Journey to Freedom

The Journey to Freedom experience can help you begin your life again with a sense of freedom and purpose, providing support, confidentiality, accountability, fulfillment, and relief.

Journey to Freedom groups help individuals make life changes in spirit, mind and body.

Journey to Freedom participants attend an 8 to 12 week small group to prepare them to take first steps toward important changes in their life. A maximum of 10 participants per group will journey together through a workbook developed by Executive Director and Founder of Restore Ministries, Scott Reall. All participants are experiencing the need for change in some of the following broken areas of their lives:

• Loneliness and depression
• Grief/Loss of a loved one
• Stress/Feeling overwhelmed
• Destructive habits and obsessions
• Financial difficulties
• Weight loss/Eating disorders
• Marital/Family problems
• Chronic health problems
• Times of life transition
• Any other issue gaining control over life.

Journey to Freedom is offered through the Mission Department of the YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties in partnership with the community. The program is Christ-centered - providing hope and healing needed by most of us to overcome life's challenges. One does not need to be a follower of Christ to attend. People of diverse faiths or no faith report they have been comfortable and helped by this experience. Journey to Freedom offers an inspiring hope-filled vision for those who want to improve spirit, mind and body.

Fees

Depending on the selected program below:
$25.00 - $35.00 for a YMCA member
$40.00 - $48.00 for a non-member

To apply your Financial Assistance discount towards the program fees, please speak with someone at your local YMCA membership desk.

Groups

All Journey to Freedom groups are guided by trained facilitators who will offer support in learning:

• What is needed for real change, and why other attempts may have failed.
• How to silence your inner critic and achieve your true purpose.
• The motivation that comes from discovering your true value.
• How to defeat obstacles and stay on course.
• How to live from vision and passion versus need and fear.
• In the final week, you’ll create a personal plan of action to keep you focused on the path to your best possible life -- a life of vision, purpose, fulfillment and hope.

Journey to Freedom: the Basic text

This small group experience starts you on a path of hope, health and healing, moving you from contemplating change, through preparation, and towards creating a plan of action. Using the foundational workbook Journey to Freedom and a great format for safe discussion, this group provides the base for lasting change in numerous areas of life. This group meets for 8 consecutive weeks for an hour and a half of honest and open group discussion.

Mel Korum Family Y
Weds 6:00-7:30pm           Sept 29-Nov 17

Gig Harbor Family Y
Thurs 6:00-7:30pm         Oct 7-Dec 9 (no group Nov 11 or Nov 25)

Morgan Family Y
Mon 5:30-7:00pm            Oct 18-Dec 6

Journey to Healthy Living:
Freedom from Body Image & Food Issues

Release the intense burden of being controlled by food and physical appearance. Face a variety of life controlling food issues including: weight loss, eating disorders, food addictions, or body image issues. Many of us have great intentions of exercising regularly but often find ourselves quickly falling out of the routine. Healthy Living is designed to help identify the barriers keeping us from exercising and teach us how to exercise that supports health in spirit, mind and body. This group meets for 8 weeks (unless noted), two hours each session, combining group discussion with a physical workout.

• Gain a new perspective to physical fitness and emotional health.
• Become motivated to take care of yourself physically and emotionally.
• Connect with others who share in body image struggles. 
• Be introduced to a variety of exercise techniques.

Gig Harbor Family Y
Weds 12:30-2:30pm        July 14-Sept 29     
*12 week course with the Basic book*

Mel Korum Family Y
Tues 9:30-11:30am         Sept 28-Dec 14
*12 week course with the Basic book *

Journey to a New Beginning After Loss:
Freedom from the Pain of Disappointment

Be it the loss of a loved one, the loss of a dream, or the loss of a relationship, this guide can be the beginning of help, hope and healing. Learn to deal with loss in healthy ways, and learn how to experience life again. This group meets 8 consecutive weeks for an hour and a half of honest and open group discussion.

Morgan Family Y
Fri 10:30am-12:00pm           Oct 1-Nov 19

Gig Harbor Family Y
Weds 6:00-7:30pm              Oct 6-Dec 1 (no group Nov 24)

Journey to a Life of Significance:
Freedom from Low Self-Esteem

This probing guide is about learning to break free from physical and emotional issues that can lead to depression and a number of other addictions. This 8-week class will help you:

• Redefine yourself.
• Come to believe in the inherent goodness that God has placed in all of us.
• Identify the special gifts and talents that are uniquely yours.
• See yourself as a beautiful person with unlimited potential.

Morgan Family Y
Mon 6:00-7:30pm          Aug 16-Oct 4