Louella Jamerson
LightU Online is my first online schooling experience and I can say without hesitation it has been one of THE richest, most rewarding endeavors I’ve embarked upon. Each LightU staff person I have had the opportunity to interact with has been caring, kind, extremely helpful and considerate. The course curriculum is thorough, thought-provoking and inspiring. Every instructor is warm, friendly and engaging in their presentations. All are extremely knowledgeable, filled with God’s wisdom and Spirit as they emphasize the importance of a relationship with God as the foundation for our ministry or career aspiration. They inspire you, they motivate you, they speak to you as though you were their only student and each one expresses a high level of concern for our success. LightU REALLY wants you to excel and each program is designed to assist you in doing exactly that.
If you love God’s word and want to become more proficient in it, if you are gifted and desire to help others in any capacity, if you just want to enhance your teaching or preaching, whatever your ministry goals are LightU is the place for you! The courses are structured for you to get the maximum benefit in a short span of time. I encourage everyone to choose LightU, it will undoubtedly, be a choice you will not regret.
Louella Jamerson – Click here to listen to Louella’s personal testimony.
Author, Teacher, (soon-to-be) Advanced Certified Light Coach, Multicultural/Singles Speaker, Ministry Helps Trainer
Read MoreTheory to Action
Theory to Action
As professors at Light University Online, during our journey of each new term, we receive an onslaught of emails and posts from students about how the courses have been insightful, thought-provoking and even life-changing. Almost all of our students are genuinely excited and challenged by the video content, peer interaction and the new insights offered throughout each class. Having the privilege of listening to some of the founders and pioneers of Christian counseling and Christian coaching will, almost inevitably, have such an effect. Many of our students will leave the classroom environment having been changed through the learning process that we offer at LightU.
For many of our students, we are only able to get to know them for between 5 weeks to 5 months of their lives, depending on their course of study and the pace at which they progress. During our time with them, as professors, we want to be able to make the most impact, within that small timeframe that we have, to help shape and potentially set a new direction for their lives.
In the classroom environment, the discussion forums are incredibly healthy places of learning and encouragement, where many students can sharpen one another as Scripture commands us to do. Sometimes though, we can’t help but wonder, “What becomes of these great new insights?” Our greatest hope is that students move the information they’ve gathered from theory into practice! In the words of the poet Ralph Emerson, “an ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.”
The question we’d like to encourage you to think about is, “How can I do that practically?” Those of you who work in the counseling or coaching ministry know how frustrating it can be when a client agrees with all your advice but fails to follow through with it. As Christmas and the New Year approaches, there is never a better time to think about making a resolution or deciding to do something differently than you have ever done before. Our challenge to you is the notion that you will never be able to take a client to a place that you yourself have not been willing to walk through. If you are not willing to take practical steps to apply the theory you learn, how can you lead someone through their own trials and hardships toward growth and change?
In most professions, it is known that the more you learn, the more you can do; however, counseling and coaching both break that mold by saying, the more you do, or grow personally, the more you can help others. Gaining insight and learning theories are vital tools to becoming an effective counselor or coach, but at Light University, we do not want to just teach you about how people change; we want to change you.
Ryan Carboneau & Aris Stavrianos
Light University Professors
Read MoreLUO Launching its New Student Information System
Forest, VA — September 10, 2012
Light University Online Launching its New Student Information System
Light University Online of Virginia (www.lightuniversity.com) is set to launch its new, state-of-the-art student information system on October 1st. Working with partner Waterford Technologies Inc. (www.waterfordtech.com), our in-house development team helped design a new Light University Online that will feature such benefits as simple navigation, a graphically pleasing interface, and easy to use course registration modules…just to name a few!
Shaun Redgate, Vice President for Enrollment Management, says this new student information system was necessary because of the growth of the university and the need to provide a more customized solution to better serve its students. “I’m thrilled to see the end result of months of hard work and development. And better yet, I know our students’ will appreciate the user-friendly features as they register for courses, check their academic progress, and interact with the university support staff.”
Steve Horton, President of Waterford Technologies says it was time for a change. “This time through we’ve designed a solution that meets the unique needs of Light University Online. By taking advantage of the latest technologies we ensured that the system can grow to meet the demands of their growing university AND offer the best experience to their students.”
Light University Online, a distinctively Christian institution, offers world-renowned faculty, a robust and interactive online learning experience, proactive student support, and a relevant curriculum to help ensure students’ success. Students enjoy interacting with peers around the world, flexibility in time and place of study, achievable five-week terms, and small, tight-knit “virtual” classes. As a result of these “best-in-class” features, Light University Online has experienced a 300% year over year growth rate and has already graduated close to 400 students who are now better trained in the helping ministries.
Read MoreDr. Merla Hammack
2012 Graduate
Advanced Diploma in Life Coaching
Academic rigor, experienced lecturers, practical advice, compiling topics, thought-provoking camaraderie, Christ-centered course work, foundational direction from God’s Word, Holy Spirit focus-driven vocation—these express my reasons for selecting Light University Online for training as a Life Coach.
I have been a life-long learner. The joke goes, “You have more initials after your name than in your name.” Light University Online more than filled my expectations for learning and training to be a Life Coach. I learned practical advice on what I needed to do to begin my own practice and keep it thriving. The simulations in many of the video lectures trained me to keep questions focused, maintain accountability with a client, and to assist the client towards his or her goal(s).
I learned I am neither a therapist nor a psychologist. Life Coaching does not delve into past problems. Life Coaches work with the “worried well” individual, an individual who needs support and aspires to a future with more fulfilling objectives. As a Christian Life Coach my prayer will be, through God’s grace, to continually aid and facilitate the education of my client to obtain the goal to which he or she believes God is calling him or her to accomplish.
Read MoreConnie Stewart
2012 Graduate
Advanced Certificate in Life Coaching
I loved my classes in Christian Life Coaching at Light University Online. Christian life coaching comes out of qualified training and your own life story. Twenty-five years ago God placed in my heart a desire to help men and women with their marriage relationship. That is when the journey for me began. I pursued Christian Counseling, only to get redirected to Pastoral Ministry. I became an ordained minister, but still felt this call to counsel.
My sister, who is a psychologist, directed me to AACC. I contacted Light University Online and talked with Sarah Dunn, my online coach, about taking counseling classes. With the direction of the Holy Spirit she told me about the Christian Life Coaching classes and I signed up. I hadn’t heard of Christian Life Coaching. It was amazing. I found my niche after all these years! As eachclass is finished, I look forward to signing up for the next one. Thanks Sarah for listening to the Holy Spirit. My life verse is found in Proverbs 3, “Lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will direct your paths.”
As I look back over the past 25 years, God has been bringing me to this point in my life and providing me with life experiences that are so valuable. I am now 61 years old but it is never too late to pursue what God is calling you to. I am so thankful he doesn’t give up on us but he works with us to fulfill his plan and purpose for our lives. In the process of earning my Advanced Certificate in Life Coaching from Light University Online, the Holy Spirit has been directing me to be a Relationships & Marriage Christian Life Coach. To God be the Glory!
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