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This specialized curriculum tackles the Biblical, yet problematic scriptures of domestic abuse and sexual violence in the context of cultural norms, time period and religious belief systems. Because of racial, social, political and even spiritual biases which have been levied against bodies of color, specifically female bodies of color, this curriculum is well able to respect the reality of the retraumatizing which continues in every setting of our society for girls and women of African, Native American, Latin American and Asian heritage.  

Calling out from the cracks, closets, corners and cellars the shame and marginalization which have confused and clouded the lives of many, it rebukes the dismissal of the post-traumatic societal disorders that still exist.  Women and girls who have experienced intentional assaults will gain tools and  reinforcements for pushing back against others' stereotypes and the Enemy's persistence of robbing them of happiness & joy, as well as their authority & ability to take & stand their ground against all forms of malevolence. It's neither unusual or weak to become fearful or angry after being targeted, marginalized and violated to consider all men or all persons of a certain background dangerous and to be avoided or eliminated. However, for any identifying themselves as a "Christian" or a disciple of Christ, the risk is following through on those feelings to the point of extreme actions resulting in a final judgment which won't differ from any who don't identify as such.  Battling against bitterness for the sake of living without the condemnation that comes with what Rev. Coleman-Fletcher calls maintaining "an insecure, envious and fear-based blanket bias" against others, she teaches how we are to love as God unconditionally loves, while yet hating what God hates per Proverbs 6:16-19, emphasizing that none of what it says deliberately or malevolently, spotlights or highlights by name a particular race, gender or religious belief, regardless of who it was written to and for.  In other words, just because someone doesn't look like, sound like, believe like or have preferences like us, is no reason or excuse for being undermining or unkind to the majority due to the choices a relative few made in favor of wickedness. She encourages participants to be mindful of Jeremiah 18:18-23, Nehemiah 6:1-14, Psalm 37:1-40, and Matthew 15:1-20 among others during these lessons, solidifying how closely God is listening to the words and seeing the actions of everyone, especially those called by His Authentically Great Name, along with the reasonings behind those words and actions to see by whose standards/principles they're really being said and done.

These highly mature lessons are facilitated in small groups, primarily for women and girls from communities of color who are enduring, are seeking the resolve to escape or have already escaped abuse and violence of all levels, in all forms, from all areas, and desire a well-rounded renewing of their minds and hearts, rebuilding of their bodies and souls, and recollection of their spirits to live the fulfilling, joyful life God intended. 

ALL BOOKS, EXCEPT FOR THE HOLY BIBLE, REQUIRED FOR THESE MEETINGS WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE PASTOR.

This focused series reviews the Biblical, yet seemingly contradictory scriptures of males demonstrating a presumed gold, Godly standard of bold masculinity while also downplaying or completely ignoring "bad actor" and "player" behavior.  Through the lessons in this program, boys and men from communities of color, African, African-American, Native American, Latin American and Asian, who have suffered or may still be in a situation of domestic violence or sexual abuse will glean how not to become "the perfect storm" of their own lives, let alone a combined tornado, hurricane, earthquake and flood in the lives of those who care about and/or for them. Parallel to the female-oriented program, 'Cracks, Closets, Corners & Cellars', the lessons in this curriculum is well able to respect the reality of what Pastor Coleman-Fletcher calls a "trap cycle" permeating every facet of the male existence and thus enabling a violent thought process coupled with a possessive and protective yet diminishing and destructive approach being the immediate response to every threat, as well as an interwoven and progressively complex behavior-personality trait passed from generation to generation.  

From all of the places where fear, frustration and fury wait to explode - the breaches, boxes, borders and basements - Pastor Coleman-Fletcher is calling males from communities of color who have been diminished through ugly and esteem-twisting words, inappropriate and angry touches along with the expectations of an intimate performance that rattles heaven and earth while being inwardly broken and non-verbally screaming for help. Learn, if you will, from a woman who began life with a sexually violent predator and father, continued with an emotionally and physically violent stepfather, verbally and psychologically abusive boyfriends and yet through the eyes of the Holy Spirit, through higher education, seminary studies, counseling, interfaith & multicultural meetings, community & specialized group conversations, a certification program and definitely not to be left out, a fantabulous husband, learned how to remember them with a peace surpassing all understanding and a truly amazing, forgiving, unconditional love.  No, their actions were not excused or dismissed, but layers in front of the bigger picture of how & why they were then and how & why some of today's males are now, have been revealed & understood for such a time as this, to share ways out of self-destructive as well as world-annihilating maleness . 

These mature lessons are also facilitated in small groups, primarily for men and teen boys from communities of color who have been and are doing what they have to do to keep up appearances of being in control in the mirror of being victimizers, while perhaps having been victims themselves. For the man or young man of color who is weary from and finished with toxic, faulty and phony manhood, as well as the so-called "male gaze" that tends to go along with it, let's discover your path of escape out of the matrix and away from the blurred lines of being a humane human being capable of being content as the man God purposed you to be. 

ALL BOOKS, EXCEPT FOR THE HOLY BIBLE, REQUIRED FOR THESE MEETINGS WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE PASTOR.