Skills City, USA – Resilience Responders, Course Title: Helping Others While Healing Our Hurting Hearts: The Faith-Fueled Formula for Freedom Text: 2 Corinthians 1:3–4 (KJV)



Skills City, USA – Resilience Responders


Course Title: Helping Others While Healing Our Hurting Hearts: The Faith-Fueled Formula for Freedom


Text: 2 Corinthians 1:3–4 (KJV)

Facilitator: Pastor Kyev P. Tatum, Sr.

Format: Weekly 90-minute sessions (discussion, Scripture study, reflection, and community service application)

Goal: Equip participants to serve others while experiencing personal healing, integrating faith, work, and community resilience.




Mission and Message

• When we help others, God heals us.

• When we comfort others, He comforts us.

• When we lift others, He lifts us higher.


Truth: Freedom is not the absence of pain, but the presence of purpose.

#WeHelpOthersGodHealsUs





Course Overview


Learning Objectives:

1. Apply 2 Corinthians 1:3–4 to personal and community life.

2. Identify personal experiences of pain and healing.

3. Serve others intentionally while experiencing God’s restoration.

4. Develop practical skills to respond to community needs with faith and resilience.

5. Cultivate a lifestyle of comfort-giving, service, and leadership.





12-Week Course Outline


Week 1 – Introduction to Resilience Responders

• Overview of Skills City, USA and the Resilience Responders program

• Core Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:3–4 (KJV)

• Discussion: What does it mean to help others while healing your heart?

• Icebreaker: Share one personal story of overcoming struggle





Week 2 – Understanding God’s Comfort

• Scripture focus: Psalm 34:18

• Teaching: God as the Father of mercies and ultimate source of comfort

• Activity: Reflection journaling – experiences of receiving God’s comfort

• Group discussion: How comfort received can guide comfort given





Week 3 – Comforting Others Through Our Pain

• Scripture focus: Galatians 6:2

• Teaching: Bearing one another’s burdens as a spiritual practice

• Roleplay: Practice comforting scenarios in pairs

• Reflection: Identify ways personal struggles can guide service to others





Week 4 – Purpose in Pain

• Scripture focus: Job 42:10

• Teaching: Trials as training grounds for service and spiritual growth

• Activity: Create a “Pain-to-Purpose Map” – identifying lessons from personal struggles

• Discussion: Sharing insights on how past difficulties can help others





Week 5 – The Faith-Fueled Formula for Freedom

• Scripture focus: Romans 8:28

• Teaching: Freedom through service, healing, and faith

• Group activity: Steps of the formula – Receive comfort → Share comfort → Heal through helping

• Reflection journaling: Personal plan for applying the formula this week





Week 6 – Developing the Resilience Responder Mindset

• Teaching: Respond even when imperfect; serve while still growing

• Discussion: How scars can become instruments of hope

• Activity: Identify personal strengths and skills that can serve the community





Week 7 – Practical Service: Planning & Preparation

• Teaching: Designing acts of service based on community needs

• Activity: Group planning session – select a community service project

• Discussion: How service aligns with Scripture and personal healing





Week 8 – Practical Service: Execution

• Scripture reflection: Isaiah 58:10–11

• Activity: Participate in the community service project

• Debrief: Share experiences, challenges, and moments of healing during service





Week 9 – Reflection and Testimony

• Activity: Journaling and storytelling – How service impacted participants and the community

• Group discussion: Witnessing God’s comfort through helping others

• Teaching: Integrating testimony into ongoing service





Week 10 – Building Community Resilience

• Scripture focus: Hebrews 10:24–25

• Teaching: Strengthening networks and partnerships for ongoing impact

• Activity: Brainstorm ways to sustain community resilience and support





Week 11 – Memorization & Personal Application

• Review memory verse: 2 Corinthians 1:4 (KJV)

• Activity: Pair recitation and discussion of how the verse applies personally

• Reflection: Write a personal action plan for the next 3 months of service





Week 12 – Graduation, Celebration, and Commitment

• Activity: Participants share testimonies of personal healing and impact

• Discussion: Commit to ongoing service and faith-fueled leadership

• Closing Prayer: Blessing for continued resilience, purpose, and service

• Optional: Certificate presentation for course completion





Ongoing Assignments and Practices

• Weekly journaling: Reflection on Scripture and service experiences

• Service log: Document acts of service and lessons learned

• Mentorship: Pair participants for accountability and encouragement





Facilitator


Pastor Kyev P. Tatum, Sr.

Pastor Kyev Tatum is the founder of Skills City, USA and the Resilience Responders initiative, a faith-fueled program empowering individuals to serve others while healing their own hearts. As Senior Pastor of New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas, Pastor Tatum has dedicated decades to community development, workforce training, and spiritual mentorship. His ministry blends faith, activism, education, and service to equip the next generation with purpose, resilience, and leadership grounded in God’s Word. Contact Us at 817-966-7625, kptatum1@gmail.com, www.newmountrose.com Zelle contributions: newmtrosembc @gmail.com



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