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    Writing for Wellness in Christian Settings
    Writing for Wellness in Christian Settings
    Writing for Wellness in Christian Settings
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    Writing for Wellness in Christian Settings

    By Kathy Vayder

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    This easy-to-follow guide will help ministers, outreach facilitators, health ministry leaders, and others establish and lead Writing for Wellness classes. These classes provide an extension of the community, caring, and concern received in churches. Participants learn writing techniques to help them relieve grief, forgive, address anger and frustration, and understand their relationship with God.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIdyll Arbor
    Release dateJun 25, 2010
    ISBN9781611580051
    Writing for Wellness in Christian Settings
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    Kathy Vayder

    In 2008, Kathy Vayder met with Julie Davey to create a class for Christian church settings by adding a spiritual theme to the course. The course has been taught at Cornerstone Fellowship in Livermore, California, since March 2009. Writing for Wellness in Christian Settings is an outgrowth of Kathy's class to help others start Writing for Wellness classes in their churches.

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      Book preview

      Writing for Wellness in Christian Settings - Kathy Vayder

      Writing for Wellness

      in Christian Settings

      Kathy Vayder

      A Leader’s Guide for Christian Churches Using

      Writing for Wellness: A Prescription for Healing

      By Julie Davey

      Idyll Arbor, Inc.

      39129 264th Ave SE

      Enumclaw, WA 98022

      360-825-7797

      sales@IdyllArbor.com

      www.idyllarbor.com

      © Copyright 2010, Idyll Arbor, Inc. All rights reserved under International and Pan American Copyright Conventions. This book and any information in it may be reproduced for use in Writing for Wellness classes. For other purposes, no part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transcribed, in any form or by any means — electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise — without the prior written permission of the publisher.

      Cover photo: Will Blaschko (www.willblaschko.com)

      Writing for Wellness book cover: Vincent Williams

      ISBN: 9781882883905

      ePrinter: Smashwords

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      Thank you for downloading this free ebook. You are welcome to share it with your friends. This book may be reproduced, copied and distributed for non-commercial purposes, provided the book remains in its complete original form. If you enjoyed this book, please return to Smashwords.com to discover other works by this author. Thank you for your support.

      Contact information:

      Idyll Arbor

      39129 264th Ave SE

      Enumclaw, WA 98022

      360-825-7797

      sales@IdyllArbor.com

      Kathy Vayder

      kvayder@gmail.com

      Julie Davey

      JDavey@fullcoll.edu

      Contents

      OVERVIEW

      WRITING FOR WELLNESS

      10 SESSIONS

      CLASS FEEDBACK

      Appendix A – CLASS SYLLABUS

      ENDORSEMENTS

      FOR MORE INFORMATION

      OVERVIEW

      Classes in Writing for Wellness have been offered continuously since 2001 at City of Hope National Cancer Center in Duarte, California. Julie Davey, the designer and instructor of the class, is a two-time cancer survivor and college writing professor at Fullerton College. Julie developed the classes to help cancer patients, their caregivers, family members, and medical staff at City of Hope deal with and heal from grief and other psychological issues that arise from the cancer, other catastrophic illnesses, and personal tragedies.

      In 2008, Kathy Vayder (Volunteer in the Care Giving Ministry) met with Julie Davey to create a class for a Christian church setting by adding a spiritual theme to the course. The course has been taught at Cornerstone Fellowship in Livermore, California, since March 2009. Classes are also being held at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, Whittier, California, Wellness Center, Phoenix, Arizona, and Harbor View Medical Center, Seattle, Washington.

      Beginnings of Writing for Wellness

      Hundreds of participants have attended the classes, and, with Julie’s guidance, have used focused and directed writing lessons to help express what they are going through. Participants report feeling better after attending classes and completing writing assignments. Writing helps them heal.

      Over the years, Julie collected poems, essays, humorous stories, letters, and slice-of-life articles written by

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