Family Nurture Nights are fun, trauma-informed evenings where kids and caregivers connect through themed activities, art, movement, and shared regulation tools—all rooted in TBRI® to build trust, strengthen bonds, and promote healing together.

Sunday, November 16, 2025
4:00 - 6:00pm EDT

Meadowbrook Church
4741 SW 20th St, Ocala, FL 34474

*Enter through main church entrance

Dinner will be provided!

In Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors, author Robyn Gobbel combines the latest brain science with easy-to-understand principles and metaphors to help you become an expert in your child's behavior. She reveals simple ways to help you regulate and connect with your child, using brain, body, and sensory-based strategies to overcome day-to-day challenges. She also provides you with the knowledge to understand and regulate your own brain so that you don't flip your lid when your child flips theirs.

Our study will focus on parenting or caring for children with big, baffling behaviors, including kids who have experienced adversity or additional needs, and explore strategies to promote change.

Thursdays, November 13 - January 29

Online via Zoom

7:30 - 9:00pm ET

(No meetings on November 27, December 25 or January 1 due to to the holidays.)

The 2nd Annual Pearl Project Friendsgiving is a special evening of gratitude, connection, and community for families. Families share a meal together, enjoy fun activities, and take time to celebrate the friendships and support that make our Pearl Project community feel like family. It’s a night to slow down, give thanks, and remember that we’re better together.

Turkey and mac & cheese will be provided. Please bring a side dish your family enjoys and wants to share. (No desserts, please.)

Sunday, November 23, 2025
5:00 - 7:00pm EST

Ft. King Presbyterian Church 

13 NE 36th Ave, Ocala, FL 34470

Park at the end of the driveway (dirt road). Look for the Pearl Project flag. We will meet in the Fellowship Hall.

Friendsgiving is a family-focused evening meant to be enjoyed together, and 1:1 Buddies will not be provided during this event.

Wednesdays, October 1 - December 10
(no session on November 26)
3:30 - 4:30pm ET

Mindful Movement is a great and fun way for your child to develop more body awareness and self confidence. This helps children with self-regulation and relational skills. With a combination of movements to music, rhythmic exercises, yoga postures and play, kids explore the range of motion in their body and work on skills like strength and balance. This series is for children 6 to 12 years old.

Fort King Presbyterian Church

13 NE 36th Ave in Ocala

Park at the end of the driveway (dirt road). Look for the Pearl Project flag. 

We will meet in the Child Care room.

The cost is $10 per child, per week or $90 per child for all 10 sessions.

Families registering more than one child in the household will receive 25% off each additional child registration. Coupon codes are available for our Healing Homes families. 

Parents or guardians, please stay on site during the session. You may hang out or take other children to the playground.

Come and grab a drink or a bite and recharge with other caregivers! This is also a great time to learn about future opportunities coming your way in the West Orange/South Lake County area!

October 28
7 - 8:30pm EDT

The Backyard 2214 West Rd, Apopka, Fl

RSVP by emailing Terri at terri@thepearlproject.org