What is g4?
G4 is a lay-led, group-based counseling ministry built around two nine-step models of change. G4 provides a context for participants to invest a season of their life overcoming a life-dominating struggle of sin or suffering. With the support of their fellow group members, G4 participants work through a biblically based curriculum focused on their primary life struggle.
All groups meet on Thursdays at 6:30pm, beginning September 25th, at the Reclamation Community Center. Registration for all groups can be found here.
Reclamation Community Center
2456 Tilbrook Rd
Monroeville, PA 15146
Begins at 6:30PM
journey through grief (co-ed)
Facilitator(s): patricia hauman & deb bingham
Description
Have you lost a loved one? Are you trying to navigate through the maze of hurt, sorrow, and heartache caused by grief? Participation in this group experience will enable you to find support, hope, and encouragement through God after the death of a spouse, child, family member, or friend. Gather information, engage in discussions, share your story, as you, in turn, learn to be an encouragement to others. (Please note this group is not for those who are grieving from divorce, job loss, or financial debt.)
Length
Minimum 8 weeks
Material/Cost
$20 material cost paid in person
(SIGN UPS CLOSED)
Freedom Groups (Co-Ed)
Facilitator: paul scott
Description
A general church-based recovery curriculum that offers freedom from stubborn strongholds and hope for enduring suffering. We believe that people can find lasting freedom in Jesus Christ, no matter their personal struggle. Freedom Groups offer more than recovery from an addiction or new coping mechanisms. It is a 13-session intensive small group experience that provides help, hope, and healing only found in the gospel. We will see that freedom means no longer being enslaved by our functional gods like pleasure, control, or worldly comforts. We will also be reminded to live under grace, not to fall back under the yoke of trying to prove our worth. The grace of God is not opposed to effort, but it is opposed to earning God’s love. Only once we understand that Christ died for our sins and His sacrifice is the only way back to the love of God are we truly free.
Length
13 weeks
Material/Cost
$30 material cost paid in person
peaceful eating (co-ed)
Facilitator: ruth harper
Description
Do you struggle in your relationship with food and your body? Do you purposefully withhold food from yourself, eat mindlessly, or feel out of control around food? Are you always thinking about food or shaming yourself for your body size or shape? Does it interfere with your relationship with God and your joy in being His child? If this resonates for you, join us for Peaceful Eating at G4! We will be discussing the book Table for Two by David and Krista Dunham in a safe space for sharing your experiences and seeking God together. This is not a weight loss group! It is not a substitute for therapy and will not provide nutrition plans. It will be a look at the deeper issues that lead to destructive food behaviors in the context of your relationship with God. Please purchase the book and read the introduction for the first meeting. Feel free to contact Ruth Harper at 724-961-3817 with questions.
Length
15 weeks, beginning January 29th
Material/Cost
Pickup the book on Amazon or wherever you buy books
True Betrayal: 9 Steps for Processing Your Spouse’s Infidelity
(women only)
Facilitator: jude mcguire
Description
A G-4 Series Curriculum that outlines a clear, compassionate, and biblical 9-step framework for processing and healing from your spouse’s sexual infidelity. Finding out about your spouse’s sexual sin feels like a gut punch. In your overwhelming flood of emotions, you may feel like pretending like it never happened or you might think you need to take intense, immediate action. In the middle of your questions and pain, you need a safe, stable place to process what has happened and to take wise steps forward. Your spouse’s sexual sin is not your fault. Grief is going to be a major part of your healing journey, and the Lord is walking with you as you face what’s next.
Length
9 months
Material/Cost
Pickup the book on Amazon or wherever you buy books
False Love: 9 Steps Toward Sexual Integrity (men only)
Facilitator: rob henderson
Description
A G4-Series Curriculum that outlines a 9-step framework for recovery from sexual sin and invite you to experience freedom and true intimacy with God and those you love. Nothing feels worse than being in bondage and not knowing how to get free. Many people enslaved to pornography or in an adulterous relationship know this feeling all too well. Perhaps you’ve been justifying pornography use or infidelity for months or years, but now you are seeing the destruction it has caused in your life and your family’s life. If you are willing to admit that a lack of sexual integrity is disrupting your life, False Love will help you to reclaim your life and guide you toward healing and healthy relationships. False Love is a support group curriculum that seeks to provide a safe environment for participants to grow together as they pursue steps toward lasting change. It provides a gospel-centered step-by-step process for living with sexual integrity.
Length
9 months
Material/Cost
Pickup the book on Amazon or wherever you buy books