S1E13 - The Church and mental illness; creating safe communities
This week J.R. and Doug talk about ghosting aka people leaving your community poorly. We look at the hard reality of leaving and we talk about healthy ways to do so and how to have the conversation, We also are attaching a litany of farewell in the show notes. Check out the episode to hear all about it. J.R. and Doug have a second conversation with Dave Eckert about creating safe culture in our churches for people with mental illness. There are a ton of helpful tips in here for pastors to have a better understanding on what resources are out there for our churches to access. Take a look and check out the resources below.
Resources:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1.800.273.8255
Montgomery County, PA Mobile Crisis Program (Access Services): 855.634.4673
QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) / www.qprinstitute.com
ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) / www.livingworks.net
Giving and Taking Help by Alan Keith-Lucas
A Litany Of Farewell
Good Christian people, I bid you now pray for the saving presence of our Living Lord:
In this world
He is risen
In this city
He is risen
In this community
He is risen
In the hearts of all faithful people
He is risen
But especially I bid you pray and give thanks now for __________ who is leaving our midst:
For expectations not met
Lord, have mercy
For grievances not resolved
Lord, have mercy
For wounds not healed
Lord, have mercy
For anger not dissolved
Lord, have mercy
For gifts not given
Lord, have mercy
For promises not kept
Lord, have mercy
And also, for this portion of our pilgrimage in this place:
Thanks be to God
For friendships made, celebration enjoyed and for moments of nurture
Thanks be to God
For wounds healed, expectations met, gifts given, promises kept
Thanks be to God
For bread and wine, body and blood
Thanks be to God
For all the thoughtful, little, unheralded things done to make the day nice for someone
Thanks be to God
And so, to establish a home in another place with other members of the family of Christ
Go in peace
To continue the journey with new friends and new adventures, new gifts to give and to receive
Go in peace
To offer wisdom and experience, competence and compassion, in the vocation to which you are called
Go in peace
With whatever fears, whatever sadness, whatever excitement may be yours
Go in peace
With our faith in you, our hope in you, and our love of you
Go in peace
The Lord watch between us while we are absent one from another in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Go in peace
The great give away, J.R. is giving away 25 copies of his book, Fail: Finding Hope and Grace in the Midst of Ministry Failure to the first 25 people who write a review on our itunes page. To get a free copy of J.R.’s book, all you need to do is write a review, and then email Jane@Kairospartnerships.org your address and we will get it out to you. There is 1 left!!!!
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