Workshops for Churches and Organizations
Amazing Intimate Relationships Workshop (ages 18+)
Curriculum
What is Intimacy?
Cultural and Religious Values surrounding sex and intimacy
- Explore how religion has shaped your views on sex & intimacy
Obstacles to Intimacy
- I'm interested, my partner is not.
- I thought our intimate life was great — until my partner admitted she (or he) hasn't been satisfied for the past few years.
Ingredients for Developing Intimacy
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- The Enneagram1 - 9 communication styles
- What are the spiritual gifts and talents the Lord has given me?
- What are my communication style and triggers?
- Pairings of different communication dynamics for couples
- Identify blind spots and avoidances
- Includes psychological & spiritual dimensions.
- The Enneagram1 - 9 communication styles
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- Communication Techniques for
- Handling conflicts and disagreements
- Listening and effective communication
- Discussing intimacy differences
- 5 Intimacy Styles
- Learn the 5 different intimacy styles
- Different from and beyond the 5 Love Languages
- What's my intimacy style, what's my partner's?
- What if my partner and I have different styles?
- Learn the 5 different intimacy styles
- Faith-Based
- Christ-centered emphasis and scriptural references
- Historical glimpse of marriage through the centuries
- Traditional Christian values
- Recent developments in Christian and pastoral theology
- Communication Techniques for
1This can be a stand-alone workshop. Suitable and helpful for both adults and teens.
Ready to book a workshop or course for your congregation, organization, or group?
Schedule a 30 min Workshop Discovery Session to discuss the needs of your constituents No cost consultation. We can meet in-person in the Denver/Boulder area, or by zoom video anywhere.
Workshop and Course Options
- Workshop
- Amazing Intimate Relationships (AIR) is offered live at location of your choice.
- 8 hours/day, OR 4 hours/day for 2 days
- You set the schedule which meets your needs
- Amazing Intimate Relationships (AIR) is offered live at location of your choice.
- Courses After the attending the AIR workshop, these courses are available, in-person or zoom video. For better retention of wisdom learned, these are best suited for 2 hour increments over several weeks.
- Enneagram Deepening – 9 weeks, 2 hours/session; one Enneagram type is covered per session
- Lecture, slides, class discussion, engaging videos.
- Option to use panelists. When learning about Enneagram type SIXes, for example, it is a deeper, richer experience to listen to SIXes be interviewed by a facilitator, and to have an opportunity to ask the panelists a question.
- Enneagram & Sexual Expression – 9 weeks, 2 hours/session; one Enneagram type is covered per session
- Prerequisite - Enneagram Deepening, above
- Lecture, slides, class discussion
- Examine how your sexual expression, both healthy and under-evolved, is affected by your Enneagram type
- Intimacy & Faith Journey - ongoing support group. This is to help participants to embody what they learned via the AIR workshop or other courses, into practice in their relationships/marriage and faith journey.
- Customized Course, contact Paul for a hybrid course that can be tailored for any unique needs your community may have. Here are some possibilities:
- 5 Intimacy Styles, a deeper dive
- Communication skills
- Scripture and Sexuality
- Enneagram Deepening – 9 weeks, 2 hours/session; one Enneagram type is covered per session
Ready to book a workshop or course for your congregation, organization, or group?
Schedule a 30 min Workshop Discovery Session to discuss the needs of your constituents No cost consultation. We can meet in-person in the Denver/Boulder area, or by zoom video anywhere.