Bright Tomorrows offers Compassionate Care Seminars taught by the Rev. Tim Reside. Tim is the Executive Director of Bright Tomorrows and someone who, together with his family, has successfully survived the crisis impact of a devastating major mental illness. Tim continues to survive and overcome a bipolar disorder that has challenged him since 1979. Tim’s life experiences have uniquely sensitized him to the great need and opportunity for compassionate care giving.
Tim holds a M.A. in Practical Theology and is currently a doctoral candidate in the Doctor of Ministry program at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is there continuing to advance himself in means and methods by which to better bring help, hope and healing recovery to men, women and families dealing with crisis, grief, loss and/or mental health concerns.
The Compassionate Care Seminar Description
These seminars present training in the principles and practices of bringing help, hope and healing recovery to those dealing with crisis, grief, loss and/or mental health concerns.
Specifically, the purpose of the seminar is to accomplish a three-fold interrelated mission:
• To provide caring congregations with a practical training program that inspires, informs, educates, and nurtures fundamental skills for bringing help, hope and healing recovery to people dealing with crisis, grief, loss and/or mental health concerns;
• To help the family and friends of those dealing with crisis, grief, loss and/or mental health concerns to know better how to respond, determine their own needs for support and better bring help, hope and healing recovery to their loved one(s); and
• To help those who are dealing with crisis, grief, loss and/or mental health concerns to find help, hope and healing recovery for themselves.
Eight Compassionate Care Seminar Topics
FACE
Surviving A Mental Illness: Tim Reside’s Personal Story of Survival & Recovery through Compassionate Care
CHARACTERISTICS
How to Distinguish the Characteristics of Crisis, Grief and Loss
OPPORTUNITY
How to Convert Crisis, Grief & Loss into Opportunities for Faith, Hope and Love
HEALING
How to be a Healing Presence – How to Cooperate with Healing Process
COUNSELING
How to Compassionately Counsel – Counseling Fundamentals
MENTAL ILLNESS
How to Recognize and Compassionately Respond to Mental Illness
MINISTRY
How to Provide Compassionate Care Between Miracles – How to Promote Healing Process
CONNECTIONS
How to Connect Yourself and/or Others to Help, Hope & Healing/Recovery Resources
Compassionate Care Seminar Participant Comments
Church Elder: “Tim’s total transparency was most valuable. The resources will be a tremendous help. Keep up the great work!”
Special Needs Ministry Coordinator: “Tim is an outstanding speaker. I particularly liked the way he incorporated so many scriptures into [his presentation].”
A Caregiving Friend: “[Tim’s] teaching on “listening” was especially helpful.”
A Caregiving Spouse: “Tim Reside possesses an amazing knowledge and understanding of mental illness ... and has a gift for communicating that knowledge to the average individual. He is highly organized, enlightening, approachable and very genuine.”
Senior Pastor: “Thank you for sharing your gift with our church! ... I look forward to working together in the future. Your testimony and life message is powerful and redemptive.”
Lay Ministry Volunteer: “An amazing course which truly benefited the class ... Tim has excellent presentation and communication skills and a gift from God for sharing His love.”
Social Worker: “[For] one who has lived with mental illness in my family, [this] whole course was great.”
Registered Nurse: “Tim Reside ... educates, encourages and blesses. Tim’s courage in coming ‘out’ about his own illness is to be applauded.”
A Person in Need: “This course has been the ‘link’ I asked God for.”
Professional Writer: “Tim’s presentation brings sharp realization to the agony, frustration, fear, confusion and sorrow that [a critical illness] can bring to an individual and his/her family. Yet the [course] is not a downer! Tim’s deep faith, infectious sense of humor and naturally exuberant personality are a constant reminder that though [illness] is a serious subject, it is not without hope and even humor.”
Compassionate Care Seminar Method, Cost & Schedule
Questions & Answers
Question: What is the presentation style?
Answer: Tim Reside’s style is highly inspirational and motivational. To facilitate the educational learning experience Tim uses PowerPoint slides, makes syllabi content available and promotes the asking of questions.
Question: What is the cost of the Compassionate Care Course?
Answer: The cost to the church or organization for the six-hour course is $300.
Question: How can the church or organization defray the cost?
Answer: (1) Some totally underwrite the course on behalf of the participants;
(2) some invite “love-offering” donations to assist; and
(3) some pass on to attendees partial or entire cost with a per person charge of $20 to $25.
Question: What about syllabi?
Answer: The church or organization is provided with a hard copy syllabus that corresponds with the PowerPoint presentation. The church or organization is responsible for producing its own copies.
Question: What about schedule?
Answer: This one-day course covers six hours of material including stand-up and bathroom breaks. Additional time will need to be planned in order to accommodate registration and a lunch break.The course can be planned as either a morning/afternoon or afternoon/evening event.