Resources by Charlotte vanOyen Witvliet

Mental Illnesses and Worship: Prayer, Lament, Language, and Discipleship
Discipleship Lament Mental Health Prayer
October 25, 2018

The following discussion is from the second part of a session led by Dr. Charlotte vanOyen Witvliet, Rev. Cindy Holtrop, Dr. Warren Kinghorn, and Dr. John Swinton at the Calvin Symposium on Worship in January 2018. The first section appeared in Reformed Worship 129 and dealt with the promises and pitfalls around public worship and mental health. The rest of the session focuses on prayer.

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Mental Illnesses and Worship: Promises and Pitfalls in Preparing for and Practicing Public Worship
Body of Christ (the church) Differing Abilities Mental Health Worship Planning
August 6, 2018

The following is an adapted transcript of the first part of a session led by Dr. Charlotte vanOyen Witvliet, Rev. Cindy Holtrop, Dr. Warren Kinghorn, and Dr. John Swinton at the Calvin Symposium on Worship, held in January 2018 at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. In this first section they discuss together the promises and pitfalls of worship and mental illnesses. The remaining portion of this session focuses on prayer and will appear in RW 130.

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Speaking Well in Worship about Mental Illnesses
Inclusion Language Mental Health
April 17, 2018

Most worship services regularly include preaching examples and prayers for people living with physical illnesses. Do your worship services regularly include people living with mental illnesses in these same ways? If not, why not? If so, what language is used for people who live with mental illnesses? Are psychological disorders or symptoms named? Are themes of human struggle and resilience, lament and hope included in your services?

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