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Preaching Hope in the Darkness: Help for Pastors in Addressing Suicide from the Pulpit
How can a preacher best address suicide from the pulpit? This book provides wise advice on a range of topics, including suicide prevention, funeral sermon preparation, and post-crisis care.
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Sermon Starters Shared by Christians and Jews
Scripture ideas with short commentaries about Biblical characters in their most discouraging times and how they eventually found a path toward a fruitful and productive life with God.
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A Mental Health Sermon, by Rev. Gabe Kasper
Being vulnerable to admit you have depression is difficult enough, but it is often more difficult when you are a pastor. Rev. Gabe Kasper, LCMS pastor in Ann Arbor, MI, shares his personal story of depression and offers a sermon on mental illness pointing us to the hope we have in Christ.
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Christian Litanies Addressing the Issue of Suicide
Christian litanies addressing suicide, from Action Alliance.
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How to Lament
Easy-to-use resource that helps you cry out to God when you are in pain. Also available in Spanish.
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Widen the Welcome Bulletin Insert
5 simple things your congregation can do to make people with mental illness feel welcome in your church. From the UCC.
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Free Mental Health Bulletin Inserts
This webpage from The Center for Faith and Community Health Transformation, Advocate Aurora Health, contains a variety of bulletin inserts on mental wellness related topics that can be added to your congregation’s bulletins and newsletters.
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Suicide Prevention Communication Aids
These resources will help you communicate with your members about the Faith.Hope.Life.campaign. They may be used without permission, either in their current form, or as you choose to modify them to suit the culture, language, and customs of your particular faith community. These materials conform to Faith.Hope.Life. editorial guidelines; however, the theological or spiritual perspective of each is that of the contributor or the author and not necessarily that of the Action Alliance or the Faith Communities Task Force.
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Gospel Relief for the Despairing: Speaking Christian Comfort to the Depressed and Suicidal
This downloadable resource contains practical advice in sections 1 and 2 for pastors and other church workers who counsel congregation members experiencing despair. Section 3 contains a Bible study that can be used in one-on-one counseling with individuals. The Bible study could also be adapted for use in a small group Bible study setting.
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Grace for the Afflicted Discussion Guide
This discussion guide can be used as a Bible study that will help individuals and churches not just broaden their perspective about mental health, but USE their perspective to help themselves and others. It is intended to be used alongside the book Grace for the Afflicted.
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Let’s Talk! Breaking the Silence around Mental Illness in Our Communities of Faith
Let this study be the beginning of opening up to one another in a safe environment about mental health issues.
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Preaching on Mental Health
Read about Rev. Shane Moore's experience introducing mental health to his congregation.