The course format will incorporate a variety of learning methods in support of the College’s Educational Principles, in which knowledge, skills, and faith/values are integrated in the educational process. The class will meet for three hours once a week. Sessions will include small group interaction, lecture, discussions with people at a particular life stage. Specific topics dealing with the theological perspectives on growth and change include:

• Early bonding and its effects on self-concept
• Strengths and challenges of different personality types
• Family history
• Adolescent separation
• Healthy patterns of dating
• Becoming an adult
• Positive steps toward a career choice
• Choosing a life partner or staying single
• Pre-marital and marital considerations
• Soul care of the emerging minister
• Healthy focus in parenting
• Relating to and gleaning wisdom from the elderly
• Biblical perspectives on money/ finances
• Becoming whole and healthy through reflection on your own life journey

Dayton, Howard. Your Money Counts. Tyndale, 1996
Cloud, Henry. Changes that Heal. Zondervan 1995
Townsend and Cloud. Boundaries in Dating. Zondervan 2000
Warren, Neil. Finding the Love of Your Life. Simon and Schuster 1992
Westberg, Granger. Good Grief. Fortress, 1997