Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Chris Green Earns Master Mental Health Coach Certification

Today, Chris Green officially became a Board-Certified Master Mental Health Coach (BCMMHC) upon completion of the mental health specialization program: Crisis Response and Trauma Care, administered by the American Association of Christian Counselors through Light University. 

“Many of our religious and civic leaders have been misinformed and still approach this issue from ignorance, stigma, fear, and very bad theology,” Chris explains.

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.

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 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."

This specialization program in Crisis Response and Trauma Care 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.

This specialization course was preceded by a 41-hour rigorous training program that included:

 1.) First, the completion of a 14-session course called Foundations of Mental Health Coaching - 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.

 2.) Next, the completion of a 14-session course called Mental Health Coaching Skills -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.

 3.) And finally, the completion of a 13-session course called Mental and Behavioral Health Disorders - 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.

As a Board Certified Master Mental Health Coach, credentialed by the International Board of Christian Care (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.

“I'm very pleased to have earned this credential," Chris concluded. “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."

Chris and Carol Green are the creators of the CARE-Ready Life Coaching® model of inspiration, education and certification, and the founders of the STEP Forward Life Institute™, 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.

Saturday, December 30, 2023

Fruitful Living Monthly Review and Updates (December)

 (December Postings)


This has been an incredible year in which we have beheld our infinite all-knowing, all-wise God, Savior, Lord and Heavenly Father, move in our lives in ways that confounded and confused the wisdom of this world, and thwarted the plans of our enemy. We have come out of the fiery trials of 2023 as pure gold.

 We thank you for following and supporting us through 2023.

We will continue moving forward in the Word and Will of God in 2024.

 The Fruitful Life Learning Community is our online space for connection, encouragement and support for you. This ministry was launched as an intentional effort to help people of faith return to the simple mission and lifestyle that demonstrates God's love and healing to hearts and homes.

We are a community of Seekers, Students and Servants.

 Here's a summary and review of some of our special faith-building moments, prayer, teaching and victories during the month of December.  We pray that it encourages you and your family.

 

Prayer Watch

- "You will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29:13 NKJV

 

Fight for Your Family

https://www.chrisandcarolgreen.com/family-prayer-campaign

 

Prayer Agenda/ Daily Prayer and Devotionals

https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/prayer

 

 

 

Spiritual Wellness Support Group

Feel free to join our weekly Midweek Prayer Connection as we unite from coast to coast in the United States.

 

-         Wednesdays at 7:00PM Eastern Time, USA

-         The Zoom link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/972473313

 

‘Nevertheless’ Kind of Faith 

https://vimeo.com/channels/midweekconnection/889734908

 

Endure Hardship (Do it Anyway)

https://vimeo.com/channels/midweekconnection/892107828

 

When the Math Isn’t Math-ing

https://vimeo.com/channels/midweekconnection/894350430

 

Godly Responses to the Pagan Origins of December 25th

https://vimeo.com/channels/midweekconnection/896764239

 

 

 

News and Announcements

 

Enroll in the Hearts and Homes Community Page

https://fruitfullifenetwork.mn.co/

 

Tryout the New Facebook Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/275183742084251

 

Christ-centered Life Coaching Certification Course Available 24/7

https://fruitfullifeleadershipeducation.talentlms.com/catalog/info/id:127  

 

 

 

Sunday Webcasts

– Replay and rehearse these profoundly powerful messages from the Sunday postings in the Hearts and Homes Community Site.

 

Virtue, Knowledge and Self Control (Part 2) https://vimeo.com/channels/unlockingthedreamwithin/40522054

 

Perseverance and Godliness

https://vimeo.com/channels/unlockingthedreamwithin/40835357

 

Brotherly Kindness and Love

https://vimeo.com/channels/unlockingthedreamwithin/41286260

 

Godly Response to the Pagan Origins of December 25th

https://vimeo.com/82477719?share=copy

 

Expanding and Excelling in Exile

https://vimeo.com/channels/850249/501647305

 

 

 

Householder’s Treasure

– Midweek short video clips that posted in the Hearts and Homes Community Site.

 

Who Will Go For God?

https://vimeo.com/channels/icymi/98881001

 

Prayer Changes Us

https://vimeo.com/channels/icymi/114508841

 

People Relate to Love

https://vimeo.com/channels/icymi/115133145

 

What if we do this the way God wants it done?

https://vimeo.com/channels/icymi/162441063

 

 

 

Books and Blogs

 

The Holiday Challenge

https://urbanlifefamilypost.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-holiday-challenge_25.html

 

A Matter of Conscience

https://urbanlifefamilypost.blogspot.com/2022/12/a-matter-of-conscience.html

 

The Gift of Forgiveness

https://urbanlifefamilypost.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-gift-of-forgiveness.html

 

Giving Is Already Our Lifestyle

https://urbanlifefamilypost.blogspot.com/2022/12/giving-is-already-our-lifestyle.html

 

In Remembrance of Christ

https://urbanlifefamilypost.blogspot.com/2022/12/in-remembrance-of-christ.html

 

Fruitful Living in Winter

Download your free copy at

http://www.fruitful-life.net/books/Fruitful_Living_in_Winter.pdf

 

Processed for Success

Get your free copy now at

https://www.chrisandcarolgreen.com/processed-for-success

 

Urban Apologetics: Cults and Cultural Ideologies: Biblical and Theological Challenges Facing Christians

https://www.amazon.com/Urban-Apologetics-Ideologies-Theological-Challenges/dp/0310142997

 

Rest, Retreats, Revival and Other Comedies: You are Success in Process

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1539728234

 

 

 

Health and Wellness

Mental Health and Wellness Support

 

Christianity and Mental Health (Uniting Faith and Counseling)

https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/christianity-and-mental-health

 

Beyond the Altar: Amethyst Roberson, MA, LPC, NCC

https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/beyond-the-altar

 

Elephant in the Room: Mental Health and Wellness in the Church

https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/elephant-in-the-room

 

 

 

STEP Forward Life Institute

– Add to your faith…. Knowledge. Continue to be equipped and empowered for the work of the ministry in your home and community.

 

Personal Growth and Spiritual Maturity

https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/personal-growth-maturity

 

Fruitful Life Education Certificate Courses

https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/certificate-courses

 

Our Resource Library – Recommended Books and Courses

https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/library

 

 

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

Fruitful Living Monthly Review and Updates (November)

 (November Postings)

 

“Come on in, the table’s spread. There’s a feast going on.

Come on in; Have your fill. We’re so glad, you’ve made it home.”

 

The Fruitful Life Learning Community is our online space for connection, encouragement and support for you.

This ministry was launched as an intentional effort to help people of faith return to the simple mission and lifestyle that demonstrates God's love and healing to hearts and homes.

We are a community of Seekers, Students and Servants.

 

 

Prayer Watch

- "You will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29:13 NKJV

 

Fight for Your Family

https://www.chrisandcarolgreen.com/family-prayer-campaign

 

Prayer Agenda/ Daily Prayer and Devotionals

https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/prayer

 

 

 

Spiritual Wellness Support Group

Feel free to join our weekly Midweek Prayer Connection as we unite from coast to coast in the United States.

 

-         Wednesdays at 7:00PM Eastern Time, USA

-         The Zoom link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/972473313

 

-         The Moment Has Come  https://vimeo.com/channels/midweekconnection/880362682


-         That They May Believe 

       https://vimeo.com/channels/midweekconnection/880362682


-         At Your Word I Will

       https://vimeo.com/channels/midweekconnection/885054745  


-       "Nevertheless" Kind of Faith  https://vimeo.com/channels/midweekconnection/889734908

 

  

News and Announcements

 

Enroll in the Hearts and Homes Community Page - https://fruitfullifenetwork.mn.co/

 

Tryout the New Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/275183742084251

 

Newest STEP Forward Life Instructor: Amethyst Roberson, MA, LPC, NCC

https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/beyond-the-altar

 

Christ-centered Life Coaching Certification Course Available 24/7

https://fruitfullifeleadershipeducation.talentlms.com/catalog/info/id:127  

 

 

 

Sunday Webcasts

– Replay and rehearse these profoundly powerful messages from the Sunday postings in the Hearts and Homes Community Site.

 

Hope and Expectations

https://vimeo.com/channels/unlockingthedreamwithin/38336045

 

Receiving the Word

https://vimeo.com/channels/unlockingthedreamwithin/38744647

 

Add Virtue to Your Faith

https://vimeo.com/channels/unlockingthedreamwithin/39606074

 

Virtue, Knowledge and Self Control (Part 1) https://vimeo.com/channels/unlockingthedreamwithin/40520510

 

 

 

Householder’s Treasure

– Midweek short video clips that posted in the Hearts and Homes Community Site.

 

Leaders Invest in People

https://vimeo.com/channels/icymi/111959957

 

MATURITY: The Measure of Effective Ministry

https://vimeo.com/channels/icymi/117320332

 

Building the Immature Areas of Our Lives

https://vimeo.com/channels/icymi/118442476

 

Facing the Unknown

https://vimeo.com/channels/icymi/112638700

 

God Has Aimed You at His Target

https://vimeo.com/channels/icymi/119071115

 

 


Books and Blogs

 

The Holiday Challenge

https://urbanlifefamilypost.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-holiday-challenge_25.html

 

A Matter of Conscience

https://urbanlifefamilypost.blogspot.com/2022/12/a-matter-of-conscience.html

 

The Gift of Forgiveness

https://urbanlifefamilypost.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-gift-of-forgiveness.html

 

Giving Is Already Our Lifestyle

https://urbanlifefamilypost.blogspot.com/2022/12/giving-is-already-our-lifestyle.html

 

Fruitful Living in Winter

Download your free copy at http://www.fruitful-life.net/books/Fruitful_Living_in_Winter.pdf

 

Processed for Success

Get your free copy now at https://www.chrisandcarolgreen.com/processed-for-success

 

Urban Apologetics: Cults and Cultural Ideologies: Biblical and Theological Challenges Facing Christians

https://www.amazon.com/Urban-Apologetics-Ideologies-Theological-Challenges/dp/0310142997

 

Rest, Retreats, Revival and Other Comedies: You are Success in Process

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1539728234

 

 

 

Health and Wellness

Mental Health and Wellness Support

 

Christianity and Mental Health (Uniting Faith and Counseling)

https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/christianity-and-mental-health

 

Elephant in the Room: Mental Health and Wellness in the Church

https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/elephant-in-the-room

 

 

 

STEP Forward Life Institute

– Add to your faith…. Knowledge. Continue to be equipped and empowered for the work of the ministry in your home and community.

 

Personal Growth and Spiritual Maturity

https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/personal-growth-maturity

 

Fruitful Life Education Certificate Courses

https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/certificate-courses

 

Our Resource Library – Recommended Books and Courses

https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/library

 

 

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Fruitful Living Monthly Review and Updates (October)

 (October Postings)

 

“… if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”  *** 2 Chronicles 7:14 (New King James Version) 

 

Prayer Watch

- "You will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29:13 NKJV

 

Seven National Calls to Prayer During World War 2  

https://vimeo.com/channels/onlineprayer/540356647


The Role of Prayer During World War 2

https://vimeo.com/channels/onlineprayer/542995872


Company of Hidden Intercessors (World War 2)

https://vimeo.com/channels/onlineprayer/545831387


Fight for Your Family

https://www.chrisandcarolgreen.com/family-prayer-campaign

 

Prayer Agenda/ Daily Prayer and Devotionals

https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/prayer

 

 

Spiritual Wellness Support Group

Feel free to join our weekly Midweek Prayer Connection as we unite from coast to coast in the United States. 


***Wednesdays at 7:00PM Eastern Time, USA

       

The Zoom link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/972473313

 

-         It’s the Simple Things  

https://vimeo.com/channels/midweekconnection/871279794


-         Pray for One Another 

https://vimeo.com/channels/midweekconnection/873556477


-         God’s Got a Way 

https://vimeo.com/channels/midweekconnection/875806683


-         Filled With the Knowledge of His Will 

 https://vimeo.com/channels/midweekconnection/878123980



 

News and Announcements


New Facebook (Private) Group 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/275183742084251


Hearts and Homes Community Site 

https://fruitfullifenetwork.mn.co/feed?filters=everything


NEW Christ-centered Life Coaching Certification Course Available 24/7

https://fruitfullifeleadershipeducation.talentlms.com/catalog/info/id:127  

  

 

Sunday Webcasts

– Replay and rehearse these profoundly powerful messages from the Sunday postings in the Hearts and Homes Community Site.

 

Continue Steadfast in Prayer

https://vimeo.com/channels/passion4prayer/20071117

 

Prayers of Petition

https://vimeo.com/channels/passion4prayer/20071247

 

Establishing a Lifestyle and Legacy of Prayer (Part 1)

https://vimeo.com/217687481?share=copy

 

Establishing a Lifestyle and Legacy of Prayer (Part 2) 

https://vimeo.com/217697391?share=copy  

 

Purposeful Prayer

https://vimeo.com/channels/passion4prayer/20071598

 

 

Householder’s Treasure

– Midweek short video clips that posted in the Hearts and Homes Community Site.

 

Bless the Lord at All Times

 https://vimeo.com/channels/icymi/97679966

 

We're Not Trying to Hold You Back

https://vimeo.com/channels/icymi/100068377

 

Stop Defending Ungodly Strongholds

https://vimeo.com/channels/icymi/104824895

 

God Says: "I'm Coming to You!"

https://vimeo.com/channels/icymi/106134580

 

 

Books and Blogs

Urban Apologetics: Cults and Cultural Ideologies: Biblical and Theological Challenges Facing Christians

https://www.amazon.com/Urban-Apologetics-Ideologies-Theological-Challenges/dp/0310142997

 

Rest, Retreats, Revival and Other Comedies: You are Success in Process

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1539728234

 


Health and Wellness

Mental Health and Wellness Support

 

Christianity and Mental Health (Uniting Faith and Counseling)

https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/christianity-and-mental-health

 

Beyond the Altar: Amethyst Roberson, MA, LPC, NCC

https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/beyond-the-altar

 

Elephant in the Room: Mental Health and Wellness in the Church

https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/elephant-in-the-room

  

 

STEP Forward Life Institute

– Add to your faith…. Knowledge. Continue to be equipped and empowered for the work of the ministry in your home and community.

 

Personal Growth and Spiritual Maturity

https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/personal-growth-maturity

 

Fruitful Life Education Certificate Courses

https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/certificate-courses

 

Our Resource Library – Recommended Books and Courses

https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/library

 

 

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