In this edition:
Ministry
to Families Living with Mental Illness
Facilitator:
Rose Ann Briotte, M.Div. / 12.0 contact hours (CCEs, NBCC,
WEOI)
One
in five people in the United States have or will
have mental illness some time in their lives. More
than five million people in the United States alone
suffer from serious chronic mental illness. Mental
illnesses are disorders of the brain that cause imbalances
that disrupt a person's thinking, feeling, moods,
and relationships.While those with mental illness
may find the treatment and support they need, the
impact of mental illness on the family system is
often overlooked. This seminar provides participants
the opportunity to explore the effects that a mental
illness has on other members of the family, the family
system, and close friends by reflecting on presented
material and several popular films in light of their
own experience and context. Through this process
group members will benefit by learning from one another
as well as from the presentations.
For
more information about this seminar, click
here. 
Registration
Available for July 2007 Online Seminars
Registration
is now open for the July 2007 online seminars,
including:
- Art and Healing -- July 9-27
- Engaging One's Story: Transitions
in Adult Life -- July 9-27
- Healing Power of Stories --
July 9-August 17 (6 weeks)
- Human Values and Health Care
-- July 9-27
- Nurturing Silence and Sabbath
-- July 9-27
- Writing for Professional Publication
-- July 9-27
For
more information about July seminars, click
here.
New
in the Center for Oates Studies
A Lecture by Dr. Wayne
E. Oates:
"Your Partnership in Emotional Therapy"
As many are questioning
the function of our mental health systems in the wake
of the Virginia Tech tragedy, consider this lecture given
by Dr. Wayne Oates as part of the John Sutherland Bonnell
Lectureship held in New York City in 1967. "All
across the nation comprehensive mental health centers
are being established" observed Dr. Wayne Oates. "They
are experiments in the partnership between lay and professional
persons in the therapy of the emotionally disturbed....
You, as a lay person, are a 'corpsman' in the battlefield
of life." Dr. Oates went on to warn, "In
many kinds of emotional disorders, suicide is a lurking
possibility." Lay persons and professionals
are challenged to "form a team in the care of persons
who are emotionally disturbed."
To read the full text
of this lecture from the archives of Wayne Oates' papers,
go to the Center for Oates Studies Media Center or click
here. Non-WEOI members may access this by subscribing
to Lifelong Learning A Oates.Org; click
here.
New
Group Forming for the Health Ministries Certificate
The Health Ministries Certificate Program
offered by the Oates Institute is for anyone who senses
a call to the Health Ministries of a congregation. This
course of study is designed to empower, equip, and encourage
participants. It utilizes an approach that is convenient
for busy individuals who need to remain involved with
their families and their work. Applications to be part
of the fall 2007 group are now being accepted and the
group will begin study in September.
For
more information about the Health Ministries Certificate, click
here.
Save
These Fall Dates:
-
October 4 for
the 2007 Wayne Oates Institute Annual Gathering and
Oates Award Dinner in Louisville, KY.
-
November
5-16 for an Online Conference on
The Healing Power of Forgiveness @www.oates.org.
Watch for more information in the coming months on these
significant events
Featured
Book in the Bookstore at
Oates.Org:
Grief, Transition, and Loss: A Pastor's Practical Guide
by Wayne E. Oates
This is a small but key
book for pastors and pastoral care givers as they seek
to address a variety of losses. Dr. William Arnold from
Union Theological Seminary in Richmond describes the
book as "... one of those rare resources that is
comprehensive and profound while remaining simple and
concise in its presentation." Copies of this book
may be purchased through the Oates Institute's Amazon
Connection, part of the Bookstore at Oates.Org.
For
more information about Grief, Transition, and Loss, click
here.
Subscriber
Bonus --
"The
Care of the Clinging Vine or Dependent Person"
an excerpt from The Care of Troublesome People by
Wayne Oates
"In
caring for dependent people it is helpful to develop
some working hypotheses as to how they came to be this
way", wrote Dr. Wayne Oates in the fifth chapter
of The
Care of Troublesome People. "These
hypotheses give you clues for caring. They can also
guide you in setting reasonable limits on their manipulation
of you." In
this chapter, Dr. Oates highlights these clues and
offers guidance for offering care for dependent persons. To
read the full text of this chapter in the Center
for Oates Studies, click on the link below.
To read the full text
of this chapter in the Center for Oates Studies,
click on the link below. If
you are not a member of the Oates Institute,we
invite you to read the full text of this article by subscribing
to Lifelong Learning @ Oates.Org.
Click
here to read Chapter 5 of
The Care of Troublesome People by Wayne Oates
