Presbyterian Mission Agency suicide prevention Archives

Presbyterians and interfaith friends continue to wage war on veteran suicide

Posted January 7th, 2020

Since its establishment in 2015, the nonprofit Interfaith Veterans’ Workgroup, based in Wilmington, Delaware, has provided a supportive interfaith community to assist returning veterans reacclimate to civilian life.

Presbyterian chaplain: Congregations can prevent veteran suicide by building connections

Posted November 11th, 2019

In the Mission Yearbook message for this Veterans Day, the Rev. (Capt.) Lyman M. Smith, director of the Presbyterian Council for Chaplains and Military Personnel, (PCCMP) writes, “More than 18 million veterans live among us. And of those 18 million, some 18 are likely to die by suicide today.”

Mental health summit starts conversation

Posted September 12th, 2019

When Laura Mitchell receives a nudge from God, she sees it through. “Sunrise of Hope,” a one-day mental health summit hosted by La Jolla Presbyterian Church in California this past spring, was one of those nudges.

The Suicide Epidemic

Posted June 20th, 2019

When the Rev. Dr. Scott Weimer tried to come back to North Avenue Presbyterian Church in Atlanta six weeks after his 22-year-old son died by suicide, he could barely function.