Parenting is anything but simple. All kids are at times an enigma. But kids that become part of our families through the Foster Care system or adoption often come with an extra layer of complexity.

Through no fault of their own their past may be darkened by trauma, abuse, neglect and abandonment. Many of these kids struggle to adjust to their new families, to receive love, and to accept the care, protection and authority of their new parents. These children need us to give them an extra dose of grace in our approach to parenting them, and the parents of foster and adoptive kids need an extra measure of hope and encouragement as they shepherd these special kids.

This seminar is based on the best-selling book Grace Based Parenting by Dr. Tim Kimmel and is tailored to the specific needs of foster and adoptive parents. Dr. Tim Kimmel, along with foster/adoptive parent Peter Bartolini, and author, speaker and foster/adoptive parent Susan TeBos teach a series of session covering topics specifically related to parenting foster and adoptive kids.

A bonus Q&A Panel Discussion is included with the seminar sessions. The three speakers along with Angela Yang, a product of adoptive parenting, answer questions from the audience.

Note: We strongly encourage parents to read the book Grace Based Parenting by Dr. Tim Kimmel as a supplement to this seminar.

Couples come to the altar bursting with love for each other. Yet, based on how many marriages are unfulfilling, unhappy, or worse yet, end in divorce, it would seem that the love that gets couples married isn't enough to keep couples married. Maybe if we had the ability to love unconditionally, like God does, love would be enough…but we don't. Therefore, love falls short. Love isn't enough to save struggling marriages.

This study explores a radical hypothesis: Most marriages don't fail because they lack love…they fail because they lack grace.

Note: This study is 100% more effective and complete if each participant has their own discussion workbook. Also, we recommend that couples purchase and read the book Grace Filled Marriage to maximize the benefits of this study. Links to purchase both are below.

Grace can make good marriages into great marriages. Grace can bring intimacy and restoration to broken marriages. Grace means giving your spouse something they desperately need, but don't necessarily deserve…things like kindness, forgiveness and the benefit of the doubt. And the best part is that if we focus on grace, the love we so desire with our spouse will naturally follow.

In this study, couples will:

• Discover what lens they are viewing their spouse through, and how flawed lenses lead to flawed relationships
• Discover how to meet their spouse's 3 inner needs of the heart
• Discover how to give their spouse 4 vital freedoms
• Learn how to resolve conflict
• Learn how a relationship built on grace results in mind-blowing sex
• Learn how a Grace Filled Marriage leads to a life that truly make a difference

Our fast-paced American society promotes a constant drive for success, but often at the expense of our inner peace and contentment: "The increase of information, transportation and contamination have cost us dearly," says Dr. Tim Kimmel. "Our sense of permanence, unity and peace are jeopardized by hurried lifestyles."

Based on his best selling book, Little House on the Freeway, Dr. Kimmel brings help to the hurried home by sharing positive ways to overcome one's hectic lifestyle. In eight sessions with practical applications, The Hurried Family video study explores the symptoms of a hurried family and provides counsel for restoring calmness and giving the gift of rest to others.

Note: This study is 100% more effective and complete if each participant has their own discussion workbook. Also, we recommend that participants purchase and read the book Little House on the Freeway to maximize the benefits of this study. Links to purchase are below.

Basic Training For a Few Good Men presents scriptural principles to empower men to 'stand in the gap' and be 'watchmen on the wall' before the Lord for their families.

The challenges that men are facing in our culture today are staggering. Many men feel lost, without a solid moral compass. They feel helpless as to what position they are to play in a society that is constantly changing. Basic Training is a crash course in character. It's a no-holds barred study of the things that turn men of faith into men of God. In each session, Tim Kimmel shows men how they can flourish at work, draw the best out of their wives, make it easy for their kids to look up to them, and find it a joy to serve in God's army.



Note: We recommend that participants purchase and read the book Basic Training For a Few Good Men to maximize the benefits of this study. A link to purchase the book can be found below or under the Resources tab if you are using an app.

Grandparents, you have a significant chance to impact a child's life for eternity! Don't miss it. Your grandchildren need you to be the best grandparent you can be.

Grandparenthood is far more than rocking chairs. It is a second chance to do all of the "ought tos" and "should haves" that the busyness and demands of daily parenthood kept you from doing. It is living part of the idealistic dream of parenthood that real life, diapers, soccer practice, dance lessons, and waiting up for teenagers prevented you from doing. Grandparenthood allows you to play a key role in writing the history of a generation that you will some day leave in charge.

IN EXTREME GRANDPARENTING YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO:

• Pass on a great sense of blessing to each one of your grandchildren.
• Be a light to guide the way for the generations that follow you.
• Set a clear and reliable standard for your grandchildren to emulate.
• Help your grandchildren if and when their parents go through a divorce.
• Respond graciously if your grandchildren move in with you.
• Be an effective grandparent to your step-grandchildren.
• "Spoil" your grandchildren in a positive way.
• Avoid crossing the fine line between intervening and interfering.
• Process the inevitable conflicts that go with grandparenting.
• Grow even closer to your grandchildren as they grow older.
• Leave a legacy that will go on forever.

Note: This study is 100% more effective and complete if each participant has their own discussion workbook. Also, we recommend that participants purchase and read the book Extreme Grandparenting to maximize the benefits of this study. Links to purchase are below.

Helping parents raise kids who turn out right by building character into their hearts.

This second part of the Grace Based Parenting small group video study will give parents the confidence and skills to raise kids who flourish in their culture by building character for life.

Note: This study is 100% more effective and complete if each participant has their own discussion workbook. Also, we recommend that participants purchase and read the book Raising Kids Who Turn Out Right to maximize the benefits of this study. Links to purchase are below.

The Building Character small group study will help you:

• Raise kids who can thrive in a hostile culture
• Instill the six most critical character traits that a child needs to turn out right
• Prepare kids for the biggest challenges of life—loneliness, fear, temptation, betrayal…
• Minimize the hassles of parenting
• Maximizes the potential of your children's future
• Apply practical lessons that work with your kids

Like a blueprint serves the builder of a beautiful home, this study will give you practical ways to use character to build happy, confident children who can stand strong and reach their true potential in the future.

Aim your children at more than just success—aim them at True Greatness.

Most parents want their kids to be successful. But what if there was something even better than success?

There is! In this riveting study, Aiming Your Child at True Greatness, Dr. Tim Kimmel turns the definition of success on its head and takes a look at God's plan for raising kids who grow up to live meaningful lives that make a genuine difference. When you raise those kinds of kids, your house will be a place everyone wants to come home to.

Note: This study is 100% more effective and complete if each participant has their own discussion workbook. Also, we recommend that participants purchase and read the book Raising Kids for True Greatness to maximize the benefits of this study. Links to purchase are below.

This study on True Greatness will help you:

• Build a life long connection to your child's heart
• Focus on the things that really matter to your child's future
• Keep sibling rivalry to a minimum
• Raise a grateful, generous child
• Prioritize all of the forces vying for your child's time and attention
• Help your child answer the three most important questions in life

Bring the best out of those you love the most by creating an atmosphere of grace.

Too much of today's Christian parenting is based on fear: fear of the world . . . fear of America's liberal culture . . . fear of other parents' and the church's opinions. Best-selling author Dr. Tim Kimmel says fear, "is an excellent way to wreck your kids."

Grace based parenting, on the other hand, relies on God's love, replicates His forgiveness and commitment to His children, and displaces fear as a motivator for every behavior.

Note: This study is 100% more effective and complete if each participant has their own discussion workbook. Also, we recommend that participants purchase and read the book Grace Based Parenting to maximize the benefits of this study. Links to purchase are below.

Grace Based Parenting will help you:

• Find the balance point in a world of extremes
• Keep from investing your energies in a long list of things that don't matter
• Make parenting more fun
• Liberate your children emotionally and spiritually
• Prepare your whole family for a lifetime of healthy choices and relationships-with God and with each other
• Know the best way you can meet your kids' most basic needs-the way God meets all of ours
• Teach your child to navigate their culture, choose better friends, and make wiser choices.

Parents can expect to go away with a blueprint for building confident, courageous, and cooperative kids. Grace Based Parenting will show them a grace-based, character-driven model to nurture well- rounded and loving kids—and have a great time in the process!