tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24869086192945562392024-03-24T03:11:07.672-04:00Coaching with Chris and Carol Green* Listening, Lifting and Launching with Chris and Carol GreenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486908619294556239.post-47644312426739681982024-03-22T10:00:00.046-04:002024-03-23T23:32:04.759-04:00CARE-Ready Master Life Coach and Trainer Graduates First Cohort of Care-Solution Life Coaches<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTFA7wz8xBrwULvqgNxI4Zf3mxYR1wJS-e62M1Ifs7Jn_YUk_6IXUCqgGWK-CWGLBObFelojIVIteN9AOtVUyNe2-EVkNsoi0R4ljDpaJj7IOh0V_I5-dUsfaIkR9nvhLCXQb3XdjacD-P_EAX-7GXbzvh-H0WP46NXtWFz2eDt0Rk7I0QSdKIfIQGAXk/s2049/Elevate2Impact%20Graduation%20Post.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2049" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTFA7wz8xBrwULvqgNxI4Zf3mxYR1wJS-e62M1Ifs7Jn_YUk_6IXUCqgGWK-CWGLBObFelojIVIteN9AOtVUyNe2-EVkNsoi0R4ljDpaJj7IOh0V_I5-dUsfaIkR9nvhLCXQb3XdjacD-P_EAX-7GXbzvh-H0WP46NXtWFz2eDt0Rk7I0QSdKIfIQGAXk/w400-h341/Elevate2Impact%20Graduation%20Post.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">St. Louis, Missouri, USA</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> - Amethyst Roberson, our first CARE-Ready Master
Life Coach and Trainer, graduated her first cohort of Care-Solution Life
Coaches in an online ceremony hosted by <i><u><a href="https://www.coachingcareconnections.com/" target="_blank">Coaching Care Connections</a></u></i> on Thursday, March 21, 2024.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Verdana;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"><i>“As we wrap up this incredible journey,”</i>
Amethyst shared on social media, <i>“I can't help but feel overwhelmed with
gratitude. This course has been more than just a series of lectures and
assignments; it has been a transformative experience. As we step into the
future, lets carry these lessons with us and continue to strive for
excellence."</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">Congratulations were given to her first graduates:</span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Verdana;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">To Sheila Bratton</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> – <i>“Congratulations on accomplishing this milestone. I cannot wait to
see the full bloom of what God is planting in you. People really have no idea
of the depth of wisdom and knowledge that you possess. Don’t allow the trials
of life to stop you from bringing out what has been placed in you. Now, it’s time
to elevate and impact your world."</i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Verdana;"><i> </i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">To Adryane Calloway</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> - <i>"I am amazed at what is about to be released into the world. All
I see are open doors and opportunities for you to simply show up authentically.
It will be refreshing and welcomed by all who come in contact with you. Go
elevate and impact others.”</i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Verdana;"><i> </i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">The graduation ceremony featured guest speaker,
Pastor Al Long, Sr., an Ordained Minister, Certified Corporate Instructor,
Certified Life Coach, Certified Peer Specialist and a Family Support Provider.
He and his wife Kacie also minister to those reentering society after
incarceration through their non-profit Jacob's Ladder Ministries.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Amethyst Roberson is a
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, and
a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC). She has specialized in Christian
Counseling, Life Coaching for women and couples, and in Professional
development services to those in need for 20+ years. She is also a dynamic
speaker and author.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">She added to her long list
of credentials by becoming a certified CARE-Ready <b>Master Life Coach and
Trainer</b>. This means she is credentialed and qualified (through the <i><u><a href="https://fruitfullifeleadershipeducation.talentlms.com/index" target="_blank">STEP Forward Life Institute</a></u></i>) to train, produce and
provide certifications for life coaches in her powerfully effective coaching
model.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The people that Amethyst trains
in her <b><u><a href="https://www.coachingcareconnections.com/care-solutions-coach" target="_blank">Elevate 2 Impact</a></u></b> life coaching certification program not only
receive principles and strategies that are built upon a proven coaching model,
but they benefit from her many years of professional experience as a licensed
professional counselor, certified life coach, and a cutting edge innovator who walks
them through a learning experience that transforms each of her students as a
person and empowers each of them as a life coach.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p>Chris and Carol Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877339904629610741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486908619294556239.post-73356635715059455512024-03-15T10:00:00.104-04:002024-03-20T21:56:40.275-04:00Encouraging Grandparents Who Are Raising Their Grandchildren<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHIPNk7vqbdqfM1_iRSlzOJn2fnJaOFEu3CUdnXF8qHAZupeD1WxjIFzLXyk4iNKN5HzIum-7vbiwqwLxX6we7xNEvd9xS97-dhwDtyV_lvrtg6h6KB_wNMf-k8MmVoks0NBE7ieFRmwN5_Y71Z1I0T1epmL-m-xUc4xFhBD9J8nZD5WPMWFd1nQWg-o8/s960/307157748_411087231170296_4636273102127333944_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="392" data-original-width="960" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHIPNk7vqbdqfM1_iRSlzOJn2fnJaOFEu3CUdnXF8qHAZupeD1WxjIFzLXyk4iNKN5HzIum-7vbiwqwLxX6we7xNEvd9xS97-dhwDtyV_lvrtg6h6KB_wNMf-k8MmVoks0NBE7ieFRmwN5_Y71Z1I0T1epmL-m-xUc4xFhBD9J8nZD5WPMWFd1nQWg-o8/w640-h261/307157748_411087231170296_4636273102127333944_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA - Chris and Carol Green were
the guest speakers at this month’s <b><i>Grandparents Information Forum</i></b>, which was
hosted by Dolorez Cobb-Jones, founder of a non-profit organization called
<u style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.giftsgivelife.com/" target="_blank">Grandparents Involved From The Start (GIFTS), Inc</a>,</u><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>on Thursday evening, March 14, 2024. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Presenting on the organization's Zoom Conference, the <i>Board
Certified Mental Health Coaches</i> spoke from the topic: <b>Mental Health and Your
Living Legacy</b>. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The purpose of GIFTS is to assist grandparents with
knowledge, support and resources so that they will become more informed,
involved and empowered to overcome the challenges of raising their
grandchild(ren). The Greens were invited as part of a self-care series and
this month’s focus was on mental health. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>“Our thanks to Dolorez Cobb-Jones and GIFTS for inviting us
to speak on their online forum,”</i> the Greens shared. <i>“The participants were so
gracious and receptive.”</i> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The Greens opened by engaging the group in a relaxation
exercise as a practical way to relieve stress and get focused and centered for
the online session. Then they explained some of the basic terminology
surrounding mental health, daily stress, and traumatic stress; and carried the
presentation into a pivotal section called, <b><i>‘When Life Happens'</i></b>. Ninety percent (90%) of U.S.
citizens will be exposed to a traumatic event in their lifetime, so <i>life happenings</i> can include: </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->Natural Disasters</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->Accidental Disasters</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->Intentional or Deliberate Disasters</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->Incidents of loss or unexpected changes in your life
and lifestyle</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->Sustained or Repeated Events and Incidents </p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>“We really wanted to emphasize that even though traumatic
stress is more powerful and serious than ordinary day-to-day stress,”</i> the
Greens explained, <i>“Traumatic stress is a <b>normal human response</b> to an abnormal
event or incident. The brain and body are trying to get back to normal.” </i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Since most of their audience is dealing with the unexpected
changes and the traumatic incidents that created the current situation in which
they are now raising their grandchildren, the Greens shared some of their
traumatic experiences like the loss of income, a car repossession, an eviction, and
living in a hotel for about two months. </p><p class="MsoNormal">From this perspective the Greens offered the following everyday
mental health tips to help grandparents elevate their mood and become more
resilient.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>1. Practice self-care and make yourself a priority </b>(Eat healthy, Exercise, Get enough sleep)</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>2. Disconnect </b>(for a period of time daily)<b> from electronics and social media</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>3. Engage in activities that provide meaning</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>4. Volunteer</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>5. Engage in meditation and/or prayer</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>6. Avoid heavy substance use</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>7. Get help from a licensed mental health professional when
and if you need it </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Then they concluded by offering tips on <b>how to build a
living legacy of mental wellness </b>for their grand children. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="background-color: #fcff01;">As the Greens were speaking, so many comments were being posted in the group chat that Dolorez Cobb-Jones briefly interrupted the presentation to read a few of them. Samples of the responses </b><b style="background-color: #fcff01;">were:</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>This is very practical </li><li>You're answering the exact questions that I had in my mind</li><li>Wow </li><li>Interesting session </li><li>I've been practicing this for the last 3 years ...Love this meeting, very informative </li><li>Wonderful </li><li>Thank you for this opportunity </li><li>Really informative session</li><li>Thank you !!!</li><li>Great </li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p>
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>“We just presented a few small but impactful ways to
help grandparents improve their mental health every day,”</i> the Greens concluded.
<i>“Just as it requires effort to build and maintain physical health, so it is
with mental health. We pray that all will see an increase in their overall
mental wellness as they press forward in raising their grandchildren in these
challenging times." </i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p>Chris and Carol Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877339904629610741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486908619294556239.post-51692374186003543592024-02-28T11:00:00.023-05:002024-03-09T15:05:16.695-05:00Chris Green Earns Board-Certified Master Mental Health Coach Credential<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7OBImV8gxDaE1l_LfF9MneGlPWQjqZ4FPG39UsyFenB9FBFLIfWfRQ0-bAOy4gqqmKZVfK8e952PKtPRHZ64O6aOyesonReDGBG38PD9D5YQ_7SMqGFH_lOw65LT_f166wM116zGGRpaN_iuPav9eTsEWqvzwjfF95oHeVoU7V2dN_JTDobL2J0Vqu_w/s500/Master%20Mental%20Health%20Certificate%20-%20Chris%20Green.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7OBImV8gxDaE1l_LfF9MneGlPWQjqZ4FPG39UsyFenB9FBFLIfWfRQ0-bAOy4gqqmKZVfK8e952PKtPRHZ64O6aOyesonReDGBG38PD9D5YQ_7SMqGFH_lOw65LT_f166wM116zGGRpaN_iuPav9eTsEWqvzwjfF95oHeVoU7V2dN_JTDobL2J0Vqu_w/s16000/Master%20Mental%20Health%20Certificate%20-%20Chris%20Green.jpg" /></a></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.5pt;">Today, Chris Green
officially became a Board-Certified </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.5pt;">Master</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.5pt;"> Mental Health Coach (BCMMHC)
upon completion of the mental health specialization program: <b>Crisis Response and
Trauma Care</b>, administered by the </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.5pt;"><u><a href="https://www.aacc.net/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #d17211; text-decoration-line: none;">American Association of Christian Counselors</span></a></u></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.5pt;"> through
Light University. </span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.5pt;"><i>“Many of our religious and
civic leaders have been misinformed and still approach this issue from
ignorance, stigma, fear, and very bad theology,”</i> Chris explains.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.5pt;"><i>Many still believe
that all people need to do is just quote a scripture, say a prayer, and God
will take care of the mental health issue by injecting peace into their minds. But God says through Biblical text, that His people perish because of the lack of knowledge. In this aspect of our human experience, we suffer from debilitating ignorance.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.5pt;"><i>In response to this
errant mindset and theology, we just wanted to get educated, trained and
empowered to address this crisis by learning from other, more knowledgeable and
experienced Christian organizations and institutions who bring a <b>balanced</b> and
<b>holistic</b> approach to helping individuals and families who are struggling with
mental health challenges. We wanted to immerse ourselves in proper education,
so that we could better understand the mental health crisis in our own families
and communities."</i></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.5pt;">This specialization program in
<i>Crisis Response and Trauma Care</i> involved 24 hours of training and exams that prepares
leaders to come alongside of those who are hurting, and to help the interventionist properly and adequately
respond when a traumatic event happens. The good news is that God is always with us in our trouble,
and He has no greater plan than to work through His people as a conduit, to provide a "ministry of presence" that speaks to people in crisis, that God will make a way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.5pt;">This specialization
course was preceded by a 42-hour rigorous training program that included:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.5pt;"> 1.) First, the
completion of a 14-hour course called <b><i>Foundations of Mental
Health Coaching</i></b> - This introductory course was designed to provide
students with an orientation to the field of mental health coaching. Topics
covered included the role and scope of mental health coaching within the local
church, ethical guidelines and professional standards in coaching, crisis
intervention techniques, and the integration of faith and biblical wisdom in
coaching.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.5pt;"> 2.) Next, the
completion of a 14-hour course called <b><i>Mental Health Coaching
Skills</i></b> -The purpose of this course was to provide students with
the fundamental theories and skills of Christ-centered mental health coaching.
Key elements of the coaching process, included methods of change, listening,
effective communication, giving hope, operating small groups, and counseling
theory.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.5pt;"> 3.) And finally,
the completion of a 14-hour course called <b><i>Mental and Behavioral
Health Disorders</i></b> - This course introduced students to the
fundamentals of mental and behavioral health disorders. Particular emphasis was
placed on factors that cause mental disorders, as well as conventional
treatments. Conditions discussed included addiction, anxiety disorders, bipolar
disorder, major depressive disorder, eating disorders, and post-traumatic
stress disorder.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.5pt;">As a Board Certified
Master Mental Health Coach, credentialed by the <i><u><a href="https://www.ibccglobal.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #d17211; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">International Board of Christian Care</span></a></u></i> (IBCC), Chris has earned a voluntary global credential that trains and charges its
recipients to maintain the highest clinical, ethical and biblical standards of
practice.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.5pt;"><i>“I'm very pleased to
have earned this credential,"</i> Chris concluded. <i>“Now my wife (Carol) and I
are better prepared to assist people through our coaching business and
ministry. We're also able to become a more successful connection and liaison
between those who need help, and the very capable mental health professionals in our community.
We are part of an army of mental health coaches that are being trained and
deployed across the United States. It's a new day for those who have been
suffering in silence in our families, neighborhoods, church pews, classrooms
and office cubicles."</i></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.5pt;">Chris
and Carol Green are the creators of the <u><a href="https://www.candcconnections.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #d17211; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">CARE-Ready Life
Coaching</span></a></u>® model of inspiration, education and certification, and
the founders of the <u><a href="https://fruitfullifeleadershipeducation.talentlms.com/index" target="_blank"><span style="color: #d17211; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">STEP Forward Life Institute</span></a></u></span><span style="color: #0000ee; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.5pt;">™</span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.5pt;">, an online community service preparatory
platform. Through their business and school, they empower people to become the
change they want to see, and to become the kind and caring light this world so
desperately needs.</span></p><p></p>Chris and Carol Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877339904629610741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486908619294556239.post-45846310090867875632024-01-26T12:00:00.017-05:002024-01-31T12:17:05.625-05:00CARE-Ready Life Coach Graduate Making Significant Impact in Her Community<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicWRaXI1Rde6hmc9dmaqwK_eGEKIEHRSzE8YDjlLOcDyaBSOC1w7jpk5i7nNZuSJ8uZwmKCe6VU3uC0AzGMbOKg23B1tFeHXkhjWAXitS1Q-3vqPykdROiRhPEfeHc-7WCuIJvr2KoPcNpWju5aoGvCmWKNve7NNlOIXDF2f7XcsovTaFIYvLvsgpCPaI/s875/press-release-Johnson-Christina-875x548.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="875" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicWRaXI1Rde6hmc9dmaqwK_eGEKIEHRSzE8YDjlLOcDyaBSOC1w7jpk5i7nNZuSJ8uZwmKCe6VU3uC0AzGMbOKg23B1tFeHXkhjWAXitS1Q-3vqPykdROiRhPEfeHc-7WCuIJvr2KoPcNpWju5aoGvCmWKNve7NNlOIXDF2f7XcsovTaFIYvLvsgpCPaI/w400-h250/press-release-Johnson-Christina-875x548.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christina Johnson, CARE-Ready Life Coach Graduate</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>Christina Johnson, a CARE-Ready Life Coach Graduate from the class of August 2019, is making a significant impact in her community.</p><p>See the article from the <b>Central Penn Business Journal</b> (below) written by <i>Cris Collingwood</i>, January 25, 2024.</p><p>Harrisburg-based Tri-County OIC, a nonprofit school, has promoted its interim executive director to executive director. </p><p>The Board of Directors hired Christina Johnson, who will lead the organization’s initiatives to further its Adult Education and workforce development divisions. </p><p>Tri-County OIC said Johnson brings a wealth of experience to her new role of providing leadership in the planning and implementing quality-based training and education, including more than a decade of education and organizational human resource development knowledge in private and nonprofit sectors.</p><p>“What drew me to Tri-County OIC was its phenomenal leader, Jeffery Charles Woodyard, and its mission closely aligned with my economic justice goals for underserved populations through education, diversity, inclusion, and economic development,” Johnson said. </p><p>Johnson previously served Tri-County OIC as interim executive director, community outreach director, and reentry program manager. </p><p> While in this role, she coordinated all significant programming for the Reentry Division, expanded the workforce division, and managed a budget of over $1 million in the adult education division. </p><p>“It is an honor to serve in this role of executive director of Tri-County OIC,” Johnson said. “I am committed to continuing to provide the community access to self-sufficiency through our adult education and workforce development divisions while building true collaboration with community partners that lead to the enhancement of the community.” </p>Chris and Carol Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877339904629610741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486908619294556239.post-35011813905474961312024-01-12T11:00:00.007-05:002024-03-23T23:16:31.509-04:00Mental Health and Spiritual Wellness Coaches Promote Latest Book<p><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfsYxOYsjLNhX3RIEY53iLsMFXB5S1Hg2HS0l7Eni06GNb9nazGyyRsLU8VyqPougyWyz5w3D1L8JcWkil0lqQfvtrTAXe-Wc7hKqaz0OdDH5cW_hrySX5Gqk_YaoTI8Fxxp77kmLGnFM9gSQvyaXm15XdFEOdXgIp9rlNGcz3m4b5Hip9yukaJpDW/s2724/Rest__Retreat._Revival_Book%20Cover%202.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2724" data-original-width="1854" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfsYxOYsjLNhX3RIEY53iLsMFXB5S1Hg2HS0l7Eni06GNb9nazGyyRsLU8VyqPougyWyz5w3D1L8JcWkil0lqQfvtrTAXe-Wc7hKqaz0OdDH5cW_hrySX5Gqk_YaoTI8Fxxp77kmLGnFM9gSQvyaXm15XdFEOdXgIp9rlNGcz3m4b5Hip9yukaJpDW/w149-h211/Rest__Retreat._Revival_Book%20Cover%202.jpg" width="149" /></a></div></b></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><div><i>"Success is not only about what you will accomplish," </i>write the mental health and community life coaches.<span style="font-family: verdana;"> "</span><i>Ultimately it’s about who you will become. We were leading while bleeding and hardly anyone knew. Eventually, we were forced to stop, rest, retreat and reset."</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>In their latest book, <i><b>Rest, Retreats, Revival and Other Comedies, </b></i>subtitled <i><b>You are Success in Process</b>, </i>Chris and Carol Green open up about the consequences of neglecting self care during and after life-altering critical incidents. Each time they pressed forward, accepting more and more invitations to help others; and that would push them into cycles of emotional, mental, physical and spiritual crisis. They share how <b><i>God's process</i></b> eventually led them out of those cycles and into healing, wholeness, and their true identity and purpose, which was rediscovered when they learned how to:</div><div> </div></span><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><b>Rest </b>in God and get out of the grind mindset; </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><b>Retreat</b> after devastating setbacks and disappointments; </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><b>Revive </b>and reset to come back out fighting again; </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">and to be open, honest and humbled by </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">the </span></div><div><b style="font-family: verdana;">Comedy of Errors</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">; the mistakes and bad decisions, upon which God extended mercy and grace.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><i>"</i></span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>This book isn't for everyone," </i>the Greens affirm<i>, "<b>It's for that person who is sick and tired of projecting a brave front while hiding their deep disappointment behind spirituality</b>. It's for the person who is no longer looking for a typical self-help manual, filled with inspirational stories and motivational meditations. THIS is the book for that soul who is ready to challenge their core beliefs about why their life keeps going off the rails, to stop blaming 'the devil' for everything that goes wrong, and truly desires to finally break FREE from the unending cycles of dead-ends, defeat and discouragement.</i></span></span></div><div><i style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></i></div><div><div><i style="font-family: verdana;">We put ourselves out there, made ourselves vulnerable and accessible, and exposed our true authentic hearts; and when people took advantage of our kindness and compassion, or questioned our competency, motivations, loyalty and integrity, yes, we were taken aback, hurt, and offended (which we hate to admit), and it triggered our introvert instincts to just go home and close the door.</i></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><i style="font-family: verdana;">We reached our breaking points when the pressures and challenges began to affect our marriage; when they began to affect our physical and mental health; when insinuations and accusations from outside forces and entities, advanced far beyond mere words spoken against us, to actual intentional actions against us that had real life-impacting consequences.</i></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>So, we would retreat. And it would be complete pullback moments, cutting off almost everything and everyone (the guilty, the innocent, the perpetrators, and the by-standers). We were in survival mode, burnout and compassion fatigue. But even those triggered-trauma responses were part of our process.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>We learned that you can't ignore trauma by trying to be who and what others need you to be for them. We had to rediscover who God actually always intended for us to <b>be for Him</b>."</i></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><b>From the Book's Foreword:</b></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This book is a revelation on how to understand change. It lays out the truth about <i><b>"process"</b></i>, as productive lives are always on a journey of constant growth and change. To stop growing and changing is to die. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Greens are top <i><a href="https://unitedgraduatecollegeandseminaryintl.com/?page_id=590" target="_blank"><span style="color: #07965f;"><b>Searcherdemcians</b></span></a></i> who are not afraid to take new paths to help lift and better humanity. They are not scared to be Searchers of a new way of doing things and because of this, they are fruitful.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">They have gone through <b>growth, death, and rebirth</b>, while leading in a new philosophy of education for which the world is crying out. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've had the privilege of knowing and working with the Greens for nearly a decade. I have observed their approach and can vouch for their genuineness and productivity. They have diligently worked, scraped, and sacrificed their way to<b> </b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>top stages of influence</i></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I say, <i>"When all else fails, follow the fruit."</i> Chris and Carol Green are good fruit and have produced tangible evidence and results of their life skills theory, <i>"<b>You are Success in Process</b>." </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">In this book, you are sure to find where you are <i>"<b>in your process</b>."</i> You are sure to find your next step. You will be encouraged and reassured that you are not alone in your journey. You will find that you are<i> <b>"God's Success in Process." </b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">How refreshing is that?!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>This is a riveting book that has inspired and impacted my life. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>You will already be succeeding by picking it up.</span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><em><b><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="color: #141921;">---Chancellor Michal P. Pitzl, </span></b></em><span style="color: #141921;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
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But on Friday, in the same courthouse, he was officially sworn in as a Harrisburg City Council member.</p><p>“This isn’t about me; it’s for you guys,” Jones said to a room full of family and supporters during the ceremony. “I celebrate you for having the courage and willingness to look at me and say ‘this is the guy we want to represent us.’”</p><p>In May’s primary election, Jones became one of three Democratic nominees for council. In July, two city residents challenged his nomination petition, arguing that Jones’ past criminal convictions disqualified him from holding office. However, Judge Jeffrey Engle ruled in Jones’ favor, allowing him to remain in the November election, when he was elected to council.</p><p>On Friday, Jones shared that, just a week prior, he received a full pardon from the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons for his convictions, which dated back over 20 years.</p><p>“As we stand in yet another courtroom […] a room that has arguably taken so much from you, today you’ve gotten it all back,” said Ana White, a member of Jones’ campaign team.</p><p>According to Jones, he was aware that his previous felonies could impact his ability to run for office. But with the support of people like county District Attorney Fran Chardo, he decided to go for it.</p><p>“I wanted to challenge the law,” he said. “I broke the chain.”</p><p>At the swearing-in ceremony, which was officiated by Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas Judge Royce Morris, several community members spoke about the role that they’ve seen Jones play in the community as a mentor and re-entry service provider.</p><p>“Today, history is being made,” said Dorothy Scott, who spoke during the ceremony. “He has faced many challenges along the way. Not only did he persevere, but he lit the way for many to follow.”</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Editor's Note:</b></p><p>Watch video of Lamont Jones' Life Coach Certification graduation presentation <i>(May 2019)</i></p><p><u><b><a href="https://vimeo.com/335612233" target="_blank">Click HERE to watch</a></b></u></p>Chris and Carol Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877339904629610741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486908619294556239.post-38216116757352285542023-11-08T11:00:00.029-05:002024-03-23T15:24:33.196-04:00First CARE-Ready Master Life Coach Trained and Certified<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1TH1FdxN3Ljm5MQelajLZE5ytE_jMyNs-mI7hXghXTgtGlMSnDBt4uCVOglTuIVzFqySA7yT1gE1L6N5EHwcJUUn_mWmpuY4ZpVd-LlUNxF46BF1dvvvE4hrpEpU7cGTrTYHSfCgtM_q3NEKdEaG67v_Sa_qWUqwfiZJkqLqSmnksy1U-fDrycn_wcZA/s320/image0.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="320" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amethyst Roberson</td></tr></tbody></table><p>STEP Forward Life Institute, Pennsylvania, USA: Amethyst Roberson became the first CARE-Ready <b>Master Life Coach</b> trained and certified through the <u><a href="https://fruitfullifeleadershipeducation.talentlms.com/index" target="_blank">STEP Forward Life Institute</a></u> by its founders and lead instructors, Chris and Carol Green (Hon.Causa, BCMHC, CMLC).</p><p>Amethyst Roberson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, and a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC). She has specialized in Christian Counseling, Life Coaching for women and couples, and in Professional development services to those in need for 20+ years. She is also a dynamic speaker and author. Now she has added to her long list of credentials by becoming a certified CARE-Ready Master Life Coach and Trainer. This means she is credentialed and qualified to train, produce and provide certifications for life coaches in her powerfully effective coaching model.</p><p>The Greens have known her for many years prior to her enrollment in the STEP Forward Certification programs; and have followed her journey to becoming a master-degree counselor, and a highly sought after therapist and practitioner in her own right. Not only did she become a certified CARE-Ready Life Coach back in the fall of 2021, but then she took on the challenge to become a certified <b>Master </b>Life Coach and trainer as well.</p><p><i> "We are passing on the legacy of the CARE-Ready method within coaching through the training and certification of extraordinary professionals like Amethyst,"</i> Chris Green remarked enthusiastically. <i>"Dedicated people like her are assuring us that our CARE-Ready concepts will continue far beyond ourselves." </i></p><p>The people that Amethyst will train in her new <b><u><a href="https://www.coachcareconnections.com/" target="_blank">Elevate 2 Impact</a></u></b> life coaching certification program will not only receive principles and strategies that are built upon a proven coaching model, but they will benefit from her many years of professional experience as a licensed professional counselor, certified life coach, and a cutting edge innovator who will walk them through a learning experience that will transform each of them as a person and empower each of them as a life coach. </p><p><i>"We wholeheartedly endorse Amethyst Roberson as a master life coach and trainer,"</i> Carol Green said. "<i>The investment that her students will be making to become trained and certified in her coaching model, is worth more than they can possibly imagine. With Amethyst, they will do much more than memorize material and parrot back facts and information on quizzes and exams. Through her training, they will become the person they need to be, so that they can reach their highest potential as a life coach."</i></p><p>Amethyst has the full support of the STEP Forward Life Institute, which provides the accreditation of her <b><u><a href="https://www.coachcareconnections.com/" target="_blank">Elevate 2 Impact</a></u></b> certification programs. She now joins with the STEP Forward Life Institute's other partnering groups and organizations that are all working in collaboration to bring a fresh and effective approach to life coaching during this critical time in our world. </p><p>Amethyst also accepted an invitation to become a STEP Forward Life Instructor, and already has three <b><u><a href="https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/beyond-the-altar" target="_blank">training series</a></u></b> embedded in the platform's online courses.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Chris and Carol Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877339904629610741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486908619294556239.post-18058630635228181022023-11-06T08:00:00.006-05:002023-11-21T18:17:41.802-05:00People Get Our Vote, but Only GOD Gets Our Hope<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFOpvVD1ZxxCWV55oUzc0UCGaGvV3mfU3Rj9RBLul1vn6PmYTbr1lCntSsCBBBi_a5HYXXAL1FYt-_iARy9aOA8qvKfZW5BH3V5wpHh6Iog1GJdnMTrIrDN1qKZNmX3IWbTHqaD53Gxyw/s2048/gettyimages-103754069_wide-b11e726f5b88e2cf31853b2fe38fcc27ef3ef848.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFOpvVD1ZxxCWV55oUzc0UCGaGvV3mfU3Rj9RBLul1vn6PmYTbr1lCntSsCBBBi_a5HYXXAL1FYt-_iARy9aOA8qvKfZW5BH3V5wpHh6Iog1GJdnMTrIrDN1qKZNmX3IWbTHqaD53Gxyw/w400-h225/gettyimages-103754069_wide-b11e726f5b88e2cf31853b2fe38fcc27ef3ef848.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As we prepare for another election, we offer no political opinions. We simply present the spiritual and moral issues that are identified in the Bible. Unfortunately, the issues and interpretations of morality, justice and equality have fallen on two different sides of the dominant political parties in America.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This dilemma causes many Believers to vote for a president who is a Democrat while others vote for Senators and Congressmen who are Republicans. Or they vote for a Republican president while others vote for Senators and Congressmen who are Democrats. This is why it’s so difficult to navigate through the political process in our country. It’s also the reason it’s so difficult to explain one’s choices to family, friends and colleagues.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wrote the following words after Obama was elected president, and they still hold true after the elections of Trump and Biden. Here is what I wrote nearly fourteen years ago and it is incredibly amazing how it still applies to us today:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After we sent an email on the day of President Obama’s inauguration and quoted from the Bible that we are to pray for him, several pastors and leaders in this community, who opposed Obama, discontinued support and communication with this ministry and us. On the other side, friends and family who supported the new president took our email to mean that we were merely offering some form of insincere political patronizing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We thought we were (and our intentions were) fulfilling our Pastoral leadership responsibility to bring our divided congregations together and to focus on the things that God desires to do in our nation. Our email had nothing to do with either endorsing or rejecting the President.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is what we sent out on January 21, 2009:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers and intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone---for kings, and for all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good and pleases God our Savior." ---1 Timothy 2:1-3</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Make no mistake about it; yesterday (the inauguration) was a profoundly significant day. We still don’t agree with some of President Obama’s policies and agendas. Many of them conflict with Biblical teachings. However, that still doesn’t change the fact that <b>God will use anybody</b> to accomplish what HE wants to do in a nation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Where did we get the idea that a political leader MUST be someone who follows all of the principles of the Bible in order for God to use that person to accomplish His purpose and plan?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Again, we're not ignoring the agenda of any particular President. We’re actually acknowledging the <b>sovereignty of God</b>. As flawed as we are as human beings, it’s amazing that God chooses us to do anything in this life.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">God called Nebuchadnezzar His servant even though he was the emperor that destroyed Jerusalem, killed thousands of people, and carried their best and brightest into exile. God chose him to execute judgment; therefore he was God’s servant even though he wasn’t a Godly man.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Political elections are about more than trying to get a scripture-quoting, Bible-toting candidate into Office. This is about getting synchronized with what God is doing in our lifetime in America. If America is under judgment, (and many Christian leaders believe it is) then God will set the person in place that needs to be there at the time of judgment, repentance, recovery or rebuilding.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So we’re going to stay focused on the bigger picture. It doesn’t matter so much who sits in the White House, State Capitol, or sits in the Congress. It still comes down to who is sitting in the Office of MY heart.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We'll close this week's newsletter with the lyrics of a song written by a dear mentor and friend more than 40 years ago.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>If you want a brand new world, you gotta have brand new people.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>If you want brand new people, we've gotta have a brand new life.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>If you want a brand new life, you gotta have a brand new spirit.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>If you want a brand new spirit, you gotta come to Jesus Christ!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Dr. Myles Munroe</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We encourage you to cast your vote, but do not cast your cares on a human being. A potential candidate will get our votes, but only GOD gets all our confidence.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Christopher G. Green </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fruitful Life Educator and Community Servant</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Chris and Carol Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877339904629610741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486908619294556239.post-72965019187816988852023-10-16T11:00:00.000-04:002023-10-20T15:21:26.595-04:00Advancing from Inspiration to Manifestation of the Dream<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; font-size: large;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8fl2fFnHFkaGKsFZwhUW6nAmplHi5tsnNTNe4WK63BPGK6Z23oTQZfR01LjYp913kI5JIH4iaDoQ5l_3d1T9nU2IaIj9z78wkY8Gda5kFrCFeknMAdgQRrlIUdnS8RdLzlY5Fk1545OGXHU4kYU2rKN2q6H5NhtsJfjRzLj9hVS6u7Zd6jOm307Kp=s1080" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8fl2fFnHFkaGKsFZwhUW6nAmplHi5tsnNTNe4WK63BPGK6Z23oTQZfR01LjYp913kI5JIH4iaDoQ5l_3d1T9nU2IaIj9z78wkY8Gda5kFrCFeknMAdgQRrlIUdnS8RdLzlY5Fk1545OGXHU4kYU2rKN2q6H5NhtsJfjRzLj9hVS6u7Zd6jOm307Kp=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Chris Green<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table>You have a
world-changing idea, business, initiative or vision, but where do you begin? How
do you move from inspiration to manifestation? How do you launch a big dream?</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">We certainly had a big dream when we first arrived in the capitol city of Pennsylvania. We tried most of the popular and highly-endorsed methods that the so-called gurus had suggested and none of them worked for us. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">We quickly learned that what works in one city doesn't work in another. What works in one region of the country or the world, doesn't work in another.<br /></span><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I offer what we learned in our journey.</span></p><p></p><div><p style="text-align: left;"></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: left; text-autospace: none;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: TT15Et00;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span>1. <b>Invest</b> </span><span>in your own community. Your community has to know and believe that you really do care for them. </span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: TT15Dt00;">Think globally and work locally</span></i><span>. Begin by investing on your home front. Make a genuine effort to help strengthen what others are building. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: left; text-autospace: none;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>For us that meant collaborating with others; joining our ideas with their strategies. This was also where we discovered the validity of our ideas and vision. Please know that an idea might work in your head, but not work in the real world, with real people, in real situations. So this became our way of finding out if we had something that was legitimate and effective in real time. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: left; text-autospace: none;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Your vision should boost their mission.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">We didn't actualize
success through random marketing campaigns. presentations, seminars and workshops that promoted our vision, alone. We had to test our dream in
the real world. 'Buy-in' to your vision will be built on tested and proven evidence within your community. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: left; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>2. <b>Engage</b> </span><span>key community leaders. Get to know the leaders in the community, and get to know as many
of them personally as possible. You must step outside of the four walls of your world (organization, church, ministry, or familiar circles). We began attending monthly
community meetings, as well as government-sponsored luncheons and non-profit
fundraisers, and made great connections.</span><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: left; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: TT15Et00;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: TT15Et00;">3. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Listen</b> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: TT15Ct00;">to your community’s concerns. This is a statement that we posted on our business website: </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: TT15Dt00;">"Build a successful business, not only by selling a dynamic product and providing great customer service, but by connecting with your local community to help solve problems."</span></i><span> <u>Listen to learn</u> what is most important to them. For instance, if youth suicide or homelessness are your community's biggest concerns, but you don't feel called to these areas, then find a way to connect what you do with the solutions. You may not work directly with youth or homeless people, but you might work with those who do.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: left; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: TT15Et00;">4. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lift </b></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: TT15Ct00;">what's already working – Instead
of making your initial focus all about the solutions you have to offer, find
out about the positives in your community and celebrate those successes. Become a voice of encouragement for those who are
already doing good work.</span><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: left; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: TT15Et00;">5. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Learn</b> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: TT15Ct00;">your community. Do you
know your community’s demographics? Do you know its historical significance? Do
you know its recent history? Do you know the under-served populations within
your community. Study what has already been attempted to bring about change.
Learn about what was successful and why. Learn about what failed and why.</span><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: left; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">6. <b>Less is more.</b> Instead of trying to set up large events, conferences and campaigns, scale back and focus on 1:1 encounters, smaller groups and high-impact invitational gatherings. It's far better to meet with 4 highly influential people in your community in a private meeting, than to host a 500-people event in a hotel that produces no momentum for you. The best way to reach the masses is not by mass media or massive events. The best way will always be by connecting with one key person at a time. Let your good reputation create a word-of-mouth buzz. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: left; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: TT15Et00;">7. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Serve</b> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: TT15Ct00;">somewhere in your
community. </span><b style="font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: TT15Et00;">Build Goodwill</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: TT15Et00;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: TT15Ct00;">through volunteerism.
For example, we volunteer in the local high school’s annual poetry writing
contest. At that time, we’re not representing our company. We’re just citizens,
helping out. We don’t talk about our business or solicit for clients. Through
this, we have built goodwill within the education community. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: left; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We also volunteered our services in an employment agency for 9 months and in a women's shelter for about 10 months. If your community has to pay for your time and (untested) services, you run the risk of being viewed
as just another predator. By the time they learn about your business,
ideas, solutions or outreach, they should already feel and know that you care about them.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: left; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">8. <b>Prioritize</b>. One of the mistakes we made was to spread ourselves thin by saying yes to too many people, organizations, initiatives and activities. Eventually we had to prioritize our time and efforts, and focus on the development of our team and their growth. We had to drop the weight of good ideas and run with a clear, clean and lean vision.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: left; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">You probably read all of this and thought: This is going to take a very long time; and you're right. It will take a long time. The speed by which the dream will come into fruition is based on the speed by which relationships develop. You can't make it grow faster than the relationships that you build in your community. It simply won't work any other way. Remember that as ambassadors of God's Kingdom, we bring HIS ideas to the table in our communities. However, we must embrace the Godly wisdom and steps that will get us to that table.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: left; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">You are Success in Process,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: left; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Chris Green</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: left; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Fruitful Life Educator and Community Servant</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*Intellectual Property of Professor Christopher G. Green<br />Modified, and adapted from a 2017 article by Rod Edmonson</span></div><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: left; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><br /></span></p><br /></div><br /></div>Chris and Carol Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877339904629610741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486908619294556239.post-4505645022314230092023-09-16T17:00:00.014-04:002024-02-17T17:42:14.551-05:00Chris and Carol Green Endorse New Book That Unravels Shame and Rejection<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPXLB2378JBEbc20yH48J7FSr1MpwZ652KwWRHiG4xCqyhFJ-5QIdE_Vxa5YXBexpR2yldlQnriPrXtpE6T_4UUbcxjPaa1mr1XzAlDEFZjpsuVOwJl5qeDqYEBQLlHmuuXBcrE0Xr2M7G-Bhli8V8x1BDC7oz0zRiy9QYV-DPumA3rSCeOroWU8U5-dA/s2048/376505225_770828435051988_779599831508563856_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPXLB2378JBEbc20yH48J7FSr1MpwZ652KwWRHiG4xCqyhFJ-5QIdE_Vxa5YXBexpR2yldlQnriPrXtpE6T_4UUbcxjPaa1mr1XzAlDEFZjpsuVOwJl5qeDqYEBQLlHmuuXBcrE0Xr2M7G-Bhli8V8x1BDC7oz0zRiy9QYV-DPumA3rSCeOroWU8U5-dA/w400-h300/376505225_770828435051988_779599831508563856_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>We spoke today at the official launch of Lisa Kessler-Peters' new book, <b>How I Learned to Hide: Unraveling Shame and Rejection.</b></p><p></p><p>She featured our written endorsement of her book as the <b>Foreword </b>and this is what we wrote and what we read to the audience at today's event:</p><p><i>"Lisa is like an instrument in the hands of a skilled surgeon, in the way she navigates the fine line between education, experience and faith. She brings forth knowledge and wisdom for those who are struggling every minute of every day in the aftermath of trauma, neglect, addictions and so many other overwhelming issues that are destroying people today.</i></p><p><i>Her sensitivity to explain clinical terms minimizes any feelings of intimidation for those who will read this, and it brings understanding and hope for those who are living with shame and rejection. In the most remarkable way, she encourages and empowers those who are walking along side of family, friends or colleagues who are still in hiding.</i></p><p><i>We highly recommend this book for people-helpers in all professions, no matter how long they have been working in their field of expertise. It’s time for all to come out of hiding, even those of us who are in the daily work to guide, coach, counsel or console others. This book must be in your library, and it must be referenced often."</i></p><p>Chris and Carol Green</p><p></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Purchase her new book from Barnes and Noble at <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1143941609"><b>https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1143941609</b></a></p><p>Purchase her new book from Amazon at</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Learned-Hide-Unraveling-Rejection/dp/1960007106/"><b>https://www.amazon.com/How-Learned-Hide-Unraveling-Rejection/dp/1960007106/</b></a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8RHu4322PTCm8CVd4RmMJ9oaOs8fPlWKy6VGthPhvAQ-wpatGbE91BrI9wLqKVov0hqE71L634iTIEzyBSqBoaUbRK2OmrV4fZ9NWMAZowNOn3h4Z5o25oMIDtVMCzptHiyRyb52r-Of6HIqW_MnLt2TuXid0eVGNngcRq5idrCVxi_IrIcLjs5Uly70/s650/how-i-learned-to-hide.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8RHu4322PTCm8CVd4RmMJ9oaOs8fPlWKy6VGthPhvAQ-wpatGbE91BrI9wLqKVov0hqE71L634iTIEzyBSqBoaUbRK2OmrV4fZ9NWMAZowNOn3h4Z5o25oMIDtVMCzptHiyRyb52r-Of6HIqW_MnLt2TuXid0eVGNngcRq5idrCVxi_IrIcLjs5Uly70/s320/how-i-learned-to-hide.jpg" width="222" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div><br /></div>Chris and Carol Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877339904629610741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486908619294556239.post-77607029149333389342023-09-15T14:00:00.024-04:002023-09-16T03:38:23.082-04:00Honoring the Life and Legacy of Bishop Paul T. Veney, Sr.<p><span style="color: #050505;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWKt0s71sh_6OSpmG2g7hKIGOiIzZoOa68eGrn3TI_P4uMRJWCPY6zSKfNp2WXUzIp8XltMnA8B61kyfXYGXYo2RM9kVCZNrUlrmCNhfyK6QBD-DqMEIGfR_LYj7YRz7omi_dW4in-xfwQggls2oCu6Jv5ZgiXaMrYYJqsRXqFGbhKzU4eVbdvlYWe6q8/s1000/EEZ5XFDBIZDDJIHJZ7DLHS2B6Y.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="1000" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWKt0s71sh_6OSpmG2g7hKIGOiIzZoOa68eGrn3TI_P4uMRJWCPY6zSKfNp2WXUzIp8XltMnA8B61kyfXYGXYo2RM9kVCZNrUlrmCNhfyK6QBD-DqMEIGfR_LYj7YRz7omi_dW4in-xfwQggls2oCu6Jv5ZgiXaMrYYJqsRXqFGbhKzU4eVbdvlYWe6q8/w400-h255/EEZ5XFDBIZDDJIHJZ7DLHS2B6Y.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Minister Chris Green gives the invocation at the funeral service <br />held at Life Center Ministries for Bishop Paul Troy Veney Sr., 82, of Harrisburg. <br />September 15, 2023. Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.com</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today, I was humbled and honored to be given the opportunity to minister the Invocation to begin a royal Home-going celebration of one the most regal and noble souls that we will ever meet in our lifetime.</span></p><p><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Before lifting up words of prayer, I shared the following:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Twenty years ago, in the summer of 2003, my wife and I were in the midst of a two-year preparation to plant a ministry in Harrisburg, PA. It just so happened that Bishop Paul T. Veney, Sr. was going to be traveling through our home city of St. Louis, MO. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">His daughter, Lisa was a good friend of one of the young women in our church, and this young lady, knowing that we were going to be moving to Harrisburg, contacted us to arrange a meeting with the Veneys. We shared a meal at a restaurant and this mighty man of God, without hesitation, welcomed us to Harrisburg a full year before we ever arrived.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Little did we know that God was making us part of, what I now call the <b>Veney Thread</b>. We’re all here today because of the way God used this great man and his family, like a thread that has connected people across ethnic, social, economic, denominational, and generational boundaries and barriers. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Little did we know how God was going to use this great man to tie us in to, weave us in, sew us into this community the same way God used Barnabus to connect Paul with the elders of the early church.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you look across this community, you will see the results of the <b>Veney Thread </b>and the powerful way that The Father has used this man to connect all of us in our various callings, appointings, anointings, giftings, and assignments in such a masterful orchestration of relationships."</span></span></p><p>Bishop Veney's legacy will be kept alive and well in our STEP Forward Life Institute. Two of his sermons are featured in our <b><u><a href="https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/personal-growth-maturity" target="_blank">Personal Growth and Spiritual Maturity Courses</a></u></b>.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>The Invocation:</b></p><p>Father God, we stand here today in the name of Jesus Christ, and we give You all the Glory for the things You have done.</p><p>When we look across this auditorium, we see the true representation of what it looks like when Your Kingdom comes and Your will is done in the hearts and lives of the countless men, women, boys and girls whose destinies have been impacted by Your servant, one Bishop Paul Veney.</p><p>We thank You for his life! We thank You for pouring out Your love upon us through his life. We heard Your voice when he spoke. We were flooded with Your wisdom when he was teaching us. We felt Your heart when he embraced us. We even experienced Your joy when he smiled and laughed with us. </p><p>Although we didn’t always recognize it, we look back and we recall Your love when he had to correct us. And we were amazed by Your presence when he would lift his hands in worship with tears streaming down his face.</p><p>God we thank You!</p><p>And as testimonies and stories are shared throughout the remainder of this gathering, we declare that You are welcome in this place, even as we honor Your servant whom You used to show us the Father’s Heart. </p><p>Let everything that is said and done from this point forward bring honor to Your matchless name. </p><p>And it is in that great name that we pray, In Jesus' name; Amen.</p><p></p><p><br /></p>Chris and Carol Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877339904629610741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486908619294556239.post-2189106392594336432023-09-11T01:00:00.004-04:002023-09-11T13:02:23.756-04:00Our Hearts Were Broken: 9/11 Anniversary Tribute
<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2_fkdIqTlU309DOeH6E1l7TXVSd9QPf1a-h6CJR9WdfJ-4PH3SmgrEOPsShKnxN2W9fJRN7CZ6F8KXxFq7BmtwQLBXA509FtuYD5bIKtLgkHZk0b0ThF42BOygm7_rx-X_pMEGUJxZ2s/s851/10502533_10203433995388108_936407440886282451_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2_fkdIqTlU309DOeH6E1l7TXVSd9QPf1a-h6CJR9WdfJ-4PH3SmgrEOPsShKnxN2W9fJRN7CZ6F8KXxFq7BmtwQLBXA509FtuYD5bIKtLgkHZk0b0ThF42BOygm7_rx-X_pMEGUJxZ2s/w640-h237/10502533_10203433995388108_936407440886282451_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b>Our Hearts Were Broken</b></p><p><i>9/11 Anniversary Tribute (Originally Written 9/11/<b>2011</b>)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Ten years ago today our hearts were broken.</p><p>In horror we watched, no word could be spoken.</p><p>Time stopped, Could this be really happening?</p><p>My eyes can’t believe what I’m seeing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Did the news flash really say what I'm hearing?</p><p>Sirens and screams in the background searing.</p><p>I cannot imagine what people are feeling.</p><p>As loved ones perish while thousands are fleeing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Overwhelmed with grief, sickened by sorrow.</p><p>It’ll just be a nightmare when I wake up tomorrow.</p><p>How could something so evil be unleashed on the world?</p><p>Snatching the innocence of every boy and girl.</p><p><br /></p><p>We’ll never forget the moment the second plane flew in.</p><p>The exclamation of the commentator,</p><p>"O my God, It happened again!"</p><p>And panic begin to set in as we learned</p><p>The terror plot wasn’t done,</p><p>Another plane had crashed into the Pentagon.</p><p><br /></p><p>We’ll never forget the thoughts as we watched events unfold.</p><p>Is this the fulfillment of Biblical prophecies, foretold?</p><p>Is it just the random deed of some religious maniac?</p><p>Is it the start of world war three, is our nation under attack?</p><p><br /></p><p>We’ll never forget the moment</p><p>When those towers came crashing down.</p><p>Our hearts were crumbling with it,</p><p>Knowing lives were being snuffed out.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wanted to scream, I wanted to cry,</p><p>But I could only kneel down.</p><p>I prayed to God, </p><p>In whom peace and solace could be found.</p><p><br /></p><p>God alone can avenge the taking of innocent lives.</p><p>For the first responders who left behind</p><p>Grieving children, husbands and wives.</p><p>For the mothers, fathers, sons and daughters</p><p>Who faded away with no warning;</p><p>For the brothers and sisters</p><p>Who did not see the next day’s dawning.</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s taken me ten years,</p><p>To put words on these thoughts.</p><p>Ten years of processing feelings</p><p>Of profound sadness and loss.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don’t think I’ll ever be able to fully express</p><p>What happened to us that day,</p><p>Except that I know we came to understand</p><p>The tears on God’s face!</p><p><br /></p><p>For ions of time</p><p>He has watched mankind destroy one another.</p><p>He stepped in from the beginning</p><p>After one brother killed the other.</p><p><br /></p><p>What religious view is so important</p><p>That so many lives need to be shattered?</p><p>What political agenda means so much</p><p>That nothing else matters?</p><p><br /></p><p>America, America, </p><p>God poured out His grace on Thee</p><p>As crying and wailing rang out </p><p>From sea to shining sea.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ten years ago our hearts were broken,</p><p>But I have to wonder somehow.</p><p><b>Where will we be within our hearts</b></p><p><b>Another ten years from now?</b></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Chris Green, 9/11/2011</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><br /></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="264" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/28895692?h=8cd5c58348" width="320"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">In addition, Chris Green wrote this song three days after the tragic events of 9/11/01. The lyrics are based upon the prophetic words of Jeremiah Chapter 5 (Will I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?). </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This song intends no disrespect to those who died and have suffered since that day. However, it is a sobering message to people of Faith, that still resonates to this day.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This song is addressing the American Church and its responsibility to follow the life and mission of Jesus Christ in ministering to a nation in crisis.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div><br /></div>Chris and Carol Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877339904629610741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486908619294556239.post-14862011273123368852023-09-04T11:00:00.012-04:002023-09-10T13:48:09.150-04:00 STAYING IN YOUR LANE<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPp93vL_gi1XdWoE-Fp30F_cvr1hwLUOpe2LmkkgvON9hGG3QQjGCz6lxVCTCG50yv4KRuZkME4rPkJ30g2W46UBvAxZDXXGQfgKN1jsItbhzP8DfjK-6FJ34oEM3PtUP9NinTCB10bdtJ_xXYtNpQ09M0EOhapBw7D68Rs8zcb2A1ckCCijYaP1AaoPs/s1000/StayInYourLane_1000x700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1000" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPp93vL_gi1XdWoE-Fp30F_cvr1hwLUOpe2LmkkgvON9hGG3QQjGCz6lxVCTCG50yv4KRuZkME4rPkJ30g2W46UBvAxZDXXGQfgKN1jsItbhzP8DfjK-6FJ34oEM3PtUP9NinTCB10bdtJ_xXYtNpQ09M0EOhapBw7D68Rs8zcb2A1ckCCijYaP1AaoPs/w600-h309/StayInYourLane_1000x700.jpg" width="600" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: verdana;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">STAYING IN YOUR LANE - Is one of the most valuable lessons we have learned over the last few years.
For a while, in our sincere efforts to help others, we said YES to almost everybody and ventured into other lanes beyond our calling. We found ourselves involved in organizational conflict resolution, business on-boarding, and well-intentioned trainings that only triggered people who were not ready for deep inner healing.
Then Chris got really sick and we have had to take a few steps back to recover from blows that came within battles that we were never meant to fight.
Now we're resetting and getting back on track with the original call and commission that was given to us. That has meant prioritizing and pacing ourselves to run the race (marathon) that has been set before us.
We don't mean any disrespect to anyone else, especially to those organizations and ministries that we worked with over the years. But we have to stay in our lane, and if our paths cross with those who feel they may need us, we now have the wisdom to weigh our options, assess our availability and ability, discern if it's a good thing to do versus a God thing to do, set boundaries, and do what we can, if we can. </span></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">We know when to say 'no', 'not now', or 'let us think about it first'. </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">We know for sure that our best way of helping is to stay in our lane and defer to others who might be able to serve them better. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;">We can no longer allow the visions and dreams of others to pull us away from the call and commission that it upon us. Our priority is to equip Believers in the region where God sent us, to do the work of ministry and service in their families and communities. God gave us one business, one school and one mission: The renovation of hearts and homes.
In the words of the awesome poem by Helen Steiner Rice, we’re no longer trying to light up the whole world; we’re just going to brighten the corner where we have been placed.
It's actually a beautiful thing.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Brighten the Corner Where You Are</b></p><p style="text-align: center;">~ Helen Steiner Rice ~</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">We cannot all be famous</p><p style="text-align: center;">Or be listed in “Who’s Who,”</p><p style="text-align: center;">But every person great or small</p><p style="text-align: center;">Has important work to do,</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">For seldom do we realize</p><p style="text-align: center;">The importance of small deeds</p><p style="text-align: center;">Or to what degree of greatness</p><p style="text-align: center;">Unnoticed kindness leads—</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">For it’s not the big celebrity</p><p style="text-align: center;">In a world of fame and praise,</p><p style="text-align: center;">But it’s doing unpretentiously</p><p style="text-align: center;">In undistinguished ways</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The work that God assigned to us,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Unimportant as it seems,</p><p style="text-align: center;">That makes our task outstanding</p><p style="text-align: center;">And brings reality to dreams—</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">So do not sit and idly wish</p><p style="text-align: center;">For wider, new dimensions</p><p style="text-align: center;">Where you can put in practice</p><p style="text-align: center;">Your many “good intentions”—</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">But at the spot God placed you</p><p style="text-align: center;">Begin at once to do</p><p style="text-align: center;">Little things to brighten up</p><p style="text-align: center;">The lives surrounding you,</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">For if everybody brightened up</p><p style="text-align: center;">The spot on which they’re standing</p><p style="text-align: center;">By being more considerate</p><p style="text-align: center;">And a little less demanding,</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">This dark old world would very soon</p><p style="text-align: center;">Eclipse the “Evening Star”</p><p style="text-align: center;">If everybody brightened up</p><p style="text-align: center;">The corner where they are!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Chris and Carol Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877339904629610741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486908619294556239.post-40178064400960316172023-08-03T10:00:00.043-04:002024-03-09T15:10:03.292-05:00Chris and Carol Green Earn Board-Certified Mental Health Coaching Credentials <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1sewB8PMn_AjJZnZFtuukwZJ3juihba8FUR-w4U_YR6ern_PUp-_RGV9htD_T6dRx6OQPe4zKat8zNiaFnAYBQZZbog6_CCjaBoQYsuGIiw9pYU7R2-OXue9rkHO4RqdJZnKRiRLNV5TwQJ6A6CRi57_AC1O38x5N7PtQ2mIjDkVlsQZYPdh2mTEPs-E/s4030/IMG-0853.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Chris and Carol Green (BCMHC)" border="0" data-original-height="2759" data-original-width="4030" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1sewB8PMn_AjJZnZFtuukwZJ3juihba8FUR-w4U_YR6ern_PUp-_RGV9htD_T6dRx6OQPe4zKat8zNiaFnAYBQZZbog6_CCjaBoQYsuGIiw9pYU7R2-OXue9rkHO4RqdJZnKRiRLNV5TwQJ6A6CRi57_AC1O38x5N7PtQ2mIjDkVlsQZYPdh2mTEPs-E/w400-h274/IMG-0853.jpg" title="Chris and Carol Green (BCMHC)" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chris and Carol Green (BCMHC)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Today, Chris and Carol Green officially became
Board-Certified Mental Health Coaches (BCMHC) upon completion of the 'Dare 2 Care' Mental Health Coach - First Responder Training program administered by the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><a href="https://www.aacc.net/" target="_blank">American Association of Christian Counselors</a></u></i> through Light University.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“We've seen a lot of indifferent, cold and callous responses from many Christian leaders and their congregations regarding the mental health crisis in our country,” stated the Greens. “Many of them have been misinformed and still approach this issue from ignorance, stigma, fear, and very bad theology. Many still believe that all people need to do is just quote a scripture, say a prayer, and God will take care of the mental health issue by injecting peace into their minds. But God says through Biblical text, that His people perish because of the lack of knowledge. In this aspect of our human experience, we suffer from debilitating ignorance.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In response to this niaive mindset and theology, we just wanted to get educated, trained and empowered to address this crisis by learning from other, more knowledgeable and experienced Christian organizations and institutions who bring a balanced and holistic approach to helping individuals and families who are struggling with mental health challenges. We wanted to immerse ourselves in proper education, so that we could better understand the mental health crisis in our own families and communities."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">This rigorous training program included:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">1.) First, the completion of a 14-hour course called </span><b style="font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Foundations of Mental Health Coaching</i></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> - T</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">his introductory
course was designed to provide students with an orientation to the field of
mental health coaching. Topics covered included the role and scope of mental
health coaching within the local church, ethical guidelines and professional
standards in coaching, crisis intervention techniques, and the integration of
faith and biblical wisdom in coaching.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">2.) Next, the completion of a 14-hour course called </span><b style="font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mental Health Coaching Skills</i></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> -The purpose of this course was
to provide students with the fundamental theories and skills of Christ-centered
mental health coaching. Key elements of the coaching process, included methods
of change, listening, effective communication, giving hope, operating small groups, and counseling
theory.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">3.) And finally, the completion of a
14-hour course called </span><b style="font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mental and Behavioral Health Disorders</i></b><span style="font-family: inherit;">
- This course introduced students to the fundamentals of mental and behavioral
health disorders. Particular emphasis was placed on factors that cause mental
disorders, as well as conventional treatments. Conditions discussed included
addiction, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder,
eating disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As Board Certified Mental Health Coaches, backed by the </span><i style="font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><a href="https://www.ibccglobal.com/" target="_blank">International Board of Christian Care</a></u></i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> (IBCC), the Greens have earned a voluntary global
credential that trains and charges its recipients to maintain the highest clinical, ethical and
biblical standards of practice.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“We are very pleased to have earned this credential," concluded the Greens. “Now we are better prepared to assist people through our coaching business and ministry. We're also able to become a more successful connection and liaison between those who need help, and very capable mental health professionals. We are part of an army of mental health coaches that are being trained and deployed across the United States. It's a new day for those who have been suffering in silence in our families, neighborhoods, church pews, classrooms and office cubicles."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chris and Carol Green are the creators of the <u><a href="https://www.candcconnections.com/" target="_blank">CARE-Ready Life Coaching</a></u>® model of inspiration, education and certification, and the founders of the <u><a href="https://fruitfullifeleadershipeducation.talentlms.com/index" target="_blank">STEP Forward Life Institute</a></u></span></o:p><span style="color: #0000ee;">™</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">, an online community service preparatory platform. Through their business and school, they empower people to become the change they want to see, and to become the kind and caring light this world so desperately needs.</span></p>Chris and Carol Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877339904629610741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486908619294556239.post-9914148256508451132023-07-06T13:00:00.014-04:002024-01-15T12:19:42.458-05:00Chris and Carol Green Release New eBook: Processed for Success<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://fruitful-life.net/books/Proccessed-for-Success-Sample-Book.pdf" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="576" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKUrDsTVpg6Koge8A4QXNx0Kc4V2pNEi0xiEvIzLZy7bUVyEbSf-CfJ_jhbRiPq0FhLUc9f3qxafDYh5kJ89iYnQdofa6iXbCSYyntlbURuNT8nJ5kERuuxOY3xtZ-q7kRfSt2L0G6r0SNq98F4NZTwK6JBOvJm05cSoLsi6Z-62JdQp1kesSRS7_bxw/s320/Front%20Cover2.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino,book antiqua,palatino linotype,serif;"><b>A catalyst and a compass for your future.</b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Using excerpts from their book, "<i><u><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1539728234" target="_blank">Rest, Retreats, Revival and Other Comedies</a></u></i>", Chris and Carol Green compiled and produced a scaled down 45-page publication to continue to push their 'You are Success in Process' campaign.</span></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><ul class="font_2" style="font-family: georgia, palatino, "book antiqua", "palatino linotype", serif; font-size: 16px;"><li style="line-height: normal;"><h2 class="font_2" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0em;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">This </span><span><i>'eBook' </i><span style="font-weight: normal;">compilation is </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">for that person who is sick and tired of projecting a brave front while hiding their deep disappointment behind spirituality. </span></span></h2></li></ul><h2 class="font_2" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0em;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino,book antiqua,palatino linotype,serif;"></span></span></span></h2><ul class="font_2" style="font-family: georgia, palatino, "book antiqua", "palatino linotype", serif; font-size: 16px;"><li style="line-height: normal;"><h2 class="font_2" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0em;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It's for the person who is no longer looking for a typical self-help manual, filled with inspirational stories and motivational meditations. </span></span></h2></li></ul><h2 class="font_2" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0em;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino,book antiqua,palatino linotype,serif;"></span></span></span></h2><ul class="font_2" style="font-family: georgia, palatino, "book antiqua", "palatino linotype", serif; font-size: 16px;"><li style="line-height: normal;"><h2 class="font_2" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0em;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Both of these books are for that soul who is ready to challenge their core beliefs about why their life keeps going off the rails, to stop blaming<span style="font-style: italic;"> 'the devil'</span> for everything that goes wrong, and truly desires to finally break FREE from the unending cycles of dead-ends, defeat and discouragement.</span></span></h2></li></ul><h2 class="font_2" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0em;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino,book antiqua,palatino linotype,serif;"><span class="wixGuard"></span></span></span></span></h2><ul class="font_2" style="font-family: georgia, palatino, "book antiqua", "palatino linotype", serif; font-size: 16px;"><li style="line-height: normal;"><h2 class="font_2" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0em;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">These books aren't for everyone, but they are for those who are ready to embrace the reality that, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">"Your Life Matters to God."</span></span></h2></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, book antiqua, palatino linotype, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, book antiqua, palatino linotype, serif;"><i><b><a href="https://fruitful-life.net/books/Proccessed-for-Success-Sample-Book.pdf" style="background-color: #e69138;" target="_blank">Download your FREE eBook HERE</a></b></i></span></h1>Chris and Carol Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877339904629610741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486908619294556239.post-55270444137906397212023-06-01T21:00:00.080-04:002023-06-02T11:26:55.820-04:00109 Certified CARE-Ready Life Coaches Across 11 States<div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZxtOcKLwwBdq2wtd39UWmqNBZ4Qs0aMt7Y6joMbi0dHUiQxW-9Kt_BnoeUSjV3H-injnDV4o15mft_lsmnQiL-ofmcO4moVUG-rXi0A1EnEQV6mlZq1Cx_LKgT0r9PiPvX841UhxH_AKBhuO4KHfJFmJfvm5bAiys7n0b-p2mVJ6DbU9Y1b7kdvpO/s780/Graduating%20class%20Spring%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="780" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZxtOcKLwwBdq2wtd39UWmqNBZ4Qs0aMt7Y6joMbi0dHUiQxW-9Kt_BnoeUSjV3H-injnDV4o15mft_lsmnQiL-ofmcO4moVUG-rXi0A1EnEQV6mlZq1Cx_LKgT0r9PiPvX841UhxH_AKBhuO4KHfJFmJfvm5bAiys7n0b-p2mVJ6DbU9Y1b7kdvpO/w640-h296/Graduating%20class%20Spring%202023.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: Open Sans; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pennsylvania, USA --- Professors Chris and Carol Green, the founders of the STEP Forward Life Institute</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">™</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"> and owners of C and C Connections, LLC, hosted their final online CARE-Ready Life Coaching</span></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">®</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"> Certification graduation ceremony for 2023, in a powerful and impactful live virtual event.</span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">The newest CARE-Ready</span><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">®</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"> Life Coaches are:</span><b style="font-family: "Open Sans";"> Karen Renee Johnson, Christine Quinn, Danelle Wolfe and Timothy Wolfe</b><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">. </span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">They completed weekly coursework, submitted reflection presentations to express how they were each going to meet the challenges of implementing their unique coaching models, created personalized life coaching field manuals, and successfully passed an online exam. </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">"This class was incredibly motivated, hanging in there when sessions went over the time limit," the Greens observed. "They scheduled additional office appointments with us, and quickly developed comaraderie with one another."<br /></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Open Sans; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Open Sans; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The online ceremony featured congratulations and encouragement from Licensed Professional Counselor and National Certified Coach, Amethyst Roberson (CARE-Ready graduate of Fall 2021).<br /></span><span><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><span><i><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></i></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><span><i><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"</span></i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><span><i>The most important thing is to be the kind of coach that people can rely on,"</i></span><i><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> exhorted </span></i><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Counselor and Coach Roberson, speaking virtually to the new coaches. "</span></span><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><i>Discover your niche and find out who you work best with; whoever you resound with and whoever you can share your heart with, reach those people. </i></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><i>Be the mentor you needed one year ago, or perhaps the guide that you needed when you were a child trying to navigate and comprehend the world. </i></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><i>Be the life coach who is authentic and transparent, and be true to yourself. You don't have to be like the next life coach. There's so much in social media that can pull on you, but don't compare yourself to anyone else. Be who God has called you to be.<br /></i></span><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: large;"><i>Show people that you are human and that you have weathered hard times. When people realize that you are genuine and sincere, they will be more inclined to trust you and open up to you. </i></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-family: "Open Sans";">Maybe you're going to be a pit stop, maybe you're going to be a train, or maybe you're going to be a support, or maybe you're going to be just a good listener. Some of you are going to be a launching pad for someone's life.</i><i style="font-family: "Open Sans";">"</i></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: Open Sans; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Open Sans; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With the successful graduation of this class, Master Life Coaches, Chris and Carol Green have now trained and launched 109 CARE-Ready Life Coaches and 38 CARE-Ready Responders, who are disbursed and embedded in 40+ organizations, businesses, agencies or ministries across 11 states including: Alabama, California, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.<br /></span><span><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b>Student course survey quotes included: </b><i> <br /></i></span></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: large;"><i>"This was a fantastic experience and I did find out more about myself that I had known before. Thank you!"</i></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: large;"><i>"This has definitely been life changing! Care Ready Life Coaching is a hidden gem! We are so grateful that God led us to this course."</i></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: large; font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; font-style: italic;">"The facilitators where very encouraging and positive. They are a power couple that know how to present and motivate a class. This has been a great experience and well worth the time and investment. I highly recommend this Life Couch Certification program for anyone with a interest to help others to reach their potential and develop in areas that can increase </span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; font-style: italic;">success in life."</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Open Sans; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Greens, through their online institution and coaching business, partnered with United Graduate College and Seminary International (UGCSI), I Change Nations™, and Fruitful Life Network, Inc. in 2017 to offer this accelerated, ministry-accredited life coaching certification program. Their collaborative purpose and mission has always been, to equip leaders, working in under-served communities, with high-quality tools that empower them to be more effective in their humanitarian efforts. <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">“Congratulations to our new CARE-Ready Life Coaches," commented Chris and Carol Green, whose coaching and consulting business has served as the organizer and facilitator of the training. "This ceremony was bitter-sweet because this will be our final live training and graduation in this format for a while. Moving forward, we will offer this program exclusively as an on-demand-video course."<br /></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Open Sans; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Open Sans; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">However, the Greens are making plans to possibly launch an annual CARE-Ready Conference in which Coaches and Responders from all over the country can meet, network, and gain more tips and tools on how to bring the CARE-Ready mindset into their fields and industries of expertise.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Open Sans; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Open Sans; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"We're looking to expand into more professional development for our coaches," Chris Green explains. "So keep a watch out for more exciting breaking news with CARE-Readiness."</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Open Sans; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Open Sans; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span>Editor's Note:<br /></span></span><span><span style="color: black; font-family: Open Sans; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Watch the full online ceremony <b><u><a href="https://vimeo.com/832469621/e6015c3f52?" target="_blank">HERE</a><br /></u></b></span></span><span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></span></span><span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Learn more about CARE Ready Life Coaching</span></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">®</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"> and its Certification Program at<br /></span></span><span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="https://www.candcconnections.com/life-coach-certification">https://www.candcconnections.com/life-coach-certification</a></span></b></span></span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>Chris and Carol Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877339904629610741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486908619294556239.post-89548077951053927942023-04-06T10:00:00.005-04:002023-08-12T23:57:47.892-04:00Chris and Carol Green Launch Spiritual Wellness Support Group <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiaVF5xxj8tUBRQyckKp5in0g3DRcsaYHajL7bqPj5MS0sYpJt_6jO6wPg6ULJSTA-yiw6oDboE3jYnuTPnAtLj5eTpihvBxvZGeyelJHxMHdgtfsOVmPzmt-ByF6P39JF-FoUoDWWPG0_ipL4UUQBqol8Eysac8I6YHbE9xzI_qGzEExa7w5K0fU7/s550/Spiritual%20Wellness%20Support%20Group%20-550x309.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="550" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiaVF5xxj8tUBRQyckKp5in0g3DRcsaYHajL7bqPj5MS0sYpJt_6jO6wPg6ULJSTA-yiw6oDboE3jYnuTPnAtLj5eTpihvBxvZGeyelJHxMHdgtfsOVmPzmt-ByF6P39JF-FoUoDWWPG0_ipL4UUQBqol8Eysac8I6YHbE9xzI_qGzEExa7w5K0fU7/w400-h225/Spiritual%20Wellness%20Support%20Group%20-550x309.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Fruitful Life Educators, Chris and Carol Green officially launched a Spiritual Wellness Support Group as part of their overall commitment to provide a safe space where people of faith can share their struggles in mental, emotional, physical, financial, occupational, social or spiritual health issues with others who will listen to, offer support, and pray with them. </p><p>Their ministry, known as the Fruitful Life Learning Community, also resources participants through an online teaching platform; providing what is called FRUITFUL LIFE EDUCATION: which is practical instruction, Biblical wisdom and spiritual insight for participants to receive healing within their own hearts, and then the ability to share their extraordinary transformation with the rest of their family or friends.</p><p>“Smaller-sized gatherings don't work for everyone,” concede the Fruitful Life founders Chris and Carol Green, “but they might work for some or just a few. But this smaller percentage does not mean that these Believer's journey to healing and fulfilling their purpose does not matter. We must make room for them as well. And we have been called to dedicate our time and energy for those precious few.”</p><p>Before there was a religion called Christianity, there was a movement known as THE WAY. Participants gathered primarily in their homes for centuries; long before religious and governmental leaders persuaded them to congregate in massive buildings. </p><p>Chris and Carol Green launched the Fruitful Life Learning Community as an intentional effort to help people of Faith and Christian leaders return to some of the original simple lifestyles and the mission that demonstrated God's love and healing daily in hearts, homes, neighborhoods and cities.</p><p>“We know that our participants were simply looking for relationship, first,” the Greens explain. “That's why our ministry seems to identify best with people who seek a non-traditional faith practice. Yes, we are still part of the Church-at-large, but we are connecting with those who were missed, skipped over, passed over, or they simply slipped through the cracks of congregational settings.”</p><p>The Spiritual Wellness Support Group meets on Wednesday evenings at 7:00PM Eastern Time, on Zoom</p><p>Learn more at <a href="https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/spiritual-wellness-support">https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/spiritual-wellness-support</a></p><div><br /></div>Chris and Carol Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877339904629610741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486908619294556239.post-37702376903993075342023-04-04T10:00:00.011-04:002023-08-13T00:36:12.591-04:00CARE-Ready Life Coaching® Receives USPTO Registered Trademark Approval<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnxGfK_z1OSxHxIeU4F1BbGJTJDQ3ayOchEufhBtzLCZ1BoUewpKHNdQjzf0g1qc4GqurSVuQqH6Dz6GUT2X8OrXJnNyvwZX0eS1tANkXVB249_Oj2817M13iJw5cMloHeE0BC9CdiY3h-zj94ZAK6kpwnFCi0CtgIAM_qXx1CYAXR79TkHuz4OWzb/s644/brand-registration-symbol.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="552" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnxGfK_z1OSxHxIeU4F1BbGJTJDQ3ayOchEufhBtzLCZ1BoUewpKHNdQjzf0g1qc4GqurSVuQqH6Dz6GUT2X8OrXJnNyvwZX0eS1tANkXVB249_Oj2817M13iJw5cMloHeE0BC9CdiY3h-zj94ZAK6kpwnFCi0CtgIAM_qXx1CYAXR79TkHuz4OWzb/w209-h244/brand-registration-symbol.png" width="209" /></a></div>Community Life Coaches, Chris and Carol Green received an official Notice of Acceptance of Statement of Use from the U.S. Patents and Trademarks Office (USPTO), for their nationally and internationally recognized Coaching model known as CARE-Ready Life Coaching.<p></p><p></p><p>"This has been a long time coming," the Greens commented. "We started this process in June of 2021. We began to recognize very soon after we implemented our new model in our local community, that we had something special. When it extended to other states, we knew we had to go through the necessary steps to protect our coaching model idea and the brand."</p><p>According to the USPTO, in accepting the Green's Statement of Use documents and verification, which were filed as part of a series of steps that eventually led to the final submissions in the trademark application process, <i>"The mark will now register and the registration certificate will issue in due course barring any extraordinary circumstances."</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><b>The official certificate arrived today!</b></p><p><b>Celebrating CARE-Ready Life Coaching®</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"> </span></p><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br />Chris and Carol Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877339904629610741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486908619294556239.post-70612241270326764632022-11-17T21:30:00.028-05:002023-07-19T21:08:57.661-04:00Still Expanding: Over 100 Certified CARE-Ready Life Coaches Across Ten States<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jKZjxW4J9HWR3D6mXFXVFsHYmlSWIB0Hz0jyITO534srjUSU7I5wj-J1TG_OPM3xSmtospNOiu3kiNrIAAIOnlnpidJNOCHiJQW_B7bCdpCIbc6ckpGTzBCaabzbEZJSkDlvq4F3G04Ea5z12RND8PlTzVWHaUrw4kEAYN2uKWtLmJjbpC59_y08/s1080/Graduating%20class%20Fall%202022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="1080" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jKZjxW4J9HWR3D6mXFXVFsHYmlSWIB0Hz0jyITO534srjUSU7I5wj-J1TG_OPM3xSmtospNOiu3kiNrIAAIOnlnpidJNOCHiJQW_B7bCdpCIbc6ckpGTzBCaabzbEZJSkDlvq4F3G04Ea5z12RND8PlTzVWHaUrw4kEAYN2uKWtLmJjbpC59_y08/w640-h214/Graduating%20class%20Fall%202022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: Open Sans; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pennsylvania, USA ---
Professors Chris and Carol Green, the founders of the STEP Forward Life Institute</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">™</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"> and owners of C and C Connections, LLC, hosted their second and final CARE-Ready Life Coaching</span></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">®</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"> Certification graduation ceremony of 2022, in a powerful and impactful live virtual event.</span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Congratulations to our
new CARE-Ready Life Coaches," commented Chris and Carol Green, whose
coaching and consulting business serves as the
organizer and facilitator of the training. "This was one of the most engaging and
interactive groups that we’ve ever had. These women were absolutely amazing."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The newest
CARE-Ready Life Coaches® completed weekly coursework, submitted
reflection presentations to express how they were each going to meet the
challenges of implementing their unique coaching models, created personalized
life coaching field manuals, and successfully passed an online exam. They worked through personal challenges, participated in extended class conversations, scheduled additional office appointments with the instructors, and encouraged one another in their individual journeys of process and discovery.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The newest CARE-Ready
Life Coaches are:<b> Tracy Boldin, Vikki DeClue, Jasmira Hunter, Audrey Swann, and
Ilecia Voughs</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The online ceremony
featured congratulations and encouragement from Licensed Professional Counselor
and National Certified Coach, Amethyst Roberson (CARE-Ready graduate of Fall 2021).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><span><i><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"</span></i></span><span><i>The most important thing is to be the kind of coach that people can trust."</i></span><i><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">said Counselor and Coach Roberson, speaking virtually
to the new coaches. </span></span><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><i>Find the niche that represents clients that are like you, </i></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><i>Be the person you needed one year ago or ten years ago. Be who you needed as a kid, fighting to survive and understand the world. </i></span><i style="font-family: "Open Sans";">Be a life coach that can be real, be raw, and be you! </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><i>People need to know that you are human and have been through tough times, too. Let them know that you are willing to help them; be there for them and guide them. When people know that you are authentic and genuine, they will be more likely to open to you and trust what you have to say! </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><i>Take time to understand their way because the truth is, if they made it to you, then maybe you are a pit stop, a listener, a lifter of someone’s head, and a launching pad for the down and out. In this role, you will have the opportunity to help others decide, delete, delay, delegate, and diminish what no longer serves them.</i><i>"</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With the successful
graduation of this class, Master Life Coaches, Chris and Carol Green have now
trained and launched 105 CARE-Ready™ Life Coaches and 38 CARE-Ready™
Responders, who are disbursed and embedded in 40+ organizations, businesses,
agencies or ministries across ten states including: California, Delaware,
Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania
and Tennessee.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><i>“The C.A.R.E. Ready Life Coach Certification Program has been one of the best courses I have taken,</i>" newly certfied coach Ilecia Voughs shared. "<i>I have been able to learn new skills , relate what I’ve learned to my own life, put it into practice, and create my own meaning out of what I gained from the course. </i></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><i>I started the course curious and unsure, but I am leaving the course with a confident knowing and blueprint of what I feel God has placed in me to do.</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">I value the insight and experiences of all the ladies that I was in class with, and look forward to seeing how God continues to move in their lives going forward. I want to thank Toni Green for her support, assistance, and friendly reminders when we needed them. I would also like to thank our instructors, Chris and Carol Green for their guidance, wisdom, and leadership throughout the class, as well as during individual coaching sessions. </span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">We did it! Congrats to everyone!"</span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Greens, through their online institution and coaching business, partnered with United Graduate College and Seminary International (UGCSI), I Change Nations™, and Fruitful Life Network, Inc, to offer this accelerated, ministry-accredited life coaching certification program. Their
collaborative purpose and mission has always been, to equip leaders, working in
under-served communities, with high-quality tools that empower them to be more
effective in their humanitarian efforts. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Open Sans; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;">Editor's Note:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Open Sans; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://vimeo.com/772291094/4793e4ae0a" target="_blank">Watch the full online ceremony <b><u>HERE <br /></u></b></a></span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Learn more about CARE Ready Life Coaching</span></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";">®</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans";"> and its Certification Program at<br /></span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="https://www.candcconnections.com/life-coach-certification">https://www.candcconnections.com/life-coach-certification</a></span></b></span></span></span></div>
Chris and Carol Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877339904629610741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486908619294556239.post-69811545653906115802022-11-15T00:00:00.004-05:002022-11-15T00:00:00.190-05:00Called to the Ministry of Reconciliation<div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0T6TJ9hTSZZcbcOuHDo4cR-qCs43nDsBX4vA_J6tfXJCKiynZbl2bSLJkeavC4korAOvoia0r17n19lcqPUzcse64dOrC2XokYmdeyDFZIu3NAjpviwyg3UlXkxMiGpSbSdq36k26I_ZUd_NBmBfCv9GmYr1_-zyKPWNCNZJe0heiF5w2XKdnu96o/s1080/DSC04973%20edit.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0T6TJ9hTSZZcbcOuHDo4cR-qCs43nDsBX4vA_J6tfXJCKiynZbl2bSLJkeavC4korAOvoia0r17n19lcqPUzcse64dOrC2XokYmdeyDFZIu3NAjpviwyg3UlXkxMiGpSbSdq36k26I_ZUd_NBmBfCv9GmYr1_-zyKPWNCNZJe0heiF5w2XKdnu96o/s320/DSC04973%20edit.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christopher G. Green (D.Hon.Causa)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I wrote the following 6 years ago after Donald Trump was elected President of the United States of America. Now that we have just come through the midterm elections, I still stand by these words today:<br /></span><div><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">As I have written and warned in previous blogs, many in the American Christian Church were choosing sides. Millions of Believers were voting based on issues of <b>liberty </b>(<i>religious, civil, moral, etc.</i>). On the other hand, millions were voting based on issues of <b>justice </b>(<i>economical, social, political, etc.</i>). </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Please don't be duped. Get out of your feelings and emotions and really listen to what I’m saying. We cannot win this battle by seeking one or the other (liberty or justice). In our pledge of allegiance, the quote is <i>"liberty AND justice"</i> for ALL. If you fight for liberty at the expense of justice, there will be an uprising from those who are not getting justice. If you fight for justice at the expense of liberty, the entire country will pay the price, falling under the tyranny of the majority.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">So how do we get both liberty and justice for all?</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I believe both are found only in one government and that is the Kingdom of God. I'm talking about the governance of God in every heart and home.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Now let me make it practical for what is happening in America today. The ugly giants of racism and class-ism are rising and Christian Believers will not be able to ignore them any longer. In today’s world, silence is approval of the suppression of liberty or justice. We must recognize it in our own hearts and expose it in our own Churches. W</span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">e must deal with the -isms, but joining with or simply ignoring the protests, even in your own heart, is not the way.</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">The slumbering giant (<i>the True Church</i>) is waking up. It is waking to its mission to win and disciple the nations, to take care of the poor and widows, and to walk and live in unity and love. </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">We are Ambassadors of Christ, called to the Ministry of Reconciliation. We are not called to merely fight for <b>liberty</b>, but we must join the fight for <b>justice</b> as well. We can no longer leave these battles to the government or radical activist groups.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">A violent overthrow of President-elect Trump and the White Supremacy mindset that is often attached to many of his supporters, will not bring Peace, liberty or justice. If that were to occur, people would not unite. Instead, such action would only release another set of protests; perhaps a major revolt. </span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I'm not a Republican. I'm not a conservative (<i>many people's code word for racist</i>). I'm not a Democrat. I'm not a progressive (<i>many people's code word for socialist</i>). I’m another one of those registered Independents who has, through the years, sometimes voted for write-ins at the Presidential level, while voting according to my understanding of Biblical priorities at the state and local levels of government. So I have no allegiance to any earthly parties. I ‘m not writing from those perspectives.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">My government is within me: Righteousness, Peace and Joy in the Holy Ghost. On the earth, I can vote for a president, but in reality, I have a king. He is the God of the universe. He told Pontius Pilate, <i>"My Kingdom is not of this world." </i> </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">So our role, in this emerging racial and class war, is to promote <b>reconciliation</b>. Specifically, reconciliation to God, and then to one another. That's what the Word of God declares. It’s not an opinion. It's the command of God.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Reconciliation is about bringing opposing forces and enemies together. Every one of us, in the True Church, is called to THIS. God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself. His word declares that He now pleads to the world through us. </span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Over the last week I’ve had to tell myself to get back in focus. Get back to the reason God saved me. Get back to the place where I kept my eyes on the Lord our God. Let’s seek first the Kingdom of God and get His strategy to reconcile the fight for <b>liberty</b> with the fight for <b>justice</b>. He will do amazing things in the hearts of people.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">God says in His word: <i>“Why do the nations rage, imagining a vain thing?” </i>God laughs from the heaven because He has <b>already</b> installed His king. His king is installed in the hearts of His people and they <b>already</b> have a government. They <b>already</b> have a purpose because GOD <b>already</b> has a plan. His plan is Reconciliation. He desires to reconcile ALL people to Himself and to one another. </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">So, before we try to fix America, let’s allow God to work <b>IN</b> us, so He can speak <b>through</b> us to bring reconciliation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Like millions of people in America, I was engaged in a texting conversation about the upcoming election and what it will mean for American Churches and various Religions in our country. My conversation was with a gentlemen that I highly respect and whose views and opinions are very important to me. While many political conversations are leaving people conflicted, I tend to focus on what we’re going to do on the day after the election; the day after casting my vote and my candidate has either won or lost.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Since I’m a husband, father, life coach, ordained minister, and an overall nice guy <i>(at least my wife of 35 years still thinks so)</i>, I must say that the various issues surrounding this election have left, in my humble opinion, millions of people of faith very anxious about this year’s outcome. </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">There are various camps, denominations and groups who are vehemently opposed to one another’s political views, even to the point of questioning the legitimacy of the other’s Faith. This level of hostility is very dangerous and the day after the election will simply drive the various fragments of the various Faith camps even further apart.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">If we allow this division to fester, it will prove to be a critical mistake. After the election, regardless of the outcome, people of faith will need to rally together like never before. That’s because, many American Christians, who are leaning towards a Conservative as the President, see a loss as the signal to Progressives that they can launch overt attacks against religious liberty in America. However, they see a Conservative victory as, at least, a postponement or pushing back against that tide. </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">While all of that may be true, there is another thought that I’d like to throw into the mix of outcomes. The way I see it, no matter if whether Conservatives win or lose this election, there will still be overt assaults on religious freedom. </span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">In my view, the soil of this nation is so saturated with anti-Christian hatred that Church leaders need to be preparing their leadership teams and congregations for some major public push-back, regardless as to which side wins the election. This is not the time to just sit back and wait to see what happens on November 8th. I believe many Church Leaders will need to have a plan of action in place for November 9th and the days, weeks, and months that follow.</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I realize there are those, from certain camps, who feel I’m just inciting fear and speaking negativity that can be used to bring panic upon many in the Church. Actually I’m just asking Church Leaders to implement Proverbs 27:12 which reads, <i>“A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.”</i></span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Yes, I say this with great caution. I know this can sound alarmist and overreaching, but we need to realize that this election is not about winners and losers. This is about the way that our society will view the Church on November 9th and beyond.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I want you to consider this; that no matter who wins the election, the Church will be in the middle of a battle. So we must do more than raise the level of our people’s excitement and interest to vote. Don’t give them the impression that everything will be okay if their candidate wins. Like Jeremiah of old, when he was warning Israel of what God said was coming upon them, I’m saying everything won’t be okay. </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Finally, I believe we need to be preparing our church to pray and I mean daily prayer; around the clock prayer; and ‘even if we don’t do anything else on our agenda’ prayer. If we move to this level of prayer, we can actually be setting the stage for the Spirit of God to move upon the Church and even those who may publicly come against it. This could be the beginning of true revival in our country.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">When you go and cast your ballot, do not place your confidence in that person. Do not cast your hopes and dreams on that person. They can get my vote, but God alone gets my heart. We are bowing to the will of God. After you cast your votes, I ask that you pause for a moment and say,<span style="color: #660000;"> <i><span>“Lord, thy Kingdom come and Your will be done on Earth, as it is in heaven.” </span></i></span></span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">In this act of submission, you will be surrendering your life as an ambassador of Christ that He can work through in the ministry of reconciliation. That’s because we will need the release of the ministry of reconciliation on the day after the election.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I believe November 9th will be Day-One of a new level of spiritual warfare for the Church in America as it returns to its primary assignment of declaring and demonstrating the Kingdom of God in every day life.</span><br />
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Chris and Carol Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877339904629610741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486908619294556239.post-77462973781132449502022-11-05T17:00:00.039-04:002023-01-19T23:07:22.715-05:00Presentation to UGCSI Global Consortium of Searcher Professors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxMXb-rEL3mhBYTi0iv3nX6m1Vo7_XlTEx5UQAwQupxABNy650-oxQc8hEEzfUrHSBBj-00vIvwPnmI_5OrVKfkT1RduGOkVAW6MxGxDoXR_NNdR_6WpIKwmYMMQztKKLSpYms6XsyHqrktp4jrgUkFG_hPyFZE3Z-l7ob0ZWiidB_VgnrpbMpT_aF/s750/Documentation%20Presentation%2011-05-22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="750" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxMXb-rEL3mhBYTi0iv3nX6m1Vo7_XlTEx5UQAwQupxABNy650-oxQc8hEEzfUrHSBBj-00vIvwPnmI_5OrVKfkT1RduGOkVAW6MxGxDoXR_NNdR_6WpIKwmYMMQztKKLSpYms6XsyHqrktp4jrgUkFG_hPyFZE3Z-l7ob0ZWiidB_VgnrpbMpT_aF/w476-h357/Documentation%20Presentation%2011-05-22.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><br /><p>UGCSI --- With his wife Carol by his side, Professor Chris Green was the featured presenter in a special online conference of United Graduate College and Seminary International’s Global Consortium of Searcher Professors.</p><p>In a live video conference that was hosted by Chancellor Michal P. Pitzl, who founded the Searcher Education model and philosophy, and Chief Chancellor HRH, Dr Clyde Rivers, the purpose of the session was to encourage and empower the attendees with wisdom for their process of building toward and preparation for global opportunities to bring the answers that nations are looking for through the collective impact of Searcher Education.</p><p><i>“We continue to be honored by the opportunities that UGCSI gives us to impart the lessons that we have learned in our journey, with servant leaders from all over the world,”</i> said Professor Chris who, with is wife Carol, provide Administrative Leadership at UGCSI, and oversee the STEP Forward Life Institute. <i>“Five years ago we could never have imagined that we would be teaching on an international platform.”</i></p><p>The session, which included attendees from Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Trinidad & Tobago, the United Kingdom, and the United States, began with HRH Dr. Clyde Rivers speaking about his journey and the process he has gone through to reach the top status as the major voice of Civility in the world.</p><p>Then, at the request of the UGCSI Chancellors, Professor Green made a presentation about the Biblical precedence and practice of documenting one’s journey and progress. He demonstrated how this practice builds the evidence of success. He revealed that record keeping is so important that God had it documented that the writers of the Bible were documenting. He showed how keeping records saved a man’s life. He shared that we know about the life of Christ because it was documented. And he asked what would be today's understanding of the Church if Luke had not documented the Acts of the Apostles.</p><p>In closing, he provided tips and tools for building evidence in one’s Searcherdemic philosophy.</p><p><i>“We thank Professors Chris and Carol for giving us the practical steps forward in this,”</i> Chancellor Pitzl informed the attending professors.<i> “They are ready to help you in this process.”</i></p><p><i>“This is one of the greatest evenings that I’ve ever enjoyed,”</i> stated Professor Jared Akama Onyari from Kenya. <i>“It was very informative and educating. Searcher education is God’s education. If we have been given this Searcher Education, we should be like the prophets in the Bible. When God was speaking to them, they were working with it and writing it down. I thank you Professor Chris for giving this presentation. We cannot talk of Searcher Education if we are not able to document it for future generations.”</i></p><div><br /></div>Chris and Carol Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877339904629610741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486908619294556239.post-60204492773240720092022-11-02T09:00:00.000-04:002022-11-18T20:04:29.665-05:00People Get Our Votes, but Only GOD Gets Our Confidence<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFOpvVD1ZxxCWV55oUzc0UCGaGvV3mfU3Rj9RBLul1vn6PmYTbr1lCntSsCBBBi_a5HYXXAL1FYt-_iARy9aOA8qvKfZW5BH3V5wpHh6Iog1GJdnMTrIrDN1qKZNmX3IWbTHqaD53Gxyw/s2048/gettyimages-103754069_wide-b11e726f5b88e2cf31853b2fe38fcc27ef3ef848.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFOpvVD1ZxxCWV55oUzc0UCGaGvV3mfU3Rj9RBLul1vn6PmYTbr1lCntSsCBBBi_a5HYXXAL1FYt-_iARy9aOA8qvKfZW5BH3V5wpHh6Iog1GJdnMTrIrDN1qKZNmX3IWbTHqaD53Gxyw/w400-h225/gettyimages-103754069_wide-b11e726f5b88e2cf31853b2fe38fcc27ef3ef848.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As we prepare for another election, we offer no political opinions. We simply present the spiritual and moral issues that are identified in the Bible. Unfortunately, the issues and interpretations of morality, justice and equality have fallen on two different sides of the dominant political parties in America.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This dilemma causes many Believers to vote for a president who is a Democrat while others vote for Senators and Congressmen who are Republicans. Or they vote for a Republican president while others vote for Senators and Congressmen who are Democrats. This is why it’s so difficult to navigate through the political process in our country. It’s also the reason it’s so difficult to explain one’s choices to family, friends and colleagues.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wrote the following words after Obama was elected president, and they still hold true after the elections of Trump and Biden. Here is what I wrote nearly fourteen years ago and it is incredibly amazing how it still applies to us today:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After we sent an email on the day of President Obama’s inauguration and quoted from the Bible that we are to pray for him, several pastors and leaders in this community, who opposed Obama, discontinued support and communication with this ministry and us. On the other side, friends and family who supported the new president took our email to mean that we were merely offering some form of insincere political patronizing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We thought we were (and our intentions were) fulfilling our Pastoral leadership responsibility to bring our divided congregations together and to focus on the things that God desires to do in our nation. Our email had nothing to do with either endorsing or rejecting the President.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is what we sent out on January 21, 2009:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers and intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone---for kings, and for all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good and pleases God our Savior." ---1 Timothy 2:1-3</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Make no mistake about it; yesterday (the inauguration) was a profoundly significant day. We still don’t agree with some of President Obama’s policies and agendas. Many of them conflict with Biblical teachings. However, that still doesn’t change the fact that <b>God will use anybody</b> to accomplish what HE wants to do in a nation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Where did we get the idea that a political leader MUST be someone who follows all of the principles of the Bible in order for God to use that person to accomplish His purpose and plan?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Again, we're not ignoring the agenda of any particular President. We’re actually acknowledging the <b>sovereignty of God</b>. As flawed as we are as human beings, it’s amazing that God chooses us to do anything in this life.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">God called Nebuchadnezzar His servant even though he was the emperor that destroyed Jerusalem, killed thousands of people, and carried their best and brightest into exile. God chose him to execute judgment; therefore he was God’s servant even though he wasn’t a Godly man.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Presidential elections are about more than trying to get a scripture-quoting, Bible-toting candidate in the Oval Office. This is about getting synchronized with what God is doing in our lifetime in America. If America is under judgment, (and many Christian leaders believe it is) then God will set the person in place that needs to be there at the time of judgment, repentance, recovery or rebuilding.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So we’re going to stay focused on the bigger picture. It doesn’t matter so much who sits in the Oval Office of the White House. It still comes down to who is sitting in the Oval Office of MY house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We'll close this week's newsletter with the lyrics of a song written by a dear mentor and friend more than 40 years ago.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>If you want a brand new world, you gotta have brand new people.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>If you want brand new people, we've gotta have a brand new life.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>If you want a brand new life, you gotta have a brand new spirit.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>If you want a brand new spirit, you gotta come to Jesus Christ!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Dr. Myles Munroe</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We encourage you to cast your vote, but do not cast your cares on a human being. A potential candidate will get our votes, but only GOD gets all our confidence.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Christopher G. Green (D.Hon.Causa)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fruitful Life Network of Ministries, Inc.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Chris and Carol Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877339904629610741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486908619294556239.post-14905317865871008492022-11-01T12:00:00.014-04:002023-07-19T21:03:14.671-04:00Chris and Carol Green Launch New Video-On-Demand Life Coach Training and Certification Format<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitdyHpOq4idi9iktkgHEKGwPnJ16WusZNozEQuMLDxrSqyN-CuTaV7jy379oKymN5j8U2gBsiEtzjasK5FUzb2JUmVJqdsCHEPJql3wbWeww5wxuHT2mluXZ5dvCjWa4t1cz_McGsoe1Pmt0VYjT2VB3amUE_2nMU6TGTCTRODWAMlmdpcT3THOZHO/s1080/life-coach-certification-online.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1080" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitdyHpOq4idi9iktkgHEKGwPnJ16WusZNozEQuMLDxrSqyN-CuTaV7jy379oKymN5j8U2gBsiEtzjasK5FUzb2JUmVJqdsCHEPJql3wbWeww5wxuHT2mluXZ5dvCjWa4t1cz_McGsoe1Pmt0VYjT2VB3amUE_2nMU6TGTCTRODWAMlmdpcT3THOZHO/w640-h380/life-coach-certification-online.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Pennsylvania, USA – Fruitful Life Educators Chris and Carol Green
announced the official launch of a new online, video-on-demand format for their nationally and internationally recognized and endorsed Life
Coach Certification Program known as <b><u><a href="https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/care-ready-certification" target="_blank">Listen, Lift, Launch: </a></u></b><i><b><u><a href="https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/care-ready-certification" target="_blank">Training and
Certification in CARE-Ready Life Coaching</a></u>®. </b></i></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“With our new on-demand format, prospective coaches can now go through the training anywhere, anytime, and at their own pace,” the Greens explained. “We are extremely confident that we have produced a quality certificate program that includes video lessons, rigorous exercises, and direct access to online instructors; and that it will be just as impactful as if though our students were walking through it in a live setting.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">More information and details are available through the <b><u><a href="https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/care-ready-certification" target="_blank">STEP Forward Life Institute</a></u></b><span><b>™</b></span><b>.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">As the founders of the STEP Forward Life Institute™ and
affiliate members of iChange Nations™, the Greens partnered with United
Graduate College and Seminary International to offer this accelerated and ministry-accredited life coach certificate program for people who have a simple desire
to help others. Their collective vision was to offer servant-leaders working in
under-served communities, high-quality tools that empower and equip them to be
more effective in their humanitarian efforts.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“We have been blessed to provide life coach training for organizations and individuals for over five years,” said the master life coaches. “Once we got to the point where our sessions were
selling out, we started looking toward a day when we could offer the course in an on-demand video format, as well as in-person or via live video conferencing through our coaching and consulting business, C and C Connections, LLC. Our business facilitated and proivided the venue for all of the session recordings.” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With the successful graduation of candidates in November of 2022, they will have launched over 100 CARE-Ready Life Coaches who are disbursed and
embedded in nearly 40 organizations, businesses, agencies or ministries across ten
states including: California, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri,
North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As the world's leading producers of CARE-Ready Life
Coaching®, Chris and Carol Green teach and train community, government and
education leaders, human service organizers, business visionaries, and
neighborhood dreamers how to be much more effective by embracing the principles
of CARE (Compassionate Accountability with Respect and Empathy) in their
professional and personal lives. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Many coaching, mentoring, community outreach programs and ministries employ what is known as a "deficit model" of working with people.
That's an attempt to 'fix' broken people through a
set of pre-determined, cookie cutter, one-size-fits-all steps and treatments to address their
issues. The deficit-based model is what many well-meaning people-helpers use, but it
rarely works long-term, leaving them wondering why people fail to
break the cycles of addiction, mental health challenges, poverty and recidivism.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">However, CARE-Ready Life Coaching® mirrors the principles
found in the proven, Best Practice strategies of Strength-based,
Solution-focused models that are embedded in the Biblical principles of discipleship in the Kingdom of God. CARE-Ready life coaches are trained to connect with
people in order to build a relationship/ partnership that encourages and empowers;
thus allowing the client to discover true solutions and answers for their lives.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Learn more about the CARE-Ready Life Coaching® and its Certification Program at <b><u><a href="https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/care-ready-certification" target="_blank">https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/care-ready-certification</a></u></b></p>
<br />Chris and Carol Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877339904629610741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486908619294556239.post-34628103556762862582022-08-01T10:00:00.026-04:002023-07-19T21:04:07.407-04:00Chris and Carol Green Train and Launch New CARE-Ready Responders from Missouri Faith Community<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPks3oPgO0T-pBwf4rtOilyCXbqdzQ9HLrUGGwg-NMbyebeZ2JoB4M0m0JVE5hZSKe_QRxH_8wjRRvvq4cpsLYrp1verCmh9HwnFur64b7Rj2yZtg8hPaD_tCPVg_v9dHzZv_iKbct8YWEysaby5ta2NPvoCNwANoCwN7H-hhx7hwpw_I5RYtxT2nQ/s652/ZoomCARE-Ready%20responder.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="652" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPks3oPgO0T-pBwf4rtOilyCXbqdzQ9HLrUGGwg-NMbyebeZ2JoB4M0m0JVE5hZSKe_QRxH_8wjRRvvq4cpsLYrp1verCmh9HwnFur64b7Rj2yZtg8hPaD_tCPVg_v9dHzZv_iKbct8YWEysaby5ta2NPvoCNwANoCwN7H-hhx7hwpw_I5RYtxT2nQ/w564-h347/ZoomCARE-Ready%20responder.jpg" width="564" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chris and Carol Green in Virtual Training with their home church in St. Louis, MO</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Missouri, USA ---- Today, Fruitful Life Educators Chris and Carol Green presented 12 worthy recipients their CARE-Ready Responder Certificates of Completion after they successfully attended two virtual training sessions that were hosted by the Metro Christian Worship Center in St. Louis, MO. (June 22nd and July 20th of 2022)</p><p>CARE-Ready Responding is the cutting-edge concept that was created by the Greens, that empowers people-helpers to operate in the principles of Civility, Awareness, Respect and Empathy in their personal and professional lives.</p><p>Bishop Raphael Green invited Chris and Carol Green, who had previously served as part of the founding ministry leadership of that congregation for 17 years, to return and adapt the virtual training for that congregation’s overall preparation for Evangelism and Discipleship of their families and communities.</p><p>In making the presentations the Greens told the new CARE-Ready Responders:</p><p>“With the tools and principles you have learned, you will be able to:</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>connect and communicate with others more like Christ, no matter who they are, what they do, or what they believe</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>have real conversations with others without comprising what you believe</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>build trust BEFORE making an impartation into other's lives</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>SEE the people and the world around you with hope</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>be an active member in an ever-changing society while staying focused on where God has assigned you</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>continually and effectively serve those hurting or in need</p><p>This training and these principles can be applied everywhere you serve, everywhere you interact with people. You have now been equipped to be CARE-Ready and it is enough for you to begin making real, lasting connections, one person and one soul at a time. So, go into the world and respond with CARE!”</p><p>The CARE-Ready Responder training is facilitated through the STEP Forward Life Institute™ which the Greens founded as an affiliate institution of United Graduate College and Seminary International. STEP Forward is an accredited online life education and ministry preparation platform. </p><p>The Greens explain, “We provide practical instruction that equips our online students to add to their faith, embrace their unique process of success, and make certain they’re prepared for those once in a lifetime opportunities to minister to their families and serve in their community.”</p><p>To date, the Greens have now launched 38 CARE-Ready Responders across the United States. They offer this training as the pre-requisite for Responders who desire to ultimately become CARE-Ready Life Coaches.</p>Chris and Carol Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877339904629610741noreply@blogger.com