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Monday, April 4, 2011
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St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Asheville
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(parking and entrance on E. Chestnut St. at Merrimon Ave.)
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10 a.m. to noon
We are pleased to invite you and others from our area to meet with Rev. Susan Gregg-Schroeder (UMC—San Diego, CA), the founder of Mental Health Ministries (www.mentalhealthministries.net), to discuss the topic of mental illness and the importance of the spiritual journey in treatment and recovery, and the role of faith communities.
The agenda for the morning will include:
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Susan’s Story of Living with a Mental Illness
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Mental Illness as a Spiritual Journey
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How to Start a Caring Community
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Resources: Such as NAMI and NAMI FaithNet
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Question and Answer/Discussion
Susan will also supply each attendee with a resource packet.
Please RSVP to:
Bill Kinschner (bill@nhccf.com, 707-2938) or
Bonnie Kinschner (bkinschner@aol.com, 707-2937)
Rev. Gregg-Schroeder founded Mental Health Ministries to provide educational resources to help erase the stigma of mental illness in faith communities. As a person who has herself experienced serious depression, and as a member of the clergy, Susan brings the wisdom of her ongoing journey and struggle with mental illness to offer the recognition and importance of the spiritual journey in the recovery and healing of those with mental illness…and the need to build caring communities of faith for those with mental illness and the ones who love and care about them.