Is Your Church Trauma-Informed?
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The Accidental Social Worker
Transform Your Community for Jesus by Understanding Trauma, Poverty, and Addiction
Written by Suzanne Burns
Trauma-Informed Ministry Training
Ministry to people in need can be frustrating, can’t it?
Here you are as a church, trying to be “the hands and feet of Jesus.” You’re giving out money. Giving out clothes or furniture. Bags of food. You help folks find jobs and inexpensive housing. You serve and pray and serve some more.
Why isn’t it working?
After all you’ve done for them, far too many people fall back into lifestyles of drugs and alcohol. Bad decisions. Bad relationships.
What is this ministry lacking?
I hear your questions. I’ve asked them myself. And I’ve found answers I want to share with you.
Download a free copy of my book The Accidental Social Worker. It will jumpstart your journey to becoming a more effective, trauma-informed church.
Understanding: The Missing Piece
Your desire to bring lasting change may never be realized until you grasp how complex trauma, lifestyles of addiction, and the poverty mindset have impacted those you wish to serve.
You need to be trauma-informed.
It begins with trauma awareness: in-depth knowledge of how individuals’ minds are shaped by crisis and suffering.
From there you can move into implementing trauma-informed practices: creating policies and procedures that actually produce empowerment—not entitlement—in the poor and disenfranchised.
You reach maximum effectiveness when every facet of your ministry is trauma-centered. Your volunteers and staff, your operations, and your ministry site itself will all work together strategically—with sensitivity to and awareness of reality as it’s seen by those in need.
You can reach that point. And my book can help you get there. Download it free today.
You’ll also receive a brief series of helpful emails with additional tips you can put to use starting today.
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The Accidental Social Worker
Transform Your Community for Jesus by Understanding Trauma, Poverty, and Addiction
Written by Suzanne Burns
Put My Expertise to Work for Your Ministry
Expert, Trainer & Speaker
I’m Suzanne Burns, and I’ve spent the last 20 years, after some seriously bad choices, working in service to Jesus.
I am also the founder and executive director of Foundation House, a maternity home for pregnant and homeless women. There, we also offer educational and job training programs.
What I have seen there, coupled with my advanced education and involvement with regional and national organizations serving needy populations has taught me a great deal. I’ve gained invaluable insights into the lasting impact of trauma on still-developing minds. And I’ve learned about dealing with the poverty mindset, drug culture, jail culture, opioids, violence, and gangs.
And you know what? By the grace of God, that range of experience is bearing fruit. Many of our maternity home residents are undergoing magnificent transformation.
Wouldn’t you like to see the same kind of results? You can. Begin by downloading your free copy of my book, The Accidental Social Worker. There you’ll find some of the same essential principles of trauma-informed ministry I have already shared with hundreds of ministry leaders. Why don’t you get your free copy today?
You want to do good. I can help you do good—well.
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Be Charity Wise offers high quality online video training that you can watch on your own time. So you can learn on your own time—and grow on your own time. We pour passion, knowledge, and practical pointers into all of our videos. Which means the trainings won’t just engage you; they’ll also change you.
ON-SITE TRAINING
When you want your event to be a success, you need to be able to rely on your speaker to deliver a message that will inspire, entertain and create positive change. You want more than temporary motivation… you want to create permanent transformation! After all, it’s your responsibility to make the event memorable, and you don’t want to leave anything to chance. Suzanne Burns delivers skill-building content and cutting-edge insights that will educate and energize your audience. Learn more about our customized, tailored-to-you speaking services here.
"I’ve learned so much! My ministry team is so much more effective now!"
"My relationship with my youth group has dramatically shifted now that I have a better understanding of the impact of trauma in many of their lives"
"I wholeheartedly recommend Suzanne Burns and Be Charity Wise to any church or ministry looking to start or strengthen an outreach ministry to the poor"
"Suzanne’s insights into poverty mindset and trauma have transformed how we serve our community."
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