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<\/a>Karen Holford, TED Family Ministries director, organised the training event and taught the module in Christian Parenting. She covered topics such as meeting children\u2019s relational needs, helping them to manage their emotions, nurturing their character, setting loving limits, family spirituality, and intergenerational church worship.<\/p>\nDr Gabor Mihalec, a pastor and couple counselor from Hungary, taught about Human Sexuality. He covered sex education for children of all ages, helping teens navigate relational challenges, intimacy in marriage, and protecting marriages from infidelity. His teaching involved a range of methods, including group discussions, debates, video clips, and planning an appropriate sermon series on sexuality.<\/p>\n
One of the ideas that the group found particularly inspiring was a quote by Irenaeus that \u2018the glory of God is a human being fully alive\u2019. From then on being \u2018fully alive\u2019 was the group motto, and each person found their own unique way to express their aliveness. Some ran to the local town of Budva and back before breakfast. Some climbed the hill opposite the hotel to discover an old olive tree that was still fully alive after 2000 years. Some paddled in waterfalls and swam in the ocean, and others simply enjoyed the spa!<\/p>\n Looking ahead to 2017, TED Family Ministry Leaders Training will focus on Family Evangelism, Families in Society, Human Development, and Making Sabbath a Delight. The training will take place 5-10 May in Budapest, just before the General Conference Reach the World Conference for Family, Women\u2019s and Children\u2019s Ministry leaders. For further information about the TED Training event contact Esti Pujic<\/a> or Karen Holford<\/a>. [ted<\/em>NEWS]<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>On the closing evening the group celebrated with a mini graduation ceremony. Pastor Aster Bruce from the North England Conference was the only person to complete the course series this year. He started his training in 2008 but had missed one of the modules and had to wait until 2016 to complete the course. He has already put his learning into practice by running effective family evangelism programmes in his local church.<\/p>\n
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