2025–2027 Mission Grant #30
Increasing Access to Lutheran Counseling Services
Concordia Counseling: A Lutheran Outreach Ministry, Inc., Indiana | $100,000
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About This Mission Grant
Concordia Counseling, a Lutheran Outreach Ministry based in Jackson County, has the goal of serving all people, churched and unchurched, with Christ-centered counseling that is biblically sound, clinically effective, and financially affordable. The need for Christ-centered and Gospel-oriented counseling care is evident in our homes, our families, and our communities. People need the sure hope that only Jesus Christ can offer.
Concordia Counseling is dedicated to offering services at a discounted rate so that financial hardships do not prevent anyone from receiving the life-giving message of the Gospel. To increase their services to congregations throughout the Indiana District, they want to offer more retreats, training sessions, and expanded consultation services. An additional therapist is needed to offer care for those hurting.
This grant will help Concordia Counseling offer affordable care, expand its program throughout the Indiana District, and meet some of the costs of onboarding a new therapist.
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Local pastors gathered to celebrate the Opening Service for Concordia Counseling on Sunday, August 25 at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Seymour, IN. President Stuckwisch blessed Mrs. Brianna Spray for service as a school-based counselor on behalf of Concordia Counseling. Michelle Downey was commissioned and installed as Deaconess and Director of Concordia Counseling. Rev. Dr. Nicholas Fuller was installed as a pastoral counselor at Concordia Counseling.
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Concordia Counseling is a Recognized Service Organization (RSO) and an outreach of the Brownstown and Seymour Circuits of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Deaconess Michelle Downey addressed the question "What is Lutheran Counseling?" in conversation with the 19 congregations that have partnered to support this ministry. Concordia Counseling exists to provide compassionate counseling services that are Biblically sound, clinically effective, and financially affordable.
While God's Word is woven into every session, we specifically focus on outreach during our third session. Our Christ-centered counselors are prepared to address the topic of church attendance directly if it has not been previously discussed. Clients who have not yet found a church to call home will be encouraged to complete a "visitor card" for the LCMS congregation of their choice. These cards will be scanned and emailed to the congregation's pastor, offering an opportunity to connect.
Brianna Spray meets with a student in her role as school-based counselor at Immanuel Lutheran School. Brianna serves on behalf of Concordia Counseling by overseeing the development of Lutheran school counseling resources, professional development, and curriculum mapping tools focused on equipping educators to address the discipleship, vocation, character development, emotional fortitude, and Biblical worldview needs of our students.
Redeemer Lutheran Church in Seymour, IN, generously provides our welcoming office space. Our location on the campus of one of our supporting congregations means that every individual we serve is brought into proximity with our Word and Sacrament ministries. Deaconess Michelle Downey and Pastor Nicholas Fuller are both synodically trained and Licensed Mental Health Counselors (LMHC).
