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One way to reduce stigma and isolation by breaking the silence!

May 14, 2018 By Rev. Alan Johnson

“While I kept silence, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long.” Ps. 32:3 I am convinced that offering a spiritual support for mental health in our congregations is one of the essential components of a mental health ministry.  I believe this is true because one the major hurdles that we all experience […]

Filed Under: Community, Stigma Tagged With: Mental Health Network, Spiritual Support Group, Stigma, UCC, United Church of Christ

The Power of Spiritual Support Groups

July 31, 2017 By mhn-ucc

For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you.Isaiah 54:7 written anonymously One of my son’s has OCD.  It’s not the kind that people who keep their kitchen cabinets organized say they have – but the kind that sometimes makes it impossible for him to get out of the […]

Filed Under: Community, Support Tagged With: Bipolar, Mental Health Network, OCD, Spiritual Support Group, UCC, United Church of Christ

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