Minds Matter 2024: "Overcoming"

Mental Health resource fair & 

Homemade with Heart Craft sale


Craft Sale info


St. Andrew Presbyterian Church will be hosting its Minds Matter: Mental Health Resource Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday September 21, 2024. This year's event will be combined with the Homemade from the Heart Craft Sale.


The purpose of this event is to connect individuals and families with local mental health services they may not know are available to them or their loved ones. Local nonprofits and agencies will have booths to talk about the services they provide. Guest speakers will share ways we can be mindful of our mental wellness, advocate for loved ones, and educate about the services currently available in our community. Walking tacos will be sold, and all proceeds will go to continued support of local mental health services in our community.


More information about our schedules speakers is below. If you have questions about the Resource Fair or the Craft Sale, contact us at the button below. 


With thanks,

Amy Schmidt-Rundell, Mission Outreach Coordinator

Nichole Hoffman, Family Ministry Outreach Coordinator


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Karen Smith  | 9:45 a.m

Overcoming Silence


Karen Smith: "I was born and raised in Iowa. I'm an elementary school secretary. I'm a mom of two young adult boys and a husband who all struggle with forms of depression and anxiety. For about the last 6 years I've worked at becoming a mental health advocate to be a voice for people like my husband and sons. And to fight to end the stigma. I helped organize a Walk out of the Darkness community walk in 2019 and a Mental Health Fair in 2020 that had to get canceled due to covid. Then in January 2022 started a Facebook blog to share my family's story and chronicle my journey of training and walking across Iowa. I walked across Iowa a 2nd time in June of 2023 walking over 300 miles. I held a fundraiser with each walk and the proceeds went to non profit organizations that advocate for and help people in crisis. My latest venture is starting classes in May to get a bachelor's degree in human services so I can join the front lines of mental health crisis intervention and stabilization.""

Dave Moser | 11 a.m.

Overcoming Assumptions


Dr. David Moser is a board-certified neuropsychologist and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. In addition to his work in neuropsychology, he is the Director of Educational Outreach in the College of Medicine’s Office of Health Parity, the mission of which is to help make UI Health Care and the surrounding community as welcoming and inclusive as possible for people of all backgrounds. A native of Massachusetts, Dr. Moser moved to Iowa in 1999 after training at the University of Florida and Brown University. He and his wife Becky have put down some deep Midwest roots over the past 25 years, raising three kids and a pack of dogs here in Iowa City.

Becky Schmooke | 12:30 p.m.

Overcoming Hardship & Shame


Becky Schmooke is the founder of Stoic Edge Consulting and Becky’s Mindful Kitchen. Focusing on providing action based mindfulness and leadership training to organizations and individuals who are ready to do things differently.


With humor and vulnerability, she uses storytelling to blend together Stoic philosophy and modern science to empower the audience with not only new tools, but the skills in which to use them, to turn obstacles into opportunities and put mindfulness into action. 

Homemade with Heart: Craft sale

Do you or someone you know have a talent for crafting?


We would love for you to join us at our Homemade with Heart Holiday Craft Sale! $30 for a 10x10 space to sell your homemade items. 


Do you make pottery, holiday creations, kitchen items, metal work or maybe something completely new? We hope you'll join us! Be sure to share this with your friends!


The $30 fee will go towards helping “Minds Matter” provide assistance to local nonprofits requesting financial help for their mental health services.



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Bake Sale


We are looking for the best of your homemade treats for our Bake Sale, which will be part of the Homemade with Heart Craft Sale on Saturday September 21. Proceeds will benefit the Minds Matter: Mental Health fund. This is our chance to be creative and fun.


Seeking homemade baked goods: Think special recipes - homemade bread (half and full loaves), raised cinnamon rolls (packed as pans or singles, doubles), cookies (packaged as 3, 6, 12, please), cakes (you can cut them in two or leave them whole or make plates with 3 portions, 4 portions, 5 portions, etc), variety is the best!

Drop them off at church on Friday Sept. 20 during office hours 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. or by 8:30 a.m. on Saturday September 21 (the church will be open by 8 a.m.)


We are also seeking a few friendly people who are willing to staff the bake sale for a two-hour shift (9-11 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and 1-3 p.m.) 


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