2013 Volunteer Counselor Training
Next training is:

April 25 - May 23
Tuesdays & Thursday mornings, 10am - 1pm

Cost:  $30

Thank you for your interest in counseling at the RPC.  We ask that all volunteers be in agreement with our Statements of Faith and Principle before volunteering.  If, after reading them, you are in agreement, then please fill out the Volunteer Application form and return to us.

Counselor training is held 2-3 times each year.  This is a 24-hour course which equips the volunteer to serve women in crisis. The training is held twice a week at the Rockville Pregnancy Clinic. 

Training is held in the Spring and Fall on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Some will be held in the morning and some will be held in the evening. It depends on whether we need daytime or evening counselors.


Statement of Faith 

1.     We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative 
      Word of God.  
 
2.     We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 
 
3.     We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. 
  
4.     We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential and that this salvation is received through faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, and not as a result of good works.  
 
5.     We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life and to perform good works.  
 
6.     We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life, and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.  
 
7.     We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
I fully believe the above statement of faith. 
 
 
Signature: _________________________________________ 
 
Adapted from the National Association of Evangelicals Statement of Faith  
 
 
        Unless a Man is Born Again. .  .
 
             Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him.” In reply Jesus declared, “I tell youthe truth, unless a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”   “How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb to be born!”  
  
            Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, “You must be born again.” JOHN 3:1-7  
 
When did you ask Jesus to come into your life and be your personal Lord and Savior?   
 
I was born again in: _____________.
  
 _____________________________________________________
 
 Signature                                                                                      Date
 
 
 
 
Statement of Principle
Belief 
 
    The RPC is a pro-life, Christian ministry and all volunteers must be in 100% agreement to this belief.
 
Faith
  
The pregnancy center is an outreach ministry of Jesus Christ through His church. Therefore, the pregnancy center, embodied in its volunteers, is committed to presenting the gospel of our Lord to women with crisis pregnancies – both in word and in deed. Commensurate with this purpose, those who labor as pregnancy center board members, directors, and volunteers are expected to know Christ as their Savior and Lord. 
   
Sexual Purity 
 
All volunteers and employees make this pledge: I believe in chastity outside of marriage and in the sanctity of marriage between one man and one woman as taught in the Bible. Therefore, I commit to a lifestyle of sexual purity, and will refrain from engaging in any sexual relationships outside the bonds of Christian marriage.
 
Accuracy 
 
The pregnancy center is committed to providing its clients with accurate and complete information about both prenatal development and abortion. 

Honesty
  
The pregnancy center is committed to integrity in dealing with clients, earning their trust and providing promised information and services. The pregnancy center denounces any form of deception in its corporate advertising or individual conversations with its client. 
 
Practical Support
 
The pregnancy center is committed to assisting women to carry to term by providing emotional support and practical assistance. Through the provision of God’s people and the community at large, women may face the future with hope, and plan constructively for themselves and their babies. 
 
Impartiality
 
The pregnancy center does not discriminate in providing services because of race, creed, color, national origin, age, or marital status of its clients. 
 
Life Affirming
 
The pregnancy center does not recommend, provide, or refer for abortion or abortifacients. It is prolife. 
 
Free of Charge
 
       The pregnancy center offers assistance free of charge at all times. 
 
Educational
 
The pregnancy center is committed to creating awareness within the local community of the needs of pregnant women, and of the fact that abortion only compounds human need rather than resolving it. 
  
Abstinence Promoting 
 
The pregnancy center does not recommend, provide, or refer single women for contraceptives. (Married women seeking contraceptive information should be urged to seek counsel, along with their husbands, from their pastor and physician.) 
 
Adoption Supporting
 
The pregnancy center is not biased toward adoption when compared to other life-saving alternatives. Pregnancy centers receive no payment of any kind from these agencies, do not enter into contractual relationships with them, and do not share combined office space. Pregnancy centers neither initiate nor facilitate independent adoptions, though they may refer for independent adoptions in states where it is legal. 
 
 
I believe in the prolife principles of the RPC and agree to abide by them. ____________________________________
 
 
                                                                                                                                    Signature 

 
 

Requirements to Become a Volunteer at the RPC:

  • Must attend all classes. 
  • Must be a committed believer who is willing and able to share the good news of Jesus Christ with others.
  • Must be committed to the belief in the sanctity of human life.
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  • Must practice sexual purity and not fornication or adultery.
  • Must complete the next available RPC post-abortion Bible study if you’ve had an abortion.
  • Must be approved to counsel by the Executive Director.
  • Must be able to sign a one-year committment and to counsel 3-4 times a month during our counseling hours.You select the shifts you are able to work for your convenience.  

 
Training Topics Include:

The Power of Communicating: Foundational skills of relating.

  • Dynamics of a Crisis: Insight & steps to crisis intervention.
  • Adoption-Single Parenting-Who is the woman with a crisis pregnancy?
  • Weapons of Love: Your ministry as a compassionate listener.
  • The Role of the Gospel: Equipped to share God’s word.
  • Abortion: Myths and Reality: Physical, emotional and spiritual aspects.   


Pre-Registration is Required: 

  • Donation of $30 per person to cover materials used in training.
  • No confirmations will be sent.  We will be expecting you on the first evening of class.
  • Childcare is not provided.  Please make arrangements for your children to be taken care of during the class time. 
 
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