For Adults | For Kids

Find help and healing for the hurt of separation and divorce

Meeting Time:

Starting Sunday, February 24th at 9:00, DivorceCare will begin again. We will meet in the Church Office through May 18th.

Biography of Betty Smith, Leader:

I serve as the facilitator for the DivorceCare group. I was born in San Antonio, Texas and my parents moved to Houston when I was 3 months old. I have basically lived my whole life in Houston except for the 4 years I pursued college. After graduation I returned to Houston to begin a career as an elementary school teacher. Four years later I married. We had a son 3 ½ years later and after 12 years of marriage, we divorced. I am presently enjoying my 4th year of retirement after completing 33 years at LaPorte Elementary. I am blessed with a wonderful son, daughter-in-law and a precious granddaughter.  I thoroughly enjoy the flexibility of spending more time with family and friends, especially those times being ‘grammy.’ I also enjoy working in my yard and reading.

In addition to facilitating DivorceCare, I also enjoy coordinating several outreach events and serving on the Children’s Center Committee at Parkgate.

Studying:

DivorceCare groups meet weekly to help you face the challenges of separation and divorce. Each session will provide a 30-40 minute video seminar featuring top experts on divorce and recovery subjects. After viewing the video participants spend time as a support group discussing what was presented in the video and what is going on in the lives of the group members.

Topics include:

What’s Happening to Me? — Session 1
The Road to Healing/Finding Help — Session 2
Facing My Anger — Session 3
Facing My Depression — Session 4
Facing My Loneliness — Session 5
What Does the Owner’s Manual Say? — Session 6
New Relationships — Session 7
Financial Survival — Session 8
KidCare — Session 9
Single Sexuality — Session 10
Forgiveness — Session 11
Reconciliation — Session 12
Moving On, Growing Closer to God — Session 13

For more information about DivorceCare, please go to http://www.divorcecare.com.

DC4K is a special group to help your children heal from the pain caused by a separation or divorce. DC4K provides your children with a safe and neutral place to recognize and learn to share their feelings.

For 13 weeks your children become involved in a fun, caring group at a church near you. The weekly session topics help your children learn that God’s love strengthens them and helps them turn their sadness to hope and their anger to joy. They include:

What’s Happening to My Family? — Session 1
God Loves Children in All Kinds of Families — Session 2
Facing My Anger — Session 3
Journey from Anger to Sadness — Session 4
I Am Not Alone — Session 5
God’s Plan for Me — Session 6
Developing New Relationships — Session 7
Developing Money Smarts — Session 8
It’s Not My Fault — Session 9
Telling My Parents How I Feel — Session 10
Forgiveness — Session 11
Loving My Parents — Session 12
Moving On: Growing UP and Closer to God — Session 13