Living Waters Training

Explore Our Training Modules

Our three-tiered training modules are designed to help equip all levels of Living Waters leadership. Our Tier 2 and Tier 3 modules are designed to supplement our Tier 1 course, the week-long LW Leadership Training: Equipping Through Immersion.

*Attending a training is not a prerequisite for the Tier 2 course.


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Tier 1 Modules

Tier 1

Living Waters Leadership Training: Equipping Through Immersion

This week-long immersive course equips men and women for effective ministry to the sexually and relationally broken. Participants are trained through a combination of large group teachings, ministry sessions, and small groups. The main emphasis of the training is greater personal healing for you. Through healing prayer, we invite the Holy Spirit to mend our various wounds. As we enter into the healing process together, we learn how to heal others.

In-person

In-Person

Lessons

6-Day Retreat

Tier 2 Modules

Tier 2

Small Group Leader Training Course

This eight-module course reviews the essentials of leading (or assisting) a Living Waters small group. Led by Marco, Abbey, and Katie, staff members at DSM, these videos cover topics such as listening prayer, navigating challenges, small group dynamics, and more. This course is designed to help you feel more confident and better equipped for Living Waters leadership. Whether you are an experienced leader or just starting out, this module series provides you with the necessary tools for leadership success!

Online

Online

Lessons

8 Lessons

Tier 3 Modules

Tier 3

Coordinator Training Course

This six-module course details the ins and outs of coordinating a Living Waters group. Marco, Abbey, and Katie cover topics such as effective teaching, building and maintaining a team, navigating challenges, and more. Coordinating a LW group is hard work, and this module is designed to support you in this vital task. This series is designed for all coordinators, new and seasoned alike, as it delves into the essentials of a successful, DSM-approved LW Group.

Online

Online

Lessons

6 Lessons

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Bishop James V. Johnston Jr.
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Living Waters is one of the great resources available today for those seeking healing for sexual and relational brokenness. Grounded in Christian Anthropology, the power of grace, and a trust in Christ working through the members of his Body, I highly recommend Living Waters for those looking for a solid path to restored integrity.

Bishop James V. Johnston Jr.
Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph

Bethany Allen
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I can’t begin to say what a gift it was to go to the Living Waters Training in PA. In my role as the Pastor of Spiritual Formation and Leadership Development at Bridgetown Church Portland I am keenly aware of the profound need for healing that leads to an integrated life. At the LW Training, I was able to experience an integrated and unexpected healing on a deeply personal level. Through the small group time, confession, the robust theological and practical content, and the gift of inner healing prayer I was able to enter into more of who it is that Jesus has both created and called me to be specifically as a woman in his Kingdom. In the Living Waters program there is an undeniable call to fidelity to Jesus at all costs and at the same time there is an abundance of grace for the brokenness that each of us carry.

Bethany Allen
Pastor of Spiritual Formation and Leadership Development, Bridgetown Church

Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann
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As a bishop I am grateful to Andrew Comiskey and the staff of Desert Stream Ministries for developing the Living Waters program to equip the Church and all of her communities with the tools they need to help their members who struggle with sexual and relational brokenness. Living Waters offers a practical, Catholic-friendly approach to the pastoral care of people who experience same-sex attraction, gender identity issues, relational brokenness and other personal challenges that keep them from experiencing the joy and integrity that spring forth from the virtue of Christian chastity. I wholeheartedly encourage Catholic pastors and pastoral ministers to prayerfully consider using the Living Waters program in their respective dioceses and parishes.

Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann
Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas

Christopher West
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The Living Waters Training is a much needed practical and pastoral counterpart to the brilliant insights and wisdom of Saint John Paul II's Theology of the Body. It provided the opportunity for me, personally, to grow and to heal in unexpected ways. I would love to see this small group model for growth in chastity and healthy relating planted throughout the Catholic Church.

Christopher West
President of Theology of the Body Institute

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