Pathways2Promise

10/04/2026

🎀 October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month 🎀

I wanted to share something personal with our Community.

In **March 2025**, I received the words I had prayed and hoped to hear:

💗 **I was cancer-free.**

As a breast cancer survivor, that journey changed me in many ways. It also deepened my understanding of something we teach every day through Companionship:

**Sometimes people do not need us to fix what they are facing. They simply need someone willing to walk beside them.**

Cancer reminded me how important it is to be **seen, heard, supported, and not left alone** during the difficult seasons of life.

That is one reason I believe so deeply in the work each of you is doing as Community Trainers.

Every time you teach someone to listen…

Every time you encourage someone to notice another person…

Every time you help someone understand the power of simply being present…

**You are helping create a community where healing can happen.**

🌸 **This month, I invite each of us to think about someone who may need a little extra presence.**

💗 Make the call.
💗 Check on the caregiver.
💗 Listen to the survivor.
💗 Reach out to the person who has become quiet.
💗 Sit with someone who may be carrying more than you realize.

We may not always be able to change what someone is facing.

But we can remind them:

**“I see you. I hear you. I am here. You do not have to walk through this alone.”**

My cancer journey taught me that survival is about more than what we come through.

**Survival deepened my assignment.**

And I am grateful that part of that assignment is walking alongside all of you as together we carry Companionship into churches, neighborhoods, workplaces, organizations, and communities.

Thank you for the work you do and for continuing to make human connection matter.
-Senior Bishop Bonnie L. Radden
Companionship Coordinator
Pathways 2 Promise

🌷 **Healing Happens in Community.**

💗 **Companionship: Because No One Should Walk Alone.**

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10/01/2026

For more than 35 years, Pathways 2 Promise has been bringing faith, mental health, and community together to create connection, compassion, and hope.
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Now our new website reflects the growth of that mission — making it easier to find support, discover Companionship, equip your community, and join a movement where no one has to walk alone.

Come explore the new P2P at https://www.pathways2promise.org

09/17/2026

Someone around you may need more than advice today.
They may simply need someone to notice them.
Someone to listen.
Someone to sit beside them.
Someone to remind them that they do not have to carry everything alone.
That is the power of Companionship.
Across communities, our Community Trainers are helping people create spaces of connection, dignity, presence, and hope—one relationship at a time.
Never underestimate what can happen when one person decides to truly be present with another.
Healing happens in community. 🧡
And together, we are building a movement that says:
Because No One Should Walk Alone.

09/08/2026

Today is .

You do not have to wait until life becomes unbearable to ask for support. You do not have to explain away your pain. You do not have to face a difficult moment alone.

This year’s theme is “988 Reasons: Your reason is reason enough.” Whatever you are carrying—grief, anxiety, loneliness, stress, emotional pain, substance-use concerns, or simply feeling overwhelmed—support is available.
Call or text 988, or chat through the 988 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline. Available 24/7.

At Pathways 2 Promise, we believe healing happens in community, and no one should have to walk alone. Today, check on someone. Start a conversation. Share 988. Your presence may become part of someone’s pathway to hope.

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08/20/2026

07/09/2026

You Belong: Building Communities Where Everyone Matters

Have you ever walked into a room and wondered if anyone noticed you?
Maybe you've attended a community event, a church service, a meeting, or even a family gathering and felt invisible. You smiled. You spoke. You participated. Yet somehow, you still felt like an outsider looking in.
If you've ever felt that way, you're not alone.
One of the deepest longings of every human heart is the desire to belong.
Belonging isn't simply being invited into a room. Belonging is knowing your presence matters once you arrive.
Throughout July, The Belonging Project invites each of us to embrace a powerful truth:

You Belong.

Those two words have the power to restore hope, strengthen relationships, and transform communities. In a world where loneliness continues to rise, belonging has become one of the greatest acts of compassion we can offer another person. We often believe belonging requires grand gestures, but more often it is built through ordinary moments—a warm greeting, remembering someone's name, inviting someone to sit with us, listening without rushing, or creating space for another person's story.

Belonging says:
"You Matter."
"Your Voice Matters."
"Your Story Matters."
As Community Trainers, faith leaders, healthcare professionals, and neighbors, we have the opportunity to create cultures where people feel welcomed instead of overlooked, included instead of excluded, and valued instead of forgotten.

Every conversation becomes an invitation.
Every smile becomes an opportunity.
Every act of kindness becomes a bridge.

When people experience belonging, something remarkable begins to happen. Anxiety decreases. Hope grows. Relationships deepen. Communities become healthier. We discover that healing often begins long before counseling, treatment, or intervention—it begins when someone genuinely feels that they matter.

This month, I encourage you to become intentional about creating belonging wherever you go. Welcome someone standing alone. Invite a neighbor for coffee. Learn someone's name. Celebrate another person's success.

Open Your Circle Just A Little Wider. You may never fully know the impact of that simple act.

At Pathways 2 Promise, we believe that healthy communities are built one relationship at a time. The Belonging Project is not simply a campaign—it is an invitation to live differently. To see people differently. To love people intentionally.

Together, we are building communities where everyone matters.

Because No One Should Walk Alone!

06/24/2026

Check out our latest blog post by Pathways Companionship Coordinator, Bishop Bonnie Radden

By Bishop Bonnie L. RaddenCompanionship Coordinator, Pathways 2 PromiseWe live in a time when many people are surrounded by others, yet still feel profoundly alone.Across our nation, loneliness, isolation, anxiety, grief, depression, and emotional distress have reached unprecedented levels. People a...

06/10/2026

Check out our latest blog post by Chairman of the Board and CEO ETC Healthcare Solutions, Inc. and Board Member of Pathways to Promise, Dr. Edward T. Carroll.

By Dr. Edward T. CarrollChairman of the Board and CEOETC Healthcare Solutions, Inc.Board Member, Pathways to Promise Mental health remains one of the most critical yet underserved areas of healthcare within the African American community. While awareness surrounding emotional wellness has grown sign...

06/02/2026

Important Announcement for Community Trainers

Dear Fellow Community Trainers,

Grace and peace to each of you.

As many of you know, throughout 2024, we began a thoughtful and prayerful revision of our 2018 Companionship Workshop materials. This work was done with deep care and intentionality to ensure our trainings continue to speak with relevance, compassion, inclusion, and hope to the communities we serve today.

The newly updated 2025 materials include:

Fresh illustrations and updated language
Stories and experiences representing a broader range of cultures and communities
Greater recognition of the societal realities and causes of distress and despair
A simplified and more user-friendly Trainer Manual designed to better support you as facilitators of healing and hope
Attached, you will find a comparison overview between the 2018 and 2025 materials.

Please note: Any Companionship workshops scheduled after July 1, 2026, must utilize the new 2025 materials.

We are incredibly excited to invite many of you back into active engagement as Community Trainers. Your voice, presence, and leadership are deeply needed in this growing movement of compassion and connection.

If you completed your Community Trainer training prior to November 2024 and have not yet attended a Reengagement Workshop, we ask that you register for one of the following sessions today. These 90-minute gatherings will walk you through the updated materials, answer questions, and help prepare you to confidently facilitate workshops using the new curriculum.

Following the workshop, participants will receive updated print copies of the 2025 Trainer Manual and Participant Guidebook.


Register for a Reengagement Workshop Opportunity:

Thursday, June 4, 10:00 AM Pacific | 12:00 PM Central | 1:00 PM Eastern

Thursday, June 11, 4:30 PM Pacific | 6:30 PM Central | 7:30 PM Eastern

Saturday, June 27, 8:00 AM Pacific | 10:00 AM Central | 11:00 AM Eastern

We are deeply grateful for each of you and the sacred work you continue to do in bringing companionship, hope, and healing into the lives of others.

Companionship…Because No One Should Walk Alone.

You Can Find The Comparison On Our Website, Pathways2Promise.org in the Community Trainer Group.

06/01/2026

COMMUNITY TRAINERS... WE HAVE A SUMMER CHALLENGE FOR YOU!

What could happen in 92 days?
A friendship could begin.
A life could be encouraged.
A neighbor could feel less alone.
A community could become stronger.
A movement could grow.

This summer, Pathways 2 Promise with our Companionship National Healing Movement are launching:

☀️ 92 DAYS OF CONNECTION ☀️
For 92 days, we will intentionally create moments of connection, encouragement, listening, hospitality, and hope in the communities we serve.

We believe that connection changes lives.
We believe that presence matters.
We believe that healing often begins with a simple conversation.

Want To Learn More?

Join us this Thursday at our Community Trainer Gathering as we unveil the vision, the challenge, and the opportunities for you to be part of something special this summer.

Bishop Bonnie Radden
Companionship Coordinator
Pathways 2 Promise.

92 Days.
One Movement.
Countless Connections.
Companionship...Because No One Should Walk Alone.