Restart Training Center Ministry (RTCM) will host its annual fall banquet on Tuesday, Oct. 3, at Shady Maple Banquet Center, 129 Toddy Drive, East Earl. The event serves as a fundraiser for the Strasburg-based ministry, and it will feature live music, dinner and a talk from guest speaker James Reeves. The deadline to register for the banquet is Friday, Sept. 1, and registration is available online at http://www.restartministry.org/events.

Doors for the banquet will open at 5:30 p.m., at which time the Amos Raber Family will begin a musical performance. Dinner will be served at 6:15 p.m., and prize drawings will be held during the meal.

The banquet will feature a talk from James Reeves, who is the founding pastor of City on a Hill, a church in Fort Worth, Texas. For 38 years, Reeves grew a ministry at his church to offer resources for those who struggle with addiction and unhealthy behaviors. In addition to holding standard worship services on Sundays, the church offers other activities such as regular group meetings. There are 30 different groups that meet at the church weekly; each focuses on recovery from different types of addictions and traumatic experiences.

"My challenge is to go beyond someone's behavior and look at the trauma beneath it," Reeves said. "You want to learn how to be a good steward of your pain and how to allow it to result in something positive."

This past year, Reeves retired from his role as City on a Hill's senior pastor. He now travels to churches and ministries such as RTCM to train them in programs specific to recovering addicts and survivors of abuse. "The first step is always to address the trauma from which your pain came," Reeves said. "It's also important to build community relationships and to hold yourself accountable after your time in (RTCM)."

RTCM was founded by Jaime Santiago and his wife, Pam. The ministry offers a residential program for men and their families to receive counseling and faith-based resources to overcome addictions. Participants of RTCM are also able to receive vocational training and to connect with local church communities as they transition out of the program.