Emotionally Healthy Relationships Course
Fall 2022
You are invited to participate in a deeply transformative discipleship course called Emotionally Healthy Relationships on Sundays from September 25th to December 4, 2022 (with 10/16 and 11/27)! We are piloting this course with the goal of making it a central offering in New City Church’s spiritual formation plan. This course is a concrete answer to: “How do I grow as a Christian in this church?”
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What is Emotionally Healthy Relationships and why should I join?
We who believe the gospel, regularly attend church, are devoted to small groups, and are growing spiritually still need to develop the practical, day-by-day skills to love our neighbors, families, and friends better. See, even people of faith with a vibrant church life can continue relational patterns that break togetherness vs. build togetherness: we often do not resolve conflict in healthy ways, speak assertively, or communicate our needs with the people we love most. Have you noticed this in your life?
The Emotionally Healthy Relationships course is an 8-week course designed to help disciple us in our relational life, that we might experience healing and development in our relationships with family members, parents, spouses, significant others, coworkers, and friends. In the dual commandment Jesus gave us in Matthew, this course is designed to help us authentically “love our neighbor as ourselves.”
The EHR course will help us dig beneath the surface in our relationship with God, ourselves, and our communities of origin. It will help us develop rhythms to deepen our life with God, safely explore our woundings in community, and give us the tools and concepts to sustain these areas of growth. During the course, we will see how it is not possible to be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally and relationally immature. As 1 John says, we know we love God if we have love for others.
Emotionally Healthy Relationships is part 2 of a 2-part course called Emotionally Healthy Discipleship. We regularly run the first part of the course, called Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, in the Spring.
Can I sign up for the EHR course without having taken the EHS course?
YES, you can sign up for EHR without having taken the EHS Course! Emotionally Healthy Relationships (EHR) is the second part of a 2-part course; the first part is called Emotionally Healthy Spirituality (EHS), which we offer in the Spring. You can sign up for EHR without having taken EHS — we just ask that you sign up for EHS in the following Spring!
What is the schedule?
Each session will be held in-person in the church office, with lunch fellowship starting at 12:30pm (unless otherwise indicated). Each session will run roughly 2 hours. The schedule looks like this:
9/25: Recap of Emotionally Healthy Spirituality (Part 1 of the course)
10/2: Session 1: Take your Community Temperature Reading
10/9: Session 2: Stop Mind Reading and Clarify Expectations
10/16: *BREAK for NCC Ballot Education Event after church*
10/23: Session 3: Genogram your Family
10/30: Session 4: Explore the Iceberg
11/6: Session 5: Listen Incarnationally
11/13: Session 6: Climb the Ladder of Integrity
11/20: Session 7: Fight Cleanly
11/27: *BREAK for Thanksgiving holiday*
12/4: Session 8: Develop a “Rule of Life” to Implement Emotionally Healthy Skills
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Who will lead the course?
Pastor Danny will facilitate the large group portions of each session, while the smaller groups will be facilitated by trained table leaders.
What are the course materials, and can I get help purchasing them if I need it?
The EHR participant packet includes the 8-session Emotionally Healthy Relationships Workbook, and the Emotionally Healthy Relationships Day-by-Day devotional book. The total cost comes out to $18.00 on the Be sure to order 2 weeks in advance of the course start date! ORDER HERE
Finances should not get in the way of participation in this course. If you need financial assistance to purchase the course materials, New City will help. Indicate that you need financial assistance in the CCB sign up form for the course and we will get you the materials.
What are the sessions like?
Before each group meeting, take time throughout the week to do the “between session study” (starts between sessions 1 and 2), and the daily office devotional (day-by-day). On Sundays, each group session will look like this:
- Daily Office
- Introduction
- Growing Connected
- Bible Study
- Video
- Workbook Activities
- Small Group Sharing
- Video: Closing Summary
Throughout the week, we will be making daily use of the devotional book to practice and deepen what we are learning. Yes, there is some homework!
What if I can’t make it every session?
If you would like to participate in the EHR course, we ask that you prioritize participation, to the best of your ability. If you aren’t able to attend a session, let your table leader know, and please keep up with the book and devotional and come prepared for the following session.
Will there be childcare?
YES – childcare will be offered. Indicate you need it in the online sign up form!
Will there be lunch beforehand?
YES – before the in-person sessions, we will have lunch together.