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“Connecting individuals, couples, families and clergy through the heart toward healthy Christ-centered relationships.”
~Family Wellness Ministry Mission Statement

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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese LogoOur Family Wellness Ministry is committed to providing resources, training, support and information through seminars and workshops to church communities, individuals, families, lay and clergy alike, and who are struggling to repair broken relationships and who want to create deeper connections.

We have been created by God to connect with others face-to-face and heart-to-heart. We are called by our Lord to love, to listen, to care for and comfort. The Family Wellness Ministry of the Metropolis of San Francisco is established to bring families and loved ones together, to connect through the heart for deeper Christ-centered relationships.

Faced with the many challenges of living in a society wrought with divorce, addiction, abuse, and shifting moral values, we see more and more families struggling to keep their families together and their relationships meaningful. Our age of social media, created for the purpose of helping people connect, in many cases is having the opposite effect. We know less of who others truly are, and less of who we are, as we mutually project onto social media what we want others to “see.”

Our Family Wellness Ministry is committed to respond to these challenges by encouraging families to reconnect “face-to-face and heart-to-heart”. We are engaging in practical ways to build healthier clergy and parish families by offering resources, training, support, seminars and information to church communities throughout our Metropolis.
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“Families, clergy and laity should be able to turn to their parish or the wider Church, which offers real guidance and real services. Throughout its history, the Orthodox Church has offered Her members, and anyone who seeks Her out, places for learning, prayer, reflection, and healing.” ~Metropolitan Gerasimos

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“Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” –Matthew 6:33

“Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart” –1 Samuel 16:7b

Recent Posts

TO LOVE AND TO BE LOVED

Developmental psychologists and adherents to Attachment Theory say that the two greatest needs of an infant are to feel safe and secure. If a child’s development occurs over time in an environ- ment where they experience safety, security, and healthy ... [Read more]

Why Connection Counts: Parenting From the Heart

The Property Value Principle We've heard it said that real estate is one of our best investments. According to experts there are three factors that contribute to the value of real estate, as well as helping property maintain its worth during ... [Read more]

OrthoTalks For Teens: Dealing with Difficult People

OrthoTalks: Dealing With Difficult People For All TEENS and Parents Join Father Gary Kyriacou, Metropolis Pastor of Youth and Young Adult Ministries, and the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco Family Wellness Ministry team for an ... [Read more]

Edifying Quotes

“The table is the place of intimacy. Around the table we discover each other. It’s the place where we pray. It’s the place where we ask: “How was your day?” It’s the place where we eat and drink together and say: “Come on, take some more!” It is the place of old and new stories. It is the place of smiles and tears. The table, too, is the place where distance is most painfully felt. It is the place where the children feel the tension between the parents, where brothers and sisters express their anger and jealousies, where accusations are made, and where plates and cups become instruments of violence. Around the table, we know whether there is friendship and community or hatred and division. Precisely because the table is the place of intimacy for all the members of the household, it is also the place where the absence of that intimacy is most painfully revealed.”

— – Henri Nouwen

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