The Faith Community Nurse Network provides training and support to faith community nurses and other health professionals in Minnesota to lead evidence-based health promotion programming in their faith communities and other sites. Health promotion and disease prevention are at the core of faith community nursing practice.
These programs advance our mission by offering professional development and practice support to faith community nurses. We offer training, resources and materials needed for workshops, marketing and evaluation support, and compensation for the Stepping On falls prevention program, A Matter of Balance, Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance, and Living Well with Chronic Conditions, Living Well with Chronic Pain, and Powerful Tools for Caregivers.
Please complete the form below if you are interested in working with the Faith Community Nurse Network to lead evidence-based workshops. An FCNN staff person will contact you with information on upcoming training and workshop opportunities.
Stepping On: Fall Prevention Program
Stepping On is a community-based, small-group program that empowers older adults to carry out health behaviors that reduce their risk of falls. Workshops meet for 2 hours, every week for 7 weeks. Local experts, Leaders, and other group members support one another to build balance, strength, and practical skills needed to avoid falling.
Next Leader Training: Early 2026
Living Well with Chronic Conditions
Living Well with Chronic Conditions (LWCC) empowers older adults who have chronic conditions – or their caregivers – to recognize and carry out health strategies that help them better manage everyday life. Workshops meet for 2 1/2 hours, every week for 6 weeks. LWCC is also known as the Chronic Disease Self Management Program.
Next Leader Training: unknown
Powerful Tools for Caregivers
Powerful Tools for Caregivers is designed to help caregivers care for themselves. People who help a parent, spouse, partner, child, or friend who lives with a long-term health condition make weekly action plans, share experiences, and help each other solve problems.
Upcoming Leader Training
October 20-24, 2025 Mornings via Zoom | More Information Here
A Matter of Balance: A Matter of Balance
A Matter of Balance is an 8-week group workshop that emphasizes practical strategies to reduce fear of falling and increase activity levels. MOB focuses on the psychological concepts of fear and self-efficacy, so may be better suited for older adults with limited mobility.
Next Leader Training: Early 2026
Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance
Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance® (TJQMBB) is a research-based balance training regimen designed for older adults at risk of falling and people with balance disorders. TJQMBB represents a significant paradigm shift in the application of Tai Ji Quan, moving the focus from its historical use as a martial art or recreational activity to propagating health by addressing common, but potentially debilitating, functional impairments/deficits.
Our evidence-based programs are funded under contract with Trellis as part of the Older Americans Act Program and with funding grants from Juniper and Lutheran Services in America.
