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AVA Training

(Advocacy for Victims of Abuse)

Oakdale Covenant Church
Monday, February 20 & Tuesday, February 21, 2012
5:00-9:00pm


Domestic Violence
Domestic violence is a pattern of assaultive and coercive behaviors that adults or adolescents use against their intimate partners.

The abused woman looks just like the non-abused woman. Domestic violence crosses all racial, social, religious, cultural, and economic lines. Therefore, abuse of women spans across the full spectrum of womanhood. She can be your mother, sister, niece, or best friend. She can be a homemaker, CEO, pastor, teacher, or your manicurist.

We often use the terms “she” or “her” in reference to victims of abuse, but domestic violence is not limited to women and children alone. Men can also be victims of domestic violence perpetrated by their wives or girlfriends. We recognize that abuse must not be seen as a male or female problem, but rather a human problem.

This epidemic knows no boundaries. While the secular world can offer protection and advice, it cannot provide the one thing most needed: Jesus’s healing touch that brings renewal and hope.


Sexual Abuse
Sexual abuse is a sexual act, an attempt to obtain a sexual act, or unwanted sexual comments and advances directed against a person’s sexuality by using coercion. Perpetrators of sexual violence can be any person regardless of their relationship to the victim and can happen in any setting, including home and work.

The Church has been called to break the silence of sexual abuse, to set the captives free from the power and pain of victimization and to begin a pathway to the healing that is found only in Christ.


Training
AVA Training is open to lay persons, clergy, church staff, professionals and volunteers in helping professions or anyone desiring to learn more about how to help those affected by Domestic Violence and Childhood Sexual Abuse--two issues deeply impacting the Church today.

AVA Training will:
• equip you to come alongside a victim of Domestic Violence or Childhood Sexual Abuse with understanding and support
• inform you about the issues in Domestic and Childhood Sexual Abuse
• provide contextual understanding of the Scriptures that can misunderstood in dealing with DV or CSA
• aquaint participants with the issues pertaining to DV and CSA--some sensitive and delicate

A downloadable certificate of completion will be e-mailed to all those who complete the training

The cost of this 2 day training event is $20 and includes registration, materials and a light meal for both nights.


Click HERE to Register


Presenter Information


AVA is a ministry of the Department of Women Ministries of the Evangelical Covenant Church. Its mission is to promote safety and healing for victims of abuse and to help bring an end to violence against women, men and children. This is done by providing resources for victims of abuse and those who minister to them, equipping the church to minister to victims of abuse, and promoting preventative measures against abuse.

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Start planning now for this Great Historical and Biblical Experience! For 10 days, departing November 20, 2012, you can experience the places you've only read and talked about. In Israel you can walk where Jesus walked and marvel as the word of God comes alive! The cost is $4,268 per person for double occupancy; single occupancy is an additional $70 per night. A deposit of $250 is due Sunday, February 12, 2012. Final payment will be due Sunday, September 16, 2012. Major credit cards are accepted. Partial payments are accepted and payment plans can be arranged. For more information contact Savona Giles by phone at 773-779-9440 (Ext. 1) or email at yahweh1@prodigy.net. You can also stop by Oakdale's Information Center on Sundays for detailed information.



 
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