Wellness & Recovery Sunday at GSL
September 22 @ 8:00 am - 12:00 pm CDT
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Wellness & Recovery Sunday
Rector’s Forum: The Journey & Power of Wellness, Recovery, and Wholeness by guest presenter Dr. Stephen Haynes. Every fall, GSL intentionally remembers the importance of wellness and recovery in our community. Join Dr. Stephen Haynes as he talks about how wellness and recovery make us whole and can transform our lives. Dr. Haynes is Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College, Theologian-in-Residence at Idlewild Presbyterian Church, former adjunct professor on Recovery Ministries at Fuller Seminary, and an author.
Dr. Stephen Haynes is the Preacher for the 8 & 10:30 a.m. services.
The Rector’s Forum and 10:30 service will be livestreamed at gracestlukes.org/live.
About Recovery Sundays in the Episcopal Church
The human body is a temple of God to be cared for in mind, body, and spirit. Because all beloved children are called to strive daily toward wholeness and ultimately, wellness, self-care includes paying attention to any addictions that may be occurring in our lives or the lives of others. The Addiction and Recovery Commission of the Diocese of West Tennessee is a resource for the education, care and support of people affected by the spiritual despair and disease of addiction. It offers support and comfort to families and loved ones whose lives are impacted by another’s addiction. It also joins The General Convention of the Episcopal Church in setting aside days like Recovery Sunday to celebrate of the deliverance by God’s grace of persons who have been imprisoned by a punishing and bewildering illness. The cost of this disease to our society and our Church, is monumental. It breaks the hearts of those who love the one who is addicted. It wounds the Body of Christ.
For information about Recovery Ministries at Grace-St. Luke’s (www.gracestlukes.org/recoveryministries),
The Diocesan Commission on Addiction and Recovery (www.facebook.com/EpiscopalRecovery), or
The National Recovery Ministries organization (www.episcopalrecovery.org),
Contact Lucy Owens at 901-252-6333 or lowens@graceslukes.org.
