Serving greater St. Louis, MO
Appointments: 314.994.9344
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In Christianity, the term agape refers to
the unconditional and voluntary love of God, God's love for humanity, and our
call to love one another.
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Clinical Depression
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Kristin
Pirrie and Hannah Porcella offered an educational
presentation on the topic of clinical
depression to the Celebrate Recovery
leadership group at
Hope Church in Columbia, Illinois. This CR group had been
interested in gaining a more comprehensive
understanding of the difference between
sadness and depression, how addiction
and depression co-occur, and ways to
intervene when leaders observe members experiencing a
specific constellation of symptoms. There
was a time for questions and case examples
toward the end that allowed leaders to
verbalize and validate their experiences as
well as gather information about resources
relevant to the care of their members.
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Rachel Peterka,
Darrell
Provinse, and Hannah Porcella thank
Grace
Church for the opportunity to present a
seminar on Depression.
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Darrell
Provinse's presentation at
Hope
Christian Church on "Dark Night of the
Soul: Understanding, Identifying, and
Treating Depression" went well. Thank
you, Hope Church, especially the Women's
Ministry, for the invitation to speak on
such a relevant issue. |
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Faith
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Darrell Provinse
shared on the topic of "How I Know God Loves Me
(and You)" at
Grace and Peace Fellowship. Thank you to Grace
and Peace for this wonderful opportunity! |
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Marriage and Family
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Carolyn Knarr
and Darrell Provinse would like to thank
Grace Church
for inviting them to hold a
Single
Parenting Workshop. They touched
on communication patterns, boundaries,
absentee parents, stress, and more.
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Tai Yong co-led a
Saturday marriage seminar to couples at New City
Fellowship. The seminar was based
on research from the
Preparation and Relationship Enhancement Program,
focusing on recognizing poor communication, learning
speaker-listener techniques, expressing the self in
specific terms, coming to proper resolution, and
developing friendship. Not only did Tai
present reliable theory, he also allowed the couples
the opportunity to make the knowledge practical
through role play exercises. |
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Life Skills
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Darrell
Provinse and Hannah Porcella held a workshop on
Procrastination, hosted by
Grace Church. Many thanks to Grace for
providing this opportunity! |
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Relationships
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Childhood
and Adolescence
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Darrell Provinse and
Kristin Pirrie
gave a presentation on adolescent suicide to
the youth group at Korean First Presbyterian
Church. Beginning and
ending with corporate prayer and worship,
the counselors presented statistics, risk
factors, and signs of suicide ideation in
teens.
Kristin led the group in discussing personal
insight and research on the topic, shedding
light on warning signs and depressive
symptoms that put teens at high risk.
They recognized that thoughts of suicide are
the result of "an imbalance of pain and
hope, and often a permanent solution to a
temporary condition." The group also
examined how to empathetically respond to
friends when they are in crisis and how to
seek help if the crisis is their own.
Darrell
effectively magnified biblical truths that can refresh a
hopeless heart: tethering the temporary painful
circumstances of our world to the irrefutable
permanency of God's perception of us. Both
Darrell and Kristin had a wonderful
experience--thank you Jim Han and other at Korean
First Presbyterian for the opportunity to connect
with your youth!
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