NAMI and Communities of Faith Links
I. NAMI National Homepage
Ministry, Mental Illness, and Communities of Faith--Article
II. NAMI-IN
Mental Health Ministry Resources:
FaithCEP (Faith Communities Education Project) of NAMI Indianapolis (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) in cooperation with The Indianapolis Center for Congregations and the Alban Institute
This site provides a list of over 60 books, videos, and curricula --
For Faith Communities (congregations and clergy)
For Pastoral Caregivers
For the General Public
It also provides a list of and links to many mental health/illness-related organizations,
including denominational and inter-faith links.
ky.nami.org/
V. NAMI-AZ
az.nami.org/,
The state organization is actively involving a "faith community" strategy for their Walk
effort. Contact Adrienne Pagel, a1pagel@hotmail.com, for details on how they are
working together. The state site lists the following brochure, “When Mental Illness
Strikes In A Family of Faith”, in their online list of available brochures.
They are involved significantly with the LDS community.
Vicki Cottrell, the state ED, leads this effort.
She can be reached at vicki@namiut.org
Linda Jensen of NE has been involved with a broad faith community in addressing community service needs. She can be reached at ljensen@unmc.edu
VIII. Faith Ways NAMI-MN
IX. NAMI-Memphis
They have made a place on their website for "Faith Communities".
Communities of Faith
I. United Methodist Church Mental Illness Network
This mental health resources page of the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society describes their legislative advocacy, the work of the UM Mental Illness Network, and information and links to their "Caring Community Program" and "Awareness" resources.
II. Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church
They maintain a page of mental illness resources including the UMC resolution on Caring communities. Their mental illness work comes under their Church and Society work team. cswt.ppjr.org/
III. Baltimore Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church
Committee on Persons with Disabilities has a Subcommittee on Ministry with Persons with Mental Illness and their Families.
IV. Northwest Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church
They have a Mental Health Task Force, which has further described characteristics of Caring Communities.
V. In the California-Pacific Conference of the United Methodist Church
UM Mental Illness Network member Susan Gregg-Schroeder (sgschroed@cox.net) has created an ecumenical organization called Mental Health Ministries
Rev. Susan Gregg-Schroeder was given the 2003 Clergy Person of the Year Award by NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill). She wrote In The Shadow of Gods Wing: Grace in the Midst of Depression and a group study guide. Her article, “The Face of Depression.” was published in The Circuit Rider. It is available on her web page www.MentalHealthMinistries.net
VI. Holston Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church
They now have two printable brochures one on Caring Congregations and another on Resources for Caring Congregations. That website address is through the Outreach and Advocacy. Coming soon will be another printable brochure "Guidelines for Clergy working with Persons with a Mental Illness and their Families" Committee at holstonconference.com/oa/
Their mental illness page provides advice and referral resources.
humancare.lcms.org/hm/mentalillness.htm
VIII. The Episcopal Mental Illness Network
It now has its own website and is mentioned in an article by the Anglican Church of Canada entitled, Welcoming special needs people to church
IX. Presbyterian Serious Mental Illness Network.
Network Chair Christopher L. Smith, M. Div. also serves as Consultant in mental
health with the Office of Health Ministries (UDSA) of the Presbyterian Church (USA). "Through these roles and his work as a pastoral counselor in a community mental health center in northeastern Indiana, Christopher has worked with a number of congregations as well as individuals who have felt disconnected from their church. Christopher has bipolar disorder and has had a diversity of experiences related to this in the church. In 1999 Presbyterians passed a comprehensive resolution entitled Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (Including Serious Mental Illnesses) and Disability Prevention.
horeb.pcusa.org/ga211/health/advocacy.htm
X. United Church of Christ.
The Mental Illness Network within the UCC offers resources for understanding and
support of people who are mentally ill. "The Mental Illness Network began in 1992
with a grant from the American Missionary Association of the Board of Homeland
Ministries (AMA/BHM), United Church of Christ, as a response to the need for
families and others to communicate among themselves about their experiences as
families, and in congregations. We are, therefore, a network and not a committee.
Site contains pages for reading and resources . A resolution before the General
Convention addresses several key mental illness issues, "Calling the People of God
to Justice for Persons with Serious Mental Illnesses (Brain Disorder)" is available
for download with all the other "Resolutions of the 1999 General Synod in
a .pdf file.
(Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) resources for mental health on Web Page:
www.mhsource.com/hy/journal.html
"Wounded Heroes " Clergy suffer from depression more than twice as much as the general population
XVI. Walking Through the Valley: Understanding and Emerging from Clergy Depression
XVII. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: Clergy Health.
XVIII. “DEAR CHURCH! WE QUIT! Marriage and Ministry Depression”
by Dr. Paddy Ducklow mywebpage.netscape.com/DrCrowe2/Page2b.html
XIX. “The Face of Depression.” by Rev. Susan Gregg-Schroeder
Interdenominational and Interfaith.
I. Pathways to Promise: Ministry and Mental Illness.
An interfaith non-profit organization that assists the faith community in responding to people who have a mental illness and their families. Sixteen faith groups and three mental health organizations constitute the organizational membership of P2P. Pathways to Promise offers liturgical and educational materials to promote a caring ministry with people with mental illness and their families
II. Virginia Interfaith Committee on Mental Illness Ministries (VICOMIM)
(Click on Ministries.) Starting as the Mental Illness Committee of the Virginia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, this Committee now has participation from a broad range of faith communities.
Mental Health Ministries is an ecumenical, interfaith outreach through the California-Pacific Conference of the United Methodist Church. Rev. Susan Gregg-Schroeder is the coordinator of Mental Health Ministries. The mission is to educate faith leaders and lay persons for the purpose of decreasing the stigma associated with mental illnesses in our faith communities. Mental Health Ministries has created 10 high quality videos with discussion guides on a variety of mental health issues. Two of them, “Creating Caring Congregations” and “Mental Illness and Families of Faith” where awarded a Telly Award for excellence.Rev. Susan Gregg-Schroeder was given the 2003 Clergy Person of the Year Award by NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill). She shares her personal journey with depression in her book, In The Shadow of God's Wings :Grace in the Midst of Depression and an accompanying, Group Study Guide available from The Upper Room at 1-800-972-0433. She has several articles on her website including “The Face of Depression” published in The Circuit Rider. The website is www.MentalHealthMinistries.net and Susan can be reached at sgschroed@cox.net.
IV. Christian Council on Persons with Disabilities (CCPD)
V. Health Ministries Association, Inc.
VII. Organization for Attempters and Survivors of Suicide in Interfaith Services (OASSIS)
VIII. www.seracomm.com/
This video resource company makes its mission clear: "The creative use of media for the development of faith." In addition to A Place To Come Back To and Nobody Knows, other mental health-related videos are offered.
Articles for local communities of faith.
I. Ministry with a mental health consumer and family.
mywebpage.netscape.com/DrCrowe2/Page9b.html
II. The Churchs Ministry to Families of the Mentally Ill .
mywebpage.netscape.com/DrCrowe2/Page9d.html
Examples of what individual members of faith based communities can do in advocating.
I. Resolution on the Church's ministry to the mentally ill and their families .
mywebpage.netscape.com/DrCrowe2/Page17b.html
II. Mental Illness Awareness Resolution
Scroll down to the 5th resolution.
III. Petition for a Conference Coordinator of Mental Health Ministries
Scroll down to the 6th resolution.
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