Saron Lutheran Church
Resources
Suicide and Crisis Lifeline:
call, text, or chat 988
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Mental Health & Addiction Connection line: 866-603-0016
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Minnesota Warmline, for a safe, anonymous, and confidential person to listen and help. Monday – Saturday 12 noon to 10pm: 651-288-0400 or text “support” to 85511
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Parent Email Warmline:
Find resources, answers to your questions, a support network, and you will know that you are not alone.
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First Call for Help:
800-543-7709 or
www.211unitedway.org, for questions about services, assistance, housing and other areas of need.
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Children and Divorce
https://www.milavetzlaw.com/children-and-divorce/
An extensive guide about helping children through a divorce, which is sadly a very common thing kids have to go through.
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Conversation Starters
https://seizetheawkward.org/conversation/starting-the-conversation
To help lead you through before, during, and after a conversation with someone that you are concerned about. It also has scenarios and self-care ideas.
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The mission of Saron's Mental Health Ministry is to encourage each other with support and compassion.
The goal: to provide mental health awareness information and resources to the Saron congregation and the community at large.
Saron’s Mental Health Ministry will explore
a different topic each month.
This month’s topic is:
Taking time to Breathe.
Acts 17:28 For in Him we live and move and have our being.
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Taking a Sabbath day break!
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Almost everything will work again if you
unplug it for a few minutes, including you!
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Saron's Mental Health Ministry wants to urge
you to remember that the Sabbath is the most
important part of your week! Though you may consider it optional, it is the Lord's intent that you have a day to recharge, renew, and refresh before you enter the routine of your daily work. We want to encourage you to embrace Sunday (or whatever day you rest) with the understanding that it has the potential to set the tone for the next six days of your life! Knowing that, then, use it to do things that release your stress, build your faith, relax your mind, and draw you closer to Jesus, the source of your life!
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In order to keep winning your race, you need to be filled with the good stuff that comes from inhaling - joy, peace, rest and renewal. Instead of looking at your phone, set aside time to study the Bible, pray, read a good book, take a nap or learn something new. Whatever it is, it's vitally important to rest and invest in you, because doing so is a precious gift to yourself and those around you!
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Move-Mindfully.com. brings the science of mindfulness, movement into our lives. Try these simple exercises for a mind/body reset.
Sitting: Try a backbend in your chair. Breathe slowly as you reach your arms up and lean back in your chair. Notice how this is a move your body naturally does when you are waking up in the morning. Use a backbend in your chair between meetings or when you have been on your laptop for too long.
Standing: Stand behind your chair or by a countertop. Rest your hands on the chair back or counter as you walk your feet back. Stretch your legs, back, and shoulders as you breathe slowly. Notice how looking down and stretching can provide an easy reset break.
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Prayer
Father, give me the opportunity to experience each day in a new and refreshing way.
ABOUT 988
Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
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988 offers 24/7 access to trained crisis counselors who can help people experiencing mental health-related distress. That could be:
· Thoughts of suicide
· Mental health or substance use crisis, or
· Any other kind of emotion distress
People can call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org for themselves or if they are worried about a loved one who may need crisis support. With 988, no matter where you live in the United States, you can reach a trained crisis counselor who can help.
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