Beginning September 5, 2008, HRBC’s Divorce Care group will meet on Friday nights at 7:00 PM. The Divorce Care For Kids (DC4K) group will also meet at this time. These groups will provide you with the ongoing “support team” that you need as you deal with the issues surrounding your separation or divorce.

DivorceCare

     Separation and divorce are among life’s most difficult and painful experiences. You need the help and encouragement of others as you attempt to heal and restore balance to your life. A Divorce Care group is a special place of encouragement, information and sharing.

     Each week there are two parts to the Divorce Care session. During the first 30-40 minutes of the meeting the group watches a videotape featuring top experts on divorce and recovery topics (see below for a list/description of topics). These tapes contain valuable information about recovering from divorce and are produced in an interesting-to-watch television magazine format.

     Following the video, the participants spend time as a “support group,” discussing what was presented on that week’s videotape and what is going on in the lives of the group participants.


Watch the previews below or visit the DivorceCare website for more information.

DivorceCare4Kids (DV4K)

Are your children angry, hurt and confused about your divorce? Finding help for your children can be frustrating. DivorceCare for Kids, DC4K, provides a safe, fun place where your children will

• Learn to understand their feelings
• Express their emotions appropriately
• Feel better about themselves
• Develop coping skills
• Be introduced to biblical concepts that will bring comfort

Some children struggle deeply with the separation and divorce, while others seem to bounce back quickly. In the long run, all children are affected. DC4K will help minimize and eliminate the short- and long-term negative effects of divorce on your children’s schoolwork, emotional health and spiritual life.

As your children begin to heal from the pain and confusion, their relationships with you, God and others will grow healthy and strong.

Visit the DivorceCare4Kids (DC4K) website for more information.

Both groups are facilitated by HRBC congregants that have been trained as facilitators. Each has either experienced divorce first-hand, or are products of a divorced family. They can empathize with you and provide scriptural answers to the dilemma you face on a daily basis. Our church body is committed to praying for those experiencing divorce and their family members.

     The Divorce Care videos cover topics essential to your recovery from the hurt of separation or divorce. Each lesson is stand-alone which allows for you to join the group at any point and continue from there. Here is a list of the weekly topics:

Session 1: What’s Happening to Me?
An examination of the typical emotional, physical and spiritual reactions felt by someone experiencing separation or divorce.

Session 2: The Road to Healing/Finding Help
Productive steps you can take to begin the healing process.

Session 3: Facing Your Anger
Insights to identify anger and develop appropriate responses.

Session 4: Facing Your Depression
Depression is a nearly universal response to divorce. This session will help you identify effective ways to deal with it.

Session 5: Facing Your Loneliness
Constructive ways to reduce feelings of loneliness and ways to avoid inappropriate responses.

Session 6: What Does the Owner’s Manual Say?
Encouragement to apply scriptural truths to separation or divorce circumstances.

Session 7: New Relationships
How to know when you are emotionally ready to enter a new relationship and how to develop a healthy relationship when the time is right.

Session 8: Financial Survival
Practical advice for budgeting, work and other key financial issues affecting you during divorce.

Session 9: Kid Care 1
How to help your kids stabilize during the most intense period of separation and the early days of divorce.

Session 10: Kid Care 2
How to be a successful single parent and practical suggestions for bringing up your kids in this environment.

Session 11: Forgiveness
How to overcome obstacles to forgiveness and develop a forgiving lifestyle.

Session 12: Reconciliation
Practical counsel for those interested in exploring reconciliation. You’ll learn that reconciliation can take many forms that may or may not include full restoration of the marriage and gain an understanding of how reconciliation (too the degree possible) can aid in your healing.

Session 13: Moving On, Growing Closer to God
How God can use bad experiences (such as divorce) to help us grow closer to Him and discover His will.