New Service: Behavior Consultation

I'm excited about this!  Really. Hope and a Future Ministries has added a new service.  We are going to start offering behavior consultation to early childhood programs.  What is that, you may ask? Well, when a child care provider has a child (or children) in his or her program that have troubling behaviors they can contract with us for help. We will observe the child in the environment, interview teachers and parents then offer consultation, technical assistance and training geared to addressing and changing the behavior. In addition, we will help the teaching staff to learn new strategies for working with the children, and offer assistance to help with classroom management techniques.

If you are interested in this new service or know of a program that might need our help- contact us! 

Contact us for more information or to request an application packet:

Carissa Doré, MA 

Anthony Marler, BSW

Phone: 1-888-316-0523

Fresh Grounded Faith Conference

Well, I attended the Fresh Grounded Faith Conference yesterday and this morning. It was an encouraging time with other women. The speaker, Jennifer Rothchild is a sweet, sensitive and down-to-earth speaker. An added treat was getting to hear Kathy Triccoli. If you were listening to contemporary Christian music in the 80's you definitely remember her. Fortunately, she isn't stuck in the 80's but shares her story with wit and spunk that only an Italian American woman from Long Island can get a way with at a Christian conference. I'm telling you, if you have not heard her sing and speak...you are missing out. I wanted to go and have coffee with her and get to know her more. The last woman in the trio was Abby Rike. You may know her from The Biggest Loser. I don't watch The Biggest Loser, but found her testimony encouraging. All three women were intelligent and seemed real. Jennifer states that "The ultimate goal of Fresh Grounded Faith is to bring a unifying event to your area that will empower women to live a tenacious faith in Christ." If the conference comes to a city in your area, I encourage you to invite some girlfriends and go. You can find the dates and locations by clicking here.

Here's a video about the Fresh Grounded Faith Conferences:

In addition, Jennifer has written some interesting looking books (I haven't read them yet).  One study that looks particularly interesting is Me, Myself and Lies. I am looking forward to picking up this book and possibly doing the study with a group of ladies. Check out the video promo for the book:

Week 3 Questions for Radical by David Platt

If you are reading the book Radical with us, here are the questions for week 3, chapters 4 and 5:

RADICAL

Week 3 Questions Chapters 4-5 

How did the deacon respond to David’s excitement over the opportunities to reach people for Christ?

Why did God create us in the first place?

What is David’s response to “I’m not called”?

What might Radically abandoning to Christ look like in your life?

What is the “megastrategy of Jesus”?

What is the difference between receivers and reproducers of God’s Word?

What happens when we ask ourselves the question, “How can I listen to his Word so that I am equipped to teach this Word to others”?

What is the difference between discipling and disinfecting?