Mental
Health Ministries
e-Spotlight
- January
2009
NEW
YEAR,
NEW
RESOURCE!
 MENTAL
ILLNESS
AND FAMILIES
OF FAITH:
HOW
CONGREGATIONS
CAN RESPOND
Mental
Illness
and Families
of Faith:
How Congregations
Can Respond is
a two DVD
set to
help educate
faith communities
about various
mental
health issues. One
in four
families
sitting
in our pews
has a family
member dealing
with a mental
illness. Yet
many are
suffering
in silence. Through
education,
we can erase
the stigma
associated
with these "no
fault" illnesses
and provide
congregations
with examples
of how
they can
become
supportive
and caring
communities
for individuals
and families
affected
by mental
illness.
These
eight shows
cover a variety
of mental
health issues. Professionals
provide important
information
about each
illness. But
mostly you
will hear
from real
people who
live with
these brain
disorders. Each
segment presents
an issue related
to the experience
of mental
illness, puts
a face to
the issue
and offers
a message
of hope. The
shows are
short enough
to be used
in a variety
of settings
including
classes and
small groups. Each
segment has
a discussion
guide with
background
information,
questions
for discussion
and where
to find additional
resources.
LIST
OF SHOWS
Disc
1
Coming
Out of the
Dark (Interfaith
Introduction,
(Length: 53
seconds)
Mental
Illness in
Different
Age Groups
(Length: 17:39
minutes)
Mental
Illness and
Families of
Faith (Length:
20:50 minutes)
Understanding
Depression
(Length: 16:31
minutes)
Overcoming
Stigma: Finding
Hope (Length:
13:13 minutes)
Disc
2
Addiction
and Depression
(Length:
16:42 minutes)
Anxiety:
Overcoming
the Fear
(Length: 18:49
minutes)
Teenage
Depression
and Suicide
(Length: 14:39
minutes)
Eating
Disorders:
Wasting Away
(Length: 12:58
minutes)
Creating
Caring Congregations
(Length:
10:39 minutes)
This
2 DVD set
is closed
captioned.
The
price is $49.95
with $6.00
shipping. It
can be ordered
on our website or you can
write a check
to Mental
Health Ministries
and send it
to the address
below.
SALE!!!
We
are phasing
out our VHS
resources in
preparation
for an exciting
new resource
for 2009! All VHS
resources have
been marked
down to $10
while supplies
last. Ordering
on line
will reflect
the sale
price.
The
price on
our three
DVDs, Creating
Caring Congregations, Mental
Health Mission
Moments and Breaking
the Silence:
Postpartum
Depression
and Families
of Faith,
has been
reduced
to $19.95.
For
quantity orders
of any of
our DVD or
VHS resources,
contact Susan
for a reduced
rate.
SNIPPETS
FROM
SUSAN
 The
Parable
of the
Single
Sock
I
read
the story
of a
well-known
senator
who was
riding
a new
excursion
boat
up the
Potomac
River. It
was a warm
day, and the
senator had
removed his
shoes and
socks and
settled back
in a deck
chair to wiggle
his toes. His
socks hung
on the railing
in front
of him.
One
of the many
columnists
aboard the
boat observed
that someone
running along
the deck inadvertently
brushed against
one of the
socks. It
fell over
the railing
and was swallowed
up by the
churning river. The
columnist
watched to
see what followed
next. The
senator, seeing
what had happened,
calmly went
over to the
railing. He
picked up
the remaining
sock and tossed
it overboard.
I
thought about
how I would
have been
tempted to
take the one
remaining
sock home
and put it
in my drawer
with all the
other single
socks. Even
though I would
never retrieve
the mate,
it is difficult
for many of
us to throw
away a perfectly
good sock. And
so our lives
become full
of single
socks...things
that have
no use to
us except
to clutter
up our lives.
As
we begin this
new year,
maybe it is
time to go
through some
of the drawers
in our lives...to
clean out
all the things
that serve
no purpose...to
get down to
some simple
basics. It
takes courage
to be move
forward, and
that may mean
throwing out
our single
socks, simplifying
our lives
and doing
less of those
things that
ultimately
help no one. Then
we can chose
those things
in our lives
that have
meaning and
purpose, and
pursue them
with gusto.
Wishing
you
all
a
blessed
New
Year,
Rev. Susan Gregg-Schroeder
Coordinator of Mental Health Ministries
6707 Monte Verde Dr.
San Diego, CA 92119
www.MentalHealthMinistries.net
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