Advocacy
Mending the Soul
Mending the Soul is a 12-week small group-based curriculum that explains the nature of abuse and its effects and outlines a path of healing.
Steve Tracy, pastor and theologian, and Celestia Tracy, therapist, have written the book and workbook entitled Mending the Soul. They combine sound biblical teaching with current research and psychologically proven methods in their informative and creative material, covering physical, sexual, verbal, and spiritual abuse and neglect.
The cost is around $55 for the materials and the group sessions are free. You will be led by experienced, trained facilitators who have gone through their own healing.
Safe Sanctuaries
Safe Sanctuaries is an interactive group curriculum written by the Love Mercy Do Justice department of the Evangelical Covenant Church. It is designed to equip leaders to support people who have experienced the injustice of intimate partner violence.
It can be taught in a day or in segments. The end goal is to develop understanding, biblical orientation, and move you toward making your church a safe sanctuary for survivors of intimate partner violence.
We have a team of facilitators ready to come to your setting and walk you through the process.
Get to Know Debbie Taylor
I, Debbie Taylor, am the point person for these programs in the PACNWC. My education and work experience are in pastoring (Masters of Christian Studies, Regent College, Vancouver, B.C. Canada) and psychotherapy (Masters of Marriage and Family Therapy, Seattle Pacific University).
I am retired and honored to be able to connect you with these resources.
Please contact me with your questions and interest at:
cascadeglory@gmail.com or 425.891.4449
The next Mending the Soul groups will start in the fall of 2026. Safe Sanctuaries is available on request.