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Self-Study Video Course
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Do you have a heart for people who are hurting and broken? Maybe you’re looking to grow as a caregiver or counselor or leader – or you just want to learn some practical tools to better help people in your life. The truth is, we can all learn skills to better help those in need. This course does just that.
The Lifeline to Hope Self-Study Course is a 10-session, video-based lay caregiving training program to help you become a competent biblical caregiver – to provide support, encouragement, and spiritual care to those in need.
Hear from Eric and Haley, the instructors
Key Benefits to Lifeline to Hope Self-Study Course:
- Flexibility – learn at your own schedule and pace
- Accessibility – access the lessons anytime, anywhere
- Digital format – watch online on your computer or mobile device
- Professional curriculum taught by experienced instructors
- Comprehensive training to become a biblical caregiver
- Biblically-based, practical teaching with personal application
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About the Lifeline to Hope Training Course
Equipping you to help others and make a difference – connecting a life in crisis with a life in Christ.
What’s included in the course?
- 10 Video Training Sessions (see below for topic sessions)
- Comprehensive 300-Page Caregiver Training Manual (PDF)
- Bonus Training Session on Stress, Burnout, and Self-Care
- Certificate of Completion
- Dashboard Access to Videos and Caregiver Training Manual
The Self-Study Course is great for people who:
- Want to grow in their people-helping and relational skills
- Want to grow as a caregiver, counselor, coach, chaplain, or leader
- Those in ministry contexts (pastors, lay leaders, small-group leaders)
- Counselors looking to integrate biblical truth into their practice
- Anyone seeking insight into how to biblically help others
- Anyone wanting to learn basic caregiving and counseling principles
- Those with busy schedules (learn at own your pace)
Course Video Lessons
- 1: Introduction – The Biblical Basis for Caregiving
- 2: Biblical Hope and Practical Help – The Keys for Living Model
- 3: Effective Listening and People Helping Skills – Part 1
- 4: Effective Listening and People Helping Skills – Part 2
- 5: The Search for Significance
- 6. Your Parents and You
- 7: Basic Helping and Crisis Intervention Skills
- 8: Strongholds and Spiritual Warfare
- 9: The Process of Change and Healing
- 10: Ethics, Liability, and the Law – Servant Leadership
Bonus Presentation: When Helping You is Hurting Me
Purchase the Lifeline to Hope Self-Study Course
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Valid until February 6.
Along with the video presentations, you will receive a comprehensive 300-page Caregiver Training Manual (PDF download) that follows the presentations with detailed information, opportunities to take notes, additional insights that allow you to dive deeper into the topics being discussed, and a self-reflection at the end of each lesson. When you have successfully completed the training, you will also be awarded an attractive Certificate of Completion, suitable for framing. The video lessons and Caregiver Training Manual give you the tools to unlock God’s Word, equipping you to provide Christ-like care for those who are hurting, broken, and in need.
About the Instructors
Dr. Eric Scalise
Senior VP & Chief Strategy Officer
Eric Scalise is a seasoned organizational leader with extensive professional and ministry expertise. He is the former Senior Vice President for the American Association of Christian Counselors and former Department Chair for Counseling Programs at Regent University. As a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Dr. Scalise has 40 years of clinical and professional experience. Additionally, he is a published author and national/international speaker, frequently working with organizations, clinicians, ministry leaders and churches on a variety of issues.
Haley Scully, M.A.
Vice President of Strategic and Ministry Projects
Haley Scully, MA, is a speaker, author, and trainer and has been with Hope for the Heart since 2011. She currently serves as the Vice President of Strategic and Ministry Projects. She began her work in our onsite counseling programs and moved into international ministry where she has delivered training in over 30 countries. She manages initiatives, develops partnerships, coordinates resources, and provides basic counseling, coaching, and care ministry training for church leaders and parachurch organizations around the world.
Haley earned her degree in Communications from Oklahoma State University and Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Counseling from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. She is passionate about connecting hurting hearts to hope in Christ and application of God’s Word to their everyday lives.
What Others Are Saying
“Because of Lifeline, we have seen the Lord do great miracles through simple people who are just willing to give their time, to listen, and love someone who is hurting. This is one training class you will not be sorry you took.”
— Kristi Duncan, Lifeline Director, Blue Ridge Community Church
