NCC Mental Health Resources

Welcome to NC Conference Mental Health
This page is sponsored by the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church’s Committee on Disability Concerns.

• “Mental Illness as a Spiritual Journey: Creating Caring Communities”
• “Ministry needed for those impacted by mental illness.”
  An article about Rev. Susan Gregg-Schroeder’s visit to the North Carolina Mental Health Conference. Susan is the director of Mental Health Ministries.
• Appropriate Language in Discussing Mental Illness.

Being a Parent who has a mental illness

• Parenting Well
• Invisible Childrens Project

Book List for Churches, Families, Siblings, Spouses, and Parents

• Book List

Churches offering Radical Hospitality for Individuals with Mental Illness and Their Families.
NAMI-NC Annual Conference on March 9, 2007
Presentation–Rev. Dr. John M. Crowe
Building upon one of Jesus’ parables in Matthew, this workshop focused on the practical aspects of churches offering radical hospitality for individuals with mental illness and their families. We heard about 4 churches for helpful models. Participants received and used a copy of “How to Rate Your Faith Community”. Various steps about getting started as well as additional resources were covered also. A useful handout was given to participants.Several free and helpful gifts to give to strengthen the clergy’s ministry in equipping the congregation to offering radical hospitality to individuals with mental illness and their families. These are great gift ideas for October which has both mental health week and is clergy appreciation month.

From his personal experience of advocating for persons with mental illness and their families within his denomination, our presenter shared how individuals can advocate within their own faith community.

• Coping with a loved one’s depression
• Differentiating schizophrenia from demon influence
• Depression and Other Clergy Health Matters
• Disabilities and Clergy
• How to Rate Your Faith Community
  (Adapted from criteria established by the Presbyterian Serious Mental Illness Network)
• John Wesley and Depression by Dr. Tony Headley
• Martin Luther and Depression by Dr. Tony Headley
• Mental Health, Churches, and Other Faith Communities
• Mental Health Needs of Clergy and Their Families
• NCCUMC Media Center Resources
  The Media center has several DVD’s and Videos concerning
  mental illness and the church.
• Resources for Daughters and Sons Who Have a Parent with a Mental Illness.
• Helpful links
  for focusing worship on Mental Illness in May, July,
  October, and December..
• Stephen Ministry and Responding to Serious Mental Illness.
• Suggestions for a clergy mental health packet.
• The Overlooked and the Forgotten
  (revised) by Rev. Dr. John M. Crowe
  

Mental Health, Clergy, and their Families.
Where to find help.

• NCCUMC Clergy Counseling and Consultation Service
  NC Conference UM Pastors are charged no fees for these services,
  and all clergy are eligible: pastors serving churches, those in
  appointments beyond the local church, and retired clergy.
• Additional Clergy Support Ministries in North Carolina and nearby
  There are 10 of these ministries within NC, 2 in VA, 1 in WV, 2 in SC
  and 2 in TN.

Where to find information about clergy health needs

• Clergy Health Studies
• Church’s Ministry to returning veterans and their families.

Mental Health Organizations in North Carolina

• NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)-NC
• Mental Health Association in North Carolina MHA/NC
• NC Mental Hope

Disability Facts

NCC Mental Health is a focus of

• The NC UMC Conference Committee on Disability Concerns
• The Report of the Conference Committee on Disability
  Concerns to the NCCUMC Annual Conference in June 2007.
• The Report of the Conference Committee on Disability
  Concerns to the NCCUMC Annual Conference in June 2006.
  

Disabled Clergy on incapacity leave finds new ministry.

• The First Year Pastor Humor
  by Rev. Debra S. Watson
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• Sick Humor
  by Rev. Debra S. Watson-a cancer survivor since 2001.
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  For more information contact:
  Reverend Hope Vickers
  E-Mail: hvickers@nccumc.org
  Phone:   919 489-6557

The NCC-UMC Committee on Disability Concerns provides this information and should be used with great caution. It should not be used as a substitute for seeing a licensed therapist. We are not associated with any licensed medical organization or mental health organization Use of such information is voluntary and any specific products or psychological/theological advice derived from this site or its links does not imply our endorsement.  Nor does listing imply full agreement with the content or the authors of each site listed below. We expressly disclaim liability that would result from use of information from this page’s references, referrals, or links.