Take the CrossCurrent Challenge!

CrossCurrent Challenge 2008
8 Weeks That could change your life!
Monday Nights, 7:00pm-10:30pm
Starting September 29, 2008

CrossCurrent Challenge is now SOLD OUT. We have a wait list for the Fall session for men and women. Contact lw@dobber.org for more information.

You only have one shot at this life- why go through it hiding and protecting dirty little secrets? You owe it to yourself to try a group like this for a breakthrough.

CrossCurrent is an eight-week group for men and women seeking to walk in true freedom in their sexuality and relationships.

This adult group is open to all and provides a safe, confidential environment to share honestly in a small group setting. Meetings include worship, teaching, prayer ministry, and men and women's small groups.

Cost:
$40 General
$20 (Young Adult 18-25)

Space is limited.

Upcoming Groups:

Living Waters January 2009
20 Weeks
Mondays
Applications will be available October 2008

Both Living Waters and CrossCurrent are groups from Desert Stream Ministries. The groups are offered under the church covering of Vineyard Christian Church of Evanston and meets at the church.

What is Living Waters?
Living Waters is an in-depth, Christ-centered program for people seeking healing in areas of sexual and relational brokenness. A healing, teaching and discipleship series, Living Waters addresses the reality that we are all broken in our ability to love God, others or ourselves well. The goal of Living Waters is to lay a foundation for sexual and relational wholeness in our lives. Through worship, teaching, prayer and small groups we learn about:

• God’s powerful love for us and how Jesus is central to our hope for wholeness.
• The depth of our brokenness and our profound need for Him.
• The power of the cross of Christ to restore our souls, sexuality and relationships.
• The process of walking out our healing. Our place in the church and loving others honorably.

Who is Living Waters for?
Living Waters is for anyone seeking to work through the effects of sexual or emotional abuse, emotional dependency, self-hatred, sexual promiscuity, addiction (including pornography), homosexuality, or the inability to love others well. Thankfully, Christ’s capacity to touch and restore us at deep levels of broken-ness and shame applies to all of us, regardless of the specifics of our struggle.

How is Living Waters Presented?
Living Waters is a twenty-lesson program taught (over 30 weeks) in a closed group format. The leaders have been trained and a confidentiality policy is in place to help ensure trust and safety in the group.

Each meeting includes:

WORSHIP: We focus our attention and praise on God rather than on our problems.

THE WORD: Living Waters’ teachings combine biblical truths and psychological insights that help us to know God and ourselves better.

THE WORKS OF JESUS: Through healing prayer in large and small group settings, we invite the Holy Spirit to heal our various wounds. We bring our sins, and those committed against us, to the Lord who is faithful to set us free.

Foundational to Living Waters is the reality that God created us in His image as male and female. Therefore we value men and women working out their healing together. Great healing comes as men and women minister and receive alongside one another, thereby reflecting God’s intention and character. Although small groups are single-sex, both genders participate together in worship, teaching and prayer in the large group.

What Will I Learn?
Living Waters uses a detailed guidebook that includes teachings, questions, and additional readings that help us move from brokenness to maturity.

Some topics addressed:

• First and foremost you will learn that you are not alone and that there is hope
• Acknowledging our need for God
• How “the fall” affects our sexuality and relationships
• Receiving the Father’s love
• Who we are as men and women, made in God’s image
• The cross and confession
• Renouncing our idols Reconciliation between men and women
• Roots of gender brokenness
• Healing from sexual abuse
• The difference between our authentic self and our self-protecting false self.
• Restoring the true self through the cross of Christ
• Understanding and overcoming temptation
• Overcoming sexual and other addictions
• Embracing the church as our healing community
• Building healthy relationships
• Walking as mature Christians

Is Living Waters for Me?
If the following statements describe your vision for hope and healing, you may want to consider participating in Living Waters:

• A desire to deepen your relationship with Jesus Christ
• A desire to grow in your identity as a man or woman of God
• A willingness to face the sinfulness of your present state and the painful realities that led you there. This involves exploring hurts from your past.
• A willingness to be open and honest with others about your brokenness, including sexual feelings and practices, as well as issues of identity and emotional immaturity.
• A willingness to receive the healing ministry of the Holy Spirit in these deep areas.
• A desire to grow in your relationships in the body of Christ.

Considering Living Waters?
Check out these audio teachings:

Understanding Our Need for Love
Steve Nicholson

Affirming our True Self
Steve Nicholson

The Cause and Cure of Shame
Andrew Comiskey

Overcoming Brokenness Through the Beauty of God's Image
Andrew Comiskey

Becoming Secure in the Father's Love: Part 1
Matt Dobschuetz

Becoming Secure in the Father's Love: Part 2
Matt Dobschuetz

Also see the "Christian Sexuality in a Sex-Crazed World" series available for free download in the Sermons section of the website.

Last updated: September 16, 2008