For many back to school is an exciting season of change; however, for others, it can be a triggering and difficult time. Here is a list of 12 things to be aware of when you are talking about back-to-school in your faith community.

This issue of Table Topics will present questions and resources for faith communities to explore together in this complicated, yet critical discussion about advocacy for children during the summer.

This Table Topics article explores the needs of neighbors without stable shelter in the high heat of the summer and five ways that faith communities can help to meet practical heat-related needs.

This video is of Flipped Table Co-Founder Rev. Dr. Christie Love presenting her doctoral thesis project at Eden Theological Seminary in May 2024. This 30-minute presentation gives you a broad overview of Dr. Love’s work around religious trauma.

This resource will walk you through the basics of preparing to apply for a grant, how to apply for grants, and how to implement and report on them for your organization.

Photographs can be a triggering experience for many people with trauma histories. This resource will share some guidelines for trauma-informed picture-taking and some examples.

This book discussion guide explore the book Invisible Child, by Andrea Elliott. This book honors a powerful true story of a family facing poverty, the foster care system, an the trauma of surviving in urban America.

To help our members improve their knowledge, awareness, and involvement, we have constructed a training portal that covers a wide variety of topics, including; trauma, lived experience, language, system understanding, medical vulnerabilities, addiction, mental health, crisis intervention skills, social issues, de-escalation, media depictions, and connections to other resources.

This guide will instruct you how to develop a street outreach for your community.

The research on this project is sound and many experts agree that projects like this one could radically transform communities in our country. Therefore, we are sharing it in our resource library as an idea that could be explored by other communities of faith and communities of context to address growing numbers of unsheltered individuals and a national lack of affordable housing.

This book discussion guide explore the book Profit and Punishment by Tony Mesenger.

This resource will cover the basics of how to start an emergency family shelter in your community.

This guide will take faith communities step-by-step through the process of starting a crisis shelter in their areas.

This guide will share the need for innovative storage solutions for individuals without stable shelter, give examples of best practices, and provide a model that is easy to replicate for faith communities.