“ The Lifesaving Church is a powerful book about suicide prevention that every church leader needs to read.”
—Sarah Griffith Lund, author of Blessed are the Crazy
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
With suicide rates climbing — affecting all ages and genders — chances are your church will be, or has already been, affected by the tragedy of suicide. We can no longer afford to remain silent around the topics of suicide, depression, and mental illness. 

On this first day of Mental Health Awareness Month, Chalice Press invites you to break the silence and join others in becoming lifesaving communities. In The Lifesaving Church: Faith Communities and Suicide Prevention , releasing today, pastor and suicide survivor Rachael Keefe shatters the stigma of suicide to share her own personal story of lifelong depression, eating disorders, and suicidality and help equip congregations to better recognize and respond to those suffering silently in the pew.

Part memoir, part theological reflection, and part action guide, each chapter concludes with a "What Your Congregation Can Do Now" section to get you started building a community of abundant life for all.
LIVE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEBINAR —
Wednesday, May 30, 1pm ET/12 pm CT

Buy the book and join the live webinar with author Rachael Keefe, Sarah Lund (author, Blessed are the Crazy ), and Jim Keat (Center for Progressive Renewal) to learn more about how to respond to mental illness and suicide in your church and steps you can take to build a lifesaving community. 

" The Lifesaving Church is an unflinchingly faith-filled resource for Christians helping people who are facing mental
illness and considering suicide."  
--Foreword Reviews
More Resources for your Community:

  • Buy discounted multi-book kits for group study

  • Free Study Guide available here

  • FREE private 30-minute video conversation with the author when you order 10 or more copies!
Meet Rachael Keefe
Rachael A. Keefe  is the pastor of Living Table United Church of Christ (UCC) in the Twin Cities. Since being ordained by the UCC in 1992, Rachael has served in many different ministry settings both traditional and decidedly nontraditional, in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Minnesota. She has a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological School, another Masters degree (ThM) from Princeton, in Christian Education and Counseling, and a doctoral degree (DMin) from Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School. Rachael is a pastor, an author, a painter, and a poet. On sunny afternoons you might see her with her easel at a local park or river walkway. 
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