About Us
How "Learning to Love" Got Started
Learning to Love began in 1991 as a Christ-centered non-denominational ministry to meet the needs of hurting children from broken homes. Our focus was on teaching children how to deal with feelings, such as anger and bitterness. We wanted to teach them how to express and deal with these feelings in a way that would bring healing to their lives. Originally, this was directed towards families within the Church and Christian schools.
In 1997 God showed us the need to minister to the whole family, especially the parents. We thus expanded "Learning to Love" to ensure that parents were actively involved with their children throughout the program. This ministry has since evolved into an outreach that attempts to meet emotional, relationship and spiritual needs of unsaved families in our community.
"Learning to Love" was initiated through Cathedral of the Valley Church(now Escondido Christian Center) in Escondido, California, and has been effectively ministering to families in North San Diego County for over ten years.
Our Vision
To meet the needs of broken and hurting individuals and families by providing Christian laymen everywhere with the training and tools necessary to minister biblical principals for the purpose of healing, restoring and maintaining healthy Christian relationships within the family. This is accomplished through training workshops that prepare churches to replicate the program in their own churches and communities.
Our Goal
• Bring salvation to the lost.
• Form a bridge from the church to lost hurting families.
• Reach out in love with practical answers to their needs.
• Establish biblical ways of dealing with destructive emotions.
• Strengthen family relationships by equipping them with skills to face life's challenges together.
Our Doctrine
We believe that the Bible is the Word of God, true and unchangeable, and inspired by the Holy Spirit. We believe there is one true God, maker of heaven and earth. We believe in the Trinity, God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We believe that while we were yet sinners, Christ, being both fully God and man, died for us, taking sinners' punishment upon Himself. Upon simple faith and acceptance of this perfect sacrifice by our Savior, the sinner may be cleansed of his sins. We believe that the salvation of sinners is wholly through grace; that we have no righteousness of our own to merit God's favor. We believe that upon sincere repentance, and a whole-hearted acceptance of Jesus as Lord, they who call upon Him will be justified by faith, through His precious blood. We believe in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and His return to earth to take His church with Him.
Staff Biographies
John Guerrieri, Director of "Learning to Love"
John has been a school counselor to teenagers at Hidden Valley
Middle School in Escondido, California for the past 16 years. Prior to
this position, John was a teacher and youth/family pastor for 12 years.
John has a Secondary Teaching Credential, and Masters Degrees in both
Counseling and Theology. John is married and has 2 children. He is bilingual
in Spanish and English.
Noelle Wylie, Class Leader and Board Member for "Learning
to Love"
Noelle has been a Leader in the "Learning to Love" Program
for the past two years. Noelle obtained training to teach the "Learning
to Love" program in 2000 after experiencing her own family's restoration
from attending the class with her daughter. Over the past two years, Noelle
has helped teach three "Learning to Love" Programs as well as
two Training Workshops. Noelle holds a degree in Commercial Art and Advertising
Photography and is also attending bible classes at Cathedral Bible College.
Noelle is married and has 4 children.
Perri Houze, Class Leader and Board Member.
Perri has worked with children since 1973, from infants to high schoolers. Currently she is a respite care worker for handicapped children, a Learning to Love leader and a Children's Ministry leader. Her other ministries include Moms In Touch International and Escondido Christian Center jail team member. She and her husband have been married 18 years and have five children, two of whom are married, and one grandchild. Perri has taught home school to four of her children at some point in their education as well as home schooling other children. She has also taught English to foreign students. She is also involved with Children By Choice, a non-profit healing, visitation and Family Reunification Center.
Donations
If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to
Learning to Love, please make your check out to ECC and write 'Learning
to Love' in the "Memo" portion of your check. Then, mail your
check to:
Learning to Love
c/o Escondido Christian Center
P.O. Box 300808
Escondido, CA 92030-0808
"He will turn
the hearts of the fathers to their children
and the hearts of the children to their fathers." Malachi 4:6
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