Support Group for Parents of Children with Substance Abuse Disorders, Dual Diagnosis, and Mental Illness
Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields is starting a new Support Group for Parents of children who struggle with addiction, dual diagnosis (addiction+mental illness), or mental illness. We will observe strict confidentiality and anonymity. While this is not a 12-step group, we fully support and wish to complement Al-Anon and Nar-Anon. We are blessed to have a couple from the community who will help facilitate. The Rector will also pitch in based on his personal experience as the father of a son who is in recovery. Please contact Rector Jarrett Kerbel if you have interest and want to learn more. Please let others know who might benefit, and invite them.
This is for church members and the surrounding community.
*Please wear a mask. We will also sit physically distanced.
Former Rector (215) 247-7466 ext. 101 The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel (he/him) was educated at Northwestern University, the University of Chicago and Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He was ordained Priest in 1995 in Danville, Pennsylvania where he worked as a Hospital Chaplain and a Head Start teacher. Pastoral positions followed at the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Flossmoor, Illinois, St. Paul and the Redeemer in Chicago, and then Rector at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Park Ridge, Illinois. After following his wife, the Rev. Dr. Alison Boden, to her new position in Princeton, New Jersey, he was called to be the Executive Director of the Crisis Ministry of Mercer County. The largest food pantry and the gateway agency for Homelessness Prevention services in Mercer County, the Crisis Ministry also runs a Welfare to Work program and an innovative free farmers market. Jarrett became Rector of St. Martin’s in February 2011. He formerly served as the co-chair of Philadelphians Organized to Witness Empower and Rebuild (POWER). Jarrett serves as Dean of the Wissahickon Deanery and is an Associate of the Order of the Holy Cross. He is an Adjunct Professor at Princeton Theological Seminary where he co-teaches a regular class on Faith Based Community Organizing, Theology and Practice. Jarrett has been published in Sojourners, the Huffington Post, Yours the Power, and the Journal of Public Theology. He is the father of two children, Timothy and Martha.The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel
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