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Organizational Development
Retreat Facilitation
Messages & Sermons
Meditation Exercises
At PowerSkills we recognize that leaders of faith-based organizations have many of the same needs and challenges that leaders of all organizations have: supervision, team building, planning, fundraising, marketing and more. The strength of the organization may be its’ message and spirit, but if its’ operations and infrastructure are not secure, the message has limited reach and the organization and outreach may not be able to expand into the community.
PowerSkills has developed customized training programs to address the goals and challenges faced by faith-based organizations. Each program takes into account the unique issues, mission and environmental factors of faith-based organizations.
- You Can’t Go if you Don’t Know: Strategic Planning & Program Development for Ministry Teams
- Where Two or More are Gathered: Team Building, Group Development & Community Building
- Ministers on a Mission: Processes & Practices for Employee Empowerment
- Tithing of Time & Talents: Volunteer Program Management
- Developing Messengers: Training the Teacher & Public Speaking
- From Turmoil to Triumph: Conflict Management & Organizational Healing
- Creating Abundance: Fundraising & Resource Development
- Gathering the Sheep: Membership Growth & Community-Based Marketing
- Leading with the Head, Heart & Hands: Board/Leadership Team Development
Each training program is one full day in length. Programs are interactive so that participants not only grow in knowledge, skills and abilities, but also in relationships, spirit, and wisdom. Each program is facilitated by an expert in the issue-area. He/She uses solution-oriented and insight-oriented problem solving approaches that uphold values, respect the dignity of participants, demonstrate love, and create sustainable processes and practices that bring about desired results.
Retreat Facilitation
At PowerSkills we consider it a sacred honor to facilitate retreats. For, we know that, retreats can rejuvenate the body,
re-energize relationships, enrich the mind, empower individuals and groups, enrapture the heart, and expand consciousness.
Whether you are looking for a fun team building experience for youth or adults that strengthens your spiritual community…
… a few days for program planning & development…
…, or a period to turn within for reflection, peace and insight…
…we can help you plan and facilitate the perfect program.
Our team has worked with congregations and faith-based groups of various denominations. We build retreat programs around the tenets of your faith and principles that you believe in. Our activities and discussions weave together faith-based principles with everyday practices. We believe that God is abundantly present on all paths, so we fervently strive to honor all paths, knowing that, in doing so, we are honoring God.
We will work with you to customize a program for your ministry, or you can visit our Retreat Page and view a list of program packages that might address your needs. In addition to our facilitation and organizational development skills, our team is trained in pastoral studies, counseling, and prayer practices. We blend the spiritual, personal, interpersonal and organizational into a seamless program of service.
Messages & Sermons
 Bob Schout has spoken to congregations at churches across the country, spreading the good news of love, prosperity, abundance, and faith…to thousands of people. His personal mission is to be a bearer of light and a catalyst of hope, igniting the fire of love and Spirit within all people. His goal is to be a messenger of peace, possibility and prosperity. His platform talks and sermons are energetic, lively, passionate, relevant and practical so that people can apply the lessons learned directly to their daily life at work, at home and at play.
Listed below are a few of the topics that Bob offers to churches. Each message can be followed by a 3-hour or full-day workshop that focuses on the development of spiritual and life skills. Click on our Speech Page and hear a sample audio of each topic listed below or contact us to receive a one-page general overview of topic content.
- Practicing the Presence: Prayer Practices for Daily Living
- The Spiritual Workout Program: Exercises for Building Your Spiritual Muscles
- Creating Your Own Reality: Tapping the Power Within
- Owning Up, Forgiving, and Moving On
- All of the Things God Can’t Do
- Your Happiness Quotient: How to Make it Happen for You
- A.M.E.N.: 4 Steps for Solving all of Life’s Problems
Bob’s training in Pastoral Studies, Social Work, Prayer Chaplaincy, Psychology and Organizational Development enables him to address the inner developmental issues and outer circumstances that sometimes seem to block people realizing their connection to Spirit, their power to change, and the prolific love and grace of God that is ever-present in their lives.
Meditation Exercises
 Meditation and prayer are essential for maintaining peace of mind, staying focused during the day, having compassion for self and others, and remaining cognizant of the important things in life.
Meditation is the act of turning within, to the stillness and quietness that lies within the heart and soul of each person. The goal of meditation is to consciously connect with Spirit and Truth, reminding oneself that that answers to happiness, peace, prosperity and problem-resolution, lie within oneself. For that is where the One Presence resides, constantly beckoning us to return, relax, release, stay still, listen, learn, and grow.
You are invited to experience the meditative process now, by clicking on any of the audio meditations listed below. Each meditation is 3-4 minutes in length and can be listened to at work, at home, or at any time that you desire to find peace, calmness and answers in daily life. You may also contact us to order a CD of all eight meditations so that you can listen to them at your leisure.
As you listen, take a moment to close your eyes, be still, breathe deeply and relax into the comforting assurance and presence, of Spirit. Enjoy….
P.R.A.Y. (Click for audio)
The P.R.A.Y. meditation helps one connect with the Presence and Power of spirit, Relax and Release all concerns or desires, Ask for insight and enlightenment, and say Yes to the guidance received affirming that the Yoke of your burdens and desires are being carried and cared for by Spirit.
G.A.T.E. (Click for audio)
The G.A.T.E. meditation provides one with the opportunity to Go within and connect with God’s Guidance, Acknowledge truth and power and Ask what is yours to do, allowing spirit to Teach you and Transform you at depth, Thanking spirit for the process of growth and discovery, and for the awareness of, and your receptivity to, the Energy and Enlightenment of spirit.
Be Still and Know (Click for audio)
Psalm 46:10 teaches us all we need to know and do in order to practice the presence and tap the power of Spirit. Listen and connect to that presence and power within you.
R you Ready to Relax (Click for audio)
This meditation is your gift of relaxation. At any point in the day, it will help you Relax, Rest, Release, Rejuvenate and Rejoice.
A.M.E.N. (Click for audio)
The A.M.E.N. meditation is a gentle, yet powerful meditation for daily living. This short meditation helps you Acknowledge the one presence and power in life itself and Affirm that that power is within you, readily Accessible at any moment. It guides you to open your heart and mind so that you can be Made into an instrument of peace and prosperity and have the gifts and grace of spirit Manifest in your life. In doing so, you become Enlightened by spirit, Enthusiastic about life itself, and Engaged as a partner with spirit in your work and play life. You are reminded that spirit is always Nurturing and that you too are to Nurture yourself and others, and Name affirmatively that which you want to show up to be.
Alleviating Anger and Angst (Click for audio)
Throughout our day we may move from our center and become tangled in the issues of the day. This may lead us to become angry, anxious, resentful or defensive, all of which are normal human reactions to fear, hurt, pride and confusion. The question is how do we return to the truth of the situation as a learning and growth experience, find comfort and receive the guidance we need to transform the present circumstance into one of wisdom, understanding and joy? This meditation guides you through a process in which you will be invited to Affirm the goodness and God-ness in yourself and the people involved in your present situation; Acknowledge and Accept the feelings that you are experiencing and the fact that those feelings point out areas in you that need tending; Align with the presence and wisdom of God as you open yourself and become willing to listen, learn and grow; Ask what in you is generating such feelings, patterns or responses, and what you are called to be and do in the situation; Appreciate and give thanks for the ever-present guidance and comfort; and Assess the first steps that you can take to Act and respond in a new way.
Disintegration/Reintegration (Click for audio)
Throughout our day it is easy to forget who and what we are. We become trapped in the illusion that we are our possessions, our work, or our status in relationships, our feelings, or our problems. We forget what and who we truly are, and when this happens be become entangled with the stress and problems of the day instead of freed to be who we are meant to be. This meditation guides you in a process of stripping away the illusions and false realities of your persona, and grounds you in the truth of your being.
The Lord’s Prayer (Click for audio)
This prayer is actually a process through which we discover heaven on earth; the heaven that lies within us at all times. This prayer process actually outlines the simple steps that we can take to transform our feelings, thoughts, actions, circumstances and lives.
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