Home › What We Do › Ministries › Steps of Grace

Workshops

Basic Communications Workshops

The Basic Communications workshop is open to the public. Anyone wishing to become more effective in their communication with others will want to seriously think about attending this workshop. The skills that you will learn by attending this workshop will be reinforced in any group that you are a part of here at Steps of Grace. The reason for this is that the communications skills are foundational to your road to recovery. The greater the proficiency you gain in using these skills, the greater the impact they will have on your recovery. How will going through this workshop affect your life? We can confidently tell you that, depending on your level of participation and your desire for improvement, this workshop will give you the opportunity to learn the following life CHANGING skills.

  • Strategic ways to share thoughts and feelings not only with your Steps of Grace group but also with your spouse, family, friends and persons in your workplace, allowing productive and honest communication with decreased stress levels, even in uncomfortable situations
  • Clarity and freedom in allowing others to take responsibility for their own communication and actions
  • Personal development of an assertive, "win-win" style of communication that will encourage dialogue and not short-circuit the process
  • Helpful tools for leadership and team building

It’s important to note that even though this workshop is open to the public, participants that want to get into our Closed Groups receive priority placement. Because of this and the fact that these workshops are limited to 12 people, they fill up fast. If you are planning on taking the next scheduled workshop, you will want to sign up well in advance.

Workshop cost of $50.00 covers:

Materials and handouts
SSP Thinking Style Profile
Refreshments
Life Recovery Bible drawing

You will find the Basic Communications training dates on our calendar in the Steps of Grace newsletter. A check made payable to Community of Grace will hold your spot in the next scheduled workshop. 

What people are saying about the Basic Communications workshop:

"Looking forward to future sessions"          "Well organized and facilitated"

"I really enjoyed and learned a lot today. I would like to do this again"

"Well done! I'm looking forward to small group!"

"Thank you. What a wonderful way to spend a Saturday — learning and doing!"

"I didn't want to attend because of the time commitment, but now I could have stayed until midnight"

"The information was prepared and presented in a very easy-to-understand fashion"

OTHER AVAILABLE WORKSHOPS

Facilitator Training

Every six months, Steps of Grace holds an extensive 20-hour training for those who are interested in expanding and enhancing their group dynamics skills. This is hands-on training that will provide you with a detailed evaluation of your facilitative skills as you demonstrate use of them in the overall training sessions. Each facilitator will also be evaluated as they take turns facilitating the group for 30-minute time periods. This training has been received enthusiastically by participants over the years. Many have returned for repeat sessions and consider this training an extremely valuable tool, not only in their recovery but also in their homes, careers and in other relationships.

Call Jim Newman at 510-783-8062 x 17 for more information.

 

Prayer Counselor Training

Here at Community of Grace, we conduct an annual Prayer Counseling Ministry training course. The purpose of this course is to adequately train the people of God to be a vessel that God can work through as He ministers to others. Though no course will completely train everyone for every situation, we do desire to see that each Christian has a good ministry foundation. You may want to attend this course for two reasons. The first reason is that you may want to be a personal recipient of healing and ministry. You also may want to take this course in order to become equipped to minister to others. If you’re looking for more information, check in with other Steps of Grace participants. Ask them how they’ve seen God work through Prayer Counselor Training.

Marriage Enrichment

We have 3 phases of marriage workshops that build upon each other. The purpose of these workshops is to provide spouses with tools that they can incorporate into their marriage relationship. Each workshop requires study and time investment. Ask our greeters or facilitators for specific information regarding each workshop.

See also Couple Communication, Life Innovations' Prepare/Enrich Program, and PREP (Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program). All these programs concentrate on communication skills training, premarital and marriage enrichment assessment, and much more.