Application Now Open: Faith Leaders for Life
Program Dates: 1/15/2025- 2/12/2025
Faith Leaders for Life is a free suicide prevention program for faith leaders and congregations in North Carolina. Through a combination of training, discussion, and collaboration, faith-based communities will be able to incorporate suicide prevention programming into their congregation’s activities resulting in increased awareness and identification of people at risk as well as a reduction of stigma around suicide.
Participants will complete a virtual five-week program, which includes both 7 hours of online training (LivingWorks Faith) and 7 hours of virtual discussions every Wednesday for five weeks. LivingWorks Faith is an online program designed for faith leaders who want to learn more about preventing suicide, intervening in a crisis, and ministering to their congregations’ needs around suicide. Over a 5-week period, this initiative will include:
- 7-hour online training course designed for Christian faith leaders
- 7-hours of virtual group discussions
- Suicide care skills for prevention, intervention, and postvention in faith communities
- Insight, stories, and guidance from over a dozen faith leaders
- Simulations to help gain and practice new skills
Applicants should be leaders within their faith communities, which we broadly define as faith-based entities that hold regular worship services. Leaders may be in official or unofficial leadership positions, so long as their congregations would consider them leaders.
Applications for the Faith Leaders for Life program will be accepted December 11, 2024 to January 1, 2025; you can apply at this link or by clicking on the ‘Apply here’ button below. Applicants will be informed if they have been selected to participate in the program by 1/8/2025. If you have questions, please contact Anne L. Geissinger ([email protected]).
