Become a “Bridge to Healing” for the military in your community today!

Lily Casura over at Healing Combat Trauma sent this link. It's a wonderful idea and very much needed. The problem is, it is not being repeated across the country. The good news is that more and more communities are stepping up.

News
March 4, 2010
Atlanta Christians Train to Provide Lay Counseling for Combat Trauma
by Cynthia Odom


To prepare for the return of the Georgia National Guard, which will be home by the first week in April, a group of caring Christians is training to provide spiritual care for combat trauma using Military Ministry’s Care & Counsel for Combat Trauma, co-produced with the American Association of Christian Counselors.

This 30-hour DVD training series, which they will view in 3-hour segments over ten weeks, is designed to train pastors and lay leaders to effectively care for wounded warriors by offering Christ’s love and power for healing restoration. The reality is that wounds of the heart, soul, and spirit are not addressed adequately by government services. Despite the valiant efforts of chaplains and many organizations and the commitment of billions of dollars, there remains a serious gap – the faith and hope gap.

For Christians, addressing this gap starts with the premise that God is the true healer and that Jesus Christ is the avenue to experience true recovery from the ravages of combat trauma, particularly those visited on the mind and emotions. For many of our veterans and returning warriors, this will be a long road – but there is hope. God can bring peace, calm and healing to war-ravaged souls.

Whether it’s the Veteran who has lived in the lonely isolation of combat memories for decades, or young Warriors just returning from their first combat horrors, the power of God, the power of God’s written word, and the community of God’s people around our nation can become powerful resources in this healing process. And this healing can certainly extend to military families and many others impacted by these mental, emotional, and spiritual wounds of war.

It is our prayer that tens of thousands of Christians from thousands of churches, just like those in Atlanta, join in the fight to build bridges between PTSD suffering and God’s love and healing power.

Become a “Bridge to Healing” for the military in your community today!

“He will redeem my soul in peace from the battle which is against me.”
Psalms 55:18 (NASB)

http://www.militaryministry.org/2010/03/04/atlanta-christians-train/