The Workshop
Keep welcoming well.
Whether you're a volunteer, church, employer, educator or neighbor & friend, when you need support, The Workshop is your partner in welcome! Our practical courses combine decades of World Relief expertise and make them available to you anytime. Check out our library to find the course that works for you!
Explore World Relief and our work around the world & in your local community. Estimated time to complete: 30 minutes.
Free
This course will help you understand the facts about asylum and provide a clear overview of asylum seekers in the United States. Est. time to complete: 45 minutes.
Free
Explore the global context of refugee resettlement, the process of resettlement within the U.S., and the role of organizations like World Relief. Est. time to complete: 45 minutes.
Free
Based on the book by Matthew Sorens and Jenny Yang, this course is a journey into thinking biblically about immigration. This course offers space for listening, learning, reflection, and transformation. Estimated time to complete: 90 minutes.
$49
Empower your small group to think biblically about immigration. Get the tools you need to launch and lead a Welcoming the Stranger small group. 60 minutes.
Free
Explore immigration through a biblical lens with your small group. Gain deep insights into compassion, justice, and hospitality. Join us in this transformative journey.
$59
This course offers a foundational understanding of Afghan history and culture, including best practices for interacting with your new Afghan friends. Estimated time to complete is 90 minutes.
$49
This course offers a foundational understanding of Congolese history and culture, including best practices for interacting with your new Congolese friends. The estimated time to complete is 90 minutes.
$49
This course offers a foundational understanding of Syrian history and culture, including best practices for interacting with your new Syrian friends. Estimated time to complete is 90 minutes.
$49
This course offers a foundational understanding of Ukrainian history and culture, including best practices for interacting with your new Ukrainian friends. Estimated time to complete is 90 minutes.
$49
Learn to build empowering, long-lasting friendships with those who may differ from you in culture, socio-economic status, and religion, and best practices for supporting a friend who lives with trauma. Estimated time to complete: 60 minutes.
$49
Explore the basics of cross-cultural friendship and gain a framework for how to recognize, navigate and be enriched by cultural differences. Estimated time to complete: 60 minutes.
$49
How do we engage in friendship with those of a different economic status than us without causing harm? This course widens our definition of poverty & helps us strive for mutuality and authenticity in our friendships. Est. time to complete: 60 minutes
$49
This course helps build awareness and sensitivity to how the effects of trauma may be at play in friendships, and how we can support those who experience the effects of trauma in their everyday lives. Estimated time to complete: 60 minutes.
$49
How do we effectively welcome and befriend neighbors of different faith backgrounds? This course helps us examine motivations in interfaith friendships, and to foster relationships with trust and mutuality. Estimated time to complete: 60 min.
$49
Equipping you to mentor a career-seeking immigrant with confidence. Estimated time to complete: 90 minutes.
$59
Learn the ins and outs of the U.S. naturalization test and how to help an English language learner feel confident as they prepare for their interview. Estimated time to complete: 5 hours.
$59
A framework and library for teaching digital literacy, in and outside the classroom. Lessons for 4 different language levels to help your learners access the skills they need.
Free
This course will give you practical tools, helpful information, and best practices in early childhood development. Est. time to complete: 60 minutes.
$59
Everything you need to support an English learner. Navigate a language barrier, be a culturally sensitive language partner, and choose helpful topics of conversation to support your new friend as they learn English. Est. time to complete: 90 mins.
$59
This course will help provide everything you need to know to tutor adult English language learners. Estimated time to complete: 6 hours.
$59
Learn how to support a newly arrived immigrant with their health needs as they get used to life in the U.S. Est. time to complete: 1 hour
$59
Ambassadors amplify the voices of those experiencing vulnerability in our communities. Through this course, you'll be equipped to represent World Relief through effective stories, captivating presentations, and advocacy at a grassroots level. 90 min
Free
This course will equip youth volunteers to engage immigrant youth with confidence. Estimated time to complete: 90 minutes.
$59
In honor of World Refugee, we've curated this bundle of courses to help enrich your understanding of the refugee experience.
$49
Core resources to help church leaders explore and respond to immigration issues in their communities.
$49
This 8-week study invites participants to journey into one of the most complex issues of our day – immigration. Your group will examine immigration from a biblical perspective, moving towards informed action as an expression of your Christian faith.
$49
California: Modesto | Sacramento | Southern California
Illinois: Chicagoland | Quad Cities
Maryland: Baltimore
New York: Western New York
North Carolina: Durham | Triad
South Carolina: Upstate SC
Tennessee: Memphis
Texas: Texas
Washington: Western Washington | Spokane | Tri-Cities
Wisconsin: Wisconsin