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TRAUMA HEALING EQUIPPING SESSION

October 27 – 30, 2021  |  9:00am – 5:00pm each day
Location: Transform Minnesota
Lunch + snacks will be served on-site

Transform Minnesota is proud to announce our partnership with the American Bible Society to bring Bible-based trauma healing to the Twin Cities.

American Bible Society partners with local churches by equipping them to respond to the suffering and trauma in their communities using the Trauma Healing Institute’s program model and materials.

Trauma Healing Equipping Session:

One in five American adults has been a victim of or witness to traumatic events in just the past 10 years. As the events of 2020 unfolded, we collectively experienced numerous traumas, including the murder of George Floyd and the pandemic.

God wants to heal our wounded hearts and minds and He calls the Church to help. American Bible Society and Transform Minnesota have partnered together to bring the Trauma Healing Initiative to the Twin Cities. Through Bible-based, facilitator-led, small groups, we are seeing God heal people in amazing ways.

The Trauma Healing Equipping session is for those who wish to be trained and certified as Trauma Healing small group facilitators. You will be trained in Biblical and mental health principles related to trauma care. The Trauma Healing Equipping sessions are designed to be experiential and participatory. 

Please pray and ask God if He is calling you to serve as a peer facilitator and lead a Trauma Healing group in your church or community.

 

The Equipping curriculum is: 

• Bible-Based

• Offered in a small-group format

• Includes 6 lessons

• And is led by trained and certified peer facilitators.

• Certification as a Trauma Healing facilitator is based on demonstrated skills in the five core competencies: able to facilitate in a participatory way, able to work on a team, able to help traumatized people, knowledge of the materials, and able to manage personal well-being. While certification is not a guarantee, most people will gain valuable skills in trauma care for both themselves and others through attending this training.   

 

Necessary qualifications to be a facilitator:  

• Able to attend each day of the four-day training (certificates will only be granted to those who do so) 

• Fluent in English 

• At least 18 years old 

• Committed to helping trauma survivors and able to dedicate 2 weeks per year to Trauma Healing 

• Able to teach others, manage own wellbeing while leading others, work on a team, and learn to lead groups in a participatory way. Be willing to explore your own loss and pain you may be carrying.

• It is suggested, but not required, that you attend the training with someone else from your organization, church, or area with whom you could co-lead healing groups in the future (if certified).

SPEAKERS

MISTY BODKINS | TRAUMA HEALING INITIATIVE MASTER FACILITATOR
Misty Bodkins has a Master of Arts degree in clinical psychology. She moved to Zimbabwe in 2007, with the intention to establish a counseling ministry with the youth in the area. Her time in Zimbabwe shaped a passion for training those to do counseling versus doing the counseling herself. Misty then spent the next 21 months working as a crisis care consultant with a disaster relief ministry before becoming executive director of Ministry Care in September 2016. She believes in the value of Ministry of Presence-being present and available to walk alongside those who are suffering. Trauma Healing has been invaluable then to the heart of Ministry Care.

Misty is certified as a Master Facilitator in both the Adult Classic and the Correctional Contextualization, as well as the Teen’s program. She is also an Apprentice Facilitator in the Children’s program and a Healing Group Facilitator in the Oral Story Based program. Though Misty has spent years serving in Africa, the Lord has opened doors the last 4 years to serve in other places around the world as well as stateside, in both facilitating healing groups and equipping sessions, and partnering with the American Bible Society to help bring about necessary adaptations for successful online implementation.

 

 

 

DON GORDON | TRAUMA HEALING INITIATIVE MASTER FACILITATOR
Don Gordon has been serving in ministry for 40 years in a variety of ways; including inner-city youth ministry, urban pastoral ministry, multi-ethnic church planting, and currently house church ministries. Don also worked for two years with Christian Blind Mission, International.

Don is a Master Facilitator and is Executive Director of “To Equip His People”; a trauma healing training-hub located in Chicagoland. Don earned his B.A. in Sociology from Eastern Illinois University and a M.A.R/Urban Ministry degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Don’s wife of nearly 40 years, Doreen is a Trauma Healing Master Facilitator in Training and partners with him. Don and Doreen have two adult daughters and two adult sons.

 

 

 

 

RACHEL UTHMANN |  TRAUMA HEALING FACILITATOR WITH AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY

Rachel’s 20 years of work with refugees and other displaced people in Europe and North America has given her a passion for caring well for people who have survived deep pain and loss. In search of tools for ministry, Rachel became a facilitator of American Bible Society’s trauma healing program shortly after moving to the Twin Cities five years ago.

As she continues to puts down roots in Minnesota, Rachel is eager to see churches and ministry leaders equipped to respond to the needs of our community. Rachel currently serves as the Director of Training with IAFR (International Association for Refugees) and is also the Trauma Healing Coordinator for the American Bible Society in the Twin Cities.

REGISTRATION

*If needed, scholarships are available for this event. If you would like to inquire information about scholarship opportunities, please email our Program Manager, Hailey Aeikens at hailey@transformmn.org.

 

LOCATION

This Equipping Session will take place at Transform Minnesota in Richfield, Minnesota.

Address: 1515 East 66th Street, Richfield, Minnesota 55423

Parking | Visitor parking is located at the front of the building and on side street parking. Greeters will be there to welcome you!

Speaker

SPEAKERS

MISTY BODKINS | TRAUMA HEALING INITIATIVE MASTER FACILITATOR
Misty Bodkins has a Master of Arts degree in clinical psychology. She moved to Zimbabwe in 2007, with the intention to establish a counseling ministry with the youth in the area. Her time in Zimbabwe shaped a passion for training those to do counseling versus doing the counseling herself. Misty then spent the next 21 months working as a crisis care consultant with a disaster relief ministry before becoming executive director of Ministry Care in September 2016. She believes in the value of Ministry of Presence-being present and available to walk alongside those who are suffering. Trauma Healing has been invaluable then to the heart of Ministry Care.

Misty is certified as a Master Facilitator in both the Adult Classic and the Correctional Contextualization, as well as the Teen’s program. She is also an Apprentice Facilitator in the Children’s program and a Healing Group Facilitator in the Oral Story Based program. Though Misty has spent years serving in Africa, the Lord has opened doors the last 4 years to serve in other places around the world as well as stateside, in both facilitating healing groups and equipping sessions, and partnering with the American Bible Society to help bring about necessary adaptations for successful online implementation.

 

 

 

DON GORDON | TRAUMA HEALING INITIATIVE MASTER FACILITATOR
Don Gordon has been serving in ministry for 40 years in a variety of ways; including inner-city youth ministry, urban pastoral ministry, multi-ethnic church planting, and currently house church ministries. Don also worked for two years with Christian Blind Mission, International.

Don is a Master Facilitator and is Executive Director of “To Equip His People”; a trauma healing training-hub located in Chicagoland. Don earned his B.A. in Sociology from Eastern Illinois University and a M.A.R/Urban Ministry degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Don’s wife of nearly 40 years, Doreen is a Trauma Healing Master Facilitator in Training and partners with him. Don and Doreen have two adult daughters and two adult sons.

 

 

 

 

RACHEL UTHMANN |  TRAUMA HEALING FACILITATOR WITH AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY

Rachel’s 20 years of work with refugees and other displaced people in Europe and North America has given her a passion for caring well for people who have survived deep pain and loss. In search of tools for ministry, Rachel became a facilitator of American Bible Society’s trauma healing program shortly after moving to the Twin Cities five years ago.

As she continues to puts down roots in Minnesota, Rachel is eager to see churches and ministry leaders equipped to respond to the needs of our community. Rachel currently serves as the Director of Training with IAFR (International Association for Refugees) and is also the Trauma Healing Coordinator for the American Bible Society in the Twin Cities.

Registration

REGISTRATION

*If needed, scholarships are available for this event. If you would like to inquire information about scholarship opportunities, please email our Program Manager, Hailey Aeikens at hailey@transformmn.org.

 

Location

LOCATION

This Equipping Session will take place at Transform Minnesota in Richfield, Minnesota.

Address: 1515 East 66th Street, Richfield, Minnesota 55423

Parking | Visitor parking is located at the front of the building and on side street parking. Greeters will be there to welcome you!

Details

Start:
October 27, 2021
End:
October 30, 2021
Cost:
$149.00
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Venue

Transform Minnesota
1515 E 66th Street
Richfield, 55423 United States

Organizer

Transform Minnesota
Website:
transformmn.org/events

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