Monthly Newsletter and Events

Bay Area June Meeting

Visit Facebook Groups for Details

3 July, Thu 10:00 am

SCN Recovery Housing Committee Meeting - Open Virtual Meeting for Sober Home Owners and Managers

Registration Link


8 July, Tue 11:30am – 12:30pm

Dallas Area SCN meeting

PrestonCrest, 12700 Preston Rd suite 130, Dallas


9 July, Wed 11:30am – 1pm

Central Houston SCN meeting

Council on Recovery, 303 Jackson Hill St., Houston, TX 77007


10 July, Thu 11:30am – 1pm

Fort Worth SCN Meeting

La Hacienda office, 4255 Bryant Irvin Road Suite 109 Fort Worth, TX 76109


11 July, Fri 11:30am – 1pm

Tulsa SCN meeting

Mindset Behavioral Health

5563 S Lewis Ave #100, Tulsa, OK 74105


15 July, Tue 11:30am – 1:30pm

The Woodlands SCN Meeting

Woodlands First Methodist, 2200 Lake Woodlands Dr, Spring, TX 77380, ***Ashberry Hall


16 July, Wed 11:30am – 1pm

Central MS SCN Meeting

New Beginnings Christian Life Center

136 Byram Pkwy, Byram, MS 39272


17 July, Thu 11:30am – 1pm

Desoto Co SCN meeting

Brown Missionary Baptist Church

980 Stateline Rd E, Southaven, MS 38671


17 July, Thu 11:30am – 1:00pm

Austin SCN Meeting

Infinite Recovery Legacy Ranch Buda Drug & Alcohol Rehab, 13207 Wright Rd, Buda, TX 78610


17 July, Thu 11:30am – 1pm

Mississippi Coastal SCN Meeting

First Baptist Church Gulfport, 12190 MS 605, Gulfport, MS


18 July, Fri 8am - 3pm

Belly of the Whale Conference - Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi Country Club, 6300 Everhart Rd, Corpus Christi, TX 78413

Registration Link


18 July, Fri 11:30am – 1pm

NE Arkansas SCN Meeting


21 July, Mon

Collin County SCN Meeting - Cancelled for July



22 July, Tue 11:30am – 1pm

Memphis SCN Meeting

Hope Church Memphis

8500 Walnut Grove Rd, Cordova, TN 38018


23 July, Wed 11:30am – 1pm

Bay Area SCN Meeting

St. Thomas the Apostle Episcopal Church, Upper Bay Rd, Houston, TX 77058



25 July, Fri 12pm – 1pm

SCN Board Virtual Meeting

Zoom Link


30 July, Wed 12 – 1pm

SCN Webinar: Psychology and Religion: Collision or Intersection?

By: Bill Prasad LPC-S, LCDC

Registration Link

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MISSION

Bridging the gap between mental health providers, addiction recovery professionals and the faith community through collaboration and education.

 


VISION

Our goal is to encourage, educate, enlighten and empower faith leaders and mental health professionals to play a part in mental wellness and addiction recovery in their communities. We strive to build trusted relationships with providers of these services in order to encourage the incorporation of spirituality into all levels of treatment. We are a collaborative and inclusive group regarding spiritual beliefs and denominations as well as treatment modalities and therapeutic programs.



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The SCN offers free Networking and professional education. Please help us continue to grow with your financial support.

Thank you to our Board and Staff::


Eric Ayles, CEO

Jacqueline Martinez, RN, RSPS - Executive Director

Jason Pulln - Vice President

Jerry Laney, Treasurer

Lindsey Grier - Communications Coordinator



New Board Members Needed


If you are interested in serving on the National SCN board, please contact Eric at SCNmeeting@gmail.com



We had a fantastic turnout for the Alabama South Inaugural Meeting. Shout-out to Katie Gramling for her outstanding leadership!

Group Leaders, if you have meeting updates please send them to SCNjacqueline@gmail.com 

Monthly CE Webinar Series

Psychology and Religion: Collision or Intersection?

By Bill Prasad, LPC-S, LCDC


Wednesday, July 30, 2025 12:00 PM CST

Hosted by Freed-Hardeman University

Register Here!

Speaker: Bill Prasad, LPC-S, LCDC


Bill Prasad is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor who operates a Houston group working with all ages. He has worked as a corporate trainer and leader of facilitated discussions presenting to companies worldwide, the military and government entities. Also, Bill is a crisis responder doing virtual or onsite interventions in workplaces due to natural or manmade disasters. His experience includes senior leadership with several hospitals where he hired, managed, and trained staff.


Before working in the field of psychology Bill won an Emmy as a television reporter with much of his work done in Washington, DC working as a national correspondent for several television networks. Bill has postgraduate certifications in leadership from the University of Houston-Downtown and in the treatment of psychological trauma from Johns Hopkins University. He has master’s degrees in counseling psychology and in the study of religious and ethnic conflict.


In this webinar, Bill will help attendees:

(1) Understand the relationship between religion and psychology

(2) Learn how psychology addresses the bible

(3) Learn how the bible addresses psychology

Conference Updates

Register Today:

Conferences Coming Soon

July 18, 2025 - Belly of the Whale - Corpus Christi, TX

August 22, 2025 - Beacon Conference - St Andrews Methodist Church - Plano, TX

February 2026 - 8th Annual Hope Rising Conference - The Woodlands, TX

April 2026 - 4th Annual Belly of the Whale Conference- Galveston, TX

If you would like to coordinate a conference in your area, please contact Eric Ayles at SCNmeeting@gmail.com

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