- We offer Christian lay counseling on a non-residential basis for teens and families. HOPE Counselors offer hope through spiritual support, Biblical encouragement, and prayer. We rely on the Holy Spirit to comfort the hurts.
As lay counselors, we come along side parents, pastors, and professionals and offer hope by listening, clarifying, encouraging, and praying with teens and parents.
- We listen, guide, and help set goals to make a difference in the life of a teen.
Cost for our services? Valuable time. Yours and ours. Lay counseling sessions are free of charge and always confidential.
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HOPE Counselors
A HOPE Counselor, by the power of the Holy Spirit, has been called to reach out to others in God’s love and mercy. They offer hope and bring healing to hurting teens.
The HOPE Counselor:
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Is a volunteer, offering Biblical encouragement to teens and their families in an uncertain time in their lives.
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Demonstrates the love of Jesus, has a heart to reach the hurting, and a desire to help change a life.
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Listens, loves, and encourages others.
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Guides others into a relationship with Jesus.
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Relies on the Holy Spirit to heal the hurts.
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Is dedicated and determined to make a difference in a young life.
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Seeks answers from God through daily prayer and the Bible readings.
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Volunteers their valuable, personal time for training as a lay counselor within Illinois House of Hope.
Who do we serve?
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Teens that might feel hopeless, unloved, unwanted, unforgiving, helpless, useless, powerless, fearful.
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Teens that are willing to make a change in their life.
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