Mental Health Ministry
Hope, Knowledge, Prayer & Support
Connecting with Your Roots: Succulent Potting
July 25, 10-11:30 am, limited to first 12 registrants
Join in as we observe the adaptability of succulents and discuss the importance of healthy soil and growing conditions as well as the parallels to our own mental health. We will create a pot of succulents while exploring the plants' abilities to find what they need through their unique root structure, and ways that participants can seek out healthy resources in their own lives. Participants will leave with their own plants to care for at home. Register Here, Cost: $30.
NAMI Family Support Groups
Third Wednesdays each month, at 6:30 pm in Room 152
This free support group is for any adult who has someone in their life with a mental health condition. It can be very challenging to "care" for someone with a mental illness; sharing these challenges with others who are experiencing the same issues can help you gain knowledge and hope.
Register here - Please select Family Support Group at Matthews on the right side after you complete the form with your name, email & phone. Groups led by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), an organization that informs and supports people who have loved ones with a mental health condition.
Monthly Focus
Mindfulness & Holy Presence
In a world that demands our constant attention, mindfulness helps us stay grounded in the present moment, reducing "racing thoughts" and improving emotional regulation. It is a modern practice with deep roots in our tradition of contemplative prayer and being still before God.
Resource: NAMI: Faith and Spirituality Resources
Family & Caregiver Mental Health Support Groups
Mental Health Resources
- Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology and How You Can Heal - By Donna Jackson Nakazawa
- Grace for Afflicted - By Matthew S. Stanford
- Out of the Darkness and Into The Light - By Daniel Hale, Ph. D.
- Resurrecting the Person: Friendship and the Care of People with Mental Health Problems - By John Swinton
- The Deepest Well - By Nadine Burke Harris, M.D.
- Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and the Church's Mission - By Amy Simpson
- What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing - By Bruce Perry, M.D., Ph. D. and Oprah Winfrey
- The Noonday Demon: An Atlas Of Depression - By Andrew Solomon
- The Body Keeps The Score - By Bessel Van der Kolk
- Darkness is my Only Companion: A Christian Response to Mental Illness - By Kathryn Greene McCreight
Mental Health Symposiums
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
- Broken Men, in God's Image Jay Cobb MA, LMFT, LCMHC
- The Beauty of Anxiety Rev. Bill Roth Myers Park Methodist
- Anxious Nation Documentary Viewing & Panel Discussion with Megan Yaho, M.ED, LCMHC & Ian Murray, M.ED, LCMHC, Southeast Psych
To find out more, please contact Kim Layton at 704-815-1913.
