Building Your Ministry Resource Pack - Revised 2011 Edition!, Ron L. Deal

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Approximately one-third of homes in the US are stepfamilies.

Over 60% divorce.

Not any more.

 

 

This pack bundles a practical teaching tool (The Smart Stepfamily DVD) and video training for your ministry team. The DVD is Biblically-based and designed for small groups and Bible classes, but is equally useful for premarital counseling or as a supplement to pastoral counseling. This pack includes:

·       The Smart Stepfamily DVD, 8-sessions on 2 DVDs (total running time 3.5 hours; unlimited group use)

·       1 copy of The Smart Stepfamily (softcover book)

·       FREE downloadable Participant & Leader Study Guide (make unlimited copies for group participants). Instructions for downloading/printing the guide will come with your shipment. No leader training required.

·       Study Guide coordinates with The Smart Stepfamily book. We strongly recommend that every couple have a copy of each. (All copies of The Smart Stepfamily sold through Successful Stepfamilies are autographed by the author.)

·       Ministering to Stepfamilies DVD (2011) - designed for ministry leaders this 55 minute video seminar addresses: 

1. How God uses family life to disciple us
2. The prevelance of stepfamilies in society and church communities
3. How the cycle of marriage, divorce, & redivorce fuels a post-modern world-view
4. How to overcome barriers to stepfamily ministry
5. Why your current marriage ministry is inadequate for stepfamilies
6. Practical ministry recommendations
7. Effective pre-stepfamily counseling
8. What stepfamilies can teach the church about being the church

 

The Smart Stepfamily DVD Sessions include: 

Sample Session: STEP Down Your Expectations 23 minutes “My husband and I were really struggling. We attended a blended family group-- it blessed our hearts! God’s people wrapping their arms around one another makes life so much easier. I pray you find a group!”                                                   --Ann, USA

1. Becoming a Smart Stepfamily
2. STEP Up to Discover a Redemptive God
3. STEP Down Your Expectations
4. STEP Through the wilderness Wanderings
5. Two-STEP Your Marriage
6. Side- STEP Common Pitfalls
7. STEP in Line With the Parenting Team
8. STEP Over Into the Promised Land

 

DVD available as:

o        The Smart Stepfamily DVD (includes Participant/Leader Guide)

o        The Smart Stepfamily DVD Set (includes Participant/Leader Guide and 1 copy of The Smart Stepfamily softcover book)

o        The Smart Stepfamily DVD Kit (includes Participant/Leader Guide and 5 copies of The Smart Stepfamily softcover book)

 

Ron L. Deal is President of Successful Stepfamilies and the bestselling author of The Smart Stepfamily: Seven Steps to a Healthy Family. Ron has over 20 years experience in local church ministry, family ministry consultation, and family therapy. Now considered one of the nation’s leading experts on Christian stepfamilies, Ron speaks on a variety of marriage and family topics throughout the country.

 

Instructions for downloading/printing the Study Guide will come with your shipment.

Small Groups/Bible Classes: FREE promotional bulletin inserts & posters available here.

 

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Add to your cart: We also recommend that ministry leaders read The Remarriage Checkup by Ron L. Deal and David H. Olson. Backed by the world-renowned PREPARE/ENRICH program, this book reveals the top strengths of healthy remarriage couples and what predicts distress.