Fruitful Living Review and Updates (June 2024)

 

Updates from January to June 2024

Greetings Fruitful Life Family, Friends and Followers: 

As you know, we came through a very trying and difficult season from 2019-2021. We learned a lot about our limitations and unrealistic expectations. Since that time we have made many changes and part of that has meant emphasizing the original call that God gave us for the ministry of Fruitful Life. 

Fruitful Life is a community and ministry of “presence" for people who are just like us; who are facing battles and struggles in mental, emotional, physical, financial, occupational, or relationship challenges; or simply working through life's many setbacks and sidetracks. We are all turning to God and coming alongside others who will listen, offer support, and pray with us through the journey. 

During the month of June we began our new Midweek Schedule. We also updated and reproduced one of our books from 2015 and republished it under a new title. We continued to post new Fruitful Living podcast entries. We completed and added two new courses in the STEP Forward Life Institute. And at our attendee's request, we began working on lesson outlines and notes for the monthly LIVE STEP Forward Life Institute sessions. 

This month we received a powerful testimonial from Hosea and Amethyst Roberson, which they shared in our last Spiritual Wellness Support group session. 

We also received the wonderful news that AJ and Shavaun Jackson (aka Givers of Hope) who are domestic missionaries serving in the Nashville, TN area, had a car donated to them. Please join them in giving praise to God for this awesome breakthrough in their pioneering journey in that community. 

Special note* We will be unavailable for a great deal of the month of July. We are taking a sabbatical/ break, followed by a trip to St. Louis, Missouri to assist in the round-the-clock care for both of Chris’ parents. We look forward to seeing a few family and friends, as well. We thank you for your understanding, support and prayers. 

Also, watch for Mental Health Courses that will be made available on the STEP Forward Life Institute's web page by Amethyst Roberson (MA, LPC, NCC, CMLC). 

In Case You Missed It, here’s what’s happening now: 

New Midweek Connection Schedule

Feel free to join our weekly Midweek 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 

1st Wednesdays: Prayer Watch – Corporate intercessory prayer

2nd and 4th Wednesdays: Spiritual Wellness Support Group

3rd Wednesdays: STEP Forward Life Institute –monthly Live Zoom Bible study and class 

 

The Latest Blogs

Articles, News and Updates

 

Community Connections

https://www.chrisandcarolgreen.com/community

 

Fruitful Living Podcast Series Expands

https://vimeo.com/channels/fruitfullivingtv

 

Book by Chris and Carol Green

Just in time for Summer and July 4th Holiday

Revolution in Hearts and Homes

https://chrisandcarolgreen.blogspot.com/2024/06/chris-and-carol-green-revive.html 

 

Health and Wellness

Mental Health and Wellness Support

 

Mental Health Awareness Month: Self Care Presentations

https://chrisandcarolgreen.blogspot.com/2024/05/mental-health-awareness-month-self-care.html

 

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.

 

New STEP Forward Overview video

https://vimeo.com/968184743/0e26b86337

 

Spiritual Warfare Training Course

https://www.fruitfullifelearningcommunity.org/spiritual-warfare-training

 

Add to Your Faith Foundation

https://fruitfullifeleadershipeducation.talentlms.com/catalog/info/id:211

 

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 

 

Staying Connected 

Join the Fruitful Life Learning Community’s Facebook Group

This is the best place to keep up with prayer requests and ongoing updates and reports on what’s happening in one another’s lives.

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

 

Enroll in the Hearts and Homes Community Page

This is the best place to catch weekly postings of video clips that provide encouragement, teaching, insight and wisdom.

https://fruitfullifenetwork.mn.co/ 

 

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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.

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 25^th

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 25^th

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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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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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

A 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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