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Acorn Academy
Head to Upcoming Events to see when we are offering training online. If you'd like us to bring any training to you, please contact us. You can book on to all of our digital training as a group.
christian Healing academy
Providing practical and helpful training in the ministry of healing. The Christian Healing Academy is great for those who are part of an Acorn Healing Hub or looking to start a healing ministry in their ministry context. Not looking to start a healing ministry? Not a problem, each Christian Healing Academy is an ideal opportunity to learn more about Christian healing and to receive prayer ministry.
Acorn Christian Healing Academy - why the changes and what’s different and new?
Over 2021 we sensed a greater urgency in our spirits to place ministry afresh into the hands of the people of God. It is why we have invested in an upgrade to the School of Healing which has served us well since 2017.
In the Acorn Christian Healing Academy you will:
- encounter comprehensive teaching on significant areas of the Christian healing ministry
- experience prayer ministry from the ministry team, each session, so you can better pray for others
- be invited to submit a one page written reflection on what you have learned, and
receive written feedback on your paper, from the team to further enhance your learning
- you will also have automatic entrance to the bimonthly, evening, Acorn Lounge to give you the opportunity to ask questions and debate the Academy sessions you have attended.
And all this in one ticket price - and it will be a gateway into joining an Acorn Healing Hub should you so desire.
We are absolutely passionate about training more ‘Prayer Ministers’ and we would be so thrilled to have you and your church join with us.
Please feel free to book on just for prayer ministry from 12.30pm - 1pm (no charge).
ACorn lounge
Taking a more relaxed approach to our daytime events, the Acorn Lounge provides a safe and comfortable context for ministry and training. Taking into account that you may be needing to unwind from a busy day, we keep the training focused, interactive, and shorter than our daytime events, while offering personal ministry.
Listening academy
Good listening is a vital starting point for ministry and healing. If we desire to live in harmony with one another, and with the planet we share, we must learn to listen well. Healing often begins when we give people an opportunity to express their feelings of pain, hurt and anger alongside those of elation, joy, and laughter; when we begin to hear and understand the groaning of creation, as well as seeing its awesome beauty. The Listening Academy will enable you to develop the skills you need to connect with others, bringing movement, healing, and wholeness into their lives.
Ministry academy
An opportunity to be ministered to, while also learning about Christian healing.
Loss & bereavement
Ministry and insight into the healing of life loss's and bereavement, with an opportunity for prayer ministry (optional). We will meet together to share our common journey, through searching out the pathway God has made for us as we encounter grief and loss. He is after all 'the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort (2 Cor 1:3) and he knows they journey we take
The holy Spirit
In healing and the healing ministry, the person and work of the Holy Spirit in us an through us is fundamental, so in this event we will look at who he is, what he brings and how he works.
The key question is not "Do you have the Holy Spirit?" but “Does the Holy Spirit have you?”
It’s a journey of a lifetime - come take a step forward with us.
Inner healing
Life, people, and circumstance can wound us and leave us broken, or bitter or bereft of hope and so removing the ‘thorns’ that have wounded us, is key to finding health on the inside.
In a safe and sacred space, we can allow God’s healing grace to touch our hurtful memories and damaged emotions, and find a freer path for our feet.
Ps 36:5 encourages us with the words...'Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies...'
prayer and praying
PRAYER IS SIMPLE! RIGHT?
What is God thinking when you pray? What does God do about conflicting prayer requests? And this one - when I pray out loud who am I really talking to?
We are told that prayer is a natural thing for the Christian, just like breathing; and yes it is. But just like breathing, there is a lot going on in the process. I am no medic, but I imagine for a thoracic surgeon the breathing process looks a whole lot different than it does to me - writing this - there is more to the process than meets the eye.
Through input and discussion let’s look at something that is as easy as breathing.
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health for our mind
In his wisdom God made us in his image. It meant that we would have the capacity to think, feel, act and will like God himself could.
Part of this was that our minds would serve as agents of his kingdom and his grace.
No wonder then the mind is an intense battleground over which many an internal conflict rages. So how do we find health for our minds, how do find healing when things are out of joint and how do we live with the mind of Christ within us, because Mind Matters: to God
anxiety
We will explore the phrase Do not be anxious that comes throughout the Bible and specifically from the lips of Jesus. It is an invitation to find a secure place in God in times that are less than easy and in moments where we feel vulnerable.
So do come and join us in opening up a subject that may well save your sanity and help you find a rock 'in a hard place'.
training academy
Training for those who minister healing to others
prayer ministry training
This event will provide you with a clear conceptual framework for the development and practice of a competent and compassionate prayer ministry in a church or community setting. It examines the biblical foundations and establishes a clear understanding of personal and ministry boundaries by assessing realistic ministry scenarios.
You will:
- Explore the theology of prayer ministry: the nature of God, prayer, faith, and the Kingdom of God.
- Relate the gifts of the Holy Spirit to practical ministry settings
- Learn the importance of building a prayer ministry that is respectful, inclusive, holistic and team based.
- Consider guidelines covering safety, relationships, confidentiality, respect and responsibility.
- Discuss ministry scenarios and identify relevant areas for prayer intervention.
- Minister in prayer using the Acorn prayer pattern: interview, prayer, assessment and follow up.
conflict transformation
Many Christians regard conflict as intrinsically unspiritual and to be avoided at all costs – with the result we either hide from it or handle it badly. This event will explore the process by which individuals and church communities can understand what is happening in times of conflict, directing them to the appropriate, biblical mechanisms of handling ‘difference’ before it becomes destructive. You will be provided with a biblical and theoretical framework for engaging with conflict and suggested approaches to transform the relationships involved.