Health Links
Providing support for your concerns is part of our ministry mission. The following links are to a wide range of community services around the Twin Cities dedicated to helping you with whatever concerns you may have.
Starfish Ministries
To schedule an appointment with Starfish Ministries, please call 952-686-4124.
Other resources:
Metro Shelter Hotline - 1-888-234-1329
Front Door (Hennepin County) - 612-348-4111
United Way First Call for Help - 211 or 612-340-7400
Emergency Food Shelf - 763-450-3860
Community Emergency Service - 612-870-1125
St. Joan of Arc - 612-823-8205
Sabathani Community Center - 612-822-9071
United Way First Call for Help- community-based support groups for a wide range of needs (including alcoholism, housing, governmental help, battered women’s shelters such as Cornerstone, etc.)
Older Adults
Nokomis Healthy Seniors - nokomishealthyseniors.org or 612.729.5499
This organization is designed to support older adults with a variety of needs including Home Care by RNs and Home Health Aides, blood pressure clinics, health education, senior helpline, support groups and education, transportaiton, and volunteer matches.
Faith in Mind - A Mental Health Ministry
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)- www.nami.org
Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance of America (SARDAA)- http://www.sardaa.org/
DBS Alliance for Depression and Bipolar Disorders and schizophrenia- http://www.dbsalliance.org/
CHADD for Attention Deficit Disorder http://www.chadd.org
SAVE for suicide prevention www.save.org
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry www.aacap.org
Healthline Information on Bipolar Disorder www.healthline.com/health/bipolar-disorder
NAMI-Hennepin Support Groups http://www.nami.org/MSTemplate.cfm?MicrositeID=159
Autism Spectrum
Asperger's Syndrome Education Network of America (ASPEN), Inc.- www.asperger.org
Autism Society of America (ASA)- www.austism-society.org
PACER for help for parents of disabled children in the school system- www.pacer.org
Addiction Recovery
The Retreat - www.theretreat.org
Hazelden - www.hazelden.org
Fairview - www.fairview.org
Help Addicts for Addiction to drugs such as Ecstacy www.helpaddicts.com/Minnesota-Rehab/Ecstasy
Minnesota Institute for Public Health (MIPH) for compulsive gambling www.miph.org/gambling
Financial Counseling
Lutheran Social Service for financial counseling or other family issues available on a sliding fee scale http://www.lssmn.org