Welcome Blue Water Center

Renewal Christian Counseling Center welcomes Dan Lundblad and his clients from the Blue Water Center for Christian Counseling to our family! Dan has faithfully served our community through the Blue Water Center for Christian Counseling for over 23 years. We are honored to welcome him to Renewal Center, and are eager to serve him and his clients until such time as he transitions to Pennsylvania. Currently Dan’s phone number rings directly to our Ft. Gratiot office (3899 24th Ave Ft. Gratiot), where our secretaries are ready to help you schedule with Dan or our other counselors. In addition, the Blue …

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Child-Centered Play Therapy

One of the first questions I generally get asked when parents bring their children in for therapy is, “So, what do you actually do with them?” or “What is the point of just playing with my child?” In any type of therapeutic relationship, one of the first steps is to connect on the client’s level. In the case of children, this often results in some sort of “playing”, whether it be a game, Legos, puzzles, coloring, imaginative play or any of the other thousands of ways children like to interact. Play Therapy often has much less to do with the …

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Video Testimonial: Dr. Graves

We are thankful to have the testimony of Dr. Thomas Graves. Dr. Graves is Board certified in Family Medicine. He earned his medical degree at Wayne State University, School of Medicine and completed his residency at Bon Secours Hospital, Grosse Pointe. Dr. Graves is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Dr. Graves loves time with his family, playing sports (especially tennis), traveling, and sharing his faith.

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Hebrews 12 – Misty Edwards

Misty Edwards is a worship leader and speaker from the International House of Prayer in Kansas City (ihop.org). Hebrews 12 is a great teaching about the need for endurance in our lives. Please enjoy this teaching and our hope is that it stirs up your insides like it has ours.

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Thanks Men of Life in Christ!

I had a great time with the men at Life in Christ Church on Wadhams Road in St. Clair last week.  We had lots of great food and fellowship, and as I shared my own personal testimony I was honored to challenge these men – as I do all men – to learn the meaning of vulnerability and to operate with each other, friends and family at a deeper level then our usual conversations about the weather, sports and politics. Vulnerability first requires insight into what is happening in ourselves emotionally and spiritually and then choosing to verbalize this to …

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