Saturday, June 16, 2018
JUNE 17th
Let's continue our talk about suicide and depression and maybe continue on to talk about race in America in 2018.
Saturday, June 9, 2018
June 10th Topics
Sunday, June 10th
Our topics this week:
Suicide
Race
2020
DRAFT SOCIAL PRINCIPLES
The
Nurturing Community
J. Death and Dying
b.
Suicide, Death and Dying
Nothing,
including suicide, “separates us from the love of God in Christ
Jesus” (Romans 8:38-‐39, NRSV). We now know that for many
chronic mental health conditions are not a failure of the will, but a
tragic illness that, if left untreated, may result in self-harm.
Persons who complete suicide should not be condemned. We urge
congregations and local communities to remove harmful stigmas
surrounding suicide. Appropriate pastoral care must be grounded in
compassion and love, not judgment and finding fault.
We
encourage increased education in the Church, regarding the
theological and ethical issues related to suicide, death and dying.
The Church must ensure that all persons have access to pastoral care
or therapy when circumstances have led to a loss of self-‐worth.
Through preaching, teaching, and lived practice, we proclaim the
Good News that every person is made in the image of God, touched by
God’s grace, and fiercely loved by God from birth, throughout life,
in death and beyond death. We believe that love is as strong as death
(cf. Song of Solomon 8:6).
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