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Recent Address given by Bob Dell (PDF)

"Healing: the Religious Community, Spirituality, and Mental Illness"


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Contact Information
Pathways to Promise
5400 Arsenal Street
St. Louis, MO 63139
FAX: (314) 877-6405
E-mail: pathways@mimh.edu

Pastoral Crisis Intervention

Helping the Family

New: Helpful Links

Models of Ministry

Resources and Organizations

Poster Project - 2007

Annotated Mental Health Resources
Books, other printed resources, audio-visual


Presentations from our national summit, Companions on the Road to Recovery from Mental Illness: Pathways for the 21st Century are now available on-line as free downloads.

View introductory video

To download these PDF or Powerpoint presentations, click here to bring up the Post-Summit Brochure on which will be found all the links, surrounded by blue rectangles (beginning on page 3 of the brochure). To view PDFs you must have Adobe Reader installed, and to view Powerpoint files you must have Microsoft Powerpoint installed on your computer.

Of special interest may be the PDF for Mental Health Ministry - A Toolkit for Congregations

Pathways to Promise is an interfaith technical assistance and resource center which offers liturgical and educational materials, program models, and networking information to promote a caring ministry with people with mental illness and their families. These resources are used by people at all levels of faith group structures from local congregations to regional and national staff.

Pathways Brochure | Resources Order Form

Our interactive site is designed for clergy and people in local congregations to get a "snapshot" of:

  1. what to do when a person with mental illness or a family member comes for help or simply makes his or her presence known (see Pastoral Crisis Intervention),

  2. what activities and programs can be developed in congregations that are supportive of people with mental illness and/or their families (see Helping the Family),

  3. what agencies and organizations have helpful resources and referral information (see Resources).
Our site is intended for clergy, interested laity, people with mental illness and their families, friends and supporters and mental health professionals interested in working with the faith community.

Resolutions of Faith Groups

(November 22, 2006--PDF)

AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC FOUNDATION AWARDS PATHWAYS TO PROMISE $87,900 GRANT FOR ANTI-STIGMA CAMPAIGN

Read Press Release (PDF)

Poster Packet Is Free to Congregations

Sunshine from Darkness (reduced)

As your congregation's representative, you may receive one free anti-stigma poster packet. Please read about it here.

View our Sunshine from Darkness poster (11x17). The back of this poster contains helpful information about mental illness and resources for help and support. We can let our loved ones know we care, and that they may move to "Sunshine from Darkness."

Suggestions for use: Prominently display the poster and copy the information pages for distribution. Pass along to some person or group a copy of the information pages. Disseminate this information through your bulletin and newsletter. Mention those affected by mental illness in a prayer, bulletin or newsletter saying “It is OK to talk about it, and it is OK to ask for help.”

Order one or more copies of this poster.

Poster Project Final Report (PDF)

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