Boot Camp Outline

Course Title: Empowering Pastors: Unleashing Resilience for Emotional Healing and Personal Empowerment

Course Overview:
Welcome to the “Empowering Pastors” course, a transformative 5-day online journey dedicated to equipping pastoral leaders with the knowledge and tools needed to help their congregations unleash resilience, leading to emotional healing and personal empowerment. Through a blend of interactive sessions, creative exercises, and heartfelt inspiration, this course aims to create a solid foundation of trust and learning, empowering pastors to guide their communities towards growth and transformation.

Session 1: Understanding the Journey

• Teaching:
  • Childhood adversities and their impact on emotional injuries
  • Role of pastoral leaders in providing belonging, security, acceptance, and love
• Subpoints:
  1. Recognizing the Impact of Adult Responsibilities on Childhood Development
  2. Understanding the Correlation Between Childhood Experiences and Present-Day Emotions
  3. The Role of Pastors as Shepherds and the High Calling of Pastoral Care

Session 2: Art as a Path to Healing

• Teaching:
  • Healing power of artistic self-expression for those with arrested development
  • Creating trust through art groups and open craft nights
• Subpoints:
  1. The Transformative Role of Art Groups and Open Craft Nights
  2. Creating a Party-Like Atmosphere for Trust and Safety
  3. Empowering Vulnerability and Storytelling

Session 3: Equipping Pastoral Leaders

• Teaching:
  • Addressing hesitancy in exploring social community and behavioral health services
  • Recognizing recurring episodes of financial and emotional crisis
  • Impact of church benevolence on addressing crisis
• Subpoints:
  1. Addressing Hesitancy: Exploring the Use of Social Community Services
  2. Understanding Recurring Episodes of Financial and Emotional Crisis
  3. The Impact of Church Benevolence on Addressing Crisis

Session 4: Creating Compassionate Environments

• Teaching:
  • Transforming ministry for trauma-related emotional injuries
  • Art groups and open craft nights for creating compassionate environments
• Subpoints:
  1. Zero Tolerance for Shame and Scolding
  2. The Transformative Power of Understanding Childhood Adversity
  3. Personal Resilience in Compassionate Listening

Session 5: Transformation and Next Steps

• Teaching:
  • Creating safe environments for trauma survivors
  • Personal resilience and empathy in listening
• Subpoints:
  1. Zero Tolerance for Shame and Scolding
  2. The Transformative Power of Understanding Childhood Adversity
  3. Personal Resilience in Compassionate Listening