After conducting a survey in the Monmouth community, Highpoint Church found that counseling services were a real need, especially in areas of drug addiction, relationships, and money. Pastor AJ Reynolds shares free biblical counseling services are now offered on Tuesday at Highpoint Church:
“We found other churches that were doing a biblical counseling center. We modeled our training after that. Now we have eight people pursuing an accreditation to become an official biblical counselor. We are bringing in accredited biblical counselors every week and we are offering every Tuesday from 3 to 9 pm. anyone can come in and get sponsored biblical counseling,” Reynolds says.
For available counseling times, contact Highpoint Church at 309-715-7153.
Local Resources available for counseling and crisis help lines:
· Call4Calm: If you or a loved one are struggling with stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic and need emotional support, text TALK to 552020 for English or HABLAR for Spanish. This service is free and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. People seeking assistance will remain anonymous and will provide only their first name and zip code, which enables the service to link you to a counselor in your area who is knowledgeable about available local resources.
· Farm Stress Helpline: 833 FARM SOS
· IL Substance Use Helpline: HelplineIL.org; 833 2FINDHELP, text “help” to 833234
· National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800 273-TALK (8255); Spanish 888 628-9454; call and press “1” to be connected directly to the Veteran’s Helpline
· Crisis Text Line: text “help” to 741741
· Veteran’s Crisis Line: www.veteranscrisisline.net; text “help” to 838255
· Bridgeway Crisis Line: 800 322-7143
