(Call 434-8450 to register)

"Learning About Boundaries" is a six-session course to increase knowledge about emotional, physical, sexual, spiritual and relational boundaries.  Learn how boundaries are developed, how thy impact you life, and how to improve them.  Required workbook is a "Boundary Power: How I Treat You, How I Let You Treat Me, and How I Treat Myself."  Led by Kathryn Rexrode Moats, Ph.D., the class is offered on Wednesdays, October 5 to November 9 7:00-8:30 p.m. $80/person.

Marriage Maintenance, a four session seminar for couples that focuses on "Four Healthy Habits of Happily Married Couples," is led by Harvey Yoder and meets Tuesdays from 7-8:30 pm beginning November 1.  A freewill offering is taken to benefit the Center in lieu of a fee for the class.  The text, Lasting Marriage, the Owners' Manual, is $10.

A DVD-based GreifShare Group will meet weekly at 7:30-8:30 p.m. each Monday from September 12-December 19, hosted by Grace Covenant Church, 3337 Emmaus Road.  GriefShare is a seminar and support group facilitated by two EMU Graduate Counseling Students, Andy Johnston and Robin Zook.  There is a $15 workbook that will be used for the class.

Positive Parenting, led by Shon Tucker, is five session class that meets from 7-8:30 p.m. each Monday starting October 17.  Textbook, "Common Sense Parenting." is free.  The class is $45 per person or $80 for both parents.

Assertiveness Training Class is a six-session course designed to increase communication effectiveness.  Topics covered include  Relationship Enhancement (giving and receiving encouragement and compliments, expressing love and affection) and Self-protective Assertiveness (disagreeing comfortably, stating ones own feelings and beliefs clearly, expressing anger and dealing with others' anger appropriately, saying no without feeling guilty, and effectively giving and receiving feedback.  The class is led by Dr. Kathryn Rexrode Moats, and will be held 7-8:30 pm Thursdays, October 6 to November 10. $70.00/person.

A Free Seminar By Brad Huddleston, Author Of "The Dark Side of Technology," is being held at FLRC from 7-9 pm Tuesday, October 11. Huddleston is a local evangelist as well as a computer media consultant, and his power point presentation will be extremely helpful to parents, teachers, pastors, therapists and others who are concerned about the effects of media on children and on all of us. Subjects will include teen cell phone use, Facebook and other social media, internet pornography, and the effect that excessive use of technology has on the brain. The seminar is offered on a freewill offering basis, and Brad's book will be available for purchase and for signing.  Register early for this information session!

Some Free Counseling is available at FLRC for people without health insurance or who otherwise cannot afford it. Andrew Johnson, a former pastor of the Atlanta Mennonite Fellowship who is completing his master’s degree in counseling at EMU, and Robin Zook, a fellow student in the program, are providing this service as FLRC interns.

For more information or to register for any class, please call 540.434.8450 or 800.655.2055, or email us at services@FLRC.org

All classes and seminars will be presented in the Family Life Resource Center Conference Room. FLRC is located at 273 Newman Avenue in Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801.

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last update 09/25/2011