faith After Suffering & Tauma. Men and women are welcomed. ====================== Description: God created us in his image and invited us into a relationship where faith could thrive. When sin entered, fear and mistrust followed. Anyone who has faced deep adversity knows that suffering can challenge faith. In hard times, the connection between pain and faith becomes clear. We may question God’s goodness or whether his promises are really for us. In this session, we’ll explore practical ways to rebuild faith after trauma by examining biblical stories and promises related to faith struggles.

Darkness Is Not My Only Companion: Drawing to God in the Suffering and Sin of Depression. Men and women are welcomed. =============================== Description: Depression raises important questions about suffering, faith, temptation, and spiritual maturity. How can we “count it all joy” while honestly casting real and weighty cares on God? How do we honor the God-given capacity to feel deep sorrow without assuming every painful emotion is sinful? At the same time, how do we compassionately recognize the ways suffering can expose fears or unbelief? In this session, we will explore how depression can become a context for drawing near to God, growing in faith and compassion, and pursuing maturity—even when the darkness does not quickly lift.

Who Told You Who You Are? The Temptation to Redesign Our Humanity. ==================== Description: If God has already given us our identity, why do we feel such a strong pull to reinvent it? We feel it in the gap between who we are and who we think we should be. This isn't only a cultural moment; it's an ancient human temptation. Scripture names it as an exchange: We refuse what God has given and remake ourselves on our terms (Romans 1; Ephesians 4). This pull is hard to resist in a world of designer identities, where life becomes something to shape, craft, and perfect. In this session, we’ll seek to understand this temptation by looking to Jesus—the true human—who reveals the life we were created to receive.

Parenting as God Designed: A Theological Vision for Hard Conversations with Kids. ============================ Description: Parents often want a script for talking to their kids about difficult things, but what they need first is a vision. Drawing from Talking to Kids About Hard Things by Rebekah Hannah and Michael Keller, this session will equip biblical counselors and ministry leaders to help parents understand the theological “why” behind honest, gospel-rooted conversations with children. When parents see hard conversations as part of God's beautiful design for human flourishing, everything changes—not just what they say, but who they are becoming alongside their kids.

Who Told You Who You Are? The Temptation to Redesign Our Humanity. ==================== Description: If God has already given us our identity, why do we feel such a strong pull to reinvent it? We feel it in the gap between who we are and who we think we should be. This isn't only a cultural moment; it's an ancient human temptation. Scripture names it as an exchange: We refuse what God has given and remake ourselves on our terms (Romans 1; Ephesians 4). This pull is hard to resist in a world of designer identities, where life becomes something to shape, craft, and perfect. In this session, we’ll seek to understand this temptation by looking to Jesus—the true human—who reveals the life we were created to receive.