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Healthy
Grieving: Grief is a painful
journey from loss to acceptance. Join
Frances J.
Thomas as she leads a 4-Part Workshop
from Sept. 13-Oct. 4 to provide information
and supportive counseling techniques to help
bring closure to the suffering.
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Darrell
Provinse will be sharing on "Knowing
God Loves Us" at Celebrate Recovery at 6
pm on Monday August 9 at
First
Evangelical Free Church. This
event is open to the public!
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Mark your
calendars for August 18!
Rachel Peterka,
Hannah Porcella,
and Darrell
Provinse will be presenting a seminar on
Depression at
Grace
Church. More details forthcoming.
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Take a look at
our Article Resources:
Kelly Maxwell
has written an article on eating
disorders, including information, a small
questionnaire, and some local resources.
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Hannah Porcella
and
Darrell
Provinse held a workshop on
Procrastination, hosted by
Grace Church
June 16. Many thanks to Grace for
providing this opportunity!
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Many thanks to
McGuire Furniture Rental & Sales
for their generous donation of furniture for
our offices.
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Hannah Porcella
and Darrell
Provinse held a Repairing
Relationships Workshop at
Grace
Church April 21. They presented on
forgiveness and reconciliation,
discussing both subjects in depth and as
different from one another. Thank you
to Grace Church for this engaging
opportunity.
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Thank you to
Home Depot for your gift card donation for
our Lake St. Louis work center construction!
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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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We welcome
Mike Siebe
and Randi
Borroff to the Agape family!
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We are proud
to announce Frances Thomas' article "The Awesome
Power of Optimism: A Personal Journey to
HOPE" has been published in the book Overcomers, Inc.: True Stories of Hope,
Courage and Inspiration, complied by
Lynne Klippel. The article speaks
specifically about overcoming personal
medical and socio-cultural challenges
through hard work, and about spiritual
empowerment. Frances' own struggles
and accomplishments drive her to believe
that as long as there is a God, optimism
rules. Her counseling style presumes
that in spite of disease or circumstances,
some degree of abundant living is possible.
Please contact Frances via Agape or visit
Overcomers, Inc if you would like to
purchase the book.
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Thank you!
Mike Maninger has graciously donated two
new computers for our Olivette location.
His gift will be a blessing to many.
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We are pleased to announce that Agape Christian
Counseling Services has been listed in the United
Way of Missouri 2-1-1 database.
Information regarding Agape's services is available
via the United
Way website.
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We have added a
new location to be more
accessible to you.
Kelly Maxwell is
available to provide counseling services at
Covenant Theological Seminary's counseling center.
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Darrell Provinse and
Kristin Pirrie
gave a presentation on adolescent suicide to
the youth group at Korean First Presbyterian
Church on October 26. 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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Tai Yong co-led a
Saturday marriage seminar to couples at New City
Fellowship on August 22. 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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Perhaps you
are interested in belonging to a community
of faith or exploring Christian
spirituality, but don't know where to start
or whom to trust. We are currently in
the process of actively linking with local
churches in order to help you in your
search. Here is a listing of a few
churches
that are friends of Agape, and that we
believe to be healthy and
scripturally-sound.
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