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Hope Basic Training, Class 5 Outline
Sara Cruce
Manager,
New Hope Online
Introduction
Sara
first served as a New Hope telephone counselor before being asked
to start the Internet chat room in June, 1997. In this class,
she shares from her personal experience the role that prayer has
played in her life. With this as her frame of reference,
Sara empowers and instructs us in our use of prayer, as New Hope
Counselors. If it's a challenge for you to become comfortable
praying for other people out loud or in print, then this class
will help you to get started. Prayer is an important resource
for us as Christian counselors. It communicates caring in an intimate
way. Prayer provides the means for the counselor to summarize
and clarify the specific needs of the chatter. Most importantly,
prayer connects our chat room visitors with the healing, helping
power of God.
Outline
A. What
is prayer to you?
B. The
Lord’s Prayer
C. Our
credentials - using our pain to understand others
D. Ask
permission to pray
E.
Every chat is a divine appointment
Reading
Assignments:
1.
Sample
New Hope Prayers
2.
Weep
with Those who Weep, Rev. Dr. James Kok,
3.
Help
with the Grieving Process, Dr. Bill Gaultiere
4. When
God is the Enemy by Dr. Bill Gaultiere
5.
What
is Your Image of God? (self test)
If
a chat room visitor wants to know what it means to be a Christian
or wants to understand and grow in the basics of the Christian
faith, you may direct them to an online booklet developed by Crystal
Cathedral pastors called "Discover the God who Believes in You,"
which is located at: http://www.crystalcathedral.org/discovery/
New
Hope Referral
and Resource
Categories to Review
1.
Grief & Hospice Care
2.
Health & Medical
3.
Self-Esteem
4.
Spiritual & Churches
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