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Here are some suggestions from Mennonite Central Committee Canada’s Mental Health and Disabilities Program

The Mental Health and Disabilities Program of MCC was created to provide resources to churches that will empower them to be more understanding, more supportive and more inclusive of people who live with a mental illness or disability. It offers resources such as brochures, Sunday school curriculum and videos that congregations can use, as well as a Speakers’ Bureau of resource people who can speak to congregations on various topics. Call MCC Canada at (204) 261-6381 or your provincial MCC at (888) MCC-6337 for more information.

 – Irma Janzen, Mental Health and Disabilities Program

Some Resources

Inside I’m Dancing – stories written by people who have a disability and live in Saskatchewan. $15.00. Becoming a More Caring Congregation – an adult Sunday school/small group leader’s guide with 12 lessons. Topics include grieving losses, disabilities, mental illness, aging parents and under-employment/unemployment. $15.00. No Longer Alone: Mental Health and the Church by John Toews – a book dicussing mental health and mental illness issues and the church. $17.75. No Longer Alone: Mental Health and the Church by John Toews – a video series with ten 20-minute sessions on mental health and mental illness issues, with questions for discussion. This is intended as a tool for small adult groups such as Sunday school. $30.00. A Christian Response To Mental Illness – brochure. Available at no cost. Children with Challenging Behavior-ADHD – brochure. Available at no cost. Mental Health and Disability Notes – a newsletter put out by the Mental Health and Disabilities Program of MCC Canada. Available at no charge, electronically or by hard copy. (Get on the mailing list by calling the Mental Health and Disabilities Program at MCC Canada.)

These materials may be ordered from MCC Canada or from provincial MCC offices (in B.C. from Supportive Care Services at (604) 850-6608; in the U.S. from Mennonite Mutual Aid at (800) 348-7468, Website www.mma-online.org).

Video Lending Library

MCC’s Winnipeg office (134 Plaza Drive) also has a good selection of videos that can be borrowed for use for educational purposes. Phone Corinne Peters at (204) 261-6381.

Mennonite and Mennonite-Related Counselling Agencies

Pastoral Counselling Group Rm. 6R, 11111 Jasper Ave., Edmonton, Alta. Phone (780) 482-8998 Cornerstone Counselling Centre 11111 Jasper Ave. Edmonton, Alta. Phone (780) 482-6215 Sherry Heidebrecht, Child and Family Therapist 715 Queen St. Saskatoon, Sask. S7K 4X4 Phone (306) 655-7836 Rudy and Edith Daniel Clavet, Sask. Phone (306) 931-1184 La CAP 1775 Boul. Edouard-Laurin Ville St-Laurent, Que. H4L 2B9 Phone (514) 745-4187 Shalom Counselling Centre 131 Erb St. West Waterloo, Ont. N2L 1T7 Phone (519) 886-9690 Keystone Counselling Associates 1258 Henderson Highway Winnipeg, Man. R2G 1M2 Phone (204) 338-3339 Recovery of Hope 1475 Pembina Highway Winnipeg, Man. R3T 2C5 Phone (204) 477-4673 Eden Health Care Services 204 Main St., Box 129 Winkler, Man. R6W 4A4 Phone (204) 325-5355 Cornerstone Counselling Service 159 Henderson Hwy. Winnipeg, Man. R2L 1L4 Phone (204) 663-0050

Columbia Christian Counseling Mental Health Group 31741 Peardonville Road Abbotsford, B.C. V2T 1L2 Phone (604) 852-2557 New Life Christian Counselling 202-5755 Glover Road Langley, B.C. V3A 8H4 Phone (800) 639-5433 Vancouver Christian Counseling 969 Burrard St. Vancouver, B.C. V6Z 1Y1 Phone (604) 688-3945 Burden Bearers of Canada 212-750 Cottonwood Ave. Kamloops, B.C. V3T 5H5 Phone (250) 376-3121 Burden Bearers of Canada Surrey Counseling Office 303-9801 King George Hwy. Surrey, B.C. V3T 5H5 Phone (604) 584-4112 Cascade Christian Counseling 833 Pandora Victoria, B.C. V8W 1P2 Phone (250) 384-3322 Kootenay Christian Counseling Creston, B.C. Phone (250) 428-3015 Quest Christian Counseling Vernon, B.C. Phone (250) 549-4423 Squamish Christian Counseling 2262 Read Cres. Squamish, B.C. Phone (604) 898-9577

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