The Sending Project

Trauma Healing Initial Equipping Session, Starting on August 14
2026-08-14 13:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Victory Hills Church of the Nazarene, 6200 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, MO, 64102
KC Bible-Based Trauma Healing Initial Equipping Session
Connecting the Citywide Body of Christ around Jesus and His mission to heal wounded hearts
Purpose of this Initial Equipping Session
To train participants to become facilitators in the American Bible Society’s Trauma Healing Institute Ministry using the curriculum, Healing the Wounds of Trauma: How the Church Can Help.
About this Initial Equipping Session
Participants learn basic biblical and mental health principles related to trauma care. They will also:

explore if they themselves are carrying any wounds of trauma or loss and bring those to Christ for healing
learn how to lead groups in a participatory way
learn the program model
develop plans for using what they learn in their ministries, organizations, and community

Trauma healing facilitators aim to “do no harm” to those they help. To this end, participants are evaluated during this equipping session. A simple test measures mastery of content. A short practice facilitation exercise includes feedback on facilitator strengths and suggestions to address areas needing improvement.
Who Should Attend?
This training is open to laypeople and ministry/church leaders, including but not limited to mental health professionals, social justice advocates, NGO workers, and various others. The necessary qualifications are as follows:

able to communicate in English
have sufficient status to teach others in a community
able to attend the entire training
be at least 18 years old
committed to help trauma survivors
able to co-facilitate two trauma healing groups each year

This Initial Equipping Session is followed by a practicum in which apprentices co-facilitate the core lessons at least two times. The training process is completed with an Advanced Equipping session.

Why Trauma Healing?
Trauma knows no boundaries of nationality, gender, age, social class, or race. We all live in a fallen world and groan inwardly from the painful consequences of the Fall. Trauma can create a barrier to people engaging with Scripture and creates a barrier to God, community, and self. People who have experienced trauma may read the Bible or hear scripture spoken, but yet the messages they so desperately need may not get into their hearts due to trauma. A Bible-based response to trauma and the Church being equipped to provide it can bring forth much fruit. The Church is uniquely called to this mission field of trauma healing.

FACILITATORS

Dr. Serita Wright

Dr. Serita K. Wright is a globally traveled minister, spiritual counselor, and community ambassador whose ministry has reached across continents. She has preached and taught in London, England; Chihuahua and La Junta, Mexico; Sierra Leone, West Africa; and throughout most of the United States, carrying a message of healing, unity, and spiritual restoration.
Affectionately known as “the Ambassador,” Dr. Wright is celebrated for her extraordinary ability to bring together people of diverse ethnic, cultural, and social backgrounds. She is uniquely gifted in prophetic ministry and deliverance, offering clarity, breakthrough, and spiritual freedom to those she serves.
Dr. Wright’s passion extends deeply into heritage and ancestral understanding, believing that when families rediscover their roots, they rediscover their strength. She is committed to helping individuals and communities reconnect with their identity so families can walk together in unity, purpose, and healing.
She serves in Pastoral Ministry at her home fellowship, Commissioned to Heal Community Outreach, a ministry dedicated to serving local neighborhoods through both spiritual and practical support. The fellowship operates a weekly food pantry and provides essential resources to families in need, reflecting Dr. Wright’s lifelong commitment to community uplift and hands‑on ministry.
Dr. Wright is the lifelong companion of Elder Stuart C. Wright, Sr., and together they are the proud parents of four children. She also serves prn as a Spiritual Counselor for Shalom Hospice, the first minority-owned hospice in the state of Missouri, where she provides compassionate end‑of‑life spiritual care.
Her civic service includes serving as the alternate City Chaplain for Kansas City, Missouri, and as one of twelve Police Chaplains for the Kansas City Missouri Police Department. In these roles, she offers prayer support, crisis care, and pastoral presence to city officials, first responders, and the broader community.
With a ministry that spans the globe and a heart rooted in service, Dr. Serita K. Wright continues to embody her calling as a healer, unifier, and ambassador of hope.

Gina Houston

Pastor Gina is the visionary leader of Ecclesia Equipping Center—a Kingdom strategist committed to advancing God’s purposes in both the church and the community. With a heart for equipping leaders, restoring the broken, and creating spaces where healing, unity, and justice thrive, she brings a bold yet compassionate voice to ministry and transformation.
As a Trauma Healing Training Facilitator, Pastor Gina offers biblically grounded emotional and spiritual care to individuals and communities. She also serves as a racial reconciliation consultant, guiding churches and organizations through honest dialogue, biblical justice, and practical solutions that foster lasting change.
Rooted in faith and driven by divine purpose, she is passionate about building bridges that reconcile, empower, and elevate—so that the Body of Christ may walk in wholeness, unity, and Kingdom authority.
“They will rebuild the ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities that have been devastated for generations.”
— Isaiah 61:4 (NIV)
Pastor Gina leads with conviction to see lives rebuilt, leaders equipped, and communities restored for God’s glory.

Mark Davis

Mark is a graduate of Nazarene Theological Seminary. He was a Marriage & Family Therapist who has ministered to traumatized individuals, families, and groups for 20 years. Mark is the Director of The Sending Project (TSP) Trauma Healing ministry. He enjoys leading conferences on topics including Unity in the Body of Christ, The Fatherhood of God, Healing Wounds of the Heart, Strengthening Marriages and Families, and Strategies Regarding Multiplying Disciples. He also serves on the Church Relations team at TSP. He helps pastors, church leaders, and ministry leaders in Kansas City from many cultural backgrounds connect, collaborate, and strategize with a missional focus. Mark is passionate about unity in diversity. He sees each ethnic group God created as a special treasure and a great blessing for our lives, beautifully reflecting God’s glory in unique ways.

DATES/TIMES
Friday, August 14: 12:30pm-1:00pm Check-in
Friday, August 14: 1:00pm-9:00pm
Saturday, August 15: 8:30am-5:30pm
Friday, August 21: 5:00pm-9:00pm
Saturday, August 22: 8:30am-4:00pm
LOCATION
Victory Hills Church of the Nazarene
6200 Parallel Parkway
Kansas City, KS 66102
EVENT PARTICIPATION FEE
$175 per person
In addition to the training, the following will be provided for each participant: four meals, snacks, drinks, a book, and a packet of trauma healing materials.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE
August 10, 2026

This Initial Equipping session is limited to 36 people.
To save your spot, please register as soon as possible.
Payment is accepted in the form of check, cash, or credit card. Credit card payment is done at the time of online registration. Checks or cash payments must arrive at The Sending Project office, located at the Hope Chapel Olathe Campus (12480 S Black Bob, Olathe, KS, 66062) no later than August 10, 2026, to reserve your spot.

REGISTER
For more information contact Mark Davis at 913-206-6835 or mark.davis@thesendingproject.org
What Trauma Healing Participants Are Saying

“I recommend Trauma Healing groups of the Trauma Healing Institute because it changed my Life…” (Kansas City pastor)
“This training is training that everybody on the planet needs.” (Pastor Keith Williams from the video, “Unchained”)
“I have laid all actions and feelings of resentment, which I have been slowed down by, at the cross. I surrender my will to His will for my life…”
“…It was a blessing to be part of this Trauma Healing program…I didn’t know that I had many wounds in my life when I am serving in the Kingdom of God work for the past sixteen years as a full-time minister; but in this training I saw all the wounds in my life and I brought all to the cross. I am free and blessed by this Trauma Healing program….” (Kansas City Pastor)

I hope you can attend this powerful Initial Equipping Session for Bible-Based Trauma Healing Ministry that is happening in the Kansas City area!
Mark Davis
Director of KC-area Bible-Based Trauma Healing Ministry
The Sending Project
