Mental Health Resources
Tending to mental health issues among teenagers and their families can be overwhelming for youth ministry leaders. What is our role? How do we care for youth who are struggling? How do we respond when young people attempt or complete suicide? How do we do faith formation in the midst of depression, anxiety, ADHD, addictions and other issues that impact behavior and emotions? What are safe practices? What resources are available?
These are real and complex issues, and we need to begin talking about them seriously as a faith community. This coming year we will begin conversations as a synod around mental health and how leaders and the church can care for those in need. This is only the beginning of conversations...and the beginning of working together to know we are not alone in this vital ministry with young people and their families.
Mental Health Conversations Flyer
These are real and complex issues, and we need to begin talking about them seriously as a faith community. This coming year we will begin conversations as a synod around mental health and how leaders and the church can care for those in need. This is only the beginning of conversations...and the beginning of working together to know we are not alone in this vital ministry with young people and their families.
Mental Health Conversations Flyer
Youth Ministry and Mental Health
October 16, 2018 ~ 9:30am - 3:30pm
First Lutheran Church, 1100 E Superior St., Duluth
$10 per person/$20 per congregation, Includes Lunch and Snacks
Joy Hensel will present and facilitate conversations for pastors and youth leaders on the impact mental health issues have on ministry to young people, our role as leaders and the church, the impact on programming, and available resources. All those who work with young people in the church are invited!
October 16, 2018 ~ 9:30am - 3:30pm
First Lutheran Church, 1100 E Superior St., Duluth
$10 per person/$20 per congregation, Includes Lunch and Snacks
Joy Hensel will present and facilitate conversations for pastors and youth leaders on the impact mental health issues have on ministry to young people, our role as leaders and the church, the impact on programming, and available resources. All those who work with young people in the church are invited!
Tentative Schedule:
9:00am Registration, Coffee
9:30am Welcome, Devotions
9:45am Session One: Mental Health Issues for Youth Today
10:30am Break
10:45am Session Two: Youth Ministry and Suicide
11:45am Lunch
12:00pm Panel Discussion (over lunch)
Panelists include professionals from NAMI Duluth Area, Amberwing Center for Youth & Family Well-Being, a High School Mental Health Therapist, and the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation.
1:00pm Resource Table, Networking and Break
1:30pm Session Three: What does this mean for youth ministry?
3:15pm Closing Comments
3:30pm End
Each session includes presentation and facilitated conversation.
9:00am Registration, Coffee
9:30am Welcome, Devotions
9:45am Session One: Mental Health Issues for Youth Today
10:30am Break
10:45am Session Two: Youth Ministry and Suicide
11:45am Lunch
12:00pm Panel Discussion (over lunch)
Panelists include professionals from NAMI Duluth Area, Amberwing Center for Youth & Family Well-Being, a High School Mental Health Therapist, and the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation.
1:00pm Resource Table, Networking and Break
1:30pm Session Three: What does this mean for youth ministry?
3:15pm Closing Comments
3:30pm End
Each session includes presentation and facilitated conversation.
Joy Hensel is a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor for the State of Minnesota. She has a Master of Arts in Addiction Studies from the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies and is a Board-Certified Counselor. Joy also holds a Master of Arts from Luther Seminary in Congregation and Community Care, Faith and Health Ministries. Joy’s background in youth and family ministry includes eight years in congregations and as the Program Director at Voyageurs Lutheran Ministry. Following graduate studies, she became the Recovery Coordinator at the College of St. Scholastica where she created the building blocks for a collegiate recovery community and also worked for Fairview Health Services as an outpatient chemical dependency counselor in a dual diagnosis program for adolescents and their families. Joy and her family recently relocated to Duluth. Currently, she is a full-time parent for their 5-year-old and 2-year-old. She enjoys opportunities to speak, teach and be a resource to congregations.
Bishop's Convo: Mental Health and Faith
January 19, 2019
Location TBD
January 19, 2019
Location TBD