January 26
Speaker: Kay King from NAMI
Time: Following church worship (10:30am)
Register: Alset Registration – Lake Harriet UMC
Join us in the reception room following worship as we hear learn from speaker Kay King from NAMI Minnesota (National Alliance on Mental Illness.) NAMI is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and adults with mental illnesses and their families. For over 40 years, NAMI Minnesota has worked to promote the development of community mental health programs and services, change public attitudes about mental illnesses, improve access to services and increase opportunities for recovery.
Kay will be sharing on the topic: Creating Caring Faith Communities in Minnesota: Five Things You Can Do – Learn about mental illnesses, the impact of negative attitudes and five things each of us can do to make Minnesota a better place for people who experience a mental illness. This class is for faith communities interested in learning about mental illnesses and helping to change attitudes towards mental illnesses. We’ll briefly discuss ideas for building a mental health ministry. Creating caring churches. What steps can the congregation do?
