Introduction

Manual Overview

BOOK I: Faith Community Curriculum for Clergy and Lay Leaders

BOOK II: Family Violence: Helping Survivors and Abusers
A Manual for Faith Communities

BOOK III: Pastor’s Packet: Family Violence Awareness Materials for Pastors

BOOK IV: Curriculum for Laity
Part 1-A Opening Comments
  - Honor survivors in attendance
  - Definitions
  - Incidence of battering
  - Violence in scripture
Part 1-B Dynamics
  - Power and control
  - Why people stay
Part 1-C Myths
Part 1-D Questions & Answers,   Discussion
Part 2-A Opening Comments
  - Questions or thoughts
    from last segment
Part 2-B How Individuals
   Can Help
  - Victim/survivors
  - Abusers
  - Teens and children
Part 2-C How Faith Communities
  Can Help
Part 2-D Closure: The Good   Samaritan
Participant Handouts

Appendix

Part 2-A: Opening Comments

Desired Time

• 10 minutes

Purpose

• To briefly address any unresolved issues or questions from Part I
• To solicit any thoughts participants would like to share since the previous session

Strategies

• Discussion

Content

• Introduce self, opening comments and greeting
• Ask if anyone has any questions or comments or concerns since hearing Part I.
• If you have a sense that the issue being raised is of significance to the questioner, consider at least the following options (there may be more):
• Briefly address the issue and offer to speak to the person privately afterwards;
• Briefly address the issue and offer to arrange for an additional educational session addressing that concern;
• Change the focus of that session if it appears to have dominated the groups' desires and seek another method of meeting the individual's issue.