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Category: STAR Training

Published: 05 January 2018

STAR Interfaith Leadership Training raises youth to be leaders who are confident in their decision to remain sexually abstinent before marriage. 

Who should attend?
Middle & High School Youth and Parents as well as Youth Workers, Mentors, College students.

When:
Sunday January 21, 2018 and each first, third and fourth Sundays except Easter Sunday (April 1) until April 15, 2018
From 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Where:

Shenandoah River Youth Center

Harpers Ferry, WV  25425

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Category: STAR Training

Published: 11 October 2017

Register Now for the Entire STAR Interfaith Leadership Training Conference

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Did you know that West Virginia is one of only three states that do not allow religious or conscientious exemptions for mandatory vaccines for school admittance?
Dr Chanda Adkins, expert on Vaccines and Vaccine Choice will speak at the opening session of STAR Interfaith Leadership Training via Zoom teleconference on November 24th, 2017 in Harpers Ferry, WV.  This session is free and open to all community members. Registration is required.  Register here for Dr. Chanda Adkins only.  Click Here to Register Now for Dr. Adkins presentation, only.

Join us for the STAR Interfaith Leadership Training Conference November 24 to 26 in Harpers Ferry, WV.
Informed choice between a lifestyle of sexual abstinence before marriage and one of non-abstinence is a crucial issue for societal stability and personal happiness.
This conference provides a practical and scriptural framework for understanding the benefits of practicing sexual abstinence before marriage and faithfulness within marriage. 

    You will also learn how to set up an education and peer counseling program.  All conference materials are accessible from the Urban Life Training Teacher Web Portal, with a three month trial subscription included with your conference ticket.

Learn to equip youth and young adults with knowledge about life's most important questions, including the proper role of sex in healthy relationships and God's purpose and plan for healthy relationships and marriage.

Participants will learn to teach Relationship Intelligence materials that emphasize the consequences of sex outside of marriage and the characteristics of healthy relationships.   

Review and gain access to testimonies, discussion questions and peer counseling materials on the Urban Life Training Teacher Web Portal.

Learn God's Ideal, what went wrong, and the way to fix it.

Learn to teach materials that clearly guide youth and young adults toward marriage and successful family formation.

Strengthen your own relationship with your spouse or future spouse as you learn these materials.

Seminar tickets include a three month subscription to the Urban Life Training Teacher Web Portal.  Accommodations are not included.  You will book your own accommodations at the place of your choice in nearby Charles Town, WV, if needed.

Who Should Attend:
Teachers
Parents
Middle and High School Youth
Youth Ministers
Couple
Young Adults
Anyone who wants to learn about the benefits of practicing sexual abstinence before marriage and faithfulness within marriage.

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Category: STAR Training

Published: 08 June 2017

Join us on July 15, 2017 for Relationship Intelligence Training. Register Now.  Receive STAR Guide certification and be ready to teach youth and adults about God's Plan for Sex and the benefits of sexual abstinence before marriage.

The training will begin at 10 a.m. and end at 5 pm. at the Urban Life Training Shenandoah River Youth Center in Harpers Ferry, WV. The training will include the following presentations:

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Relationship Intelligence & STAR Interfaith Leadership Training

July 15, 2017

10 am  Mission of Urban Life Training and Introductions

10:10  Group study Part 1-The Family Rooted in Absolute Sexual Ethics

10:40  A New View on the Fall of Man

11:20   Group study Part 2-The Family Rooted in Absolute Sexual Ethics

11:50  God’s Plan for Family Life; the Principle of Creation

12:45 pm Lunch

1:30 Group study Part 3-The Family Rooted in Absolute Sexual Ethics

2:00  Principles of Spiritual Growth

3:00  Group study Part 4-The Family Rooted in Absolute Sexual Ethics

3:30  Why Did God Send Jesus to Humankind?

4:30  Absolutely Good Sex and God’s Plan for Marriage

5:00  Evaluations and Conclusion

• • Suggested donation:  Adults:  $25.  Under Age 18 and students:  $10.

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Category: STAR Training

Published: 30 March 2017

STAR Leadership Training Session List

Week 1 Sermonette by Rev. Hyung Jin Moon on the cultural battle between good and evil and the importance of natural marriage.

Week 2 Sermonette by Rev. Hyung Jin Moon on the crisis of abortion and Planned Parenthood and the fallacy of gay marriage.

Week 1 & Week 2: Protecting Your Future PowerPoint presentation & activities:  Focuses on achieving legitimate success and happiness.  The decision making process of young people is explored, and participants are asked to write their key life goals.  The effects of alcohol and drug use, pornography, injuring oneself and bullying are discussed.  Facts about HIV/AIDS, STDs, and sexual activity are discussed.  A brief discussion of condom use points out that while consistent use can reduce transmission of some diseases such as AIDS, it does not eliminate risk for infection and does not protect at all from certain diseases.  A refusal skills role play is included.

Week 3 Sermonette by Rev. Hyung Jin Moon on the crisis of moral breakdown in America and the physical and spiritual risks of the homosexual lifestyle.

Week 4 Sermonette by Rev. Hyung Jin Moon on spiritual growth.s

Week 3 & Week 4:  Maturing Your Love  PowerPoint presentation & activities:  Explores what defines manhood and what the qualities of lasting love are.  Discusses the other risks related to teen sexual activity, such as a much higher incidence of alcohol use and depression. Looks at the emotional damage of teen sex. Presents five star sexuality:  mental, emotional, social, moral/spiritual, and physical.  Love, family, commitment and marriage are presented as positive, obtainable goals for those who make the right preparation.  Media messages regarding sex are discussed.  Abstinence and secondary virginity (returning to abstinence) are discussed.  Plus, Choosing the Path to Success video:  Testimonies of College, high school and middle school youth who are committed to abstinence.

Week 5: Sermonette by Rev. Hyung Jin Moon on the importance of stable families in building a world of peace and the importance of the lineage passed on by absolutely good sex in blessed marriage.
Learning Assertive Techniques Peer Counseling & Peer Counselor
Training:   Youth learn how to avoid situations where there might be pressure to engage in sex or drug or alcohol use.  Youth learn how to say no using verbal and nonverbal methods, and they practice using these skills.  Participating youth practice using assertive techniques. 

Week 6: Scripture reading from The Family Rooted in Absolute Sexual Ethics-Part 1
 Why Wait: Classroom Peer Counseling, STAR Guide Testimonies and Youth Forum III:  Video segments followed by guided discussion.  Topics include:   Reasons to stay abstinent, the importance of how you dress, setting boundaries, the benefits of abstinence, the consequences of sex, and the eight D’s of sexual temptation.  Opportunity to sign the Urban Life Training Abstinence Pledge.

Week 7:  Scripture reading from The Family Rooted in Absolute Sexual Ethics-Part 2 
A New View of the Fall of Man:  PowerPoint, worksheet, and discussion about the Biblical story of Adam and Eve (the importance of sexual purity from God’s point of view).  Second Opportunity to sign the Urban Life Training abstinence pledge.

Week 8:  Scripture reading from The Family Rooted in Absolute Sexual Ethics-Part 3    Principles of a Meaningful Life:  PowerPoint about what the three life goals and how you can maintain a Godly lifestyle and strengthen your relationship with God.

Week 9:  Scripture reading from The Family Rooted in Absolute Sexual Ethics-Part 4   Principles of Spiritual Growth:  PowerPoint about the relationship between spirit and body and how the spirit grows based on the actions of the physical body.

 Week 10:  Celebration of Purity:

Sermonette by Pastor Hyung Jin Moon about the importance of sexual abstinence before marriage and fidelity within marriage and teaching that to our children.

Parents and youth bring refreshments.  Youth are invited to recite the Urban Life Training Pledge in front of God and their Parents.  A ginger ale toast is made to celebrate this commitment to purity.  Optionally, youth and parents can purchase a True Love Waits ring, which youth will receive from their parent during the ceremony.  Youth and parent can offer testimonies.  Songs or skits may be shared (songs or skits need to be approved ahead of time).

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Urban Life Training

Richard Urban & Stacey Urban

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202-558-5550

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