We all need care. We need to give it and receive it. Below are Fabric resources to help you connect with others, and help others connect with you in caring ways. Join a Fabric Group, find resources to help children navigate death and grief, and a toolbox filled with insights on how to deal with tough situations.
Care IQ
CareIQ is a toolbox of insights and understandings everyone needs to deal with the tough situations of life where words of encouragement or advice don’t work. We are continuing our CareIQ equipping with a special eye towards mental health: What is mental health exactly? How do you care for your own? What can you, should you do for those around you dealing with mental health issues? If you’ve got the answers, stay home. If this is as challenging for you as it is for the rest of us, come on by!
Talking to Kids about Grief and Death
Take a look at this page of resources for ideas on how to talk with your kids about grief and death.
CareIQ: Our November 2024 series…
CareIQ is all about building awareness and skill when it comes to giving and receiving care in community. We have named some tools for your CareIQ toolbox that we think everyone needs to deal with the “out-of-the-ordinary” care situations of life, especially during this tense election season of 2024. You’ll likely find them really helpful in everyday relationships too!
Here is your very own Care IQ Zine to support your learning.
October 20 | Creating a CareIQ Culture - Providing care isn’t a sign of strength. Receiving care isn’t a sign of weakness. It’s all just a part of being human! We’re kicking off another round of CareIQ with an eye toward a tense election year. And, hey, we’ll also have a potluck communion! LIVESTREAM | PODCAST | SUNDAY PAPER | GROUP GUIDE
October 27 | Know Yourself - Developing a deeper awareness of ourselves– both our skills and the boundaries we need to maintain in order to keep ourselves healthy– is no easy task, but it certainly makes us more effective in our ability to give and receive care. LIVESTREAM | PODCAST | SUNDAY PAPER | GROUP GUIDE
November 3 | I am Only One… Life can be overwhelming. Paralyzed by fear and doubt, we can find ourselves feeling stuck and alone. Despite these feelings, there are practices we can implement and relationships we can lean into to take even the smallest steps towards health and healing. This week we take a breather to remind ourselves that we are both not alone in this struggle and are deeply needed to move forward. LIVESTREAM | PODCAST | SUNDAY PAPER | GROUP GUIDE
November 10 | Response-Ability - On the Sunday after the election, we’re going to spend some time thinking about response-ability through the lens of Care IQ. What is our responsibility to our neighbors and community at large, particularly with such close proximity to fear and division? LIVESTREAM | PODCAST | SUNDAY PAPER | GROUP GUIDE
November 17 | CareIQ & Trauma - Culturally, we’re growing in an awareness of the experience of trauma, and that it has a very real impact on people’s lives. What is trauma, and how might an awareness of how it functions help us become even more present as caregivers? Jen Markworth joins us as our guest speaker. LIVESTREAM | PODCAST | SUNDAY PAPER | GROUP GUIDE
Jen Markworth, MA LP serves as CornerHouse’s Mental Health Services Director. She has over 20 years of experience and expertise providing an array of leadership and therapy services in various mental health settings. Learn more about CornerHouse and Jen Markworth HERE.
November 24 | CareIQ Journeyman - Okay, okay… we’re having a little fun with the title this week. But as a church community that takes the “how” of loving and caring seriously, we want to take a moment to affirm the ways all of our skill in care can have a massive impact on the common good. Take these tools along with you and put them into practice! LIVESTREAM | PODCAST | SUNDAY PAPER | GROUP GUIDE
CareIQ: Our January 2023 series…
Tough situations rise up daily for you to support and encourage others, and those times are big enough challenges. But you also face times when the stakes are a lot higher and the needs a lot bigger. What do you do then? The skills used most of the time aren’t the skills needed in these CareIQ moments.
CareIQ+ and You If you were to boil down the Bible’s or any sacred tradition’s message you end up with something like “Love one another.” If only it were that easy. It’s hard enough in the best of times and not all times are the best of times. So what do you do when faced with the unresolvable, complex, over-your-head situations in your life or in the lives of those you love? There are no easy answers or tricks, but there is CareIQ and you can raise yours! LIVESTREAM | PODCAST | SUNDAY PAPER | GROUP GUIDE
The CareIQ Toolbox When you need to change a light bulb, or turn off the faucet a little tighter so it won’t leak you probably have all you need to do the job in hand. But if the water is spurting from the pipes, or the wiring is the problem with your light, then it’s time to pull out your toolbox and maybe watch a YouTube video. Relationships are the same; they have toolbox situations too. What’s in your toolbox? And do you know how to use them? Jessi Bergh, MSW, will join us as we explore our toolboxes. LIVESTREAM | PODCAST | SUNDAY PAPER | GROUP GUIDE
CareIQ at Work Like any tool, CareIQ tools take practice to use them well, or even at all. And sometimes it helps to get a lesson from a pro. Not to make you a pro, but so you don’t make things worse. And maybe to know when to call in the pro. We are calling on a couple of CareIQ pros, Jen Markworth and Chris Lillehei, to join us and give us an extra boost in our CareIQ. There will be plenty of time for your questions. Why do this? God cares, we care, and caring in ways that help takes learning and practice! LIVESTREAM | PODCAST | SUNDAY PAPER | GROUP GUIDE
Creating a CareIQ Culture The power of one isn’t what one person can do on their own, but what they can inspire others to also do. What you can do is great, but expanding circles of people moving through the world, practiced with their CareIQ Toolboxes, can make our society healthier and more resilient so we can recover from the inevitable challenges we face. Join Melissa Lock and Greg Meyer in learning how to not only practice but spread our CareIQ! LIVESTREAM | PODCAST | SUNDAY PAPER | GROUP GUIDE
It is human scale connections that will help us navigate.