The Legacy Church invites members to join the Question, Persuade, and Refer (QPR) Suicide Prevention Training with the theme Anyone Can Help Save a Life on March 22 from 6:30 P.M to 8 P.M at Legacy Tierrasanta, San Diego.
Everyone may be in a situation to recognize that someone may be contemplating suicide where it could be friends, family, colleagues, and many others said on the church's website.
The said training will focus on recognizing warnings and signs of suicide, learning ways to initiate conversation, and discovering methods of providing help and hope, the announcement added.
Mission, Ministry
They mentioned on the said website that they wanted to be a church fully engaged in spiritual reproduction by encouraging people to make the choices needed to embrace their eternity in Jesus Christ. They wanted to be identified by their unique contributions in this world, leaving a lasting legacy for future generations, said on the website.
They mentioned their theme verse: "This day I call the heavens and the earth witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curse. Today, choose life so that you and your children may live and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to His voice, and hold fast to Him. For the Lord is your life, and He will give you many years in the land He swore to give your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” - Deuteronomy 30:19-20.
In line with this, the church also offers professional Christian counseling as part of its ministry to fulfill its mission. The church said that Legacy Care is willing to assist members and those who need guidance in finding wholeness, peace, and healing through the Lord’s love and grace.
Moreover, they informed members that they are working with an excellent team of therapists and counselors on a referral basis.
Suicides in San Diego
On a report posted by the CountryNewsCenter on Sept. 10, 2020, the number of individuals who died from suicide in the region dropped last year, according to the San Diego County Suicide Prevention Council’s 2020 report to the community.
In 2019, there were 429 deaths by suicide, 36 fewer than the 465 reported in 2018, said on the website. They analyzed that the annual report provided a comprehensive look at suicide in the region and brought together data from multiple sources from 2015 through 2019.
The said website also noted that most people who died by suicide show warning signs. The report said that knowing how to determine them and what each individual can do may help save a life, as mentioned in the article.
In a related news article published on Aug.12, 2014, Alfredo Aguirre, director of Behavioral Health Services for the County Health and Human Services Agency, stated that most people who attempt or die by suicide show one or more warning signs before the suicide attempt.
Most people who are depressed do not kill themselves; however, untreated, depression could increase the risk of suicide, Aguirre added. On the said report, research has shown that most people who die by suicide were clinically depressed or suffered from another diagnosable mental or substance abuse disorder.
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