Trauma affects everyone differently, but never in isolation. Trauma and extreme stressors can impact a person well beyond the traumatic incident, as well as those who are in close relationship with someone post-trauma. This 8-week series will focus on the impact trauma has on the individual brain, body, and mind, and explore ways to help the individual, family, and compost-trauma-ost trauma.

Week 1: What is Trauma

Week 2: Brian's change in trauma

Week 3: The mind of a child in trauma and after trauma

Week 4: The impact of trauma

Week 5: Healing from trauma

Week 6: Putting the pieces together

Week 7: Finding Your Voice

Week 8: The choice is yours

Click here to listen to Healing podcasts

Summit Grief Care continues to support those grieving the loss of a loved one through monthly supportive grief workshops.

Our Grief Care Support Group is available

1. In-person at the Small Group Zone, located in the Lower South Lobby to get connected and/or pick up your study material.
2. Online via Zoom.

• Meeting ID: 844 4880 9021
• Passcode: 415829

In our practice, we provide a non-judgmental, supportive environment to meet your family’s needs. We combine evidence-based techniques and therapies to foster confidence, openness, and respect, and help your family work together to improve relationships with each other and themselves.

You can improve your relationships, creating authentic communication and respect to begin to heal past or current emotional wounds. You and each member of your family could feel validated, heard, and better understood.

Mind Works can provide you with the right tools, appropriate approaches, and healthy insights. Client frustrations often ease or disappear, problems become manageable, validation and openness increase, and healthy communication paves the way for calmer, happier relationships and a healthy way forward.

Click here to request an appointment or for more information on fees.

Insurance Accepted:

• Aetna
• Humana
• Blue Cross/Blue Shield PPO
• Tricare
• Medicaid - Superior

With technology at the forefront, many parents are concerned that their child or teenager may not be getting enough positive social interactions. They worry that their child or teenager may not be making friends, and lack the confidence or tools needed to navigate social interactions.

Mind Works offers group counseling for children and teenagers to be able to learn, grow, and facilitate positive interactions in a safe and nurturing environment.

Mind Works offers weekly group counseling throughout the year for:

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Anger
• Body Image
• Low Self-Esteem
• Autism
• Poor Social Interactions
• Emotional Awareness

New groups are constantly being added. Call today to sign your child up for a group or call our office to learn more.

Click here to contact us or for more information regarding fees.

Insurance Accepted:

• Aetna
• Humana
• Blue Cross/Blue Shield PPO
• Tricare
• Medicaid - Superior Health

Out-of-pocket payment

This is a closed Al-Anon meeting. Newcomers and visitors are welcome!

Click here for the latest details on this group.

Meetings are held in person at Schertz United Methodist Church in Room 206.

• Closed
• Friends and Family Only
• Handicap Accessible

We are a Christ-centered self-help group providing a safe and confidential setting for men recovering from sexual addiction.

Men

Discipleship and fellowship.

Please phone church for time and location.

Discipleship and fellowship.

Open meetings are available to anyone interested in Alcoholics Anonymous' program of recovery from alcoholism.

Nonalcoholics may attend open meetings as observers.

Click here for times and other details of meetings at this location.

This group meets in person at the Schertz United Methodist Church in Room 106.

• Discussion
• Open

Click here if you have hearing loss, for ASL Meeting dates & times

All are welcome but I specialize in helping

• Low-income individuals and families
• Veterans
• Seniors
• Unemployed due to COVID-19

Fees are on a sliding scale.

The Southwind Social Club is the second step in the Southwind Fields' overall vision. This multi-use space hosts:

• Fun, purposeful, and engaging classes focused on growing and refining social skills, appropriate peer relationships, strengthening independent living skills, and enhancing job readiness.
• A Monday through Friday program providing an empowering environment where adults with differing abilities may work towards holistic wellness (mind, body, and soul) and find meaningful experiences each week, surrounded by their peers while serving as missionary pathfinders in the San Antonio community.
• A space for Local artisans to create freely and grow their skills in a supportive environment.
• A space for Locals to gather, hang out with friends, have healthy snacks, play games, and build healthy relationships in their free time in a safe, encouraging, and fun environment.
• A space for budding non-profits and church plants to comfortably work, serve, or hold meetings from time to time, free of charge, until they have a place of their own.
• A space for evening gatherings, Local group events, and fun, positive events, open to the community.

Local Society Hours:

Monday through Friday 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

*We are working on building transportation options for our day program (drop-off and pick-up) and are prayerfully working to raise money for this purpose. 

Local Society Day Program Pricing

• Monthly Membership: $300/month

• *Future transportation options will require an additional fee

The CrossBridge adoption and foster care ministry exists to be a connecting point for families and individuals who have been touched by God's call to care for orphans in their distress (James 1:27) and to promote a "wrap around" approach where the entire body of Christ is encouraged, empowered and equipped to be involved with supporting families that have adopted.

We meet on the second Sunday of every month during our second service and welcome any interested families to join us. We would love the opportunity to pray with you, answer questions, and share our experiences.

We desire that people move toward foster care and adoption with “eyes wide open.” We want people to know the good, the bad, the difficult, and the all-surpassing hope of Christ to bring healing and wholeness to our children. We desire to provide a safe place to share the joys and the struggles of adoption as we support each other through prayer.

If you are considering adoption or foster care, please contact us. We have families that have experience with international, domestic, and foster adoptions that would love to support you on your journey.

As you continue your journey we encourage you to check out the books:

• Adopted For Life – The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches
• Fields of the Fatherless – Discover the Joy of Compassionate Living

In addition, check out our parenting page for more resources to help you along this journey.

Our mission is to reflect Christ’s love by serving cancer patients and others with life-threatening medical conditions, through tangible assistance and spiritual support. These individuals have family members and caregivers who are also affected, and they need to know they are not alone.

Please join us as we follow the Lord’s leading in the formation and growth of this new ministry at CrossBridge. Our focus is sharing the LOVE of Christ and the HOPE of the gospel!

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship is a vibrant campus ministry that establishes and advances witnessing communities of students and faculty on over 550 college campuses nation-wide. We minister to students and faculty through small group Bible studies, large gatherings on campus, leadership training, thoughtful discipleship and life-changing conferences and events.

Why the Campus?

Today’s university shapes tomorrow’s leaders. In the university, women and men are encouraged to pursue truth, often without regard for God, and to pursue personal goals, often without concern for a higher purpose.

InterVarsity longs to see education lead to a lifetime of Christian worship and service. We believe that when students and faculty are transformed by the gospel of Jesus Christ, their campus is transformed, and ultimately society as a whole comes to more closely reflect the priorities of the kingdom of God. That is why we invest ourselves in the lives of students and faculty, wherever they are on their spiritual journey.

PAL offers HOPE for families dealing with addiction.

You are not alone. PAL support groups are for parents and other family members (not the addicted) seeking to support a loved one in their recovery.

PAL’s evidence-based curriculum has been proven in studies to help parents’ wellbeing to improve and decrease enabling behavior. Studies also indicate that a loved one with substance use disorder is less likely to be using drugs/drinking alcohol once a family member attends PAL meetings.

The curriculum includes topics such as delayed emotional growth, the role of the family in addition, setting realistic boundaries, and healthy helping vs. enabling. Since these are not common life skills, families often find PAL only after they’ve become overwhelmed and found themselves in need.

Regular meetings offer addiction education and support at no charge for parents and other family members who are trying to support a loved one through an addiction. 

Click here to learn more about PAL. For CrossBridge’s PAL location & current meeting times

Free

CrossBridge partners with The Share Center. 

This is a Christian center committed to serving those facing unplanned pregnancies, requiring sexual health services and education, or those seeking to learn more about parenting.

Everyone who walks through their doors hears the message of the Gospel.

Pregnancy Center in Bulverde & Spring Branch, Texas

The SHARE Center in Bulverde & Spring Branch, Texas provides free pregnancy services and information on abortion. Although we do not provide abortions, we do educate, support, and empower women and men facing unplanned pregnancies or other sexual health-related issues with professional medical care. If you think you may be pregnant, are considering abortion, or need STI testing or treatment, we’re here to help!

If you would like to learn more, volunteer, donate, or are in need or know someone in need of their services, call 830-885-2277.

Pregnancy Center Services

Our trained staff is ready to provide you with confidential help at no cost, thanks to our generous community support.

• Abortion Information
• Adoption Agency Referrals
• Adoption Information
• Maternity & Infant Supplies
• Medical Referrals
• Parenting Education
• Post-Abortion Support
• Pregnancy Options Information
• Pregnancy Tests
• STD/STI Information, Testings, and Treatment
• Support for Men
• Ultrasound (Onsite)*
• Ultrasound scans are used to confirm the presence of a viable, uterine pregnancy. We do not use ultrasound to determine gender or diagnose abnormalities. Eligibility criteria apply.

Click here for more information

If you are facing an unplanned pregnancy or other sexual health-related issues, we can help you by providing free and confidential pregnancy and sexual health-related services.

Medical services are provided by licensed medical personnel. No insurance is needed.

Here’s how Safe Place works:

Step One – A young person enters a Safe Place and asks for help.

Step Two – The site employee finds a comfortable place for the youth to wait while they call the licensed Safe Place agency. For the greater San Antonio area that is Roy Maas Youth Alternatives (RMYA).

Step Three – An RMYA staff member will talk with the youth to get more information and explain that an SAPD officer can escort them to the RMYA Bridge Emergency shelter.  If the child is agreeable, the RMYA staff will contact SAPD to transport the youth to the shelter. 

Step Four – Once at the Bridge, direct-care staff and counselors meet with the youth and provide support. Agency staff ensures the youth and their families receive the help and professional services they need.

This program is for youth under the age of 18 in need of immediate help and safety.

Free.

Open meetings are available to anyone interested in Alcoholics Anonymous' program of recovery from alcoholism. Nonalcoholics may attend open meetings as observers.

Closed meetings are for A.A. members only, or for those who have a drinking problem and “have a desire to stop drinking.”

Click here for the latest details on this group.

Meetings are held in person at the Leon Springs Presbyterian Church.

• Discussion
• Wheelchair Access
• Wheelchair-Accessible Bathroom

Saturday is the only closed meeting, all other meetings are open.

Click here if you have hearing loss, for ASL Meeting dates & times

GriefShare is a friendly, caring group of people who will walk alongside you through one of life’s most difficult experiences.

GriefShare seminars and support groups are led by people who understand what you are going through and want to help. You’ll gain access to valuable GriefShare resources to help you recover from your loss and look forward to rebuilding your life.

GriefShare also offers short daily email messages that encourage, inspire, and provide practical information. Click here to sign up.

This meeting is held at the Portable Building A, Room 2 Behind the main church building.

Click here to find this group's most current dates and times.

$20.00 (Includes workbook)
Scholarships available

There is HOPE.

We believe God has given us all we need to know Him and lead a life pleasing to Him. Problems and difficulties simply do not evaporate and vanish, but perspective and wisdom can change how life is handled. Lasting change is more than behavior modification. The lasting change affects the HEART.

FBC has rigorously trained biblical counselors to listen and help and equipped them to use God's Word to offer hope and healing through practical life-changing steps.

Call 210-698-2880 or fill out the registration form and email it to [email protected].

Here’s how Safe Place works:

Step One – A young person enters a Safe Place and asks for help.

Step Two – The site employee finds a comfortable place for the youth to wait while they call the licensed Safe Place agency. For the greater San Antonio area that is Roy Maas Youth Alternatives (RMYA).

Step Three – An RMYA staff member will talk with the youth to get more information and explain that an SAPD officer can escort them to the RMYA Bridge Emergency shelter.  If the child is agreeable, the RMYA staff will contact SAPD to transport the youth to the shelter. 

Step Four – Once at the Bridge, direct-care staff and counselors meet with the youth and provide support. Agency staff ensures the youth and their families receive the help and professional services they need.

This program is for youth under the age of 18 in need of immediate help and safety.

Free

I believe the miracle of birth is a normal natural process and every person has the  right to choose where and how they give birth. My goal is to assist you with your transition into new parenthood.

 Throughout the birth process you will receive labor support as needed, birthing person and fetal assessments will be completed, you will have freedom to move, eat and drink as you desire. Water birth can be accommodated while you enjoy the comfort of the warm water. Skin to skin bonding with your infant immediately after birth and breastfeeding/chestfeeding support without interruption is offered. Constant evaluation and observation of the birthing person and baby during the postpartum period for several hours is provided all the while allowing for family bonding. 

Postpartum visits are scheduled between 24-48 hours after the birth, an optional 5-7 day office visit, a 2 week  office visit for baby and birther and and a 6 week visit for the birther. During this period I will be available for any questions or concerns you may have. Certified Nurse Midwives can care for newborns up to 28 days of age, With this being said, it is encouraged you arrange a primary care provider for your baby as soon as possible. Please contact San Antonio Nurse Midwife for more details and about formulating your specific plan of care.

Receiving early and regular prenatal care is important. Initial visits can be scheduled as soon as you have a positive pregnancy test. Lasting about two hours, initial visits include a comprehensive health history review, complete physical exam with PAP and
prenatal lab work. 

San Antonio Nurse Midwife follows the same schedule that most physicians follow during the prenatal period. After your initial visit, subsequent 45 minute to one hour visits will take place every four weeks until 28 weeks, every 2 weeks until 36 weeks and weekly after 36 weeks until birth. At each visit the following will be completed/assessed:

-Physical and emotional status
-Vital signs including blood pressure and pulse
-Nutrition
-Urine checked
-Fundal Height
-Fetal Heart Tones and Position 

-Lab work as needed
-Prenatal Education 

As a partner on your birth journey, I strive to establish a personal relationship with you and your significant other. In order to facilitate this relationship, I encourage family member participation during prenatal visits and the birth. 

Click here to make an appointment.

A big part of the heart of TruLight127 is to support children in Kinship Homes.

For generations, extended families have played significant roles in rearing children when parents are having a difficult time. This is called Kinship Care by Child Protective Services (CPS). These are relatives and other people who the child or family have a significant relationship can often provide children with stability when they can't live with their birth parents.

Kinship caregivers are not given the same kind of support that foster families are given. They are often left struggling for resources. We want to support that family as much as we can so that the children placed there can stay in a stable family environment. We provide resources, trainings, and often license them so that they can receive the support that they need.

What Are the Benefits of Kinship Care?

• Provides love and care in a familiar setting
• Provides parents with a sense of hope that children will remain connected to their birth families
• Enables children to live with people they know and trust
• Reinforces a child's sense of cultural identity and positive self-esteem
• Helps a child make and sustain extended family connections
• Continues lifelong family traditions and memories
• Supports the child in building healthy relationships within the family
• Supports the child's need for safety and well-being;
• Creates a sense of stability in the life of a child

Threads of Love

Purpose: To aid and support premature babies and their families through various crafted and collected items.  Guiding scripture: Matthew 25:40 “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”

Meeting Place: ACE building across from the main sanctuary.

Meeting Date/Time: Weekly, Wednesday 9:00 AM - 12:00pm.

How you can help: Join us in taking care of these precious babies and their families.

Bunco 

Purpose: This group meets on a monthly basis for a potluck lunch, devotional, and fellowship by playing BUNCO. There is a donation of $5.00 to play, however we use this money to sponsor our World Vision child and support various other charities. We also encourage participation in a yearly service project.

Regular Meeting Place & Time: The first Wednesday of every month from noon to 2:00 PM in the church fellowship hall. If the first Wednesday is a holiday, then we won’t meet and will get together the next month.

How you can help: Ladies BUNCO is comprised of 16 regular members and additional substitutes. Our BUNCO group is always looking for more women to add to our sub list or the wait list for regular members. It’s a fun way to meet fellow St. Paul disciples.

Join our Red Roof Readers

Purpose: The book club forms strong relationships among our participants as each month a chosen book stimulates conversation among this open-ended group.  We are always eager to include more participation.
 
Regular Meeting Place & Time: Fellowship Hall on the second Monday of each month at 6:00 PM.
 
How you can help: Bring a snack and be willing to share and have fun in fellowship with one another.

Women of the Word (W.O.W.)

Join us in the fellowship hall

A representative from the Mammen Family Public Library will be with us to talk about the services they offer as well as volunteer opportunities.
There will be potluck dinner with drinks provided.

Men's Life

Purpose: Men's Life provides you, St Paul men, the opportunity to help with small projects around the church, and in the community at times.

We also have a month gathering where we spend time together informally.  

We begin with Fellowship where private, or group, discussions take place about a wide variety of topics/interests.  Fellowship if followed by dinner prepared by someone in our group.  

Next on the agenda is a short Devotional given by the Pastor, or other men in the church.  On occasion there will be a guest speaker in lieu of a devotional.  Guests are always invited to Men' Life.

Regular Meeting Time and Place: Knibbe Ranch on the third Tuesday of the month from 6:00pm - 8:00pm.  (Watch the monthly Epistle, and weekly bulletin, for announcements and contact information.)

How you can help: Join our group for small projects and yard work when needed, in addition to supporting the outreach programs offered by other organizations around church. 

Please contact Randy Fischer for more info and to RSVP

Tired and Retired

Purpose: “Tired and Retired” focuses primarily on Seniors, but age 55 and older are welcome. Fellowship includes board games, dominoes, field trips, and other activities as suggested and arranged by members. The Pastor, other Church staff or T&R members will provide a brief devotional. There are not any dues or membership fees, but contributions to worthy causes are funded by donations and recycling of aluminum cans. Bring a dish to share for a potluck.

Regular Meeting Place & Time: Fellowship Hall on the last Wednesday of the month from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

How you can help: Each month join the “Tired and Retired” group for a fun time and a wonderful learning experience.

Click here to view Calendar of Events

Open meetings are available to anyone interested in Alcoholics Anonymous' program of recovery from alcoholism.

Nonalcoholics may attend open meetings as observers.

Click here for times and other details of this group's meetings.

This group meets in person at the Bulverde United Methodist Church.

• Discussion
• Open
• Women

GriefShare is a grief recovery support group where you can find help and healing for the hurt of losing a loved one.

This 13-week workshop is being offered at BMC on various dates, please click here for the latest information. 

Contact the church office to sign up.

$25 for Workbook.

Offering support, counseling, referrals, and resources to families in crises. Self-defense and Self-esteem classes are provided through Ohana Academy to women and children who have experienced trauma through domestic violence, bullying, abuse, or trafficking. Providing advocacy to special children and adults.

Classes are given quarterly on Saturdays at the various Ohana locations. Please call for the latest information on upcoming sessions.

Free.

Hope Hospice Grief Support is available to serve individuals of all ages as well as families.

Grief Counseling:

Our counselors are experienced in working with grieving adults, children, and families. We will meet with you in person to discuss your own grief experience and create a plan that will best meet your needs.

Telephone Calls:

Our counseling team is available to speak with you over the phone if you have a question or special concern. For more in-depth assistance, we recommend you take the first step in your healing journey by calling (830) 358-5300 to schedule an initial visit.

Support Groups:

It is important to recognize that you are not alone, and support is available. Groups help you meet others who have had experiences similar to yours and learn important coping skills. Please call 830-358-5300 with any questions. Grief Support Groups at Hope

Click here for a list of all our services.

If your loved one was served by Hope Hospice, there is no fee for counseling.

For community clients seeking counseling, we offer a sliding fee scale based on your current financial situation and need. Fees are decided and agreed upon during the intake interview and may be adjusted whenever there is a significant change in income or financial status.

There is no fee for intake interviews.

The Single Mom’s Group meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays @ 6:30pm at the Northwest Campus of Mission City Church.

This group is designed to encourage and support the single moms in our community. Whether you are single parenting because you are divorced, separated, never married, widowed, or grand-single-parenting, you will fit right in!