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5 ways you can minister to a family with a failed adoption
But while the child isn’t lost to this world, he or she is lost to the family. Their grief is real. The dreams they had for the child need to be laid to rest. Give them permission to mourn those losses. Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Families
Tagged Adoption, church, Disability Ministry, failed adoption, grief, ministry, Shannon Dingle, support
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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
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
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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What parents are most afraid to hear…
There may be parents who are trying their best visiting your church with kids who have bad genes, kids who experienced trauma or abuse, or kids who haven’t yet developed the skills to effectively self-regulate their emotions and behavior. How do we welcome them and share with them the unconditional love Christ has for them? How do we as the church best communicate so we build the relationships necessary to cast influence in their family? Continue reading
How would your church respond to Caitlyn Jenner?
My friend was very pleased that the stuff going on in his new church was compelling enough to draw this person into what was likely a very uncomfortable situation for someone of his appearance, but was more pleased by the way the people of his church welcomed him, accepted him into the congregation and treated him with respect. Continue reading
Joe Padilla…5 Steps to the Rise of Mental Health Support in the Church
Mental health community support in the church is on the rise and this changes the whole game! As we see more and more influential church leaders share their personal or family experience, the conversation is beginning to take shape in the church. We’re beginning to see a turning of the tide. Continue reading
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