Mental Health & Wellness

Resources

12 Days of Wellness—Mental Health Tips for the Holiday Season from NBA Cares

By NBA Cares | December 13, 2021

The holiday season can be a tremendously stressful time for many individuals who are struggling with a mental illness such as depression and anxiety. The National Alliance on Mental Illness…

Grieving Well: Addressing Grief and Depression for Clergy and Leaders

By NBA Cares | October 20, 2021

NBA’s Mental Health & Wellness Director Joselyn Spence and NBA’s Interim XPLOR/Young Adult Leadership Development Coordinator Rev. Rae Karim talk through grief strategies for clergy members. This webinar explores the foundations of grief: what we grieve, how we…

Sustainable Fundraising: Building a Community of Support with the New Generation of Donors

By NBA Cares | October 18, 2021

Most nonprofits head right towards those who can give significant amounts: corporations and foundations. Who wouldn’t want to go for the big money? However, it has been said that it…

Worship for Families of Incarcerated Individuals

By NBA Cares | July 22, 2021

Scripture Deuteronomy 31:8 Isaiah 41:10 John 16:33 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 Poem For One Who Suffers – Chalice Hymnal #508 Howard Thurman I know I cannot enter all you feel Nor bear…

Liturgy for Working with Incarcerated People  

By NBA Cares | July 22, 2021

Call to Worship   From Chalice Worship, 86 Come now to worship God with justice and truth.    Let us speak the truth to one another, rendering true judgments that make for…

Liturgies for Immigration and Detention

By NBA Cares | July 22, 2021

It is estimated that about 11 million immigrants in the US are undocumented or have irregular status. In recent history, immigration has become a hot topic issue, and unfortunately, immigrant…

Liturgy for Reentry Ministries

By NBA Cares | July 22, 2021

“The Hard and Promising Work of Reentry” BASED ON LUKE 15 CONFESSION OF SIN  Ministry Matters, Sep. 15, 2019  Gracious and loving God,  we find it difficult at times  to…

Webinar: Tending to Our Spiritual and Mental Wellbeing After Crisis and Trauma

By NBA Cares | July 14, 2021

Following a season of health pandemics, social isolation, economic instability caused by shutdowns, and the social unrest due to acts of violence and racism, there is a great need for…

Empathy For All: Prayers for Mental Health by Rev. Lizzy Diop

By NBA Cares | May 3, 2021

Mental Health Blessing May the Holy Spirit be within you,When you areIrritableAnxiousDepressedManicSuicidalOr even just unsure of what you are feeling or where to go from here. May Christ Jesus be…

Empathy for All: Seeing with Someone Else’s Eyes by Rev. Derek Penwell

By NBA Cares | May 3, 2021

Rev. Derek Penwell, Douglass Blvd. Christian Church Scripture: Matthew 9:35-10:8 When we were in Italy a few years ago, the night before Susan and the kids were scheduled to come…