Elaina sits down and talks with Lisa Jamieson from Walk Right In Ministries about family caregivers, the holidays, and ways the church can better support them.
The training, content, gatherings and experiences that we’ve created for pastors, church staff and ministry volunteers produced with the assistance of like-minded colleagues serving in disability ministry have become our principal service. So much of what we’re able do to help churches welcome and support families, we accomplish by bringing together experts from other ministry organizations.
November is Caregiver Awareness Month. As someone who became one of my dad’s caregivers before I started school, I grew up thinking everyone in the world was aware of caregivers and caregiving. As a young adult my husband and I cared for a son born with a life-threatening medical condition, and his typical sibling. As members of the sandwich generation, my brother, sister, and I cared for our mother for 15 years after she was diagnosed with dementia. This explains why, when I first heard that November is Caregiver Awareness Month, I was incredulous, and I still am.
In this episode, Lauren Hickman shares her personal journey and calling to disability ministry, describing how God has guided her every step of the way to serve families impacted by disability.
In today’s episode, Sandra talks about the challenges small to normative-sized churches face in disability ministry and shares how the churches she’s been a part of have overcome these challenges.
If you’re able to join us in person, registration is still open. If you’d like to join us at Mental Health and the Church for the free livestream, go to Key Ministry’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@KeyMinistryOfficial
In today’s podcast, Dr. Adam Wilson from Denver Seminary joins Catherine Boyle to share about the work he and others within the seminary have done around mental health support within Christian schools. Dr. Wilson believes that mental health is everybody’s job, whether you are a parent, teacher, ministry leader, or friend. Take a listen and read the transcript of this insightful conversation.
Key Ministry’s first Mental Health and the Church conference is September 26 - 27, 2024. In Part 1 of this series, we learned about one group of conference speakers who have expertise in and will present on approaches and resources that have been tailored to meet relationship and discipleship needs, all related to mental health. Today's group of speakers are all experts in one important topic: trauma healing. Learn more about each of them and the unique strategies, resources and approaches each bring to MHATC2024.
As we’re gearing up for Key Ministry’s first Mental Health and the Church conference, it’s natural to wonder about the difference between DATC and MHATC, and why we felt the need to host a second event this year. Today, we start a blog series introducing you to select MHATC speakers who have expertise in and will present on approaches and resources that have been tailored to meet relationship and discipleship needs, all related to mental health.
