Let's talk about mental health
The evidence is all around us—people of all ages are struggling with their mental health like never before. And not acknowledging this challenge isn’t helping. So that’s what we are going to do at River City Church—talk about mental health.
If you or someone you know is dealing with mental health issues, we invite you to join us for a conversation that will be full of honesty, compassion, and hope... because Jesus is being invited too.
LOCAL resources
Laci Parcell
Still Waters Counseling
765.221.3611
lparcell@stillwaterscounseling.net
Reginald T. Alderman, PhD
Counsel Net
Board Certified Pastoral Counselor
765.532.3862
Andrew Bowman, Director
Teen Challenge Central Indiana
765.482.2336
Kathi Lange, Founder and President
Families United, Inc.
765.762.0611 - Lafayette
765.762.0611 – Attica
Symbis and Symbis
elders team
Available for Spiritual Guidance
Bill & Candy Augustin
Lafayette
Carlos & Eloina Garcia
Español
Gary & Juanita Thayer
Lafayette
Sharon
Hill-Brown
Lafayette
Harvey & Kathi Lange
West Lafayette
Don & Connie Tolley
Lafayette
Paul & Donna Challgren
Lafayette
Noemi
Lugo
Lafayette
Bob & Anna Tunin
Lafayette
Bob & Gloria Fallon
Lafayette
Alvin & Rachele Raines
Lafayette
Bible reading plans
ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING
Bestselling author Max Lucado explores God’s treatment plan for anxiety found in Philippians 4:4–8. As you follow this prescription – celebrating God’s goodness, asking for his help, leaving your concerns with him, and meditating on good things – you will experience God’s peace. While anxiety is a part of life, it doesn’t have to dominate your life.
GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD
Do you feel like a victim to your spiraling thoughts? Do you often fall prey to toxic thinking patterns like victimhood, anxiety, and distraction? The enemy of our souls is determined to make us feel helpless, overwhelmed, and incapable of making a difference for God’s kingdom. It doesn’t have to be that way! Get out of your head and into God’s promises in this five-day, thought-changing devotional from Jennie Allen.
PUTTING AN X THROUGH ANXIETY
Anxiety may be the fear over your shoulder, the worry by your side, or the dread hanging over your life. For many, it's a powerful giant that would like you to believe that your life will never be normal again. Over the course of seven days, we will set our gaze on someone bigger and more powerful - Jesus, our giant slayer.
WINNING THE WAR IN YOUR MIND
Most of life’s battles are won or lost in the mind. So how do we start winning more of those battles? In this 7-day Bible Plan from Life.Church Pastor Craig Groeschel’s book, we’ll discover how to fight toxic thoughts, overcome out-of-control thinking, and start winning the war in our minds using God’s truth as our battle plan.
OVERCOMING THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE AND
SELF-HARM
If you feel hopeless, or you've experienced self-harm or suicidal thoughts, you need to know there's a God who loves you, has a purpose for you, and who's with you now. This six-day Life.Church Bible plan will help you understand who God says you are and empower your journey to healing. ***If you're in an emergency, please reach out to someone. Resources are included with each day's devotional.
BOOKS
OUT OF THE CAVE
by Chris Hodges
In Out of the Cave, Chris Hodges uses Elijah's life to show us that everyone is susceptible to depression. Even when we're walking closely with God, we can still stumble and get lost in the wilderness of tangled emotions. But we don't have to stay there, because we serve a God who meets us in the darkness.
why emotions
by Tristen & Jonathan Collins
For some, emotions are overwhelming and all-important. For others, they are bothersome and irrational. No matter where you fall on the emotional spectrum, one thing is for sure: God designed you as an emotional being. Your emotions have purpose, and they’re worth handling with curiosity, respect, and wisdom.What might it look like for you to have a healthy relationship with emotions? Could you learn to discern them and use them wisely?
CHECKING IN
by Michelle Williams
"I need help."
Those three words saved Grammy Award–winning singer Michelle Williams's life. After decades of sweeping her anxiety and depression under the rug--even during her years in the spotlight with Destiny's Child--Michelle found herself planning her own funeral. Realizing that she needed immediate help and could no longer battle her anxiety and depression alone, she checked herself into a treatment facility. When she came home, she was energized and determined to check in on a regular basis with herself, God, and others.
RESILIENT
by John Eldredge
Between false promises of ease and comfort on one side and the sheer trauma of global disease and disasters on the other, people today are facing a shortage of peace, happiness, and strength. In Resilient, Eldredge reveals a path toward genuine recovery and resilience through Jesus himself.
emotionally healthy spirituality
by Peter Scazzero
Peter Scazzero learned the hard way: you can't be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature. Even though he was the pastor of a growing church, he did what most people do--avoid conflict in the name of Christianity; ignore his anger, sadness, and fear; use God to run from God; and live without boundaries.
Eventually God awakened him to a biblical integration of emotional health and the spiritual practice of slowing down and quieting your life for to experience a firsthand relationship with Jesus. It created nothing short of a spiritual revolution in Scazzero, in his church, and now in thousands of other churches.
rightnow media video studies
Go to RightNow Media to set up a free account for the streaming of these and more video studies:
anxious for nothing
In this five-session video Bible study, Max Lucado explores God’s promise in Philippians 4:4–8 and shows that while anxiety is part of life, it doesn’t have to dominate life. As you follow God’s prescription for worry – celebrate his goodness, ask for help, leave your concerns with him, meditate on good things – you will experience his peace. You can stop letting anxiety rule your day and find true calm and contentment in Christ.
MORE THAN A FEELING
Just like pain alerts us that there’s a deeper issue that needs attention in our physical body, our emotions can lead to revealing the places of our hearts that have been wounded and broken and need the healing touch of Jesus. We’ve taught ourselves to bottle and hide emotion rather than facing it head-on and listening to what it’s telling us about ourselves.
get out of your head
In Get Out of Your Head, Jennie takes groups on a study in Philippians, inspiring and equipping us to transform our emotions, our outlook, and even our circumstances by taking control of our thoughts. When we submit our minds to Christ, the promises and goodness of God flood our lives in remarkable ways. It starts in your head. And from there, the possibilities are endless.
don't give the enemy a seat at your table
We’ve all been in circumstances that cause our minds to spin with thoughts that are unproductive, destructive, and harmful. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed and wonder why we keep falling into the same thought patterns. We need to recognize these thoughts are not from God, but from an enemy lurking who wants to seize every opportunity to lie his way into our minds.
PAIN, SUFFERING, AND GRIEF
Throughout this series, Lamar Hardwick will walk the audience through how to navigate through the feeling of pain, grief, and suffering through his own personal struggles with battling cancer and having to sit at times asking the questions of God with what to do in dealing with these big three issues of life.
depression
Compass & Light: A Series on Mental Health is a 7-part documentary series that tells the story of those affected by mental illness and gives practical knowledge about the varying issues surrounding mental health. This series consists of seven short films covering the topics of anxiety, bipolar, depression, addiction, eating disorders, PTSD and suicide. As we listen to one another's stories and are bold in sharing our own, we can create a community where we are all fully known and fully loved.
Next Gen – Resources for Parents, Kids, and Students
AXIS - Parenting and Mental Health
Christian Mindfulness: Ideas for Kids
other resources
Watch series messages
RIVER CITY WAVES PODCAST
Listen as Pastor Robby and other special guests tackle interesting questions and conversations about Mental Health.