PD Courses & Seminars — Term 2, 2010

Grow­ing Rela­tion­ships > Build­ing Life Skills > Renew­ing Lives

May — July, 2010

Courses and Seminars

Vali­ant Man
This course for­tifi es the moral and spir­itual integ­rity of men liv­ing in a highly sexu­al­ised world. It chal­langes men to fi ght for their own per­sonal, moral and spir­itual vital­ity and help other men fi ght for theirs. A highly suc­cess­ful and inform­at­ive course with very pos­it­ive feed­back from par­ti­cipants.
Facil­it­at­ors: Bob White and Les Howorth (May-​​July Tues­days — 10 weeks)

Growth Through Sep­ar­a­tion and Divorce
Learn how to deal with the emo­tional, men­tal, phys­ical and fi nan­cial issues that sur­round sep­ar­a­tion and divorce — for your­self, for your chil­dren. Learn effect­ive strategies to deal with guilt, grief and anger. Learn skills to help you nego­ti­ate, be assert­ive, under­stand the emo­tional cycle that is involved; and gain a few tips from exper­i­enced sup­port­ers which may help you deal with the phys­ical, legal and fi nan­cial issues.
Facil­it­ator: Barb Jamesson (May-​​June Wednesdays — 8 weeks)

Redis­cov­er­ing Real Hap­pi­ness … Chal­len­ging Over-​​Excitement
Want to fi nd authen­tic joy and hap­pi­ness. Our fast paced, stress­ful soci­ety has sold us coun­ter­feits, over­stim­u­la­tion, over excite­ment and wow exper­i­ences. These only offer short term fi xes but not real and last­ing pleas­ure. The course explores these false options and their risks. It takes us back to authen­tic sources of real joy and pleas­ure.
Facil­it­ator: Michael Watts (May-​​June Tuesdays — 6 weeks)

Mak­ing Mar­riages Bet­ter
An inter­act­ive course for couples cov­er­ing areas such as com­mu­nic­a­tion, resolv­ing confl icts, sex and set­ting bound­ar­ies. It explores the vari­ous stages of mar­riage rela­tion­ships. It is a very suc­cess­ful course with pos­it­ive affi rma­tions from those who have atten­ded.
Facil­it­at­ors: David and Rae Turner (One day sem­inar — Sat­urday 15 May)

Man­aging our Money Bet­ter
This is a prac­tical sem­inar to help you man­age your money wisely in tough eco­nomic times. It provides great money sav­ing tools and web links. It helps you under­stand the costs and benefi ts of dif­fer­ent bank­ing options; tips for help­ing to budget through to tools for doing a per­sonal fi nan­cial health check; tips for sav­ing money. A suc­cess­ful sem­inar with very pos­it­ive feed­back from par­ti­cipants. Run by a team with a wealth of exper­i­ence.
Facil­it­at­ors: Tony Poynter and team (One day sem­inar — Sat­urday 8 May)

Relat­ing: Choices and Decisions for Young Adults
How do you know when you have found the right one, or is there such a thing? The sem­inar explores choices and decisions based on Bib­lical prin­ciples in relat­ing and con­nect­ing for young adults. It will help you learn how to make the best use of your time for the benefi t of oth­ers and your­self. Explore ways to build long term rela­tion­ships. It will help you under­stand the dif­fer­ence between our culture’s stand­ards and God’s stand­ards in relat­ing to oth­ers.
Facil­it­at­ors: David and Rae Turner (One day sem­inar — Sat­urday 3 July)

Boun­cing Back: Gain Resi­li­ence and Life Bal­ance
Are you tired of run­ning in the rat race — feel like you’re on a tread­mill? Like to know how to get some bal­ance in your life? Are you curi­ous as to what God says about man­aging life’s stressors? This inter­act­ive present­a­tion allows par­ti­cipants to gain new skills, ask lots of ques­tions and leave with a range of prac­tical skills and tools to assist in liv­ing a more bal­anced life.
Facil­it­ator: Steve Eather (Half day sem­inar — Sat­urday 22 May)

Bound­ar­ies for Kids: A Parent’s Guide
Assist­ing par­ents to set bound­ar­ies for good par­ent­ing and help­ing your child’s devel­op­ment. Learn to make wise choices and bound­ar­ies for qual­ity rela­tion­ships. Find out how to say “No” without guilt or grief. Draws on Chris­tian prin­ciples to improve your self-​​esteem and effect­ive­ness. Based on the suc­cess­ful ‘Bound­ar­ies’ book.
Facil­it­ator: Barb Jamesson (May-​​June: Monday — 10 weeks)

Cost for Courses and Sem­inars:
$35 per per­son or $50 per couple (“Boun­cing Back” Seminar — $20)

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About Per­sonal Development

Grow­ing Per­son­ally
We recog­nise that we are all on a jour­ney in life. It’s about grow­ing per­son­ally and devel­op­ing skills for life.

Build­ing Healthy Rela­tion­ships
Our lives involve oth­ers. We need to build skills for healthy rela­tion­ships, good mar­riages and strong families.

Over­com­ing Prob­lems
Some­times we are chal­lenged and the bar­ri­ers seem insur­mount­able. By tak­ing hold of the prom­ises of God we know that every chal­lenge has a solu­tion and every obstacle brings about growth.

Grow­ing our Self Worth
We need to affi rm our self sig­nifi cance. By explor­ing our inner self we can renew our lives, fi nd peace and make wise choices. 

Learn­ing New Life Skills
Life involves many chal­lenges. We can learn prac­tical ways to build new life skills. Per­haps it’s man­aging our money bet­ter, improv­ing our com­mu­nic­a­tion and rela­tion­ship skills, or good par­ent­ing techniques.

KBC is com­mit­ted to sup­port­ing our community’s needs through …
KBC Coun­selling Centre
We help those in the com­munity who are facing per­sonal, fam­ily or rela­tional issues, trauma, grief, isol­a­tion and other issues. We want to walk beside you through these times so you feel bet­ter and can effect­ively cope with life. Con­tact: 3378 8800

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Reach­ing out to those in our com­munity who need that extra sup­port or are facing crises — hous­ing, per­sonal fi nances, and the chal­lenges of life. Con­tact: Joyce Chong — 3378 3595

Ment­or­ing : Strength­en­ing Fam­il­ies
Prac­tical help and guid­ance to improve life skills — bring­ing out the best in people to use their resources. Con­tact: Joyce Chong — 3378 3595

KBC Care
Provid­ing sup­port, prayer and guid­ance in times of per­sonal and spir­itual need. Con­tact: Ryan Vallee — 3378 3595