Breaking the Silence History: 2017

In 2017, EBPC began its “Breaking the Silence” (“BTS”) ministry with community forums and an interdenominational collaboration with other area churches, including Holy Family Catholic, Our Savior Lutheran and Brentwood United Methodist.  It brought together hundreds of parents, youth, mental health and addiction professionals, teachers, preachers and other members of the community to become educated, empowered, and engaged in honest conversations around addiction and mental health challenges.  The success of these events mirrored research findings by SAMHSA proving local, grass-roots partnerships between faith-based and community organizations to support resilience and recovery in substance use prevention and treatment and mental health services are extremely effective.