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Hope's Nest
Santa Ana, CA
If you were to venture into Room 505B of our church’s fellowship hall at noon on the first Sunday of the month, you would find a congenial group helping themselves to refreshments placed attractively on a table at the corner of the room. You would see that both new and regular attendees were met with a smile and often a hug as well... (click here to read more)
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Bright Tomorrows
Tulsa, OK
We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization located in Tulsa, Oklahoma composed of clergy, mental health professionals, individuals with mental health concerns and their family members... (click here to read more)
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Church Collaborates with NAMI to Take on Mental Illness
Cleveland, OH
A good example of how a congregation responded to a need and collaborated with NAMI of Greater Cleveland is Avon Lake United Church of Christ. Last summer, Rev. Kelly Brill officiated at the funerals of five suicide victims... (click here to read more)
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Welcome Door Foundation - Outreach to Homeless Persons
San Diego, CA
Pacific Beach United Methodist Church remembers that when Jesus' disciples came to him and said, "Dismiss the crowds, they¹ll be getting hungry," Jesus said, "They don¹t need to go away, YOU give them something to eat." (Matthew 14:13-21) (click here to read more)
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The Living Room
Burnaby, British Columbia
Christians living with mental illness have few places where they can
be truly open about themselves. At secular support groups they can’t comfortably
talk about the importance of God in their lives. At church groups they fear they will be
judged if they talk about their mental illness. Sometimes they fear their condition will
be considered a spiritual rather than medical problem. (click
here to read more)
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Mental Health Matters
Alameda County, CA
Rev.
Barbara Meyers, a community minister at Mission Peak Unitarian
Universalist Congregation in Fremont, California, produces a monthly public access television
show ‘Mental Health Matters – Alameda
County”, a program that explores mental health issues. (click here to read more)
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Forum
for
a
Better Understanding
Fresno,
CA
Fresno
is
a
mostly
farming
community
in
the
central
valley of
California
with
an
alarming
rate
of
suicide.
The NAMI
president
organized
a
conference
to
educate
about
mental illness
when
she
experienced
no
support
in
her
synagogue
for
her
adult
son with
schizophrenia.
She
invited
faith
leaders
AND
persons
from
the
County
of
Fresno
to begin
a
dialogue... (click
here
to
read more)
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National
Day of Prayer for Mental
Illness
Recovery and
Understanding
Prayer Service
Waynesville,
NC
NAMI
Haywood
is
a
recently
organized
affiliate
of
NAMINC
in
Waynesville,
NC.
We serve
the rural
mountain
counties
of
Haywood
and Jackson
in
Western
North
Carolina. We
have
struggled
for
the
past
few
months
to
work
through
many administrative
tasks, provide
a "Family
to
Family" class
and
working
together
with
a
partnership
of
a
neighboring
affiliate
to make
CIT "Crisis
Intervention
Training" available
to
various
local
law
enforcement
agencies. (click
here
to
read
more)
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Galilee Advocates
Virginia Beach, VA
During the 1980s,there was a Religious Outreach Network that met at the NAMI National Convention each year. There was much enthusiasm and encouragement for members to return to their localities and reach out to faith communities. . . to promote education about serious mental illnesses and to increase understanding and support for people with mental illness and their families. (click here to read more)
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NAMI Developing Ministries
San Antonio, TX
The Faithbased Mental Health Ministry Initiative of Bexar County/San Antonio, Texas, developed a one-day training with an eye toward strengthening the safety net for people with mental illness and their families. (click here to read more)
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