Trauma Healing Initial Equipping
Calling all church and ministry leaders, missionaries, social workers, mental wellness professionals, and everyone who is keen on learning how to help trauma victims.
Trauma Healing — Initial Equipping is the first part of a 2-part Bible-based Trauma Healing Programme from the Trauma Healing Institute at American Bible Society. It equips churches and individuals to care for people who suffer emotional and spiritual injuries from traumatic events such as abuse, conflict and loss, and walk with them on a journey to healing and restoration with God and with others.
| Initial Equipping | ||
|---|---|---|
| Schedule | Wed– Sat, 27–30 Jan 2021 | |
| Time | 9am-5pm | |
| Fees | $380 (early bird price till 3 Jan) | $420 (from 4 Jan) | |
| Venue | 7 Armenian Street, Bible House, S179932 |
Registration closes on 9 October!
Before registering, please:
- Read the Detailed Course Information below,
- Download the Statement of Support,
- Have it signed by your church leadership or Christian organisation supervisor, and
- Email it to Florence Kang.
Please note: Registration will only be confirmed upon receipt of the online registration, payment AND the signed Statement of Support.
Detailed Course Information
Sower Institute for Biblical Discipleship, in partnership with Trauma Healing Institute (THI), aims to provide leadership and services to churches and organisations using God’s word to bring healing and restoration to trauma survivors.
THI’s trauma healing programme provides basic mental health concepts with a biblical framework, using Scripture passages and composite real-life stories to help traumatised people connect the teaching with their circumstances.
- If God loves us, why do we suffer?
- How can the wounds of our hearts be healed?
- What happens when someone is grieving?
- Taking your pain to the cross
- How can we forgive others?
- How can churches minister amidst various causes of trauma (domestic violence, suicide, etc.)?
- How can we live as Christians amidst conflict?
- Looking ahead
1. Part I: Initial Equipping Session. Candidates attend a 3.5 day Initial Equipping session which allows participants to: explore their own trauma and bring it to Christ for healing; experience participatory learning; learn basic biblical and mental health principles related to trauma care; and develop plans for using what they have learned in their community. Trauma healing facilitators aim to ‘do no harm’ to those they help. To this end, participants are evaluated through a simple test.
2. Practicum. Participants return to their communities and apply what they have learned. They need to teach the five core lessons at least twice to groups of at least three people and send in reports on their activities.
3. Part II: Advanced Equipping Session. This 3-day session (conducted 6 or 9 months after the Initial Equipping session) focuses on consolidating the facilitator’s competencies in view of their practicum experience.
4. Competency-based assessment. Participants will be certified when they demonstrate the following competencies:
- Able to manage personal well-being.
- Able to work on a team.
- Able to help traumatised people (listening, confidentiality, and so on).
- Able to lead groups in a participatory way.
- Demonstrated understanding of the content.
5. Certification and Deployment. At the end of the advanced session, participants are awarded a Certificate of Participation, or, for those who qualify, a facilitator-in-training Certificate. For some, these certificates may be awarded later when the competencies have been acquired.
- Able to teach others in a community.
- Able to attend all of the sessions.
- Committed to helping trauma survivors.
- Must be referred by church leadership or Christian organisation supervisor who must sign the Statement of Support.
About the Trainer
Ps Shannon Chan Mei Ming
A nurse turned pastor, Mei Ming was formerly the Minister of Cell Groups at the International Baptist Church and also the Associate Pastor of Leng Kwang Baptist Church. She is currently serving at Ang Mo Kio Methodist Church.
Carol Lim Seok Lin
Carol has a passion to serve God through helping people with challenges lead a more meaningful life. Trained as a special needs educator and equipped with a Masters in Special Education, she has more than three decades of experience in Singapore and overseas.
