The Fellowship of Christian Counselors will continue to hold it's meetings on Fridays at Taylor University in the Gerig Student Center. We gather for breakfast and fellowship at 7:15 am and begin our meeting at 7:45 am with a short business meeting and sharing time...followed by our program at 8 am.
Our December schedule has changed ... by popular request the excellent program given by Mike Cook on November 11th has been extended to our December meeting to include a ceu ...
Dec. 9 "Brain Function and the Flesh" part 2 ... by Dr. Mike Cook
also please note the following important info ...membership applications are due by January 1 ... this is necessary in order to receive a ceu ... you are welcome to submit your application and payment at our 12/9 meeting ..... see below for access to copy of application ....
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Fellowship of Christian Counselors -- Membership 2006
It will soon be time again for renewing your annual membership in the Fellowship of Christian Counselors. We hope that you have enjoyed your membership so far. Some of the benefits have included:
*Fellowship and prayer with colleagues of faith
*Continuing education and training
*Directory of FCC members
*The Website (to include more downloadable information in the coming months): http://www.fellowshipofchristiancounselors.com
In addition to continuing the above benefits, there are some exciting future opportunities in our organization:
*Conference planning for March 2007: Dr. Siang Yan Tan will be coming from California
*Pursuing not-for-profit status, with the generous support of Love In Deed
*Elections for Board of Director positions: Treasurer and Member at Large (2 year positions) will take place 12/5/05 [note: if you're interested in nominating yourself or others, please caontact Stephen King as soon as possible -- fellowshipofchristiancounselors3@msn.com
*Continued development of the Webpage
*Intercessory prayer for members via e-mail list
For more information on FCC, the attachment includes the Mission, the Officers, and Statement of Faith. Membership is for the calendar year 2006, and is $25 for professionals and $10 for full-time students (see attached for more details).
A membership application form is attached also; please complete (as specified on the form) and send with your dues to: Fellowship of Christian Counselors, c/o Dr. Mike Cook, Taylor University -- Fort Wayne, 1025 Rudisill, Fort Wayne, IN 46807. Please send dues by January 1, 2006. Checks are to be made payable to: Fellowship of Christian Counselors.
We are very grateful for your membershp, and look forward to continuing our relationship with you.
Stephen King, President
Gret Machlan, Vice President
Sandy Hildebrand, Secretary
Mike Cook, Treasurer
Denny Howard, Member at Large
Attachments:
Membership Application
Welcome Information
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*Fellowship and prayer with colleagues of faith
*Continuing education and training
*Directory of FCC members
*The Website (to include more downloadable information in the coming months): http://www.fellowshipofchristiancounselors.com
In addition to continuing the above benefits, there are some exciting future opportunities in our organization:
*Conference planning for March 2007: Dr. Siang Yan Tan will be coming from California
*Pursuing not-for-profit status, with the generous support of Love In Deed
*Elections for Board of Director positions: Treasurer and Member at Large (2 year positions) will take place 12/5/05 [note: if you're interested in nominating yourself or others, please caontact Stephen King as soon as possible -- fellowshipofchristiancounselors3@msn.com
*Continued development of the Webpage
*Intercessory prayer for members via e-mail list
For more information on FCC, the attachment includes the Mission, the Officers, and Statement of Faith. Membership is for the calendar year 2006, and is $25 for professionals and $10 for full-time students (see attached for more details).
A membership application form is attached also; please complete (as specified on the form) and send with your dues to: Fellowship of Christian Counselors, c/o Dr. Mike Cook, Taylor University -- Fort Wayne, 1025 Rudisill, Fort Wayne, IN 46807. Please send dues by January 1, 2006. Checks are to be made payable to: Fellowship of Christian Counselors.
We are very grateful for your membershp, and look forward to continuing our relationship with you.
Stephen King, President
Gret Machlan, Vice President
Sandy Hildebrand, Secretary
Mike Cook, Treasurer
Denny Howard, Member at Large
Attachments:
Membership Application
Welcome Information
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday, November 19, 2005
New ABC TV Documentary on Mental Illness
SHADOW VOICES: FINDING HOPE IN MENTAL ILLNESS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Stigma, recovery and hope: San Diego minister in mental illness documentary on ABC-TV
HARRISONBURG, VA. (Mennonite Media) – Susan Gregg-Schroeder of San Diego, an ordained United Methodist minister, will appear in a documentary, Shadow Voices: Finding Hope in Mental Illness airing Dec. 4 through Feb. 4 at the discretion of local ABC stations (check listings at www.shadowvoices.com).
Gregg-Schroeder founded an organization called Mental Health Ministries which operates in conjunction with the California Pacific Conference of the United Methodist Church. She educates people in faith communities on mental health issues.
Rosalynn Carter, former first lady of the U.S. and longtime advocate on mental illness issues, and Dr. David Satcher, former surgeon general of the U.S., headline the program which includes: a brief historical look at the treatment of mental illness in this country; the stigma and isolation still experienced today; the use of prisons as defacto mental institutions; health insurance issues; today’s focus on recovery and rehabilitation, and responses of faith communities.
Gregg-Schroeder, who kept her depression secret for two years, eventually broke silence and says, “If you look out on a congregation on a Sunday morning, one in four families has a member struggling with a mental illness. That is something unfortunately that most of our churches do not address. Many of our parishioners are struggling in silence.”
Persons talking about their journeys with mental illness in addition to Gregg-Schroeder include:
Lyn Legere, who at one time self-medicated on heroin and alcohol, has lived for almost 50 years with mental illness. She recently earned her master’s degree at Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences of Boston University, and also works as a consultant on new Medicare prescription drug program.
Jerome Lawrence, Atlanta, Ga., struggles with schizophrenia, but through medication and hard work functions independently. He creates watercolor paintings and works for a mental health advocacy organization.
Kari Broadway, Rock Valley, Iowa, is studying in a pre-med program and receives regular treatment for depression, hoping that this time she won’t have to drop out of school because of illness.
Ramiro (Ray) Guevara, formerly head of the “In Our Own Voice” program for National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) which encourages persons with mental illness to speak out and tell their stories, notes in the program, “Sharing my story almost normalized it. After awhile I said, ‘I don’t have a problem with having a mental illness. If you have a problem with that, I’m sorry, but I’m okay.’”
Additional experts in the documentary working in the field of mental health or advocacy include:
· Dr. Joyce Burland, Arlington, Va., director of educational programs for NAMI.
· Dr. Erik Roskes, Baltimore, Md., a psychiatrist specializing in working with prison systems and police officers on mental illness.
· Dr. Thomas Bornemann, director of the mental health program at the Carter Center in Atlanta.
· Evelyn Bussema, manager of the Intensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation program for Hope Haven, Rock Valley, Iowa.
Burton Buller, producer for the program and director of Mennonite Media says, “We want to challenge society to rethink the stigma that continues to follow diseases of the brain. We want the viewer to come away from the documentary saying, ‘I will never be able to look at or think about mental illness in the same way again.’”
The program was produced for the “Vision and Values” series for ABC-TV by Mennonite Media in partnership with the Interfaith Broadcasting Commission and the Communications Commission of National Council of Churches. For more information visit www.ShadowVoices.com
The program will be available on VHS and DVD for purchase after Dec. 15. The DVD includes bonus content.
Mennonite Media, based in Harrisonburg, Va., is the outreach media department of Mennonite Mission Network, the mission agency of Mennonite Church USA.
Melodie Davis
Photos Available Upon Request or download from the website at http://shadowvoices.com/promotion/airdates.asp
Resources for educating congregations on mental health issues are available at
www.MentalHealthMinistries.net
Rev. Susan Gregg-Schroeder
Coordinator of Mental Health Ministries
6707 Monte Verde Dr.
San Diego, CA 92119
sgschroed@cox.net
www.MentalHealthMinistries.net
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Stigma, recovery and hope: San Diego minister in mental illness documentary on ABC-TV
HARRISONBURG, VA. (Mennonite Media) – Susan Gregg-Schroeder of San Diego, an ordained United Methodist minister, will appear in a documentary, Shadow Voices: Finding Hope in Mental Illness airing Dec. 4 through Feb. 4 at the discretion of local ABC stations (check listings at www.shadowvoices.com).
Gregg-Schroeder founded an organization called Mental Health Ministries which operates in conjunction with the California Pacific Conference of the United Methodist Church. She educates people in faith communities on mental health issues.
Rosalynn Carter, former first lady of the U.S. and longtime advocate on mental illness issues, and Dr. David Satcher, former surgeon general of the U.S., headline the program which includes: a brief historical look at the treatment of mental illness in this country; the stigma and isolation still experienced today; the use of prisons as defacto mental institutions; health insurance issues; today’s focus on recovery and rehabilitation, and responses of faith communities.
Gregg-Schroeder, who kept her depression secret for two years, eventually broke silence and says, “If you look out on a congregation on a Sunday morning, one in four families has a member struggling with a mental illness. That is something unfortunately that most of our churches do not address. Many of our parishioners are struggling in silence.”
Persons talking about their journeys with mental illness in addition to Gregg-Schroeder include:
Lyn Legere, who at one time self-medicated on heroin and alcohol, has lived for almost 50 years with mental illness. She recently earned her master’s degree at Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences of Boston University, and also works as a consultant on new Medicare prescription drug program.
Jerome Lawrence, Atlanta, Ga., struggles with schizophrenia, but through medication and hard work functions independently. He creates watercolor paintings and works for a mental health advocacy organization.
Kari Broadway, Rock Valley, Iowa, is studying in a pre-med program and receives regular treatment for depression, hoping that this time she won’t have to drop out of school because of illness.
Ramiro (Ray) Guevara, formerly head of the “In Our Own Voice” program for National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) which encourages persons with mental illness to speak out and tell their stories, notes in the program, “Sharing my story almost normalized it. After awhile I said, ‘I don’t have a problem with having a mental illness. If you have a problem with that, I’m sorry, but I’m okay.’”
Additional experts in the documentary working in the field of mental health or advocacy include:
· Dr. Joyce Burland, Arlington, Va., director of educational programs for NAMI.
· Dr. Erik Roskes, Baltimore, Md., a psychiatrist specializing in working with prison systems and police officers on mental illness.
· Dr. Thomas Bornemann, director of the mental health program at the Carter Center in Atlanta.
· Evelyn Bussema, manager of the Intensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation program for Hope Haven, Rock Valley, Iowa.
Burton Buller, producer for the program and director of Mennonite Media says, “We want to challenge society to rethink the stigma that continues to follow diseases of the brain. We want the viewer to come away from the documentary saying, ‘I will never be able to look at or think about mental illness in the same way again.’”
The program was produced for the “Vision and Values” series for ABC-TV by Mennonite Media in partnership with the Interfaith Broadcasting Commission and the Communications Commission of National Council of Churches. For more information visit www.ShadowVoices.com
The program will be available on VHS and DVD for purchase after Dec. 15. The DVD includes bonus content.
Mennonite Media, based in Harrisonburg, Va., is the outreach media department of Mennonite Mission Network, the mission agency of Mennonite Church USA.
Melodie Davis
Photos Available Upon Request or download from the website at http://shadowvoices.com/promotion/airdates.asp
Resources for educating congregations on mental health issues are available at
www.MentalHealthMinistries.net
Rev. Susan Gregg-Schroeder
Coordinator of Mental Health Ministries
6707 Monte Verde Dr.
San Diego, CA 92119
sgschroed@cox.net
www.MentalHealthMinistries.net
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