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RECORDED WEBINARS
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Out of the Pew and Into the Community
Leaders - Joy Skjegstad, Heidi Unruh
The Crisis of Loneliness and What the Church Can Do
Leaders - Joy Skjegstad, Heidi Unruh
The Gospel “Good News” of Loneliness
Leader - Dwight Lee Wolter
Holy Listening: Connecting to the Faith Lives of Kids & Teens
Leader - Leanne Hadley
Simple Directions to Make Holy Listening Stones
Dementia Friendly Congregations
Leader - Pat Baker
Older Adults and Caregivers Ministry and Outreach
Leader - Pat Baker
PRC OACM
OAM caregiver survey
Becoming a Mental Health WISE Congregation
Leader - Rev. Dr. Sarah Griffith Lund
WISE Slides
Blessed Youth: Breaking the Silence About Mental Illness With Children and Teens
Leader - Rev. Dr. Sarah Griffith Lund
The Life Saving Church: Faith Communities and Suicide Prevention
Leader - Rachael Keefe
How Broad Based Community Organizing Might Transform the Church
Leaders: Chris Dela Cruz, Shani McIlwain, Katrina Pekich-Bundy
Managing the Grief of Others While Dealing With Our Own
Leader - Forrest Parkinson, LMSW, LP
Relationships Are Key in the Post Pandemic Church
Leaders - Joy Skjegstad, Heidi Unruh
Relationships Are Key in the Post Pandemic Church Slides
Energize Your Church Through Listening
Leader - Joy Skjegstad, Heidi Unruh
Energize your church through listening
Worship and Ministry with People with Disabilities
Leader - Harriet Wilkin
Worship and Ministry with People with Disabilities
Caring for Frontline Workers
Leader - Harriet Wilkin
Getting and Keeping Talented, Engaged Volunteers
Leader: Judy Urban
Volunteer presentation
Gift Bank Inventory Form 2021
Finding Intentional Community Online: The Story Of Queeranteen Camp
Leaders: Drew Stever, Hazel Salazar-Davidson
Urban Village: An Upside Down Gospel for Living in the City
Leaders: InnerCHANGE East Harlem
BIOS Urban Village
Small Church, Big Mission
Leader: Elizabeth Mae Magill
Difficult conversations—A Fresh Start at Building Bridges Across Differences
Leaders: Joy Skjegstad and Heidi Unruh
Fresh Start Difficult Conversations
A Fresh Start at Connecting with People who are Hidden and Hurting
Leaders: Joy Skjegstad and Heidi Unruh
Fresh Start Hidden and Hurting
A Fresh Start at Strengthening Relationships in Your Church
Leaders: Joy Skjegstad and Heidi Unruh
PRC webinar Fresh Start Strengthening Relationships June 10 2021
Small Church Series: Community Ministry
Leader: Joy Skegstad
Community Ministry in the Small Church
Christ in a Time of COVID: How Churches Can Support Those Living with COVID-19
Leader: Rev. Heidi Carrington Heath
Tending the Shepherd: Caring for Your Own Soul in the Wake of the Election
Leader: Rev. Heidi Carrington Heath
Tending the Shepherd Presentation
Cradle Roll: Ministry with Babies and Their Families in a Pandemic
Leader: Debbie Kolacki & Elizabeth Christie
Caring For Families With Children With Disabilities
Leader: Mindi Welton-Mitchell
Helping Kids Cope with "Back to School" Stress
Helping Kids Cope With Back to School Stress - presentation slides
Leader: Janet Siry, LCSW
resources for returning to school after covid
helping children with traumatic separation related to covid-19
resource list
Books for Children Dealing With Loss or Trauma
Clergy and Laity Wellbeing and Flourishing
Leader: Sarah Griffin Lund
Mental Health Resources Handout
Sarah Lund Clergy and Laity Wellness and Flourishing Powerpoint
Flourishing Report from Duke
Building Community Across Distance
Leader: Renee Roederer
Buidling Community Across Distance - Renee Roederer
Caring for Neighbors From a Distance
Leaders: Heidi Unruh and Joy Skjegstad
Caring for neighbors from a distance - handout.4-2-20
Caregiver Support
Leader: Harriet Wilkin
Breaking the Silence about Mental Illness, Family and Church
Leader: Sarah Lund
A Journey Through Loss with Art and Color
Leader: Roger Hutchison
The Opioid Epidemic and How to Address It (The Elephant in Our Churches That No One Wants to See)
Leader: Dwight Lee Wolter
Transforming Attitudes about Dementia in the Church
Leader: Dorothy Linthicum
Welcoming Those with Disabilities: Becoming a Barrier-Free Congregation
Leader: Sharon McCart
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AUTISM SPECTRUM
Autism and Children’s Ministry
This article discusses ways to help children with autism have a positive experience in Sunday School classes and in worship with their families.
The Autism Faith Network
This organization seeks to spread autism awareness, acceptance, and inclusion in local and faith-based communities all over the world. They offer free webinars and toolkits.
Blue Blessings
Autism Speaks offers a free online guidebook to help faith communities embrace people with autism and those who love them – through small changes that can make a big difference.
Few Churches are Autism-Friendly
This article discusses a new study which has found children with autism are almost twice as likely to never attend church or other religious services. It also addresses ways to welcome those with autism.
The Power of an Autism Diagnosis
This article from Living Lutheran provides tips to make church more accessible; it is told from the point of view of a person with autism.
CANCER CARE MINISTRY
Cancer Companions
This organization provides one on one meetings/Christian support groups for cancer patients, survivors, and their loved ones so they can draw closer to Christ on their cancer journey.
Church Health
This website offers support for Christian ministries of healing, as well as an archive of issues of the discontinued Church Health magazine.
Our Journey of Hope
This website provides pastors and ministry leaders with the tools, training and support to raise up cancer care ministries in their churches and communities.
END OF LIFE
Creating Your Life File: A Checklist for End-of-Life Planning
This website will help you create a Life File, a central place to keep “how and what” documents that ensure your wishes are honored at the end of your life and your loved ones have the information they need to take care of your affairs when you die.
Faithfully Facing Dying: A Lenten Study Guide on Critical Issues and Decisions for the Members of the United Church of Christ.
This six week study is offered as a resource to assist churches, associations and conferences, as they study the range of choices which surround their understanding of death and dying.
This website created by St Anthony Park Lutheran Church, St Paul MN, has YouTube videos and a Support & Resource Guide To "help people plan for future decisions before they are needed, to avoid surprises and disappointments, encourage some study of terms and responsibilities, learn how to avoid suffering and die well, and begin to get their affairs in order."
MENTAL HEALTH
How to Help Your Teen Struggling With Mental Health Issues
The Recovery Village in Columbus, Ohio, offers information about teen mental illness, ways for parents and others to help, and a list of hotlines for advice about teen mental health issues.
PARISH NURSING
Community Nurse/Health Ministry Resources
This website of the United Church of Christ has links to various resources, including a free download of a Manual on Faith Community Nursing.
Emory University Interfaith Health Program
This website promotes vital learning at the intersecting boundaries where faith and health overlap and emerge transformed.
Evangelical Lutheran Parish Nurse Association
This organization connected with the Lutheran Church (ELCA) has information about parish nursing, tools to assist those in that ministry, and updates on their progress and activities.
Health Ministries Association (HMA)
This interfaith membership organization serves the people who belong to the Faith Health Ministry Movement with information about resources, continuing education, faith group links and more.
Nurses Christian Fellowship
This is the website of the organization which publishes the “Journal of Christian Nursing”. It also has mission and education opportunities, resources and links to other sites of interest.
Parish Nurse Resources
The Faith & Health Connection website offers links and resources helpful to parish nurses.
Westberg Institute for Faith Community Nursing
This website was formerly the International Parish Nurse Resource Center. It has information about Parish Nursing and resources for purchase.