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Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat
Shepherd's Canyon Retreat Ministry offers week-long counseling retreats for men and women in ministry who are in the midst of various stages of burnout, stress, depression, and conflicts of all kinds.
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Doxology
Doxology provides a safe environment for clergy to reflect on their own spiritual and emotional health and assists them to review and enhance their professional competencies and skills as servants of Christ and stewards of God’s sacred mysteries.
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Mental health and pastoral ministry
Dr. Beverly Yahnke discusses common threats to church worker wellness, the high cost of burnout, and some organizations and agencies which specifically help pastor and other church workers in this area.
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From Depression to Appreciation: Helping Pastors Thrive
Did you know that approximately 50% of pastors have struggled with depression themselves at some point? This article from The Christian Post offers practical suggestions for pastors to best care for themselves and discusses ways congregation members can encourage and support their pastors in order to prevent depression and burnout.
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Twelve Ways Pastors Went from Burnout to Vision
12 practical tips for pastors and other church workers to help prevent burnout.
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Self-Compassion Will Make You a Better Leader
When times are tough and you’re faced with hard decisions, it’s easy to get paralyzed by self-doubt and fear. To move to clarity and action, leaders need self-compassion. Research shows that it increases your levels of emotional intelligence, resilience, integrity, and makes you more compassionate toward others, all of which improves your effectiveness as a leader. The authors offer several exercises for cultivating this skill, from short daily practices to tactics that help you shift your mindset.
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For Pastors Struggling with a Mental Health Issue
In ministry, our jobs are typically designed to help others. We are outwardly focused, pouring into others for the benefit of Christ. But what happens when the person in need of help is in our own family? What if the person struggling is actually our own self? This article from The Christian Post identifies some common barriers to church workers receiving help for their own mental health issues and ways to overcome them.
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Mental Health Toolkit from The Lutheran Foundation
Find a variety of resources - including litanies, hymns and praise songs, prayers, camera-ready graphics and sermons - to support your church's mental health ministry.
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Mental Health Sermon #3: Depression and the Brain
Addresses the topic of how to help a friend who has depression, and what it means to bear one another's burdens.
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Where Does Hope Begin: Message 1
Hear a personal testimony of a congregation member at Hope Community Church in Shawano, Wisconsin who lives with mental illness, learn how her church is responding, and listen to a sermon by the pastor on the topic of mental health and the Church (his sermon begins around minute 5:26 of the video recording after the personal testimony piece).
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Mental Health Sermon Sermon #1: Suicide and the Brain
Addresses mental illness as a disease of the brain that sometimes leads to suicide and how churches can respond in light of this perspective.