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2511 S. Lakeline Blvd.
Cedar Park, Texas 78613
800-881-8008
fax 512-795-0853
Email
www.greatcommandment.net
Our Mission:
The Great Commandment Network is a team of denominational partner, churches, para-church ministries, and strategic ministry leaders that is committed to the development of on-going Great Commandment ministries worldwide. Great Commandment ministries empower fulfillment of the Great Commission as they help us love God and our neighbors through deepened intimacy with God and with others in marriage, family, church and community relationships.
Who We Are:
The Great Commandment Network is served by Intimate Life Ministries through the following:
• The Center for Relational Leadership – Their mission is to teach, train and mentor both ministry and corporate leaders in Great Commandment principles, seeking to equip leaders with relational skills so they might lead as Jesus led. The CRL then challenges leaders to train their co-workers in these relevant, relational principles because great relational skills can, and will impact, customer/member satisfaction, morale, productivity and ultimately, an organization’s measurable success.
• The Center for Relational Ministry Training – Through a team of accredited community trainers, the CRMT helps churches establish ongoing Great Commandment ministries. Training is available in a variety of relational areas: Marriage, Parenting, Single Adult Relationships, Leadership, Emotional Fitness, Care-giving and Spiritual Formation.
• The Galatians 6:6 Retreat Ministry – This ministry offers a unique two-day retreat for ministers and their spouses for personal renewal and for reestablishing and affirming ministry and family priorities. Co-sponsoring partners provide all meals and retreat accommodations as a gift to ministry leaders.
• Great Commandment Radio – Christian broadcasters, publishers, media and other affiliates build cooperative relationships in order to see Great Commandment ministries multiplied.
• Relationship Press – This team collaborates, supports and joins together with churches, denominational partners and professional associates to develop, print and produce resources that facilitate on-going Great Commandment ministry. Experiential, user-friendly curriculum materials allow individuals, churches and entire denominations to deepen Great Commandment love.
The Great Commandment Network is also served by The Center for Relational Care:
• The Center for Relational Care (CRC) – Their missions is to equip churches to minister effectively to hurting people. The CRC provides therapy and support to relationships in crisis through an accelerated process of growth and healing, including Relational Care Intensives for couples, families, and singles. The CRC also offers training for counselors and caregivers through More Than Counseling seminars.
www.RelationalCare.org
Working Group:
- Church
Events:
1. Intimate Encounters Leader Training
The Experience:
Participants will be motivated by the opportunities and challenges of leading Intimate Encounters small groups. You will experience specific biblical truth associated with selected chapters of Intimate Encounters. You will gain insights concerning responding to common small group challenges through meeting needs and responding to emotions, be additionally equipped concerning how to resolve the pain of the past - a key component for freedom to "leave" the past and "cleave" to your spouse, be exposed to several approaches to on-going marriage ministry using Intimate Encounters and receive additional tools and ideas to support this ministry, receive tips concerning the use and value of supplementary leaders resources: DVD, Teaching Curriculum, and creative idease from other leaders
Prerequisite:
PARTICIPANTS MUST HAVE PRIOR EXPOSURE TO INTIMATE ENCOUNTERS TO BE ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND - Qualifying experiences include Church-based Classes,Small Groups, Couple Home Study, a More Than Married Workshop, or a Galatians 6:6 Retreat
| Location: Cedar Park, Texas | Date: Jul 11, 2008 - Jul 12, 2008 |
Resources:
1. Discovering Intimacy Leader's Kit
70% of all adults report "feeling lonely" much of the time. In spite of being around people, being part of the crowd, many people long for greater depth and more meaning in relationships. Tragically, many others fear meaningful relationships becaue of past disappointments and pain. God has created each person to need relationships. But, God has created each person to need relationships and has made provision for them.
This practical resource will help single adults...
- Understand their God-given need for relational intimacy with Him and others
- Identify specific relational needs and obstacles that limit intimacy
- Develop skills for responding to emotions and communicating heart-to-heart.
- Face their fear of intimate relationships and learn to dispel such fears in others
- Replace unhealthy thinking and behaving patterns that steal the joy of fellowship
- Resolve hurts and conflicts in friendships
- Discover how childhood experiences may affect their adult relationships
Embrace their God-given sexuality while avoiding the pain of sexual sin
This kit includes a DVD set, CD set, Teaching Curriculum and 2 workbooks.
Purchase it today for $150.00. Visit www.greatcommandment.net
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2. Great Commandment Principle
This resource reveals a simple but profound way of relating to God and others that will restore great relevance to the church while deepening your personal relationships with others. The GCP provides a biblical framework for ministry and relationships that can forever change the way you relate to God, the way you love those closest to you and the way you “do” ministry.
• Perfect for pastors, church leaders and caregivers who want to become more effective in their ministry to others.
• Ideal as a foundational resource for planting churches and revamping existing ministries.
• Great introduction for anyone wanting to know how church relates to “real life!”
Purchase it today for $20.00. Visit www.greatcommandment.net.
3. Great Commandment Principle Leader's Kit
The Great Commandment Ministry Leader's Kit includes: 1 softcover book, 2 workbooks, 1 facilitator's guide and 1 DVD.
The Great Commandment Ministry Workbook along with the companion book, The Great Commandment Principle from Tyndale House Publishers, provides you with a simple, but profound way to relate to God and those around you. During group sessions and individual workbook exercises between sessions called "Personal Journey Days," you will discover...
How to deepen your relationship with God and enrich your dearest relationships.
The ten vital relational needs that are common to everyone.
How meeting these needs translates into effective relationships and ministry.
The Great Commandment Ministry Workbook, and the 5-session interactive video, demonstrate how ministry growth and effectiveness is a result of deepening relationships. You will gain insight and build a greater sense of oneness among your small group of fellow minisry leaders as you interact and experience Biblical truth to live out in your everday life and ministry.
During the five weeks of study, the exercises you complete between sessions will be your personal 20-day journey to discover a revolutionary Biblical priority for ministry and relationships that may forever change the way you relate to God, to those around you, and the way you "do" ministry.
Purchase it today for $150.00. Visit www.greatcommandment.net.
4. Intimate Encounters Leader's Kit
A tried-and-tested program for discovering the secrets of a really great marriage.
-Kit includes Workbooks (2)
Updated version of the IE DVDs
Updated version of the IE CDs
Fully scripted teaching/leader’s curriculum. Purchase it today for $180.00. Visit www.greatcommandment.net
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5. Never Alone Devotional
This daily devotional tool will not only give you a personal look into the marriage relationship of authors, David and Teresa Ferguson, it will help you grow in your own ability to join with God in meeting your spouse’s needs. We have divided this book into fifty-two themes, each one covered in a seven-day block. For example, one week addresses the need of acceptance, another week the need of attention. By meditating on one aspect of marriage for a seven day period, you’ll come to understand more fully the things that make marriage all that it can be.
• Perfect complement or follow up for couples in an Intimate Encounters small group or class.
• Ideal gift for a wedding or newly married couple.
• Great introduction to healthy marriage principles through the “story” of a mentor couple.
Purchase it today for $11.00. Visit www.greatcommandment.net
6. Parenting with Intimacy Leader's Kit
Dr. David & Teresa Feguson, Dr. Paul & Vicky Warren, and Terri Snead team together to provide a biblically sound, practical handbook for Parenting With Intimacy. We are invited to understand and experience biblical truth in order to fulfill the "Great Commandment" in our families--loving the Lord our God and loving our "nearest neighbors"!
Kit includes: 2 Workbooks, DVD set, CD set & Teaching Curriculum
Purchase it today for $150.00. Visit www.greatcommandment.net
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7. Relational Discipleship Leader's Kit
Kit includes:
2 workbooks, DVD Set, CD Set and Teaching Curriculum
The first century church turned the world upside down for Jesus by embracing these relational principles. If we are to survive in our own unique cultural and historical context, we must do the same. This resource is our invitation to you to join us in a movement of restoring relevance to Christ’s church through the transforming power of His love!
Purchase it today for $150.00. Visit www.greatcommandment.net
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8. Relational First Aid Kit
Relational First Aid: Becoming Good Samaritans
-Preparing an army of equipped, empowered, and motivated Christian caregivers.
-For pastoral counselors and care teams, lay caregivers and mentors (Stephen Ministers, marriage mentors), people in helping professions (counselors, therapists), anyone caring for hurting teens, couples, singles, children, etc.
-Kit includes Workbooks (2), CD Set and DVD Set.
Purchase it today for $100.00. Visit www.greatcommandment.net
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9. Relational Foundations Leader's Kit
The Kit includes: 2 workbooks, CD Set, DVD Set & Teaching Curriculum
This resource kit includes everything you need to help others assess their own concept of God, what impacts that makes on our life and ministry and how to deepen your relationship with God and those around you. Purchase it today for $150.00. Visit www.greatcommandment.net.
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10. Relational Leadership Leader's Kit
This course, jointly developed by Center for Biblical Leadership and Intimate Life Ministries, focuses on the rediscovery of New Testament principles for leadership in the body of Christ.
These principles center on the leadership style of Jesus, who led through caring, connected relationships rather than positional power and formal influence. This course raises a clear call for leaders in today's church to reject positional leadership and embrace relational leadership in accordance with Jesus' example.
Kit includes 2 workbooks, 1 teaching curriculum, 1 DVD set and 1 CD set.
Purchase it today for $150.00. Visit www.greatcommandment.net.
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