Highland Park

Care
&
Counseling

Life can be hard. Sometimes it’s confusing. Or we just get stuck. Going it alone always makes it harder. Inviting someone else in to help can sometimes be
intimidating, but it’s worth it. Jesus told his followers to help heal others and that’s what we strive to do.

Spiritual Crisis

Life events happen suddenly, and you may need someone to talk with.

24/7 Pastor-On-Call
If you’re in need of pastoral care or if you are facing an unexpected spiritual crisis, a pastor is available to speak with you at any time. The pastor on call can be reached at 214-525-4360.

A recorded message will provide you with instructions and a pastor will call you back as soon as possible.

Pastoral Counseling

Your soul is the most important part of you; care for it well.

We’re ready and willing to come alongside you. Meeting with a pastor, whether once or for a series of visits, is an opportunity to discuss and pray through the most important aspects of our lives with a trusted advisor who helps you to learn from Jesus, grow spiritually, and care for your soul. Common reasons people seek Pastoral Counseling include:

• life events, transitions, & milestones
• hard decisions & discernment
• help listening to God’s voice
• need for wise counsel about relationships, choices, or upcoming opportunities
• spiritual direction & guidance
• questions about meaning & purpose in life
• need for courage, peace, or spiritual strength
• struggles with sin, fear, or anxiety
• learning to pray
• help receiving or extending forgiveness
• desire for more joy & fulfillment

GriefShare

GriefShare

Loss is part of life, but there is a chance at healing and a life of happiness again.

Learning to heal after loss of a loved one doesn’t come easy. The grieving process looks different for everyone, but you don’t have to go through it alone. GriefShare is a welcoming, caring group of people who will walk alongside you through life’s most difficult experiences.

women comforting friend

Tuesday Evenings, 7 PM, The Legacy Room

Oasis

A Community of Hope in the Desert of
Infertility

Oasis is a ministry designed to provide support to women and couples experiencing infertility and miscarriage. We hope that through this ministry you will be able to connect with others who understand your experience. Together we find strength, encouragement, and wisdom from God’s Word as we work through the myriad emotions, questions, and decisions each situation brings.

Grief & Loss

Grief is a common reaction to loss and is often a necessary part of healing.

Sometimes we need someone to listen without interruptions or advice. Our grief and loss ministry team is here to provide care and comfort during times of death, estrangement, retirement, anger, and abandonment.

Care Resources

Ryan has long valued building relationships, investing in people, and walking with others through the trials of life. Ryan started in pastoral ministry, first at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City and then at Rockwall Presbyterian Church in Rockwall, Texas. During this time, Ryan realized that, for him, there are few things as rewarding as sharing life with someone and helping someone to move in a better direction. And Ryan always loved wrestling with the big and hard questions of life, which led him to earn a Doctor of Ministry while working in the church.

Ryan’s desire to work directly with people grew to the point he became licensed as a professional counselor. While he was working on his MS in counseling, Ryan worked as a chaplain at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, where he walked hundreds of children and families through difficult and life-changing diagnoses. Here, Ryan came to understand that the opportunity to walk with someone through one’s pain is a gift.

Ryan began his career in counseling working with adults and teens wrestling with anxiety, depression, and the stress of life, and went on to focus on marriage counseling and received advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy. During this journey Ryan has come to focus on anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, addiction, existential/faith crises, premarital and marital counseling. Ryan has been married for twenty-five years and has raised three children, two biological and one adopted, who are now in their late teens and early twenties.

Life is often like a difficult puzzle. One knows one has all the pieces on the table, but it isn’t clear how they all fit together. Ryan considers it a privilege to put together the pieces with clients.

Questions?

Email Kelli Harrison, Care Coordinator