In light of R U OK? Day, held annually on the second Thursday of September, the Broadford Adventist Church is running a special one-day only seminar on emotional intelligence later this month.
Pastor Vikram Panchal shared the importance of the event and extended a warm invitation to all.
“[The event will highlight the] value of checking in on your relative, neighbour, and work colleague with a simple ‘Are you okay?’ question,” he said.
“[It will] teach people how to enhance their emotional intelligence so they can better handle stress, unexpected setbacks in life, and worry.”
The free event will be held on September 28, with two one-hour sessions to be run. The first will begin at 11am, and the second at 1.30pm. Lunch and refreshments will be provided in between.
In other church news, the Broadford Adventist Church recently graduated 10 attendees after partaking in a six-week seminar that focused on the healing power of forgiveness.
Pr Panchal said the seminar taught attendees the ‘importance of forgiveness to heal from past hurts, the true meaning of forgiveness, and the process to forgive and make it become a reality.’
“Each session involved watching a video on forgiveness followed by a lively discussion hosted by [myself] and Lani Matautia,” he said.
The church hopes to run the seminar again in 2025.
Broadford Adventist Church is located at 156-158 High Street, Broadford. For more information, email broadford.sda@gmail.com.
