Mental Health Awareness Week 2023

Today we pray……..

Loving Father, we ask you to watch over and protect those who feel isolated, unnoticed or ignored.
Encourage us to be more aware of those who suffer alone and to do what we can to alleviate their distress.  
Fill with compassion, wisdom and patience all those who seek to bring healing.

Our Church is open between 9am and 1pm from Monday to Friday, please do call in for some quiet time.

Anxiety is the theme of Mental Health Awareness Week 2023  – the words below have been taken from their website 

Anxiety is a normal emotion in us all, but sometimes it can get out of control and become a mental health problem.

Lots of things can lead to feelings of anxiety, including exam pressures, relationships, starting a new job (or losing one) or other big life events. We can also get anxious when it comes to things to do with money and not being able to meet our basic needs, like heating our home or buying food. But anxiety can be made easier to manage.

Focusing on anxiety for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week will increase people’s awareness and understanding of anxiety by providing information on the things that can help prevent it from becoming a problem. At the same time, we will keep up the pressure to demand change – making sure that improving mental health is a key priority for the government and society as a whole.