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Let's talk about mental health

The evidence is all around us—people of all ages are struggling with their mental health like never before. And not acknowledging this challenge isn’t helping. So that’s what we are going to do at River City Church—talk about mental health.

If you or someone you know is dealing with mental health issues, we invite you to join us for a conversation that will be full of honesty, compassion, and hope... because Jesus is being invited too.

LOCAL resources
LOCAL

Laci Parcell

Still Waters Counseling

765.221.3611

lparcell@stillwaterscounseling.net

www.stillwaterscounseling.net

 

Reginald T. Alderman, PhD

Counsel Net

Board Certified Pastoral Counselor

765.532.3862

raldermanphd@gmail.com

www.allcounseling.com

Andrew Bowman, Director

Teen Challenge Central Indiana

765.482.2336

andrewbowman@indianatc.org

www.citc.life

 

Abundant Life Coaching

Kathi Lange, Founder and President

Families United, Inc.

765.762.0611 - Lafayette

765.762.0611 – Attica

www.familiesunited.biz

Symbis and Symbis

symbis@rivercity.info

ELDERS
elders team

Available for Spiritual Guidance

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Bill & Candy Augustin

Lafayette

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Carlos & Eloina Garcia

Español

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Gary & Juanita Thayer

Lafayette

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Sharon

Hill-Brown

Lafayette

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Harvey & Kathi Lange

West Lafayette

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Don & Connie Tolley

Lafayette

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Paul & Donna Challgren

Lafayette

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Noemi

Lugo

Lafayette

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Bob & Anna Tunin

Lafayette

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Bob & Gloria Fallon

Lafayette

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Alvin & Rachele Raines

Lafayette

READING PLANS
Bible reading plans
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ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING

Bestselling author Max Lucado explores God’s treatment plan for anxiety found in Philippians 4:4–8. As you follow this prescription – celebrating God’s goodness, asking for his help, leaving your concerns with him, and meditating on good things – you will experience God’s peace. While anxiety is a part of life, it doesn’t have to dominate your life. 

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GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD

Do you feel like a victim to your spiraling thoughts? Do you often fall prey to toxic thinking patterns like victimhood, anxiety, and distraction? The enemy of our souls is determined to make us feel helpless, overwhelmed, and incapable of making a difference for God’s kingdom. It doesn’t have to be that way! Get out of your head and into God’s promises in this five-day, thought-changing devotional from Jennie Allen.

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Checking In

Checking In reminds you that you are not alone and that God has not yet finished writing your story. This 5-Day Devotional will inspire you to reject the lies of anxiety and depression and replace them with the truth of God’s Word.

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AT YOUR BEST

In his new book, At Your Best, pastor and leadership expert Carey Nieuwhof says, “You deserve to stop living at an unsustainable pace. What if—instead—you learned how to live in a way today that will help you thrive tomorrow."

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OUT OF THE CAVE

Bestselling author and pastor Chris Hodges helps those struggling with depression find liberating solutions by drawing from the life of the prophet Elijah.

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PUTTING AN X THROUGH ANXIETY

Anxiety may be the fear over your shoulder, the worry by your side, or the dread hanging over your life. For many, it's a powerful giant that would like you to believe that your life will never be normal again. Over the course of seven days, we will set our gaze on someone bigger and more powerful - Jesus, our giant slayer.

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WINNING THE WAR IN YOUR MIND

Most of life’s battles are won or lost in the mind. So how do we start winning more of those battles? In this 7-day Bible Plan from Life.Church Pastor Craig Groeschel’s book, we’ll discover how to fight toxic thoughts, overcome out-of-control thinking, and start winning the war in our minds using God’s truth as our battle plan.

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OVERCOMING THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE AND
SELF-HARM

If you feel hopeless, or you've experienced self-harm or suicidal thoughts, you need to know there's a God who loves you, has a purpose for you, and who's with you now. This six-day Life.Church Bible plan will help you understand who God says you are and empower your journey to healing. ***If you're in an emergency, please reach out to someone. Resources are included with each day's devotional.

BOOKS
BOOKS
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ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING

by Max Lucado

Does the uncertainty and chaos of life keep you up at night? Is irrational anxiety your constant companion? Let God help you win the war on worry and receive the lasting peace of Christ.

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KILLING COMPARISON

by Nona Jones

It's time to leave behind the discontent of comparative thinking and discover a free and joyful life in the security of God’s love.

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RHYTHMS OF RENEWAL

by Rebekah Lyons

Rebekah draws from her own battle with depression and anxiety to share a pathway to establish four life-giving rhythms that quiet inner chaos and make room for you to flourish.

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attacking anxiety

by Shawn Johnson

In Attacking Anxiety, Shawn vulnerably shares about this dark time and offers those familiar with that same struggle everything he's learned in his battles with anxiety, depression, and hopelessness.

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winning the war in your mind

by Craig Groeschel

Are your thoughts out of control - just like your life? Do you long to break free from the spiral of destructive thinking? Let God's truth become your battle plan to win the war in your mind!

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not quite fine

by Carlene Hill Bryon

Drawing on her own history of mental health problems and her experience as a teacher and lay counselor, Byron offers words of hope for those who struggle as well as practical insights to equip congregations to better support those who are suffering in their midst.

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THE GOOD LIFE

by Derwin Gray

Everyone wants to be happy. We spend our money, time, and energy chasing after “the good life,” and we run ourselves into physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion on the way. But what if the happiness we’re all striving for isn’t the happiness we were created for?

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the emotionally healthy woman

by Geri Scazzero

Part of the bestselling Emotionally Healthy Spirituality book collection, The Emotionally Healthy Woman provides women a way out of surface-level spirituality to genuine freedom in Christ.

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get out of your head

by Jennie Allen

Get Out of Your Head is a Biblical guide to discovering how to submit our minds to Christ because how we think shapes how we live. As we surrender every thought to Jesus, the promises of God flood our lives in profound ways.

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OUT OF THE CAVE

by Chris Hodges

In Out of the Cave, Chris Hodges uses Elijah's life to show us that everyone is susceptible to depression. Even when we're walking closely with God, we can still stumble and get lost in the wilderness of tangled emotions. But we don't have to stay there, because we serve a God who meets us in the darkness.

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why emotions

by Tristen & Jonathan Collins

For some, emotions are overwhelming and all-important. For others, they are bothersome and irrational. No matter where you fall on the emotional spectrum, one thing is for sure: God designed you as an emotional being. Your emotions have purpose, and they’re worth handling with curiosity, respect, and wisdom.What might it look like for you to have a healthy relationship with emotions? Could you learn to discern them and use them wisely?

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the anxious generation

by Jonathan Haidt

From New York Times bestselling co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse in youth mental health—and a scientifically proven path to health and strength.

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CHECKING IN

by Michelle Williams

"I need help."

Those three words saved Grammy Award–winning singer Michelle Williams's life. After decades of sweeping her anxiety and depression under the rug--even during her years in the spotlight with Destiny's Child--Michelle found herself planning her own funeral. Realizing that she needed immediate help and could no longer battle her anxiety and depression alone, she checked herself into a treatment facility. When she came home, she was energized and determined to check in on a regular basis with herself, God, and others.

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RESILIENT

by John Eldredge

Between false promises of ease and comfort on one side and the sheer trauma of global disease and disasters on the other, people today are facing a shortage of peace, happiness, and strength. In Resilient, Eldredge reveals a path toward genuine recovery and resilience through Jesus himself.

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emotionally healthy spirituality

by Peter Scazzero

Peter Scazzero learned the hard way: you can't be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature. Even though he was the pastor of a growing church, he did what most people do--avoid conflict in the name of Christianity; ignore his anger, sadness, and fear; use God to run from God; and live without boundaries.

Eventually God awakened him to a biblical integration of emotional health and the spiritual practice of slowing down and quieting your life for to experience a firsthand relationship with Jesus. It created nothing short of a spiritual revolution in Scazzero, in his church, and now in thousands of other churches.

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boundaries

by Henry Cloud & John Townsend

Boundaries is the book that's helped over 4 million people learn when to say yes and know how to say no in order to take control of their lives.

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VIDEO STUDIES

Go to RightNow Media to set up a free account for the streaming of these and more video studies:

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anxious for nothing

In this five-session video Bible study, Max Lucado explores God’s promise in Philippians 4:4–8 and shows that while anxiety is part of life, it doesn’t have to dominate life. As you follow God’s prescription for worry – celebrate his goodness, ask for help, leave your concerns with him, meditate on good things – you will experience his peace. You can stop letting anxiety rule your day and find true calm and contentment in Christ.

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MORE THAN A FEELING

Just like pain alerts us that there’s a deeper issue that needs attention in our physical body, our emotions can lead to revealing the places of our hearts that have been wounded and broken and need the healing touch of Jesus. We’ve taught ourselves to bottle and hide emotion rather than facing it head-on and listening to what it’s telling us about ourselves.

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FIGHTING YOUR BATTLES

In this six-session series with author, speaker, and former NFL chaplain Jonathan Evans, you will discover how you can face every hardship with strength and hope. You can be confident that God will always use your trials for his glory because he is fighting your battles.

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get out of your head

In Get Out of Your Head, Jennie takes groups on a study in Philippians, inspiring and equipping us to transform our emotions, our outlook, and even our circumstances by taking control of our thoughts. When we submit our minds to Christ, the promises and goodness of God flood our lives in remarkable ways. It starts in your head. And from there, the possibilities are endless.

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don't give the enemy a seat at your table

We’ve all been in circumstances that cause our minds to spin with thoughts that are unproductive, destructive, and harmful. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed and wonder why we keep falling into the same thought patterns. We need to recognize these thoughts are not from God, but from an enemy lurking who wants to seize every opportunity to lie his way into our minds.

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UNSHAKABLE HOPe

This 12-session video Bible study will help you, your group, and your church stand on the definitive declarations of our mighty and loving God who governs the world according to his great and precious promises.

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facing anxiety

In this four-session series, pastor Jonathan Pokluda explores how Christians can face anxiety head-on. With real-life stories from people facing various kinds of anxiety, this series helps us see that peace can be found on this side of eternity.

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PAIN, SUFFERING, AND GRIEF

Throughout this series, Lamar Hardwick will walk the audience through how to navigate through the feeling of pain, grief, and suffering through his own personal struggles with battling cancer and having to sit at times asking the questions of God with what to do in dealing with these big three issues of life.

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SCARRED FOR GOOD

Dive into a 7-episode video series created to help individuals and groups discover and develop their personal stories in Christ. This story-driven curriculum features our award-winning film, Miracle Matt, as the catalyst to inspire your journey.

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depression

Compass & Light: A Series on Mental Health is a 7-part documentary series that tells the story of those affected by mental illness and gives practical knowledge about the varying issues surrounding mental health. This series consists of seven short films covering the topics of anxiety, bipolar, depression, addiction, eating disorders, PTSD and suicide. As we listen to one another's stories and are bold in sharing our own, we can create a community where we are all fully known and fully loved.

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are you really ok?

In this 8-part video series, Are You Really OK?, author and licensed counselor Debra Fileta challenges you to get real with who you are and how you’re doing spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and physically so you can recognize where you need growth and healing.

NEXT GEN
Next Gen – Resources for Parents, Kids, and Students
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MESSAGES
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PODCAST
RIVER CITY WAVES PODCAST

Listen as Pastor Robby and other special guests tackle interesting questions and conversations about Mental Health.

LISTEN here

watch the podcast here

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