FirstLight Basic Access

Men's Community Membership

This course is for all Men's Community Members. Here you will find the information you need to begin and continue your journey with FirstLight including links to access check-in meetings.

Subscribe $32.00 / month

Course curriculum

1. Copyright Notice: © 2024 FirstLight Ministries
2. Men's Director Welcome
3. READ THIS FIRST: Your First Month In the FirstLight Men’s Community
4. Grievance Policy
5. Discontinuing Membership
6. How to Update Billing
1. Men's Calendar
2. Stage 2 & 3 Interest Forms
3. Men's Monthly Dinner
4. Wisephone Info and Discount Code
1. Check-In Meetings at a Glance
2. Virtual Check-In Meetings
3. In-Person Check-In Meetings
4. Checklist for Starting a New Check-In Meetings
5. A Note for Community Members in Illinois
1. An Overview to Checking In
2. Sobriety
3. Sobriety Notes for Married Men
4. Emotions
5. Self-Care
6. More on Self-Care
7. Connecting with Others
8. Common Mistakes About Reaching Out
9. Identifying and Expressing Needs
10. Is Sex a Need?
11. Gratitude
1. Stage 2 & 3 Interest Forms
2. Stage 2 Metaphor | Weeding the Garden
3. Stage 3 Groups
1. A Word on Sexual Healing
2. Being Known
3. God's Love and Joy
4. Self-Compassion
5. Taking Responsibility and Rigorous Honesty
6. Stages of Recovery
7. Gospel-Driven Sexuality
8. Willingness
9. Common False Beliefs
1. Practicing the Presence of God Introduction
2. Breath and God's Presence
3. Finding Quiet
4. Attunement to Your Body
5. God as Our Refuge
6. Cultivating a Deeper Awareness
7. Bringing Emotions Before God
1. On Keeping a Journal Part 1
2. On Keeping a Journal Part 2
3. On Keeping a Journal Part 3
4. Gratitude Journal
5. Using your Emotions Card
6. Attention Exercise
7. Basic Preventing Relapse Plan (bPRP), Part 1 | 2 pages plus links
8. bPRP, Part 2 | 2 pages
9. bPRP, Part 3 | 3 pages
10. Relapse and Motive | 3 pages | 3 prompts
11. Learning from a Relapse | 4 pages
12. Guide to Technology - Misuse to Proper Use | Restraints, Guardrails and Safe Travel, part 1 of 3
13. FANOS - A Tool for Couples
14. Guide to Technology | Principles for Building a Plan, part 2 of 3
15. Guide to Technology | Building Your Plan, part 3 of 3
16. Short Share Instructions
17. Short Share - A Sample
18. Daily Sobriety Renewal
1. Point Man Overview | 2 pages
2. Rules and Guidelines | 3 pages
3. Seeking A Point Man
4. Best Practices | Link to 4 page printable
5. Discipleship Agreement & Reading List
6. Support for Point Men | < 1 page
7. Receiving a Man's Sexual History | 1 page
8. Register your Point Man/Journey Man
1. Shame Cycle Overview
2. Contentment Cycle Overview
3. Shame and Contentment Cycles Compared and Contrasted
4. Shame Cycle - Tom's Story
5. Restoration Plan - Shame Scripts
6. Self in the Contentment Cycle - Tom's Story
7. Destabilizers, Preoccupation/Fantasy, and Self-Awareness/Compassion
8. Rituals and Pursuing Wholeness
9. Automatic Negative Thoughts vs. Bringing our Minds to Christ
10. Ritual
11. Pursuing Wholeness
12. Pursuing Wholeness - What Can Meet That Need?
13. Pursuing Wholeness - Make Plans
14. A Note for Married Men
15. A Warning Against Replacement Addictions
16. Shame Cycle - Acting Out
17. Contentment Cycle - Contentment
18. Contentment Cycle - Play as Part of Contentment
19. Shame Cycle - Regret
20. Contentment Cycle - Reflection and Gratitude
21. Deepening Connection: Check-In Meetings
1. How do I find a Point Man? | 6 pages | 2 links
2. What Makes a Good Point Man? | 2 pages
3. Are you serious about 90 meetings in 90 days?
4. Should I expect FirstLight to be my Church? | 2 Prompts
5. Why Go to A Therapist? Part 1 | 2 pages | 3 prompts
6. Why Go to A Therapist? Part 2 - A Representative Story | 3 pages | 1 prompt
7. How Do I Find A Therapist? | 3 pages | 2 prompts
8. Why on the Internet? | 2 pages
9. What is Healthy Sexuality Anyway?
1. How Do I Know When I’m Ready to Enroll in Stage 1?
2. 1-0 | Introduction to Week 1 of Stage 1 | Rites of Passage | 2 pages plus links
3. 1-0.1 | Enrollment Note | < 1 page
4. 1-1 | For Married Men plus a Strong Warning | 2 pages plus link to 8-page document
5. 1-2 | How Group Works, Part 1 | 5 pages plus links | 5 journal prompts
6. 1-2.5 | How Group Works, Part 2 | 3 pages
7. 1-3 | The Importance of Story in Sexual Discipleship | 2 pages | 1 journal prompt
8. 1-4 | Review and Reflect | For Further Reading
1. Emotional Awareness: Anger: Naming & Accepting Anger
2. Emotional Awareness: Anger: Responding
3. Emotional Awareness: Anger: Forgiveness
4. Emotional Awareness: Anger: Scripture Study
1. Q&A with David

About this course

$32.00 / month
114 lessons
0 hours of video content

Men's Community Membership

Course curriculum

WELCOME TO THE COMMUNITY

ANNOUNCEMENTS

CHECK-IN MEETINGS

HOW TO CHECK IN

COURSE OFFERINGS

FOUNDATIONAL ARTICLES

PRACTICING THE PRESENCE OF GOD

TOOL BOX

POINT MAN INFORMATION

CYCLES

FAQ

PREPARING FOR STAGE 1 GROUP

EMOTIONAL AWARENESS

AUDIO RESOURCES

About this course