The opportunity to connect mental health first aid learning to our experience in Christian community is profound. While medical first aid has long been understood as a necessary response to an injured person, mental health first aid is a critical life skill that everyone should acquire. Over the course of anyone’s life, it is highly likely that they will develop a mental health problem themselves, or have close contact with someone who does.

Come be trained in the recognized Mental Health First Aid course of the Mental Health Commission of Canada, with the added bonus of taking the program with other people of faith and having space to connect this learning to our experience in Christian community! Course leader Dr Julie Clayton is a certified MHFA instructor, a highly skilled counselor, and holds a Master of Divinity, and years of experience as a congregational pastor. This training is especially beneficial for those offering pastoral care, people in front line work, reception, thrift store, food programs, family ministry and beyond.