Resources from our Gospel, Church and Mental Health conference, March 2023
Main Sessions
Session 1
Thinking biblically about mental health
Steve Midgley
Session 2
The body and mental illness
Andrew Collins
Session 3
Circumstances and mental illness
Joanna Jackson
Session 4
Living with mental illness
Hosted by Steve Midgley
Bible Reading
John 10:1-21
Andrew Nicholls
Session 5
The gospel, the church and mental health
Helen Thorne
Workshop
Describing depression: why words and names matter
Chris and Zena Schofield
Providing support and help #1: creative solutions including lament
Joanna Jackson and Jonny Parker
Slides ↗
Handout ↗
Corporate Lament ↗
Lament Spoken Word by Jonny Parker (text) ↗
Providing support and help #2: engaging networks and practical care
Helen Thorne
Conference Resources
Stream Resources
Music
Conference and workshop song list ↗
New songs (links to sheet music and audio):
Mental Health and Your Church
Mental Health and Your Church by Helen Thorne and Steve Midgley is a brand-new resource designed to serve as a handbook for biblical care in local churches.