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Empowering spiritual leaders for soul-based discipleship and community care. 

Peer Support and Consultation

At the heart of the discipleship mandate is a call to extend care and compassion to those who are hurting. CareCola provides a safe and confidential space for pastors to navigate the unique challenges and emotional demands that come with this sacred role. Through shared experiences and facilitated discussions, these groups are a vital resource and source of encouragement as you continue to serve with compassion and strength.

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  • Deepen Understanding: Gain insights into mental health and caregiving, learning practical approaches to support those in need.

  • Find Encouragement: Receive care and support from others who understand the joys and challenges of ministry.

  • Build Community: Connect with fellow pastors in an environment of trust and mutual respect.

  • Enhance Skills: Explore tools and strategies to navigate crisis situations, provide soul-based care, and foster hope within your church body.

Resource List

Basic Mental Health Awareness 

Caring Skills

Community Organizations and Services

  • *211. Free, non-emergency phone number that connects people to local community services. Available 24/7 in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

  • Chapin We Care. We serve as an outreach ministry for churches in the Chapin, Little Mountain, White Rock, Peak, Pomaria, and Prosperity communities in answer to the call of Jesus Christ to serve the poor and needy. 803.345.3244

  • EauClaire Cooperative Health.  Delivery of a full-continuum of primary care services to include pediatrics, adult and family, obstetrics & gynecology, dental, podiatry, behavioral medicine, orthopedics, and in-house pharmacies. Those who are insured, uninsured, or underinsured are welcome. A sliding fee scale is available to all patients and no one is denied care regardless of the ability to pay. 803.733.5969

  • Family Promise of the Midlands. We help families experiencing homelessness in their quest to achieve sustainable independence. While our guest families work toward that goal, congregations in the faith-based community provide them with temporary shelter and hospitality. 803.832.4765.

  • Flourishing Families. We meet the needs of vulnerable children by establishing a trauma-informed, attachment-based culture of care in South Carolina so that families flourish in connected communities.

  • Heart for Profit Homes. Empowering Lifes through shared housing. Safe, Clean, and Affordable living spaces tailored for rebuilding lives without barriers. 

  • Lifeline Children Services. To equip the Body of Christ to manifest the gospel to vulnerable children. Our desire is to come alongside Christian missional families with resources they will need to find and nurture their children, as they become disciples who make disciples. Adoption, foster care, crisis response, and counseling. 803.888.7525.

  • Leeza's Connection. Helping families cope with a health crisis, care for themselves and their diagnosed loved ones, create positive new realities through our network of connections.

  • Meals on Wheels. Delivered meals to seniors to keep them safe and living independently.

  • Needful Things Columbia-Lexington SC.  Directory of community services and organizations in Richland and Lexington counties. 

  • Oliver Gospel Mission.  Community-based mission that helps those who are unhoused, in poverty, or addiction transform their lives through physical, spiritual, and relational support so that they can lead full, healthy lives. Through our Men's Center, Toby's Place (center for women and children), and our social enterprises, we provide holistic rehabilitation, transitional housing, and career development, always aiming for permanent housing and a solid community for each person who comes through our doors.

  • Sharing God's Love. Cooperative ministry that works with those facing emergencies related to their basic living needs. The ministry operates as an extension of the churches in the Irmo, St. Andrews, and Ballentine areas and is committed to the call of Jesus Christ to serve the poor and needy. 803.732.3188.

  • WIC. USDA's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children

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Crisis Care

  • Daybreak Crisis Pregnancy Center 803.771.6634

  • Dickerson Children Advocacy Center. Child-focused facility that provides forensic interviews, forensic medicals, mental health and victim advocate services to victims of child abuse between the ages of 0 to 18.. 803.358.7200.

  • Lighthouse for Life. Human trafficking education, counseling, and shelters. 803.900.0907

  • Mobile Crisis Unit. Mental health clinicians work with law enfocement to triage and deploy assistance. 833.364.2274
  • Pathways to Healing. Sexual trauma and assault - advocacy and counseling. 803.790.8208 and 24-hr hotline 803.771.7273

  • Sistercare. Domestic abuse advocacy and shelters. 803-765-9428

  • Suicide Prevention Hotline. 800.273.TALK. Local Emergency Services. 988 

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Grief and Loss

Marriage and Relationships

  • Codependent No More:  How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself by Melody Beattie. An expert guide for codependents on how to stop controlling others and start caring for themselves.

  • Help Me Help Others (2016) by Dr. Larry Wagner. 

  • Is it Abuse by Darcy Strickland. 

  • Enriching Relationships that Matter Most. Facebook group for Leslie Vernick. Educational content with optional support groups. 

  • Prepare and Enrich. Couples prepare for marriage or enriched their relationship by taking the Prepare/Enrich assessment and working with a Certified Facilitator.  

  • 7 Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman. John Gottman’s unprecedented study of couples over a period of 40 years has allowed him to observe the habits that can make—and break—a marriage. Here is the culmination of that work: the seven principles that guide couples on a path toward a harmonious and long-lasting relationship. 

  • Save Your Marriage Before it Starts (SYMBIS). Designed by Les and Leslie Parrott, SYMBIS is a compreshensive pre-marriage assessment designed to help couples build a strong foundation for their relationship. The program provides insights and tools to strengthen relationships at various stages of marriage such as second marriage and blended marriages. The program includes facilitator training. 

  • The Emotionally Destructive Marrige: How to Find Your Voice and Reclaim Your Hope by Leslie Vernick

  • The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God by Tim Keller.

  • The Science of Love | John Gottman | TEDxVeniceBeach: Gottman's TED talk explains his years of research. 

Recovery

    • Oliver Gospel Mission.  Community-based mission that helps those who are unhoused, in poverty, or addiction transform their lives through physical, spiritual, and relational support so that they can lead full, healthy lives. Through our Men's Center, Toby's Place (center for women and children), and our social enterprises, we provide holistic rehabilitation, transitional housing, and career development, always aiming for permanent housing and a solid community for each person who comes through our doors.

    • Providence Home. Christ-focused transitional housing for me. 803.779.2927

    • Reconciliation Ministries. Residential recovery and discipleship program. 803.727.4697

    • Recovery Church. Church created by the recovery community for the recovery community. Mondays at 6:30 pm. 803-221-0055

    • The Women's Shelter a division of Providence Home. More than a warm bed and a meal. Relapse prevention courses, budgeting classes and women’s health education classes to nutritional education. On-site programs are offered several nights a week along with transportation to Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings to provide seven nights of programming. 803-779-4706

Spirituality and Mental Health

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