Mar 13, 2025 | Mental Health Ministry, Stronger Together Support Group
Hello Stronger Together folks,
Join us on Thursday, March 13, at 7 p.m. This week’s topic is Forgiveness.
We want to forgive those who do bad things or wrong us personally, but that is easier said than done. Let’s talk about the struggle. We’ll watch this short video on the complexity and personal cost of “forgive and forget (or not).”
Warm up question: What is your favorite way to help people less fortunate than you?
Sep 5, 2024 | Mental Health Ministry, Stronger Together Support Group
Hello friends,
This Thursday’s topic is Learning to Forgive Ourselves: We make mistakes and in hindsight know they are wrong.
Join others to watch this short video about forgiving ourselves followed by an open discussion on how we might forgive ourselves for these mistakes.
Warm-up question: What has someone done for you lately that you really appreciated? Or what have you enjoyed doing for someone else?
Aug 29, 2024 | Mental Health Ministry, Stronger Together Support Group
Hi folks!
Rev. James is leading our gathering tonight at 7 p.m. We will watch a short video and then discuss, hopefully learning from one another and sharing our thoughts and insights. Please join us!
How to Forgive Others: One of life’s biggest challenges is forgiving someone for wronging you. Join us in watching a
short video about forgiveness followed by an open discussion on how we might forgive others and move forward from that hurt.
Kirsten
Aug 22, 2024 | Mental Health Ministry, Stronger Together Support Group
Hi folks!
Rev. James is leading our gathering tonight at 7 p.m. We will watch a short video and discuss the human condition of living with regret. Please join us!
We’ll watch one of these two videos during the meeting, but if you want a sneak peak, here they are:
Feb 29, 2024 | Mental Health Ministry, Stronger Together Support Group
Hello friends,
I love when our Stronger Together discussions take us down a different path than we planned, or open up new topics in unexpected ways. In last week’s conversation on apologizing and gratitude, we briefly considered an interesting exception: what about narcissists?
To be clear, there are narcissistic behaviors we all have exhibited from time to time, as well as people who are pretty narcissistic in general. Then there’s narcissism to a degree that is a form of mental illness: Narcissistic Personality Disorder, or NPD. Our conversation this week will focus on NPD–how we can understand it better and empathize better with people affected by it. We’ll watch a video that describes the diagnostic criteria for NPD as well as some of what the symptoms “hide” in the person experiencing this form of mental illness.
Remember…we all have a bit of narcissistic tendencies. That’s normal and part of what makes us human!
Our warm-up question for this week:
Tell us about a truly great vacation or trip you took. What made it so special to you?
See you soon,
Alex