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Spiritual Spotlight

"ENOUGH IS ENOUGH"

Have you been praying, and GOD hasn't answered yet? Well let's look at some keys points that may give you the answer why:

(1) Maybe you're expecting a lot from GOD, but not much from yourself. And perhaps He is asking you to work harder by utilizing the ingenuity He has already given you.

REMEMBER.....

GOD'S promises are never an excuse for laziness. Elijah was in a devastating drought when GOD said, "Go to the brook Cherith. I will send ravens to feed you" (See 1Kng 17:1-4). Elijah could have replied, "LORD, I'm exhausted! Can't You send them here?" Instead, "he did according to the word of the LORD" (v.5 NKJV). Ask GOD if there is something you should be doing, and when He tells you---do it.

(2) Perhaps your prayers are not explicit enough.  Doesn't GOD already know what we need? Yes, but, He wants to hear it from you. "You don't have what you want because you don't ask GOD for it" (Jam 4:2 NLT). GOD wants us to persist in prayer:

Ask and keep on asking....seek and keep on seeking....knock and keep on knocking (Luk 11:9 AMPC).  (3) We fail to realize that GOD wants to meet our needs---in His time.

I HEAR YOU ASKING ......

"But what if my problem gets worse?" Don't worry; it will never be too big for GOD to resolve! From time to time, He waits in order to do something even

greater. Lazarus was sick unto death, but JESUS still didn't respond immediately. He waited so He could raise Him from the dead (See Jhn 11:1-6, 43-44). We're inclined to think that our request is GOD'S best answer to our need, even though His Word assures us that "No good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly (Psa 84:11).

NOW STJ FAMILY

Here's our reminder scripture of promise with assurance from the LORD found in: (Jhn 16:24) "Ask, and he shall receive."

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Congratulations

Dr. Gladys Smith

Receiving the

Diversity Award

from the

Missouri Psychological Association

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CONFERENCE

COMMUNITY

The Engaged City is a joint project led by the Center for the Humanities (College of Arts & Sciences), the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity (CRE2), and the Office for Socially Engaged Practice (Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts) at Washington University in St. Louis.

In an attempt to bridge divides instead of highlight or enforce them, this project will create publicly accessible co-created cultural maps of St. Louis that spatialize the individual and collective cultural knowledge bearers, organizations, and community members in STL. This project emerges from a need articulated by Reverend Charles Norris in our team’s conversations with community leaders: the need to know who is doing what in our city, so that we can join efforts and better serve communities and neighborhoods. The project team will work closely with individuals, organizations and stakeholders to develop the cultural mapping framework through a series of engagements including collaborative mapping sessions, community events Engaged City, and listening sessions, student internships, community fellowships, and seed grants for enhanced partnerships.

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HEALTH

CDC observes National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month each July. This observance raises awareness of the challenges that affect the mental health of people in racial and ethnic minority groups. Learn more and find ways to support mental health equity.

The Role of the Black Church in Mental Health for Older Black Seniors

July 23 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am PDT

Free

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Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Start time: 9 AM Pacific | 12 PM Eastern

End time: 10 AM Pacific | 1 PM Eastern



According to Nguyen (2018), historically, Black congregants’ relationships with the Black church are an informal counseling resource for coping with racial discrimination and the daily stressors of living in America. The lack of utilization of clinical services for mental health symptoms within the Black church underscores the need for accessible interventions and mental health education for this population and the Black community in general (Hankerson et al., 2018). Community partners learning the problem and how to partner with Black churches can help older Black adults who are experiencing social isolation and physical or mental challenges. The participants will take a deep dive into the historical trauma of older Black adults and fear.

Presenter:

Johnola Morales, DSW, serves as chief of staff at the Council on Aging, where her primary responsibility is to provide support and guidance to the agency’s programs, which assist clients with their individual or family needs. She has an extensive background as a social worker, with more than three decades’ experience in various areas such as foster care, preventive services, Adult Protective Services, Child Protective Services, long term care case management, and other community-based programs in the New York City government and nonprofit organizations.

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