Lifesaving Church

Presented in collaboration with the Board of Outreach

On the 50th anniversary of Plymouth’s Drop-in Center, learn about the support this ministry provides.

Rev. Dr. Rachael Keefe is pastor of Living Table United Church of Christ in Minneapolis. She is an author of The Lifesaving Church: Faith Communities and Suicide Prevention (Chalice Press, 2018), a painter, and a poet.  Previously, she served as a clinical chaplain at a state psychiatric hospital where she worked with patients, staff, clergy, and faith communities to increase understanding and welcome of persons living with severe and persistent symptoms of mental illness. She also served on a State Suicide Prevention Council.  Keefe has graduate degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary and Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School (formerly Andover Newton Theological School).