Hope for Minds & Hearts

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Hope, Knowledge, Prayer & Support

Our Mental Health Ministry recognizes mental health is a critical component of our overall health and wellbeing, this Ministry offers Christian fellowship to support individuals in our community impacted by mental health challenges.  The focus of this ministry is education and advocacy: providing literacy in mental health, encouraging conversations around mental illness, and creating a safe, caring environment supplemented with hope and prayers for individuals and families.

Small Group Opportunity:

The Anxiety Opportunity: Six-Week Study Starts Sept 25 - Details & Registration
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Annual Topic Outline & Schedule

Our Education Series is offered on the fourth Tuesday of each month in Room 158 at 7 pm - you are welcome to join anytime.  Remember, you are not alone.

2023
September 26 - Broken Men, in God's Image Jay Cobb MA, LMFT, LCMHC
October 24 - The Beauty of Anxiety Rev. Bill Roth Myers Park Methodist

2024
January 23 - Alcohol Use: Choice or Addiction, MUMC member and AA participant Carolyn Perlman and Ward Blanchard, founder and Chief Executive Officer for Blanchard Institute

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Annual Mental Health Symposiums

Watch the 3rd Annual Mental Health Focus from 2023 "Out of the Darkness & Into the Light" - forward video to marker 33:40 to view our Mental Health GodStory and Dr. Hale:
Watch the 2nd Annual Mental Health Symposium from 2022:
Watch the 2021 Mental Health Symposium:

Past Education Series Topics

Mental Health Overview: What do you think Christ would say about Mental Health challenges?
Healthy Boundaries: What do boundaries have to do with Mental Health?
Stigma & Shame
Bipolar
Anxiety
Power of Empathetic Listening
Healing Addictions: Yours & Mine with Janet Dagenhart
Eating Disorders - Dr. Greer Mitchell from Hopeway
Trauma & PTSD - King Jones from Carolina Family and Maternal Counseling
Supporting Your Loved One's Mental Health - Christopher Weedom - NAMI
Understanding Adolescent Mental Health" with Brittany Collins, Therapist, Queen City Counseling
"Depression - Out of the Darkness and Into the Light" - Worship & Luncheon Guest Speaker Dr. Daniel Hale
It's OK to Talk: Mental Health in Our Community, Kevin Markle, Mental Health America
Mental Health Issues in Children Ian Murray M.ED, LCMHC

Please call the Church Office at 704-847-6261 to learn more.