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Dr. Robinson is an esteemed author that has published the third edition of Blossoming with HOPE: Parent Educational Manuel, The Color of HOPE: African American Mental Health in the Church, a dissertation “Education the African American Church Towards Those with Mental Health Challenges to Have an Attitudinal Change,” and “Blooming with New Coping Skills” a set of emotional regulation flashcards for children.

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Educational Products:

Blooming with New Coping Skills Emotional Regulation Flashcards 

TEACHES EMPATHY AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE THROUGH PLAY: These emotion cards teach children coping and social emotional learning skills such as how to identify emotions through facial expressions, body language, and in social contexts.

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The Color of HOPE: African American Mental Health in the Church  is a must read for a broad range of stakeholders, theologians, professors, clergy, spiritual care givers, therapist, pastors, faith-based institutions, practitioners, policymakers, community members, recipients of services, and others.

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Blossoming with HOPE: Parent Educational Manual is a culturally relevant guide that provides coping strategies to guide families when dealing with everyday stress and crisis situations. It offers hope for families in these troubled and challenging times.
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Dissertation - “Education the African American Church Towards Those with Mental Health Challenges to Have an 
Attitudinal Change

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Thank you for supporting our ministry.

Warmest Regards,
Reverend Curtis L. Robinson, Sr.
Reverend Dr. Pamela Robinson

Emerging HOPE is a ministry committed to preaching the gospel, evangelizing, educating, equipping, and empowering under-resourced individuals, single parenting households, and families with resources, practical assistance, emotional encouragement and social networking to better their lives, and those of their children. The ministry promotes the well-being of the individual, family, and community through programs, services, and information.  Emerging HOPE is rapidly being recognized as the go-to resource in the urban Kalamazoo area for helping to promote mental health in diverse communities, cultural perspectives on mental health, knowledge, hope, and healing to individuals, families, and communities touched by mental illness.

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• To share the Word of God with the world.

• To help believers, both ministers and laypersons, in their understanding, preaching, and teaching of God's Word.

• To do everything we possibly can to lead men, women, boys, and girls to give their hearts and lives to Jesus Christ and to secure the eternal life that He offers.

• To do all we can to minister to the disenfranchised of the world. 

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·         Live Stream Bible Study

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·         Culturally Relevant Mental Health            Wellness Services

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·         Pastoral Counseling

·         Outreach Programs for Urban                Youth

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·         Lotus Flower Book Club​

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          Lotus Flower Podcast

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          HOPE Casting Blog

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·         Educational Workshops

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·         Self Determination Living                      Consultation Services (Adults                  with Intellectual Disabilities)

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·         Emerging HOPE empowers socially and under-resourced parenting households towards self-sufficiency, while adding value to families. 

·         Emerging HOPE engages under-resourced individuals and families in meaningful activities to nurture leadership and influence in the community.

·         Emerging HOPE strengthens under-resourced individuals and families through spiritual enrichment activities, enabling them in the community.

·         Emerging HOPE  empowers children, adolescents, and adults to live healthy, fully functioning lives.

·         Emerging HOPE  promotes the well-being of the individual, family, and community through programs, services, and information.

·         Emerging HOPE utilizes strategies to help promote mental health in diverse communities.

·         Emerging HOPE offers resources which are helpful in addressing and reducing minority mental health disparities.

·         Emerging HOPE's interpersonal skills are our best quality. We are comfortable in presenting a positive public image interacting with potential donors and communicating with various levels of stakeholder.

·         Emerging HOPE takes great pride in running a successful organization and in developing relationships. 

·         Emerging HOPE is committed to helping people live healthy lives.  

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Choice blessings,

Reverend Curtis L. Robinson, Sr., Co-Pastor, B.Th. ACE, CRC, PSS

Reverend Dr. Pamela R. Robinson, Co-Pastor, MDiv, LLMSW, BSW

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Blooming with New Coping Skills Flashcards
A fun-filled culturally relevant game that will help you learn to deal with your big emotions.

Ages 3 – 14

Blooming with New Coping Skills is a culturally relevant set of flashcards that were designed to teach and engage children and pre-teens in essential coping strategies.
This fun and cooperative game will help to enhance social skills, teach how to cope with difficult emotions, and improve daily coping skills. Just being able to verbalize, “I’m mad,” or “I’m nervous,” can take the sting out of uncomfortable emotions. Give kids the words they need to describe their feelings.

AWARD-WINNING GAME:

27 expressive feelings cards, with universal emotions, educational scaling games, and feeling identification all in one card deck for kids

aged 3 to 14 years.

TEACHES EMPATHY AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE THROUGH PLAY: These emotion cards teach children coping and social emotional learning skills such as how to identify emotions through facial expressions, body language, and in social contexts.

PERFECT FOR PARENTS, THERAPISTS, TEACHERS, AND COUNSELORS: Mental Health Professionals love this therapeutic game. Teachers use our educational flashcards in the classroom, and parents use them as conversational cards to connect with their children or as learning game to aid in their child's development.

LARGE, STURDY CARDS: 27 illustrated cards are sized at 3.5" by 5" inches for easy viewing and small hands. Includes cards that develop emotional intelligence and corresponding social skill cards that develop social intelligence.

SUPPORTS MENTAL HEALTH: Supports emotional health and connection. Kids discover a wide range of emotions which builds empathy, self and other awareness, interpersonal connection, and models ways to express needs.

With this early childhood educational tool, toddlers, preschoolers, elementary students, and pre-teens, including those with Autism, ADHD, or special needs, will learn:

Emotional Literacy
Body Language
Facial Expressions
Social Contexts
Empathy

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The Lotus Flower Podcast aim is to educate, equip, and empower our listening audience while sharing culturally relevant spiritually uplifting, though provoking educational topics. About the Podcaster's The Robinson's lives and ministry exemplifies the characteristics of the beautiful Lotus Flower, a sheer blend of beauty, determination, and courage. Reverend Curtis L. Robinson, Sr. has served as the co-pastor of Emerging HOPE Ministry of Kalamazoo for nine years, fifteen years of service as an Associate Pastor, and a total of thirty years of preaching the Gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Reverend Curtis L. Robinson, Sr. is a man of God who has clearly been endowed by the Holy Spirit with the gift to teach and preach. He is a lover of people and one who works well with others. Reverend Robinson preaches the Gospel of Jesus Christ with conviction and clarity and demonstrates that he is a “doer of the Word” through his conversation and community volunteerism. His spirit is open to serve in whatever capacity the Lord sees fit to use him. He is an active member of the Recovery Community. Having served as Support Partner with Recovery Institute of Southwest Michigan Inc., he is an strong advocate for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders. Dr. Pamela Robinson is the Founder of the Emerging HOPE Family Strengthening Program, Emerging HOPE, Emerging HOPE Christian Counseling, and Co-Founder and co-pastor of the Emerging HOPE Ministries in Kalamazoo, MI. Emerging HOPE is a family fortifying ministry that is committed to preaching the gospel, providing professional, effective leadership and advocacy services to ethnically diverse individuals and families. https://www.emerginghopefsp.org/ Dr. Pamela Robinson is an esteemed author that has published Blossoming with HOPE: Parent Educational Manuel, The Color of HOPE: African American Mental Health in the Church, A Dissertation “Education the African American Church Towards Those with Mental Health Challenges to Have an Attitudinal Change (2021 Published on ProQuest National Academic Scholarly Database), and created a set of emotional regulation flashcards, “Blooming with New Coping Skills” for children ages 3 -14. Dr. Robinson is an alumnus of Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Work—Cum Laude (1986) and a Master of Arts degree in Social Work (2009). Dr. Robinson is also an alumnus of the former Apex School of Theology, Durham, North Carolina where she earned Doctor of Ministry degree in Biblical Studies - with High Academic Honors (2017) and a Master of Divinity degree in Biblical Studies - Cum Laude (2016). Enjoy The Show? Don’t miss an episode, subscribe via, Google Podcast, Spotify, RSS, Amazon Music Podcast, Reason.fm, Wix.com Join the conversation by leaving a comment on our website at: https://www.emerginghopefsp.org/comments-contact Disclaimer: The content in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read or heard on the Lotus Flower Podcast.

Blooming with HOPE

Parenting Educational Manual

Third Edition

Pamela Robinson, DMin, MDiv, LLMSW, BSW

Blossoming with HOPE fills a critical gap in currently limited resources for African American parents.
This timely parenting resource combines real life scenarios with practical exercises. Anyone curious about how to walk with a child through tumultuous times needs to purchase this manual. Parents can utilize the manual as conversational tool to connect with their children or as and to aid in their child’s development. Whereas teachers can benefit from this manual in the classroom. This engaging manual supports mental health: It is proven to help kids discover and appropriately express a wide range of emotions in which to builds empathy, self-awareness, and interpersonal connection.

Blossoming with HOPE: Parent Educational Manual is a culturally relevant guide that provides coping strategies to guide families when dealing with everyday stress and crisis situations. It offers hope for families in these troubled and challenging times.

Blossoming with HOPE explains the critical stages in children's development from birth to eighteen. Most importantly, it instructs parents on how to maintain the wisdom to intuitively guide their children through the growth process by utilizing their own heart intelligence. Blossoming with HOPE is a "how-to" compendium of sound advice and recommendations for preventing communication gaps and repairing the ones that may already exist.

Blossoming with HOPE is a "must" for parents, therapists, teachers, guidance counselors, camp counselors, and church youth leaders.

The Manual Includes:

Practical character values throughout the exercises to supports social-emotional learning.

Techniques to teach your kids to identify emotions through facial expressions, body language, and in social contexts.

Discussion questions that spark conversation.

Social-emotional learning exercises that gets kids talking, listening, and learning new skills.

Techniques to recognize cultural nuances that are oftentimes mislabeled as “bad behavior” in black kids.

Interactive chapter with worksheets with proven ways to break the cycle of poverty, get our of debt, and finally stop living paycheck to paycheck.

Techniques to encourage creativity and build self-confidence in your kids.

And much more . . .

Available for purchase on:

Amazon.com

Emerging HOPE Ministries Website: emerginghopefsp.org