Ambassador & Member Community Support

Connect, collaborate, and change lives as an Ambassador!

Mental Health Connect staff offer individualized support for member communities and facilitate connections among our communities through our Ambassador Program and Clergy Gatherings.

Faith community Ambassadors meet monthly for Collaborative Education Meetings and Outreach gatherings to learn about timely mental health topics, foster faith community awareness of MHC Navigation services, and discuss their community questions and concerns. We hold regular onboarding opportunities as well as customized coaching for new or continuing collaborative communities.

  • Each month the collaborative comes together for insightful and interactive programming on mental health topics. Click HERE for details on the next Collaborative Education Meeting.

  • Mental Health Connect’s new Collaborative Outreach offers member communities a peer working space to network together, share experiences, and develop relationships.

  • We welcome new ambassadors and anyone looking for a refresh to join these in-person meetings!

  • We are grateful to be implementing this new enhancement model to offer more personalized support to our member communities. Beginning in August of 2026, a MHC staff person will be available as a relational coach to help member communities build and grow their mental health ministries to respond to needs within and beyond their buildings. This new role ensures no community has to navigate addressing mental health alone.

  • Clergy and other staff leaders from our member communities are invited to quarterly gatherings to share needs and practices.

Collaborative Education Meetings

Faith community Ambassadors meet monthly to foster and grow faith community awareness of Navigators and other mental health resources. Ambassadors and anyone from the MHC collaborative communities are welcome to attend in person or online.

Ambassador Meetings: Collaborative Education

2nd Tuesdays of Each Month | 7:00-8:30 pm
In person Bethlehem Lutheran TC- Minneapolis or virtual Zoom option

(Please Note: Some sessions are Zoom only)

Some past topics include:

  • Mind-Body Practices for Promoting Mental Health

  • Creating Caring Faith Communities

  • What You Need to Know about BIPOC Mental Health Today

  • Adolescent Substance Use & the Role of Caring Others

  • Healing Religious Trauma

  • Taking on Eco-Anxiety: Congregation-Wide Approaches

Next Collaborative Education Event

Chronic Procrastination & Its Toll on Mental Well-Being

Tuesday, September 8, 7:00- 8:30 pm | Bethlehem Lutheran MPLS and Zoom

Join us for MHC’s September Collaborative Education Meeting! While chronic procrastination is not by definition a mental illness, it can result in high levels of stress, which in turn can exact a toll on one’s mental, as well as physical well-being – especially if it occurs over an extended period. It’s a pattern of behavior that can be changed and this program is designed to help chronic procrastinators do just that.

Presenter: Valerie Dean, LPC, Counselor, Advising and Counseling Department, Normandale Community College, Bloomington and Member of MHC’s Education Team

For more information on this and other MHC events, click HERE.

Ambassador Outreach Circles

Beginning fall of 2026!

Mental Health Connect will host monthly ambassador gatherings aimed at building relationships within our collaborative and offering faith communities the opportunity to share their questions and experiences in setting up and expanding their mental health ministries. For more information, contact Heidi Peterson, MHC’s Education & Outreach Coordinator at hpeterson@bethlehem-church.org.

Ambassador Onboarding

We welcome new ambassadors and anyone looking for a refresh to join this virtual meeting!

Next Date TBD

Email Hannah (hannah@mhconnect.org) to express interest in getting set up with a future onboarding session.