Welcome
We’re happy you found us. We have been busy relaunching Faith Partners as an independent nonprofit. With this new website we want to reassure you we are moving forward, committed to continuing our work of initiating, nurturing and sustaining the faith community’s efforts to address alcohol, drug, and addiction issues. For five years we collaborated with the Johnson Institute, functioning as the Rush Center of Johnson Institute. During those years we hosted a national summit and expanded our efforts. We are grateful we had this opportunity. And when the Johnson Institute closed their doors the end of February we knew we wanted ...
Hope for Recovery
"Hope for Recovery" is the name that our team at St. Alban's chose for itself. It's the perfect name: it reflects what we're all about, and it does so in three succinct words. But those three succinct words are not the most important three words in the sentence. The words chose for itself are. Because while choosing a name may seem like an insignificant detail, it reflects a highly significant and much larger reality: that the life of this ministry has been-and continues to be--developed and shaped by its lay members, not me! When I was called to St Alban's six ...
Alcohol, drug addiction a “hole in the soul”
Guest Author: Kristen Browning-Blah The Denver Post The name might sound familiar: Moyers. Maybe you've heard of William C. Moyers, author of "Broken," a memoir of addiction. Or you know his dad, Bill, from his long career as a journalist and his current PBS program, "Bill Moyers Journal." The family went public with Moyers' crack addiction and recovery in 1998 with a five-part PBS series, "Moyers on Addiction: Close to Home." "Broken" came out in 2006. After a 15-year career in journalism and four stints in rehab, including time at the Hazelden treatment center in Minnesota, Moyers is now ...
Love God with all your heart
Guest Author: Mary Boone, Austin TX As an interventionist, I have opportunity to reflect on ways in which the illness of addiction robs one of the ability to truly love. Rather than supporting intimacy, commitment, and unconditional warm regard in a family or amongst friends, it promotes distance, broken promises, and ill will. Rather than leading persons to their God, it sets up false gods. As addiction of any type progresses in families, the Rule of don’t trust; don’t talk; and don’t feel gradually takes over and governs relationships. When life is painful and coping involves addiction to substances or behaviors, a family ...
A Family Affair
Recovery: A Family Affair April 9, 2009 by Emily Battaglia As part of Alcohol Awareness Month in April, the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is promoting the message that recovery is a family affair. According to SAMHSA, over half of all adults in the United States have a family history of alcoholism or problem drinking. SAMHSA is striving to inform all Americans that alcoholism is a preventable and treatable disease, and that individuals in a family where alcoholism exists need to receive help, too. Family dynamics often play a role in the development and facilitation of addictive behaviors. In ...
News & Events
Walk Demonstrates Faith Community SupportA weekend walk organized by Faith Partners ministry teams in the Paducah, KY area...
Family ResponseDoes this sound familiar? Perhaps you are clergy, a certified substance abuse counselor,...
United Methodist Agencies Endorse and Support Faith Partners Team MinistryGeneral Board of Church and Society Endorses Approach The General Board of Church...
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Education that Changes LivesExposure to the science and treatment of alcohol and addiction related problems can...
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Out in the Parking LotIt doesn’t matter where the dialog begins The word of mouth “grapevine” had a way of spreading. Over time I was approached by a number of others in the church seeking help for loved ones under similar circumstances – almost invariably being approached in the church parking lot, after the Sunday service or some event. Occasionally,... [Read more of this review]
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