Mental Health & Pastoral Care Institute Dinner
‘Integrating Theology and Psychology’
When: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Wednesday 22 January
Where: ADM, Level 1, St Andrew’s House, 464-480 Kent St, Sydney
Cost: $40 Waged / $30 Unwaged
Join Rev Dr Keith and Sarah Condie, co-Directors of the Mental Health & Pastoral Care Institute, for this special dinner event during ADM’s 2020 School of Theology, Culture & Public Engagement. Over a two-course dinner, be part of an evening of discussion and engagement with other Christians working in these areas.
Our guest speaker for the evening is Professor Karen Mason, Professor of Counselling and Psychology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. We’ll hear a short talk from Karen about how to integrate theology and psychology, drawing on examples from her area of expertise in suicide prevention in faith communities. We’ll also have time for Q&A discussion with the audience.
We hope you can join us to hear from Karen on this important topic and to build relationships amongst Christians working in the areas of mental health and pastoral care.
Speakers:
Professor Karen E. Mason
Karen is a Professor of Counselling and Psychology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, where she is also the Director of the Hamilton Counselling Program. For the last 13 years, Karen has prepared Gordon-Conwell theological students to become licenced mental health counsellors. Her research and practice focus on the topics of suicide prevention in faith communities. She is the author of the widely read “Preventing Suicide: A Handbook for Pastors, Chaplains and Pastoral Counsellors” (IVP). Her forthcoming book “Preaching and Suicide: Teaching and Giving Care with Pulpit Ministry” examines preachers’ central roles in suicide prevention. Prior to her appointment at Gordon-Conwell she managed the Office of Suicide Prevention for the state of Colorado. Karen is an expert in the theory and practice of integrating Christian faith and suicide prevention. She has a huge heart for the work of the church, and we are humbled and thrilled that she will be sharing her wisdom with us on an important topic.
Karen will be teaching two masterclasses at STCPE: one on suicide prevention in faith communities and another on the same topic aimed specifically at clergy and ministry workers with special attention to topics such as suicide and preaching.
Sarah Condie
Sarah is Co-Director/Founder with her husband Keith of the Mental Health & Pastoral Care Institute at Anglican Deaconess Ministries in Sydney, Australia. She is also a women’s pastor and Director of Well-being & Care at Church by the Bridge, Sydney. Before serving in full time vocational ministry, she worked as a law librarian at the State Library of NSW for many years and loved it. Sarah loves to read, walk, quilt, drink cups of tea with friends at the kitchen table, and write on her blog when she can.
Rev. Dr. Keith Condie
Keith is Co-Director/Founder with his wife Sarah of the Mental Health & Pastoral Care Institute at Anglican Deaconess Ministries. He has degrees in psychology, theology and history, and for his PhD, he looked at meditation in the thought of a seventeenth-century Puritan pastor, Richard Baxter. Keith has worked in child welfare for the state government as well as serving as an Assistant Minister in two churches in Sydney. For nearly 20 years, he was on the faculty at Moore Theological College as Dean of Students and lecturer in ministry and church history. Keith enjoys reading, keeping fit, cooking and the ritual of Thursday night family dinners, while escaping occasionally to the coast to walk along isolated beaches.
Mental Health & Pastoral Care Institute
The Mental Health & Pastoral Care Institute (MHPCI) is part of Mary Andrews College at Anglican Deaconess Ministries in Sydney, Australia, and provides reformed evangelical churches and ministry leaders everywhere with biblically and theologically informed training and resources for pastoral care with excellence. Our primary purpose is to promote well-being while alleviating distress, especially for those suffering from mental illness.
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