Hope Counseling Services also provides teaching, training and equipping for local churches. We offer a range of topics and formats, from a short 2 to 3 hour seminar, to a multi-week format. Moreover, our training is customizable, and can be tailored to meet your group’s needs. Topics include: fear and anxiety; depression, suffering, caring for one another, marriage and family issues, addiction, grief and loss, and dealing with failure.

Upcoming Events

Webinar: Anxiety: Experiencing God’s Rest in Anxious Times with Executive Director Wes Tubel 

Tuesday Sept. 29th 1:30-2:00p (No Charge) More information and registration here

At some point, all of us encounter anxiety. Some of us battle it everyday. The reality is that life offers all sorts of reasons to be fearful and anxious. All that we have encountered in 2020 certainly underscores this reality.

But fear and anxiety are not the end of the story. Over and over again in Scripture, God gives his people reasons to trust and rest, in the midst of our anxiety and fear. God invites fearful and anxious people to come to him, and experience the rest he alone can provide.

This webinar will provide you with rich biblical perspectives on anxiety and equip you with practical strategies for addressing this common struggle.

Join us as we explore what it looks like to experience God’s rest as we navigate life in anxious times.

We would love to partner with your church or organization to offer tailored training services. Contact Us today for additional information, topics, and cost involved.

Past Events

Understanding Fear and Anxiety Seminar led by Wes and Jacklyn Tubel
Feb. 23 – Christ Covenant Church, Raleigh, NC

Overcoming Guilt and Shame led by Wes and Jacklyn Tubel
Sunday Feb. 24 – Grace Church, Chapel Hill, NC

Helping Christians who struggle with sexual sin led by Wes and Jacklyn Tubel
Monday Mar. 4 – Grace Church, Chapel Hill, NC

Real Change Seminar in partnership with Christ Community Church
Saturday, March 16, 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Location: Chapel Hill Bible Church Fireside Room (adjacent to the main lobby). 260 Erwin Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Growing Together: Up and Out in Chapel Hill  with speaker Jacklyn Tubel
Apr. 6 – Christ Community Church Women’s Retreat, Chapel Hill, NC

How People Change Seminar in partnership with Triangle Community Church
Saturday, May 4, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Location:  Triangle Community Church 4216 Kildaire Farm Road Apex, Nc 27539

Every honest Christian knows the need for change. But how do we get there? In struggles big and small, the riches of Christ connect to the realities of life in ways that truly sustain and transform us—right here, right now, right where life actually happens. Join us as we learn to see life as God sees it and change as God does it through Jesus. Led by HCS Lead Counselor, Dr. Greg Norfleet.

GriefShare led by Rik and Bobbie Gervais
Mar 4–May 25, 2019, 9:30–11:30 a.m.  GriefShare, a sister ministry of Hope Counseling Services, is a Christ-centered weekly seminar/support group for people grieving the death of someone close to them, whether your loss is recent or even many years ago. It is a place where you can be around people who understand the pain of your loss, and your struggle to find a way forward. At GriefShare you’ll learn valuable information that will help you through this difficult time in your life.

From Fear to Faith: Getting to the Heart of Anxiety led by Executive Director Wes Tubel
July 20, 2019, 9:00a.m.–12:00p.m.

Faith and Friendship led by Executive Director Wes Tubel
July 21, 2019, 6:00p.m.–8:00p.m. Christ Central Church

Protecting the Vulnerable: Preventing and Responding to Abuse with guest speaker Julie Lowe
Sept 20, 2019, 2:00p.m.–5:00p.m. 
Cost: $25

Situations of abuse generate a wide range of emotions—from outrage and a demand for justice, to fear, shame, and disbelief. It can be challenging to respond well. But when abuse is brought to our attention, we must work hard not to respond based on emotion or personal bias. We should act wisely, justly and deliberately. Doing so is not only a legal mandate, but also is a moral and biblical one as well. This seminar will explore ways the church can both prevent abuse and respond wisely when abuse takes place.

Childproof: Parenting by Faith, Not Formula with guest speaker Julie Lowe
Sept 21, 2019, 9:00a.m.–12:30p.m. 
Cost: $25

Parents and caregivers need wisdom and encouragement, no matter the ages and stages of those in their care. As an experienced counselor of children and families and an adoptive and foster mom applying the CCEF model of biblical change, Julie Lowe will use Scripture and biblical wisdom to teach attendees how to know their children and specifically love them with the love of Christ. Every child and every family is unique. Julie Lowe will share from her personal and professional experience, and together discover how gospel-centered application, rather than formulas for the ideal family, equips us to be experts at knowing our own children so we can know Scripture and live it out personally in our homes.

Marriage Counseling Training with Jonathan Holmes
Friday January 31st, 2p-5p  

How do we handle the challenges that arise when a couple is going through marital difficulties? Or what do you do when a couple is in marital crisis? What do you say? What counsel do you offer? What is unique about counseling a couple vs. counseling someone one-on-one? What questions should I ask? What are goals I should have for this particular couple? What does wise, loving counsel look like for this couple?

Whether you’re a novice or already knowledgeable, this seminar will provide theologically sound and biblically practical tools to help you as you help couples in need.

Counsel for Couples: Building and Maintaining a Gospel-Centered Marriage with guest speaker Jonathan Holmes
Feb 1, 2020, 9:00a.m.–12:30p.m.

What is your marriage all about? How do you navigate God’s story as a couple? How do you continue to grow together in Christ, whether you have been married for a short time or for decades? And how do you navigate through conflict as well as the ups and downs of life? Join us as we learn from gifted pastor, counselor, author and speaker Jonathan Holmes, learning more about what it means to grow and maintain a gospel-centered marriage.

Gospel-centered Change Course with Executive Director Wes Tubel
Tuesdays from Feb 11 to Mar 31, 2020 6:45p-8:45p

This February, we will begin an 8-week course that will orient us to life as God sees it, change as God does it, and comfort as God provides it. What does biblical, heart-focused change look like? How do we avoid quick fixes or pat answers, that do not bring about lasting fruit? How do I better understand the tailored mercies Christ promises to bring to my specific moments of need? This course will help us better understand life as saints, sufferers, and sinners, and how the gospel brings about fresh applications in daily living.

Gospel-centered Relationships Course with Executive Director Wes Tubel 

What does it look like to live in genuine Christian community? God has created us for deep and meaningful relationships. On one level, we all desire to be known and to really know others. Yet we also are tempted to hide parts of our lives and stories.

• How do we take relationships below surface-level interactions, and talk about all that is going on in our lives?
• How do we avoid handing out pat answers or Christian cliches when our friends or family share where they are struggling with sins and sorrows?
• How do we walk side-by-side with one another, making wise, helpful connections between the truths of Scripture and the specific places in our lives where life is difficult?
• How do we offer wise, loving, and helpful counsel to one another?
• How do each of our relationships strengthen and grow so that we live out authentic, gospel-centered community?

This six week course will explores these questions and more through a combination of in-depth teaching and personal application. The Gospel-Centered Relationships Course is ideal for anyone who wants to grow in being a better friend, spouse, parent, small group leader, mentor, or counselor. In short, if you routinely interact in any way with other people, this course is for you!

We would love to partner with your church or organization to offer tailored training services. Contact Us today for additional information, topics, and cost involved.