The Care Ministry Podcast
By Laura Howe
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Episodes: 224
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Building a culture of care in your church can feel as complex as the people you serve. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Laura Howe offers listeners practical resources and actionable strategies to support leader’s well-being, strengthen volunteer teams and equip you with the knowledge and tools you need to care for your community.
With over 15 years of experience as a community mental health clinician, Laura, founder of Hope Made Strong specializes in Community Development Strategies.
You will be encouraged as you listen to expert guests get real with how they overcame challenges and developed best-practice methods of reaching and caring for your church and community.
If you want to develop a culture of care in your church and support your community without burning out your leaders? This is the podcast for you.
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E222. The Weight of Care: Why Ministry Feels So Heavy (and What to Do About It)
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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E221. Mental Health in the Church: What to Do When You Feel Unprepared with Dr. Mark Mayfield
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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E220. Building Care That Grows With Your Church
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May 28, 2026 |
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E219. Mental Health Isn’t a Program: Rethinking Discipleship in the Church
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May 14, 2026 |
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E218. More Connected, Yet More Lonely: Rethinking Discipleship with Rebecca Taguma
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May 07, 2026 |
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217. From Global to Local: Next Step with Global Hubs
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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E216. The Power of Referral: Building an Ethical and Effective Community Partner Network
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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E215. How Churches Can Serve Their Communities With Humility and Impact with Kent Annan
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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214. Leading in the Messy Middle: A Real Ministry Story
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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E213. Who Follows Up? Closing the Loop Between Outreach and Care
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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E212. Better Together: From Church Programs to Community Partnership
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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E211. You Don’t Have to Rush Care: A Coaching Conversation on Grief and Trust
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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210. How Spiritual Formation Functions As Preventative Care
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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209. Why You Can’t Lead Well Without Empathy with Drs. Bill & Kristi Gaultiere
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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208: Championing Mental Health Through Local Church Summits
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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207: An Intentional Vision for Care: Why Bigger Isn’t Always Better with Milton bible Church
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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206: Prayer as a Core Care Strategy
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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205: Spiritual Formation Without Spiritual Bypassing
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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204: Advent Series for Care Leaders: Love in the In-Between
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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203: Advent Series for Care Leaders: Joy in the In-Between
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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202: Advent Series for Care Leaders: Peace in the In-Between
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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201: Advent Series for Care Leaders: Hope in the In-Between
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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200: When You’re Ready for a Fresh Start: Rediscovering Your Why in Care Ministry
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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199: You Can Build a Sustainable Care Ministry. Here’s How
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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198: Thinking About Hosting a Summit? Here’s What We Learned from NAYBA Australia
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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197: Heart for People, Plan for Care: Making Benevolence Sustainable with Shellie Albright
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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196: Church Mental Health Summit: FAQs, Tips, and Must-See Sessions
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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195: Inside the 2025 Church Mental Health Summit: Speaker Previews from Every Track
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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194: Hosting a Watch Party: Turn One Event into Year-Round Volunteer Training.
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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193: Stop Scrambling, Start Caring: Your 12-Month Ministry Plan
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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192: Leading with Presence: Alison Cook on Healing, Boundaries, and the Church
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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191: Systematizing Care Without Losing Heart: A Culture-Driven Approach to Ministry
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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190: Celebrating 100K Downloads - 5 Practices to Cultivate a Safe and Deep Community with David Kim
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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189: Becoming an Attuned Listener with Dr. Jackie Perry
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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188: From Overwhelmed to Organized: A Coaching Call on Sustainable Care Ministry
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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187: Understanding the Helpers – Who’s Who in Mental Health Support
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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186: From Chaos to Clarity: Organizing Church Care with CareNote
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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185: Creating Dignified Care: Lessons from the Field with Tricia Marble
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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184: When the Plate is Too Full: Boundaries, Delegation, and Self-Care in Ministry
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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183. RelateStrong: Creating Safe and Connected Church Communities with Dee Dee Mayer
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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182: Saying Yes to the Hard Thing: How Amy Hughes Turned a Calling Into Community Impact
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May 29, 2025 |
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181: Origin Stories, Care Gaps, and Coaching Wins
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May 22, 2025 |
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180: Mobilizing Your Care Team with Spiritual First Aid With Jamie Aten of Spiritual First Aid
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May 08, 2025 |
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179:What Churches Get Right (and Wrong) About Mental Health Outreach with Seth Perry
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May 01, 2025 |
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178: Coaching with Care: Bringing Clarity to Care Ministry in Transition
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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177: More Than a Sermon: How to Host a Mental Health Sunday That Breaks the Stigma
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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176: How Churches Can Respond to Loneliness and Create Space for Forgiveness with Rebecca Taguma
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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175:Coaching with Care: Building Trust & Making Care the Heart of Your Church
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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174: From Solo Leader to Strong Team: How to Build a Thriving Ministry Team
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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173: Why Good Listening is Hard—and How to Get Better at It" with Dr. Jackie Perry
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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172: Coaching with Care: Empowering Peer Volunteers for Impact
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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171: Rethinking Care: How to engage peers, pastors and professionals
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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170: Coaching, Pastoral Care, and Clinical Support – Understanding the Differences with Rev. Dr. Chris Adams, Flourishing In Ministry
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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169: How to Lead a City-wide Movement and host a Local Summit
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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168: Coaching with Care: On-Call Pastoral Care Strategy
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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167: Creating a Care Ministry Plan for 2025
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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166: The first year as a Care Coordinator with Ariyana Rimson
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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165: Cultivating Resilience with Glenn Packiam
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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164: Cultivating Compassionate Strategies for Healing with Aundi Kolber MA, LPC
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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163: Advent Resource for Ministry Leaders
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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162:Coaching with Care: Developing a Care Team with Center of Hope
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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161: Why is a care ministry strategy important?
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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160: Care Ministry Cohort: Stories from Alumni
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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159: Behind the Scenes of Hosting a Local Church Mental Health Summit
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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158: How To Get The Most Out Of The Church Mental Health Summit
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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157: Becoming A Sanctuary For Mental Health with Daniel Whitehead
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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156: Building A Culture Of Care With Grace Family Church
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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155: Benefits of a community of practice
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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154: Addressing Suicide in communities and congregations with Melinda Moore, Ph. D
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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153: Coaching with Cornerstone Church
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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152: Leading from the Middle with Sargent Roy Lewis
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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151: How To Communicate With Your team without Flipping your Lid
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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150: Tech Tool That Allows You To Anticipate Care Needs and Prevent Crisis with Ronee De Leon
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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149: Systems = Burnout prevention (Your capacity grows when you have a system)
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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148: 5 Practices to Cultivate a Safe and Deep Community with David Kim
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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147: Trained Listeners Can Transform Your Church with Dr. Jackie Perry
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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146: How to Help the Pastoral Family Heal from Ministry Trauma with Kristen Humiston
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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145: Are you really OK? Addressing mental and emotional health in the church with Debra Fileta
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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144: Gracism: Bridging the deep divides of race, faith, and culture with Dr. David Anderson
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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143: Three Ways Your Church Is Set Up To Offer Hope To Its Congregation
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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142: Creating Opportunities To Add Value and Strengthen Purpose
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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141: Creating Safe Spaces Of Belonging
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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140:Mental Health Awareness Month with Ike Miller
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May 30, 2024 |
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139:Mental Health Awareness Month with Fred Eaton
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May 23, 2024 |
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138: Mental Health Awareness Month with Tony Roberts
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May 16, 2024 |
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137: MH Awareness Month with Boston Bachert
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May 02, 2024 |
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136: 10 ways your church can recognize Mental Health Awareness Month
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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135: Reaching Hurting Kids with Robert Crosby
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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134: Help…I’m Burnt Out. Now what?
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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133: Spiritual First Aid: Training for Your Team with Jamie Aten, Kent Annan and Laura Howe
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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132: I’m not a counselor. Should I be counseling?
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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131: Becoming an Attuned Listener with Dr. Jackie Perry
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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130: How to Engage The Three Types of Care-Givers In Your Church
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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129: Integrating Behavioral Health and Faith with Dr. Karl Benzio
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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128: 9 Follow-up options after a Mental Health Sunday
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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127: Resources at the Intersection of Theology and Psychology with Michael Bräutigam
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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126: When to Host A Mental Health Sunday
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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125: Trauma Healing Institute with Rebecca Taguma
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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124: Tech tools that can help you strengthen your care ministry
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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123: Navigating Your Unique Journey of Faith with Ines Franklin
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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122: Shifting your focus from outreach to in-reach with Melissa Walker
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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121: What is Hope Made Strong and 5 Ways We Help You Build Your Care Ministry
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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120: Battling Isolation in a Front Stage World with Jimmy Dodd
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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119: How Do We Cultivating Authentic Hope with Danielle Strickland
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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118: Being Brave Enough to Be Broken with Toni Collier
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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117: Building and Bearing with Empathy in Everyday Life with Edward Ng
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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116: How coaching can help you help others with Dr. Chris Adams
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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115: Starting a New Care Ministry In Your Church with Jessica Howard, Cohort Alumni
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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114: Building your care team w/ Kathleen Otchy Cohort Alumni
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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113: What is a Church Care Coordinator, and why I think every church needs one.
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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112: Meet Rebecca Bailey, The Care Ministry Coach
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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111: How Hope Made Strong can support your local church
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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110: How You Can Host a Church Mental Health Summit in Your Community
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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109: Hidden Gems of the Church Mental Health Summit
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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108: How to get the most out of the Church Mental Health Summit
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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107: 5 Ways Your Church Can Support Mental Health
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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106: What does the Bible say about Mental Health?
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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105:Mental Health in the Church with The Better Samaratian Podcast
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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104: Suicide Awareness and How to Offer Support After a Suicide with Glen Bloomstrom
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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103: 10 Benefits Of Joining A Care Ministry Cohort.
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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102: The Problem of Addiction and Trauma for Women with Caroline Beidler
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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101: What is the Care Ministry Cohort
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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100: Let's Talk About Anxiety
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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99: Self-Care: Building A Plan That Actually Fits In Your Life
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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98: Developing Resilience with Patrick Regan
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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97: Love Slows Down, Anger Speeds up with Joel Malm
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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96: Rhythms of Renewal with Rebekah Lyons
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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95: Developing a Holistic Understanding of Mental Health - Mind, Body & Soul with Brittney Moses
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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94: 4 Components Of A Strategic Care Ministry
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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93: Exploring Deliverance Ministry and Offering Safe Ministry Practices
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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92:How Would You Build Your Care Ministry With No Limits
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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91: Overcoming A Pornography Addiction
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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90: Support Skills Training For Your Teams
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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89: Walking Resiliently Alongside A Loved One With A Mental Health Or Addiction Challenge
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May 25, 2023 |
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88: Navigate faith and OCD in inclusive ways with Katie O'Dunne
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May 18, 2023 |
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87: Giving Depression A Voice with Monica A. Coleman
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May 11, 2023 |
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86: Trauma in the Pews: The Impact on Faith and Spiritual Practices with Janyne McConnaughey
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May 04, 2023 |
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85: 3 tips to help you talk about mental health on a Sunday Morning
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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84: How to get the most out of the Mental Health Sunday Toolkit
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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83: How to Break Cycles, Heal from Trauma, and Restore Your Faith with Kobe Campbell
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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82: “I Don't Need Help!” How to Help Someone Accept Treatment with Dr. Xavier Amador
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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81: Theology of Mental health with Rev. Will Van Der hart (Summit Replay)
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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80: Overcoming Challenges As A Female Leader In Ministry
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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79: 3 Tools For Ministry Leaders To Avoid Burnout
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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78: How We Can Demystify Addictions For The Church
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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77: How To Offer Care Strategically In Your Church
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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76: How Your Church Can Support Those With Eating Disorders.
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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75: Cognitive Behavior Therapy A Therapeutic Model Or Biblical Principle
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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74: The Church's Role In Bringing Change To Racial Justice And Reconciliation
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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73: Are you craving less burnout and more capacity?
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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72: Multi Campus Care Ministry - with Liz Addington of Elevation Church
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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71: Rebuilding your care ministry in 6 months
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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70: The Care Ministry Cohort - The blueprint to building your care ministry
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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69: Making a Case for Care: How to get leadership buy-in for care ministry
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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68: The other 2/3rds of the gospel with Wilson Phang
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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67: Sabbath as a mental health practice with Rich Villodas
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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66: I'm embarrassed to say I'm lonely with J.S. Park
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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65: How to create sacred spaces for your church with Avery Royal
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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64: Join the mental health movement in Korean-American Churches with Jess Cho Kim
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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63: Defuse conflict with these Communication Strategies
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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62. A strategic approach to prayer request follow-up with Jeanette Yates
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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61. How to get the most out of a pastoral care meeting
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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60. 12 ways to offer care without a care ministry
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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59. What is the role of the Church in supporting others
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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58. What's Next. Future Steps to Strengthening our Community
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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57. Kay Warren - Top viewed session from 2021
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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56. Sneak Peak of the 2022 Church Mental Health Summit
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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55. Caring for Clergy with Rev. Dr. Thad Austin
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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54. 4 ways you can prevent becoming depleted while continuing to serve others
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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53. Cultivating Church Spaces Where People with Disabilities can Fully Belong, Flourish, and Lead with Amy Kenny
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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52. How to Create a Care Process That Serves Your Unique Church Needs
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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51. Spiritual First Aid: Simple, Practical Ways to BLESS Others with Jamie Aten
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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50. Supporting Your Team During A Staff Transition
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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49. Flourishing in Transition: Summit Replay with Rev. Dr. Hilda Davis
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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48. Healing your Relationship with Food and Your Body with Isabel Garza
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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47. Highlighting 4 top episodes to celebrate 10,000 downloads
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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46. Spiritual Abuse Recovery with Jeana Roth and Katherine Spearing
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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45. What Counsellors Wished Missionaries Knew About Their Mental Health with Grace Shim
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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44. Equipping Peers to Lead Groups with Kimberly Britt
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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43. Self Care, What It Is and What It Is Not
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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42. How to Build Community Partners with Dave Eckert
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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41. What's the difference between compassion fatigue and burnout
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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40. 5 boundaries that you need to talk to your volunteers about
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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39. Mental Health Awareness: Personality disorder
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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38. How the church can prevent violence: A response to the Uvalde tragedy
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May 26, 2022 |
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37. Mental Health Awareness: Psychosis
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May 19, 2022 |
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36. Mental Health Awareness: Anxiety & Depression
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May 12, 2022 |
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35. Mental Health Awareness: Bipolar
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May 05, 2022 |
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34. Why it’s important to talk about mental health from the pulpit
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Bonus: How to get the most out of the Mental Health Sunday resource
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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33. Pastoral Care and Mental Health Counselling with Colin Nanton
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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32. A Guide to Christian Mindfulness: Biblical practices the work with Regina Chow Trammel
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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31. Having Conversations that Facilitate Healing & Promote Resilience with Robert Vore
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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30. Overcoming Anxiety: Living a Life of Peace with Shantelle Jacobs
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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29. Thriving In Adversity with Dr. Michelle Pearce
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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28. 7 signs that it’s time to refer someone you are supporting
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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27. The Value of Companionship with Rev. Jermine Alberty
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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26. 5 Skills needed to offer effective support
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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25. The Soul of the Helper with Dr. Holly Oxhandler
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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24. How to deescalate a mental health crisis
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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23. The importance of trauma-informed care with Sanghoon Yoo
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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22. How to offer support from a distance
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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21. Conversations with Michelle Nietert, a counsellors journey to resilience
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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20. Compassion fatigue and the top 10 signs I overlooked
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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19. How your church can prevent human trafficking in your community
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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18. Three pillars of Care Ministry
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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17. Leading with vulnerability with Jeff Price
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Dec 30, 2021 |
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16. Raising resilient families with Dr. Danny Cheah
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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15. How to help people struggling with self-harm, depression and suicidal thoughts
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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14. How to keep anger and anxiety from ruining life’s relationships with Joël Malm
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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13. How can trauma-Informed leadership transform the church with Kobe Campbell
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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12. Feeling tired vs depleted and 16 sleep strategies to find rest
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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11. The power of standing with people who are struggling with Kari Bartkus
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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10. What to say when you don't know what to say
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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9. Healing trauma for military and first responders with Evan Owens
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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8. Utilizing the Low Impact Debriefing Strategy
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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7. Developing Female Leaders with Kadi Cole
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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6. How to face adversity with the 7 keys to resilience
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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5. Wellbeing Resources for Ministry Leaders
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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4. How your church can build community partners
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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3. Suicide Prevention and the Church
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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2. The Caring Church Response
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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1. Why Care Ministry Matters
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Trailer - The Care Ministry Podcast
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Aug 10, 2021 |