NYAPRS Note: Our friends at the Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities are hosting a webinar on December 9th at 1:00 PM EST to discuss how peers can help those they serve connect or reconnect to the faith-based communities of their choice. For so many of us, community plays an integral role in our recovery and connections to our faith–based community are often considered essential.
Helping People to Connect to the Religious Congregations and Spiritual Groups of Their Choice: The Role of Peer Specialists
Temple University Webinar on December 9th at 1:00 PM EST
You are invited to participate in a one-hour webinar, December 9th 1:00 PM EST, to discuss the role that peer specialists can play in helping the people with whom they work connect to the religious congregations of their choice.
You can register here.
Last month, the Temple University Collaborative re-issued “Helping People Connect to the Religious Congregations of Their Choice: The Role of Peer Specialists” which recognizes the important role that faith and fellowship play in the lives of many peers and recommends specific strategies for peer specialists to pursue to make those connections a reality. The Temple Collaborative now invites you into a national conversation on the topic asking:
- What have been your experiences – as a peer or peer specialist – in connecting to mainstream religious groups?
- What strategies have you developed to help other peers successfully become a part of religious congregations?
- What are the roles the peer specialists can and should – or cannot and should not-play in this sensitive arena?
Join us on December 9, 2015, 1:00PM EST. We encourage you to read “Helping People Connect” prior to the session.