Tom Shelder, Sunrise Family Counseling, 231-645-3735
Jeff Beebe, MVP Financial Coaching, 231-715-1687
For New Believers
This site provides encouraging articles and basic Bible studies for anyone who has recently put their faith in Jesus Christ.
For Deeper Study
This site provides information from Ray VanderLaan, who brings the Bible to life. guiding you through the historical sites and explaining the importance of the Biblical sites and how the Jewish context affected the Scriptures. Ray Vander Laan is the founder of the World May Know Ministries and he serves as the host of Focus on the Family’s popular Faith Lessons DVD series.
For Families
This site from Focus on the Family, founded by Dr. James Dobson, provides help in a wide variety of areas: marriage, parenting, finances, Christian faith, social issues, and more.
For Adoption, Foster Care and Pregnancy Counceling
Bethany Christian Services offers domestic infant, intercountry and older-special needs adoption services, plus foster care services and free confidential pregnancy counseling. For information, visit the website or call the local Traverse City office at 231-995-0870.
For Stepfamilies
www.successfulstepfamilies.com
This site features information from Dr. Ron Deal, a licensed marriage and family therapist and professional counselor who now serves as Stepfamily Educational Consultant to Focus on the Family.
For Single Mothers
This site provides links for resources for single mothers as well as information about events for single moms in the Grand Traverse area.
For Those Who Are Grieving
This site provides help for people who have experienced a loss in their lives. West Side offers a GriefShare group periodically.
For Christian books, Bibles, and other resources
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The Case for Christ
by Lee Strobel
A seasoned journalist chases down the biggest story on record in The Case for Christ. Retracing his own spiritual journey from atheism to faith, former Chicago Tribune legal editor Lee Strobel cross-examines a dozen experts with tough, point-blank questions in search of credible evidence that Jesus of Nazareth was positively the Son of God. This riveting quest for the truth about history’s most compelling figure reads like a captivating, fast-paced novel, yet it’s anything but fiction! An ideal paperback for skeptics!
Walking with God
by John Eldredge
Begin a more intimate relationship with God today. Sharing from his personal journals and experiences John Eldredge takes you with him through a year of his life, where he lives out many of the principles discussed in his earlier books such as: healing of the heart, the fight for joy, and spiritual warfare. Giving you an example of what intimacy with God can look like, Eldredge asserts that everyone can have conversational intimacy with Christ. And if you don’t yet, you can soon.
The Love Dare
by Stephen & Alex Kendrick
The Love Dare, as featured in the movie Fireproof, is a forty-day guided devotional experience that will lead your heart back to truly loving your spouse while learning more about the design, nature, and source of true love. Too many marriages end when someone says “I don’t love you anymore.” The Love Dare discusses how such a statement reveals a lack of understanding about the fundamental nature of true love. Each reading includes Scripture, a statement of principle, the day’s “dare,” and a journaling area and check box to chart progress. Dare to take The Love Dare, and see your marriage change forever.