Adult Programs

WINGS Life Skills Training

WINGS is an inspirational Life Skills Training Course which helps people move from dependence to independence.

Celebrate Recovery

Combines fellowship and celebration of God’s healing power through the Eight Recovery Principles, based on the Beatitudes (Matthew 5: 1-12).

His Father’s Heart

Breaks the cycles of destructive behavior that leads to recidivism in the ex-offender population and restores the families of the incarcerated through the healing and purifying power of the cross of Jesus Christ.

Personal Counseling

Guidance from the principles of scripture to help address everyday situations of life

WINGS Life Skills Training

WINGS is an inspirational Life Skills Training Course which helps people move from dependence to independence.  This free 35 hour seminar is designed to give people hope.  Everyone has dreams.  WINGS will teach you how you can turn your dreams into realistic goals and how you can reach those goals.  In collaboration with the Working Connection, which provides job placement, job retention, and career advancement assistance, WINGS creates the an atmosphere for success of its participants.
           
A Week-Long, Seven-Part, Life-Changing Curriculum

Participants in the WINGS curriculum take part in a week-long, intensive and interactive life-skills seminar that guides them in identifying their purposes and goals in life and then to begin taking steps toward their goals through the use of the WINGS Life Skills curriculum –

  • “Paradigms” and How We View Life

  • What Do I Love in My Life?

  • Writing My Personal Mission Statement

  • Being Effective with Different Personality Types

  • Recognizing the Types and Importance of Communication Skills

  • Setting “SMART” Goals for My Life

  • Building and Using a Personal Network.

Joining a Friendship Circle for Personal Mentoring

When participants complete the 35-hour WINGS course they can continue their transformation by joining a Friendship Circle.  This is a transitional program where two volunteer mentors support each participant as he/she progresses into the work force.

The purpose of each Friendship Circle is to provide the WINGS graduate the encouragement and accountability needed to succeed – even when years of “failure” have occurred.

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Celebrate Recovery

The Forge’s Celebrate Recovery program is modeled after the acclaimed recovery ministry established at Saddleback Church, pastored by Rick Warren (author of The Purpose-Driven Life) in Lake Forest, California.
            The program’s method combines fellowship and celebration of God’s healing power through the Eight Recovery Principles. By working and applying these biblical principles, based on the Beatitudes (Matthew 5: 1-12), participants grow spiritually and strengthen themselves for the lifelong battle against addictive, compulsive and dysfunctional behaviors. Their newfound freedom creates peace, serenity, joy and, most important, a stronger personal relationship with God and with others. As participants progress through the program, they discover and forge a relationship with a personal, loving and forgiving Higher Power – Jesus Christ.

The Program’s Eight Principles

  • Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor. Realize that I’m not God. I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and my life is unmanageable.

  • Happy are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to Him, and that He has the power to help me recover.

  • Happy are the meek. Consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ’s care and control.

  • Happy are the pure in heart. Openly examine and confess my faults to God, to myself, and to someone I trust.

  • Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires. Voluntarily submit to every change Gods want to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my character defects.

  • Happy are the merciful.
    Happy are the peacemakers.     Evaluate all of my relationships. Offer forgiveness to those who have hurt me and make amends for harm I’ve done to others, except when to do so would harm them or others.

  • Reserve a daily time with God for self-examination, Bible readings and prayer, in order to know god and His will for my life and to gain the power to follow His will.

  • Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires.

Yield myself to God to be used to bring this Good News to others, both by my example and by my words.

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His Father’s Heart

In collaboration with His Father’s Heart Ministries, the FORGE is sponsoring a support group for ex-offenders. The mission of His Father’s Heart Ministries is to heal the broken hearted in our community and break the cycles of destructive behavior in order to reduce recidivism in the ex-offender population and restore the families of the incarcerated through the healing and purifying power of the cross of Jesus Christ.

Within the confines of a supportive environment men and women who have recently left prison and the families of men and women who are currently incarcerated meet to address the critical need for effective after prison care through mentoring, accountability, discipleship, fellowship and networking.

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Personal Counseling

Feeling sad or angry too much of the time?  Need to work on your relationship or marriage?  Can’t seem to overcome your worries?  Trying to deal with the death of someone close to you?  Having a hard time picking up the pieces after your divorce?  Everyone needs encouragement and guidance.  The Forge for Families offers individual, faith-based counseling that addresses the circumstances of life. Call or email to and make an appointment today.

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