About

We are delighted to welcome you back for our second year of Leadership Development! This year-long journey invites participants to refine their Immanuel skills through hands-on practice, explore their own paths of maturity with insights from Relational Maturity by Betsy Stalcup, and discover how to support one another through life's challenges in Facing Life’s Losses by Betsy Stalcup.

Discover additional information about each of these classes, and register below. You will be with the same group of community and leaders from Year One, and our deep hope is that you will grow stronger roots with our compassionate Creator.

Classes

• Immanuel Practice Sessions

  This is an opportunity to put everything you’ve learned in your Immanuel Prayer Training into practice! In these interactive sessions, you’ll have the opportunity to both lead and receive Immanuel Prayer, gain experience navigating moments when a session becomes challenging, and grow in confidence as you facilitate. Together, you’ll become better equipped to create a safe and welcoming space for others to encounter our living God—and make room for Him to do what only He can do.

• Relational Maturity, by Betsy Stalcup

  Why do we keep responding in the same ways—even when we genuinely want to change? In this 13-week class, you’ll discover how relational maturity develops, where you may have gotten stuck, and how those gaps can shape your emotions, relationships, reactions, and ability to navigate life. You’ll explore the five stages of relational maturity, identify your strengths and areas for growth, understand attachment patterns and triggers, and discover why simply knowing what to do isn’t always enough to create lasting change. Through self-assessments, interactive exercises, stories, small-group connection, and Immanuel practices, you’ll gain practical tools to grow in emotional resilience, build healthier relationships, and better understand yourself and others. Most importantly, you’ll discover hope—that it’s never too late to heal, grow, and become more fully the person God created you to be.

• Facing Life’s Losses, by Betsy Stalcup

  Life brings painful losses that need to be grieved, yet our culture often doesn’t give us the space, support, or tools we need to face our pain and move through it. In this interactive 12-week course, we’ll explore what we grieve and how we grieve, while creating a safe space to process loss with God. Through reflection, journaling, and honest conversations with Him, we’ll gently explore regrets, forgiveness, anger, and the many emotions that can accompany grief. As we move through the grieving process together, we’ll learn how to bring our pain to God and, when we’re ready, surrender our sadness to Him—making room for healing, hope, and a renewed sense of freedom.

Time and Place

Location: Online via Zoom. (Zoom link will be sent to registrants before class starts.)

Time: 6:30-8:30pm (EST) on Tuesdays

Class Dates: TBD (possible dates below)

Immanuel Practice Sessions: January 12th-February 23rd

Relational Maturity: March 2nd-June 1st (off March 23rd for Holy Week)

Facing Life’s Losses: September 7th-December 7th (off Nov. 23 for Thanksgiving week)

Faculty

Sara Orazi-Frau and Kathy Roberson

Materials

All your workbooks will be provided in your registration fee expect for some additional reading that will go along with Facing Life’s Losses. Please purchase the books, referenced and quoted extensively in this curriculum, A Grace Disguised by Jerry Sittser, and Joyful Journaling by Dr. James E. Wilder lll. Below are links for your convenience (but of course, feel free to go wherever you prefer to buy books):

1. Joyful Journey:  https://www.amazon.com/Joyful-Journey-Listening-James-Wilder/dp/1935629174

2. A Grace Disguised:  https://www.amazon.com/Grace-Disguised-Soul-Grows-through/dp/0310258952

Pricing

One-time: $499

Monthly: $45

Registration

First click this “Submit” button to register your info, and then you can processes your PayPal payment below to complete your registration.

Payment

You can pay by check, PayPal or Zelle below. If you are paying monthly via a PayPal invoice, we will contact you to set that up.