Melissa Garner 

Melissa Garner's Topics

Topic	Description	# of Sessions	Categories & Focus
Prodigal God	Based on the book by Timothy Keller, this is a look into the Father heart of God toward two sons who try to win his favor. Learn about the ways we try to relate to Him and how He calls us. WIN Statement Shed false relationship and fall in love with the Father again.	3	Discipleship Up
Safe & Healthy Communities: 1. Safe Groups	An essential component of safe & healthy communities are the ground rules that the community upholds to keep both group and participants safe. What are these guidelines and how do we practice them? They are: Confidentiality Responsibility Acceptance Respect Openness Encouragement In two interactive sessions, your community group will explore, learn, and adopt successful practices as their own. WIN Statement Keep people in and attract them to your community by creating and maintaining a safe group.	2	Community In
Safe & Healthy Communities: 2. Internal Freedom	When we are wrapped up in performance, people pleasing, and/or control, we cannot begin to love ourselves or others well. How do we overcome this problem? In three highly interactive sessions, adopt a set of skills and outlooks that break the unhealthy patterns in our lives. WIN Statement When we get clear about what and who we can control and make happy, we are free to love ourselves and others with God’s love.	3	Community; Hope & Healing Up/In
Safe & Healthy Communities: 3. Getting Beyond the Waltz of Life	Using a framework that has been called “remedial Christianity for those of us who couldn’t get it any other way,” discover how doing the same things over and over again and expecting different results is truly insane. And then learn what we can do to grow and change in new ways. Becoming more like Christ is the heart of this framework. WIN Statement With confidence that God is for us, we take courage in hand and let go of the things that hold us back.	3	Community; Hope & Healing Up/In
Tools for Relationships	Building Stronger Relationships through Personality Types (Call Melissa to review approach to fit your group dynamics and potential problems) WIN Statement Participants will understand themselves better and learn tools to help them relate better with each other.	2-3	Gifts - Spiritual & Personal; Evangelism In/Out
Visual Notetaking	Tired of taking notes that you never remember? Not even sure if notes are even worth taking? We've all heard that pictures are worth 1000 words. Use visual notetaking to help you remember and connect more fully to what you hear. This session is highly interactive. WIN Statement Easily remember what God is saying to you by adding a visual element to your notes.	1	Technology In

List of Teachers

List of Organizations