Most churches are functioning at only a fraction of their potential.
Unaddressed personal trauma is holding countless people back from boldly stepping into their purpose. As a Pain to Purpose partner, you have the privilege of creating consistent opportunity for people to take one of the most important, difficult, and rewarding journeys of their lives.
Below is everything you need to cast vision for and promote the course–course materials, service elements, social media graphics, displays, and sermon series content–as well as access to help if there’s anything we’ve missed.
Course Materials
Your church license includes one Facilitator Guidebook and participant access with the purchase of the Participant Guidebook. Explore participant and additional facilitator resources below, as well as bulk discounts for large group purchases.
In addition, we offer the Pain to Purpose 42-Day Devotional as a supporting resource. Many use the devotional in their personal Bible study while taking the course or as a next step after completion.
CourseVideo Content
Service Elements
Promotional Videos
Church Promo: The Blackburns (2:34)
Church Promo: Testimonies (1:00)
Church Promo: Pain to Purpose Trailer (0:55)
Service Slides
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Pain to Purpose Course Slide
Utilize this premade slide to easily advertise the Pain to Purpose Course during your service and in pre and post-service promotions.
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Editable Pain to Purpose Course Slide
Utilize this editable slide to customize Pain to Purpose Course communication during your service and in pre and post-service promotions.
Display Materials
Pain to Purpose Banner
Utilize this banner file for creating a course sign-up environment in your foyer, or to reinforce course offering.
Pain to Purpose Flyer
Utilize this customizable flyer file for promoting your Pain to Purpose Course to your church community.
Social Media Graphics
Promotional Communication
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Seeing hope for your future is hard when the pain of your past is holding you back. Join our Pain to Purpose Course, and you’ll learn how to heal, rebuild, and move forward in a story you thought had ended. Interested? Join us at [church/organization] starting [date].
Pain is the common denominator of life. We’ve all experienced a valley of some type–and when you’re in it, it’s easy to feel stuck. What if you had a guide to help you navigate the wilderness in a healthy way? What if you could avoid the common pitfalls of grief and come out strong on the other side? With the Pain to Purpose Course, you can. Join us for a transformative journey through unaddressed loss and trauma, and discover the redemptive thread woven into a story you thought had ended.
Do you feel like your pain is limiting your potential? In the Pain to Purpose Course, you’ll learn how to overcome the overwhelming emotions of grief. You’ll learn to create the rhythms that facilitate healing, while discovering God’s unique purpose in your wilderness season. Join us for a transformative journey through the Pain to Purpose Course at [church/organization] just for you starting [date].
Most people never reach their full potential because of the unaddressed pain and trauma holding them back. While some experiences are difficult to face, avoidance means staying stuck. It’s time to run toward what you’ve been running from, unpack your grief, pursue healing, and discover purpose. The Pain to Purpose Course will show you how. Join us for our next class at [church/organization] starting [date].
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A proven pathway to:
Sort through the debris of crisis in your life (no matter what it is)
Repair the broken pieces left in tragedy’s wake
Rebuild a solid life foundation
Move forward with a renewed sense of victory and purpose
If you’re not able to access ongoing counseling or therapy, this is a year’s worth of applicable principles rolled into one course for only $25
Gain control of the emotions that seem to overwhelm and control you
Get a perspective that’s above your circumstances rather than buried beneath them
Learn the one thing that keeps most people stuck in their valley
Begin partnering with God to take back your story
Discover key rhythms and practices that will lift you out of your hurts
Finally, be free from feelings of anxiety, depression and burnout
Regain youthful energy levels and physical health to stave off unhealthy stress in your life
Develop into an even stronger and more impactful version of yourself
Safeguard your life from future trials or tragedies taking you out
Wake up every day with a renewed sense of mission, focus, and purpose
Walk away with a clearly devised plan for how to navigate your current and all future valleys
Pain to Purpose Sermon Series
A sermon series designed to help people take back their story after trauma, tragedy, or major life transition.
Church Promo: Pain to Purpose Trailer (0:55)
Five-Minute Countdown: With Logo
Five-Minute Countdown: Without Logo
Series Graphics
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Pain to Purpose Series Graphic
Utilize our pre-made series graphic for your sermon series promotions.
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Pain to Purpose Logo
Utilize two different versions of our Pain to Purpose logo for a variety of sermon series promotional needs.
Sermon Outlines
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Sermon One: It's Not Supposed to be This Way
If we don’t properly appropriate our pain, we could fail to learn the lessons we need to experience redemption in our suffering.
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Sermon Two: Take Back Your Story
There will be times when we are completely overwhelmed – but in Christ we can (and will) overcome.
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Sermon Three: Steal the Spear
It’s not a matter of if you will be hurt by someone, but when. If you don’t let God transform your pain, you will inevitably transfer it to others.
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Sermon Four: My Worst Enemy
No matter how far we run from God, we can never outrun Him. However, He will bring us face to face with our sin before we can break free from shame.
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Bonus Sermon: Through the Valley
If God has led you to the valley, He’ll be faithful to see you through the valley. Before He can work through you, He has to work in you.
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Bonus Sermon: Position for Redemption
Many people don’t experience redemption because they’re not properly positioned. Are we positioned to receive what God has for us?
Sermon Examples

Invite Davey Blackburn
Interested in having Davey join you for your sermon series or to host a Pain to Purpose Workshop?
We’d love to make it happen.
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Need Help?
Schedule a live support call with one of our Pain to Purpose support team members to discuss your needs.
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Facilitator Training
For Pain to Purpose Course training and preparation instructions, visit our Group Facilitator Resources page.
Additional Recommended Resources
Want to learn more about our coaching certification process?
All our coaches are biblically centered, Spirit empowered, and trauma trained–having done their own healing work to help others through theirs.
If you’re interested in our Certified Coaching Path, explore step one of our three step process: our Biblical Care Trauma Specialist Course.