Annual Candle Lighting Service for Mental Illness
The All-Lutheran Candle Lighting for Mental Illness will be held during the month of October. On the Sunday of their choice, Lutheran congregations are encouraged to light a candle and pray for persons with mental illness and for their families.
For more information, please explore the multimedia presentation online, or download a bulletin insert for your congregation.
View Interactive Feature | Download 2008 Bulletin Insert 
The Lutheran Network on Mental Illness/Brain Disorders is a joint program of the ELCA and LCMS to assist faith communities to work effectively with persons with mental illness and their families, to educate about mental illness and to combat stigma. If you have knowledge of mental illnesses, either as a consumer, family member or professional and would like to be a contact person in your congregation, contact Pastor Lisa Cleaver, 1-800-638-3522, ext. 2692. Call this number for a free LNMI/BD brochure on mental illness.
For further information on mental illnesses, phone National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, 1-888-999-NAMI, or go online: www. nami.org. "Education is the Key to Understanding"