BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//35.223.60.253//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://www.jfskc.org X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:rad5ggq38gavkbpof335av194t@google.com DTSTAMP:20240328T213718Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Counseling and Mental Health CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:
Start your week off with a habit to help foster happiness! A s we face ever changing uncertainty in our daily lives\, we know there are habits that foster happiness regardless of our circumstances.
\nJo in us as we start our week developing simple habits for greater happiness based on experts in the field.
\nHappiness Habits is a free hallf-h our program in partnership between JFS\, the Kansas City Public Library\, and the Greater Kansas City Mental Health Coalition.
\nThe program i s open to anyone\, but registration is required through the library’s webs ite.
\nRegister Here:
https://www.kclibrary.org/node/29440/register <
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Each half-hour interactive program has a theme.
\nHappine ss Habits Topics
\n• March 15: Media’s Impact on Happiness
•March 22: Impact of games on Happiness
•March 29: Finding Happiness
in the Spring
•April 5: Happiness with our Pets/Animals
•April 1
2: Physical & Mental Health’s impact on Happiness
•April 19: Happines
s through Mindfulness
•April 26: YOUR Happiness
For more info rmation\, please email navigator@jfsk c.org or call (913) 327-8250.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210329T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210329T153000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20210427;BYDAY=MO;WKST=SU SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:JFS Virtual Happiness Habits URL:https://www.jfskc.org/event/jfs-virtual-happiness-habits/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:mindfulness\,virtual\,mental health\,free\,habits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10521@www.jfskc.org DTSTAMP:20240328T213718Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Counseling and Mental Health CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Your mental health is just as important as your physical hea lth and must be a priority. Join JFS and Erik Hulse\, Mindfulness-Based St ress Reduction (MBSR) teacher at the Midwest Alliance for Mindfulness\, wh o will guide participants through his Loving Kindness program to help esta blish routines and habits to strengthen mental health.
\nOR Join on Zoom
\n\nMeeting ID: 964 8553 4851
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210526T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210526T124500 LOCATION:online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Making Space for YOUR Mental Health: Lunch & Learn URL:https://www.jfskc.org/event/making-space-for-your-mental-health-lunch-l earn/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:stress reduction\,Loving Kindness\,Erik Hulse\,mental health month\,mindfulness END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10795@www.jfskc.org DTSTAMP:20240328T213718Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Chaplaincy\,Counseling and Mental Health CONTACT:Annette Fish\; 913-327-8226\; afprogram@aol.com\; https://www.kcrab bi.org DESCRIPTION:This year’s Tisha B’Av ob
servances will include a virtual discussion at 4 p.m.\, July 18: From Dest
ruction to Redemption: Personal Stories of Addiction and Recovery hosted b
y the Rabbinical Association and Jewish Family Services of Greater Kansas
City.
\nHear from members of the community who have suffered personal
ly or have a loved one who has suffered from addiction. The program will a
lso include reflection of the path from addiction to recovery as a form of
transition from destruction to redemption.
Participants will incl ude: Rabbi David M. Glickman\, Congregation Beth Shalom\, who will share t he story of his brother’s struggles with addiction\; Mia Cohen\, a recordi ng artist and social media branding specialist currently working for Jewis h Family and Career Services in Atlanta\; a college student\; an adult who has struggled with addiction\; and Marla Kauffman\, executive director an d founder of Jewish Addiction Awareness Network (JAAN)\, whose son is in a long-term recovery from substance use disorder. Kauffman has been active in the Seattle Jewish community since relocating there with her husband\, Joe\, in November 2019.
\nSarah Link Ferguson\, development officer at First Call and member of Congregation Koi Ami\, will moderate the discu ssion. Ferguson is also a member of the recovery community and has written about her experience as a Jewish person in recovery for outlets such as T ablet magazine and the Temper. She is passionate about destigmatizing issu es such as mental illness and substance use disorder especially within the Jewish community.
\n“We are excited to hold this important communit y discussion especially at this time. Talking about addiction has always b een somewhat of a taboo subject in the Jewish community\, but the number o f individuals with substance abuse disorder has dramatically increased due to the pandemic\,” said Rabbi Jonathan Rudnick\, Community Chaplain at Je wish Family Services and co-organizer of the event. “We are hoping this wi ll be the beginning of many more discussions and a pathway to help for man y individuals.”
\nRegister for the virtual program : https://docs.g oogle.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSer_AM1wqqIJlc75r4FTpuiercPI_eRPrjOM9rBJK28LRcD sQ/viewform.
\nTisha B’Av (The nineth day of the Hebrew month of Av) is a day of national mourning. The holiday primarily commemo rates the destruction of the 1st and 2nd Temples\, but also other tragedie s of the Jewish people. The community Tisha B’Av observance will be held a t 9:30 p.m. July 17 at Beth Shalom and online.
\nFor more informatio n\, visit kcrabbi.org or contact Annette Fish\, Rabbinical Ass ociation Administrator/Program Director at afprogram@aol.com or 913-327-8226.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210718T160000 LOCATION:virtual SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Personal Stories of Addiction and Recovery Focus of Tisha B’Av Obs ervance URL:https://www.jfskc.org/event/personal-stories-of-addiction-and-recovery- focus-of-tisha-bav-observance/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.jfskc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06 /Addiction-photo-300x251.jpg\;300\;251\,medium\;https://www.jfskc.org/wp-c ontent/uploads/2021/06/Addiction-photo-300x251.jpg\;300\;251\,large\;https ://www.jfskc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Addiction-photo-300x251.jpg\;3 00\;251\,full\;https://www.jfskc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Addiction- photo-300x251.jpg\;300\;251 X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:personal stories\,addiction\,recover\,Tisha B'Av\,Rab bi Jonathan Rudnick\,recovery\,Jewish\,free\,kansas city\,JFSKC X-INSTANT-EVENT:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10175@www.jfskc.org DTSTAMP:20240328T213718Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Counseling and Mental Health CONTACT:nursespeersupport@jfskc.org DESCRIPTION:Join a group of your peers along with a JFS licensed clinical professionals and two registered nurses for:
\n• Safe and confidenti
al space
\n• Peer support
\n• Coping skills
Space is lim ited.
\nTo join this FREE support group\, email: nursespeersupport @jfskc.org
\nMeets Virtually 2nd & 4th Thursdays each month
\n7:30 – 9 a.m.
We live in a hectic\, fast-paced world now made more challenging by the ongoing pandemic. More people are experiencing stress and anxiety and are reaching out for tools to help them cope with our complex reality.
\n< span data-contrast='auto'>To address the rising need\, Jewish Family Servi ces is offering Mindful Mondays\, a free\, virtual mindful training progra m offered every Monday from 11:30 a.m. to noon through Dec. 13.
\nUsing the Zoom pl atform\, the sessions are free\, but registration is required at < a href='https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsf-uvrDMsGN0sUcsJpj9wI EIIZKF0aKnU'>Mindful Mondays registration link. Once registe red\, participants will receive a link to join each session. Participants may attend one or all virtual sessions.
\nM indfulness is a practice anchored in science and focused on being intensel y aware of what an individual is sensing and feeling in the moment without interpretation of judgement.
\nLed by Sondra Wallace\, MSED\, JFS YouBeYou and Mental Health Coalition Coordinator and Julia Grimm\, LMLP\, JFS therapist.
\nWeekly themes:
\nSept. 27: Self-Compassion
\nOct. 4: Generos
ity
\nOct. 11: Non-Judging
\nOct. 18: Body Scan
\nOct. 25:
Letting Go
\nNov. 1: Sitting with Emotions
\nNov. 8: Trust
\nNov. 15: Values
\nNov. 29: Generosity
\nDec. 6: Acceptance
\nDec. 13: Patience
For more informat ion\, contact Sondra Wallace at < strong>swallace@jfskc.org.
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