Nov1
Narcan training
4:30 PM · Upstairs bay room
Twenty minutes, and everyone goes home with two kits. Teens 14 and up welcome.
For families
You didn't cause it. You can't fix it alone.
For mothers, fathers, wives, husbands, grandparents and grown kids of someone who is using. Sunday evenings at five, upstairs at the firehouse.
Family Circle
An hour and a half with people who get it
Annette started Family Circle in 2015, two years after her son's first overdose. It is the room she wishes she had found sooner: a dozen or so parents and partners, a pot of decaf, and nobody who flinches at the story.
We read a short passage, talk through the week and practice the hard sentences out loud. No, I won't pay that fine. Yes, you can come to supper on Sunday. We pray for the people we love by name.
You don't need your loved one's permission to come, and they don't need to be in recovery. Many of ours aren't, yet.
This fall
Classes and nights for families
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Nov10
Boundaries without walls, week one
6:30 PM · Firehouse bunk room
A four-week class on helping without rescuing. Workbook provided.
Nov21
Grandparents raising grandkids
12:00 PM · Gilgal House kitchen
Lunch and a lawyer from the kinship-care clinic answering questions.
Dec13
Longest Night service
6:00 PM · Firehouse basement
A quiet evening of candles and names for families grieving an overdose death.
Jan10
Court day, explained
5:00 PM · Upstairs bay room
What drug court, probation and diversion actually ask of your loved one, and of you.
Nothing in that category this month.
To take home
Guides families ask for
Print them, share them, keep one in the glovebox.
- 310 KBDownload
How to use Narcan nasal spray
One page, with pictures. Tape it inside a cupboard door.
SafetyOct 20261 page
- 2.1 MBDownload
Family Circle starter guide
What we talk about, what we pray, and the sentences we practice.
GuidesSep 202616 pages
- 180 KBDownload
Questions to ask a treatment center
Twelve questions, and what a good answer sounds like.
GuidesAug 20262 pages
- 240 KBDownload
Detox and MAT providers in Knox County
Who takes TennCare, who has beds this month, and phone numbers.
LocalOct 20263 pages
- 48 KBDownload
Writing a letter to someone you love
A template for the letter we help families read aloud.
Guides20262 pages
- 1.2 MBDownload
After an overdose death
For the first weeks. Written by three of our mothers.
GriefMar 20268 pages
Nothing matches that. Ask Annette and she'll find it.
Prayer
Tell us who you're praying for
Use a first name or just an initial. Family Circle prays through every request on Sunday evening.
We have it, .
The people you chose will be praying by Sunday evening, most likely sooner.