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WISE and Beyond

January 7, 2019 By Rev. Lisa LeSueur

This month, Coral Gables Congregational UCC (CGCUCC) marks the end of the first year since the congregation voted to become a Welcoming, Inclusive, Supportive and Engaged (W.I.S.E.) church. Following the 10-step process to declare ourselves W.I.S.E. was just the beginning of what has become a dynamic and life-giving mental health ministry of the church. The […]

Filed Under: Community, Support Tagged With: Mental Health First Aid, Mental Health Network, UCC, United Church of Christ, WISE Congregations

The Worst Thing and
the Best Thing

June 11, 2018 By Bob Griggs

This is my first post on our United Church of Christ Mental Health Network blog.  I am honored to be part of the group writing for this blog.  I believe that my own experience with mental illness and recovery– my diagnosis is major depression and anxiety disorder – will allow me to make a contribution […]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Depression, Recovery Tagged With: Anxiety, depression, Mental Health First Aid, Stigma, UCC, United Church of Christ

Becoming Ill, Becoming Well

June 4, 2018 By Craig Rennebohm

Alfred North Whitehead images the spirit moving through the “interstices of the brain.” The brain is far from a solid thing. Beneath the skull are hundreds of billions of cells in a rich sea of chemical soup. Cells range from simple in composition and shape to highly complex in form and function. No cell actually […]

Filed Under: Mental Health Tagged With: holy spirit, Mental Health First Aid, science, UCC, United Church of Christ

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