Breakout Session #2 Anxiety & Depression: Signs, Strategies & Hope Presenter: Heather Shaheen, L.C.S.W., M.A.C.E., M.Ed. In this session, we will discuss what anxiety and depression look like, warning signs to recognize in yourself or others, practical strategies to manage symptoms and finding hope! Heather Shaheen has provided quality treatment to children, adolescents, adults and […]
Breakout Session #1 Sacred Pause: Inhabiting Practices of Mindfulness as Soul Care Presenter: The Rev. Suzanne L. Vinson As caring professionals, students, clergy and human beings, we long for connection and belonging. We often long for a break in the pace of our daily living. During this workshop, those gathered will experience mindfulness as soul […]
At several of the churches I served at, we had large clothing closets. At one of these closets we requested winter coats, gloves and scarfs. It was a highly successful request because winter coats came in by the carload. The sad part to all this was that many of the coats were worn out and […]
Recently, my mother had to undergo major surgery. As anyone could imagine, she was very anxious. While thinking of ways to comfort my mother, I remembered that we had received a generous gift of prayer shawls from Sunset Drive United Methodist Church. I picked a prayer shawl for my mother and took it to her […]
You know the phrase, “it’s the most wondrous time of the year”! However, did you know that it is also the most generous time? Americans give a significant portion of their charitable gifts between Thanksgiving and December 31. I have had donors call me on New Year’s Eve to make sure that the meet the […]