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Category Archives: Mental Health
Key Ministry to be featured Tuesday night on Cleveland radio…
They’ll be discussing the topic: Welcoming Families of Kids With Mental Illness at Church. Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, Advocacy, Autism, Families, Hidden Disabilities, Inclusion, Key Ministry, Mental Health, Strategies
Tagged children's ministry, church, Disability Ministry, Dr. Cara Daily, Inclusion, Key Ministry, mental illness, Stephen Grcevich MD, student ministry, WHKW 1220 AM, Wonderfully Made
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What do we know about gender non-conforming kids?
We know that most kids with gender non-conformity become comfortable with their biological sex as they progress through childhood. For those who continue to experience significant gender discordance as adolescents, far too many will have experienced trauma, mental illness, social isolation, self-injury and suicidal thoughts. Continue reading
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree…ADHD in families
When kids have ADHD, we’re often relying upon parents who themselves have difficulty setting priorities, following through on tasks and maintaining focus to be their primary faith trainers. Continue reading
Mobilize the people…
Most of your attendees will know at least one person impacted by mental illness lacking a meaningful connection to a local church. Empowering them to be the “hands and feet of Jesus” can have a powerful impact in your local community. Continue reading
Online community…component of a mental health inclusion strategy?
We’re convinced that online ministry offers the potential for contributing to an effective mental health ministry strategy where very few strategies exist. Here’s why… Continue reading
Promoting mental health inclusion at church? Respond to the family’s most immediate needs
If we’re to have an impact as the hands and feet of Jesus to those who are outside the church, we first have to get better at addressing the practical needs of families impacted by mental illness who are already part of the church or those who have some connection to the church. Continue reading
Psych meds don’t turn kids into mass murderers
Charleston isn’t about a mental health problem…it’s about an problem with evil. Evil may have won the battle on Wednesday but the Bible is very clear that evil will not win the war. Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Controversies, Key Ministry, Mental Health
Tagged ADHD, anxiety disorders, Charleston Shooting, children's ministry, Christianity, Depression, Disability Ministry, evil, Mass Murder, medication, mental illness, psych meds, schizophrenia, Stephen Grcevich MD, student ministry
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#CharlestonShooting… Evil or mental illness?
What mental illness does is that it makes it harder for some to continue to hide from the world the evil that exists within their hearts. Continue reading
Mitzi VanCleve…Help My Unbelief: “Religious OCD”
John Bunyan in describing how this form of OCD impacted him said: “Of all the temptations that ever I met with in my life, to question the being of God, and the truth of His gospel, is the worst, and the worst to be borne; when this temptation comes, it takes away my girdle from me, and removeth the foundation from under me.” Continue reading
The front door of your church…
Websites increasingly serve as the front door to our churches…a tool for introducing the church to first-time visitors and a strategy for communicating information about ministry opportunities and events to a population more likely to attend to their smartphones and tablets than to a traditional church bulletin. Continue reading
Posted in Hidden Disabilities, Inclusion, Key Ministry, Mental Health, Strategies
Tagged Amy Simpson, anxiety, church, church websites, Disability Ministry, Facebook, Inclusion, inclusion concierge, Instagram, Jolene Philo, Mental Health Grace Alliance, mental illness, Rhett Smith, social media, The Village Church, Twitte
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