Happy Monday morning. It's great to see all of you and I want to welcome you to this Center for Missionary Outreach call an important call about mental health and the ways that we as people of faith and church leaders can Step into this space in this time It was timely That just Yesterday in the Dallas Morning News Sharon Grigsby had a piece In which she lifted up What's been called a second pandemic in terms of a mental health crisis and Shared a statistic that was new to me and that is that the state of Texas is ranked 51st out of 51 States and the District of Columbia in terms of access to mental health resources And so in her piece Sharon Grigsby challenges people in all sectors government business and the faith community to step into this space and recognize that there is There already was a Great need and a gap in meeting that need and that it's likely that that that need is only going to grow In the coming weeks and months as folks continue to to grapple with the impacts of sheltering in place of broad illness and and loss of life in our communities in our nation and Economic insecurity and all the different ramifications of this pandemic and so I'm grateful to you to write that you recognize that need as well and that You've made it a a priority to be a part of this conversation and Hopefully we can be the beginning of an even broader conversation among our United Methodist Churches and groups again to step into this space and in a bold way So thank you for being on the call before I offer a prayer, I just want to lift up that The Center for Missionary Outreach is is not the only center that continues to offer Zoom gatherings as a way to equip our local church leaders And so there is another Another zoom call later this week Pulling it up now so I can give you the details But the Center for Leadership Development is Leading a call on May 12th. So I guess that's tomorrow evening at 7 p.m On a related topic actually on laity Christian caregiving in the focus is on laity the Panelists are Steven ministers and staff from first McKinney and it's the goal of this call to equip lay people with tools Address issues of anxiety and grief and other kinds of things that again are emerging in our communities. So I want you to be aware of that All right, so with that allow me to offer an opening prayer for us and then I believe Andrew Pfizer our associate director for the CMO is going to welcome some of our guests and Set the table for our conversation. So let us pray. Oh good and gracious God Our great physician the one who brings us hope and healing body mind and spirit God we give you thanks for this new day and we pray that you will open our eyes to see The opportunities for ministry and good work that is in it God as we gather this day, we lift up to you all those in our community and and truly in our world who have risen to this new day, but Because of Their own struggles, they're unable to recognize the hope and the light and the healing that is available Those for whom a cloud looms overhead God we we lift up particularly women and children who Whose vulnerability has again come to the surface and who are experiencing domestic violence and abuse and these circumstances around the pandemic And God we lift up those just who are experiencing some of the whole host of challenges mental health challenges that We are learning or a part of of this pandemic experience God may may you give us the compassion and the courage and the wisdom to come alongside them and step in to Into that need in that space in a way that will Help us to be a part of your healing work and that will Give you glory Bless our conversation. It's in Christ's name. We pray you know Amen, and thank you Andy and thank you all for being here this morning and thank you to our panelists who will help set the table for our conversation this morning as I introduced them and as we dive into a Conversation about where they specifically are encountering the mental health impacts of 19 I'd love for you to be able to use your chat feature Through zoom to ask questions not only for the panelists, but questions about What you're really thinking about or even mentioning some of the encounters that you're having in your own context both our panelists and Then later Dr. Brad Schwal who's here on our Call as well, we'll be able to join us in offering some resources and thinking through some of the ways that we can be in ministry and helpful presence For those who are really struggling through this time So let's begin as Introducing our guests. You're here with us this morning. I've got Pastor Veldah turnly if you'll wave wave at the crowd From St. Luke United Methodist Church St. Luke Community United Methodist Church And she is the pastor of discipleship small groups in prayer France Francis Smith Dean is the executive director of the Zan Wesley Holmes Junior Community Outreach Center which you'll Know a little bit through the Frasier house work that they do Laurie Kendrick is the licensed clinical social worker who Works with the care ministry at Christ United Methodist Church in Plano and Mike Flynn who is the Pastor and is a director of the care ministry there at Christ United Methodist in Plano's we have a variety of contexts And we're hoping to hear a little bit more from them about what they're seeing so You know whoever is is ready to share I'd love for you to tell us a little bit about the mental health concerns that you've been encountering in Your ministry context are there are there trends that you're seeing Right now Okay, well Andrew, I think you have me to go first here. Good morning everyone. Thank you for having me Of course, we are seeing I think what our country is seeing But I want to put it in the context of our mental health ministry We have now been in existence for five years now at St. Luke We started out as an endeavor working with our kingdom families ministries and We moved into a format that was around a discipleship and formation model and so out of that came our mental health support task force and that task force Decided that we were going to move forward with addressing the issues that were facing Families through a kingdom families model So a model of ministry that says whatever happens to one person in the family affects the entire family and So we are seeing that right now through this cobit 19 related pandemic So our marriage ministry has reached out to us To engage us around what is happening with married couples families or all together in one household now and That sometimes puts a stress on moms and dads Children are trying to find their space where they were working through issues relating to virtual learning at home and So everyone is trying to find there a place in space In that system that has now been really challenged based on all of the events that are happening in In our world. So what what we have been doing? We meet once a month Relative to our support group and educational component and we've decided to as we Dr. Bowie has said it pivot in our pandemic We're pivoting in such a way that we've moved everything obviously to our virtual learning space But we've done that and and when we did that we saw that our numbers grew Three times Relative to what we were having in our face-to-face environment So the stigma that sometimes comes with mental health Has now allowed us to be able to reach people who may not want to be seen Uh, so they're on they're on the zoom call and some of them choose to be silent So we realized that we're immediate. We're meeting the needs of people through our educational component and our support component So we have switched all of our we had a schedule that was mapped out for 12 months To address all of the issues that relate to mental health But since the pandemic we have changed our format to and our topics to reflect Everything relating to COVID. So we did some anxiety work We we have been dealing with depression We have invited some of our young people into our space We we're working through a crisis right now with some of our young adults and our youth and so we have six months that we've now prepared for our married couples ministry Around mental health. So those are some of the things that we are seeing and those are some of the ways in which we are Choosing to address what's happening currently, but our main goals are to provide support through our monthly meetings and to leverage those resources of training and in education and to Provide a referral system I see some of my some of my colleagues on the phone on the on the call right now Dr. Nantz has been with us before and we've coupled and partnered with others that are on the line and we are Reaching out and referring where we need to So the Halliburton Foundation has been working with us in a particular situation that we're going through right now and That's where we see our strengths and the way we are going to continue to move forward and We know we know we're going to have to be flexible and fluid in this very very challenging time Thank you faster. Turnly. That's that's a great way to pivot in a pandemic Dr. Puey said Incredible others. What do you what are you encountering and how are you responding? I I Frances Smith Dean of the Zan Wesson Helms Junior Community Outreach Center I'm Basically, we are encountering a lot of emotions Breaking down of that emotional system on how our clients are dealing with this transition one of our Signature programs, which is low voltage that we do a training and placement Many of our students are Dealing with the fact of now. How do I manage a day-to-day life with kids at home? or maybe staying with parents and other family members and so We teach what is called emotional intelligence. We go through our module that deals with resiliency and an emotional intelligence our training deals with the ability to Identify and manage your emotions on a daily basis In our course for our students, we also deal with therapeutic wellness, which is being able to write a journal and That seems to help a lot if you can't get in touch with a therapist or If you can't and get in touch with those resources Are you still on track? Are you still doing or meeting the day-to-day goals that we help set in the beginning? It's not that you divert from it But it means that you have to go back and reassess or re Analyze where you are now and where you need to go I'm case in point many of our Lobocha students were placed on jobs in the construction industry and Some of the work has been scaled back. So that meant what economically? They had to transition So in our increments of success class, we taught them you can now Focus on a different aspect of your economic stability plan Instead of that active income. Let's look at maybe you need to do business with Amazon There may be a product or service that you could sell so Getting them to one Get in touch with their emotions. This is not the time to panic for the time to pivot to Let's go ahead and reset and and I tell every one of our students. This is a great time to reset Don't you know, don't um get so emotional that you can't manage your feelings because a lot of our Individuals were formerly incarcerated So one that came to us with stigma, but as we say we're a house of refuge at Frasier house Your past does not matter to us. It's not how you start but how you finish We want you to finish strong in order for you to finish strong We now need you to put the tools that we taught you in place Let's talk about it. Journal about it Even if you have a down day, even if you didn't accomplish it get back up again and That's one of the keys To our success right now and then here's what happened as we took our students through it Then we got family members and friends and cousins and other people to want Additional training from us that we provided to our students and their families Thank you Francis. So we have this component of emotional intelligence that It's helping those that are going through training and have gone through it be able to deal with Access the kind of coping strategies that are needed for this time. That's that's incredible Others Lori Mike. Yeah, so I can speak. I'm a licensed clinical social worker on staff at Christ United in Plano And so I can speak from a therapist standpoint of clients that I'm seeing I see church members, but I also see people out in the community for private counseling Of course, everything's being done virtually now, which is not my preferred way to do counseling, but A lot of my clients have adjusted to that which is great. So I can still see them and talk to them during this time I'd say probably we've are as mentioned that the top things that I'm seeing are a lot of anxiety and stress Just around the unknown not having control over what's going on How do we know what the future is going to look like? Lots of concerns about job and finances I've had clients that have lost their job and of course they're worried about that We also have a lot of Parents that are under a lot of stress and anxiety right now And maybe Andrew, you're one of them because I heard a little one in the background there when you were talking So maybe you know where I'm coming from with this but Just trying to work do their job a lot of them work from home And also managing the kids and there's a lot of tension also with the couples to gather Particularly couples that maybe we're already struggling and then they're under You know this stress and together 24 seven and it's it puts a lot of strain on families right now Also see a lot of anger depression sadness frustration I've noticed that as the weeks go by this gets harder and harder I think a lot of my clients were doing okay and church members were doing Pretty well the first couple of weeks But as we get into april and now we're into may and we don't know what summer is going to look like I I see a lot more and I'm hearing a lot more anger and frustration over the situation and You know summer now that we've lost spring, you know, our summer is going away. We recently had to cancel vbs, which We hated to do that Mission trips and things like that. I guess are all on hold or maybe even cancel them in the course vacation plans I have students that are worried about what school is going to look like in the fall I might have a lot of people dealing with grief right now over Losses that they've experienced whether it's um graduation has been a big one obviously for our seniors and also for college seniors I have a client that is expecting a baby and you know, just her whole pregnancy has it's her first pregnancy So it's been very different than what she Had dreamed it was going to be like and that's been hard for her and hard for other people all these little losses that People are experiencing that these milestones celebrations and things that they're kind of hard to get back. So I spent a lot of time empathizing with my clients Normalizing what they're feeling letting them know they're not alone What they're feeling right now is It's it's what we how we would expect to feel and in a situation like this under all this stress and anxiety of the unknown So sort of normalizing those emotions talking about them Some some of my clients have had depression and anxiety before they know what it feels like so Helping them have some awareness around if your issues from the past are starting to ramp up again How will you know that what will it look like? And what is your um safety plan to to get help if you start to notice that you're um, you know Going down that same road of depression or anxiety that you've had before um working on coping skills That's a lot of what I do also Talking about we come from a strengths perspective As far as challenges that you've been through in the past and we've all had them in life. We've all had loss We've all had hard times How did you get through those those same strengths that helped you before will help you now? So let's dig deep and call on those and then also making sure that we have other coping skills to help us Um, and then doing those self-care things that we need to do finding the time to do them Connections are important with other people. I tell people, you know A lot of my clients are getting better about that as far as recognizing the importance of that and staying in touch with everybody I do have some clients that aren't comfortable with virtual type of connecting. So that's been harder particularly for our seniors and Just as a congregation, we have been reaching out to them more with phone calls And I know Mike can talk about that a little bit more but Just checking in with them on a regular basis. Some of them have family around so so they're okay But we have some that live alone and maybe don't have that support nearby so we do I do worry about if we're reaching everybody and and If we're able to help them, you know through this time the way they need to be helped We've done we've done podcasts Which have been good and we put them on our website. We've of course we live stream We've added a service during the week. We have a weekly update from our pastor We do videos on social media. Um, I've done some on for parents on the on the children's Facebook page things like that just Encouraging things what to do. Um, how to feel better how to reach out for people. I think just letting Church members know that we're there for them and and how they can connect with us is is really important right now That's that's the biggest thing but a lot of concerns over um as each week goes by it gets a little bit tougher I think for people I've had some comments about People noticing that they're drinking more and just having a hard time just really struggling I think to get through this so I'm glad that I'm there to be able to do counseling And a lot of people know that I'm there and reach out to me But um, I I do feel like we need we need to be doing more. I think as a church Both with our congregation and out in the community Thank you. Laurie and Mike What do you see? Yes. Good morning, everyone um as uh care ministry director at prices united We provide a lot of care ministry opportunities and to probably the most significant trends that I've seen these past two months Results from firstly our grief support I've noticed that those who have uh recently suffered a loss and are grieving This grief is further impacted by their isolation and their loneliness Resulting obviously from the pandemic So that provides a lot of opportunities To reach out and be creative and how we can Get through the isolation and help them deal with their grief whether it's through a zoom class for brief support Frequent pastoral care conversations and the line Another major area that I've seen impacted is through hospitalizations Where a lot of individuals are again isolated and very lonely Through surgery procedures therapy rehab, whatever the case may be So again, we have to be creative in how we connect And stay connected to these individuals and their families because it's not just the individuals But it's also their families that are also struggling and struggling with the losses and the hospitalizations so Looking at a lot of different creative ways to handle The connection points with these individuals regardless of where they are And what struggles they're facing at the moment Thank you. Thank you, mike so We're trying to wrestle with The fact that covet 19 is generally impacting Black african-american indigenous person of color communities far worse than others And this is a systemic justice issue That's impacted by Decades and centuries of of injustice But I wonder if Any of you can speak to how you see that At work in your own context of of doing this ministry Francis Smith, okay so for us It was very challenging because Many of the people in the community Did not practice What up when I say quarantine uh Distance distancing and so Making helping them understand and educating them see, um For the community was You know, it really doesn't make a difference.  This is not a fossil long Because the community is very skeptical of the government and you know, I'm just being real with you all so Explaining to them the need to wear masks explaining with to them the need for them to wash their hands but Explain to them in a way where they would really engage and understand so We had to literally um I had to have a lot of conversations just with Different people one on one So that they could understand the seriousness of of covet 19 what it meant um So that they could they needed a trusted face in other words And I think sometimes um Church leaders Um have to be that trusted face And come forward and do calls like zoom calls with other uh church parishioners So that people can understand this is the real deal You're understand when you just hear it from government leaders It doesn't you know, it's like, okay, they're just trying to keep me in my house Something must be going on the 5g conspiracy that's coming out. You understand But if you had a trusted face in front It would have made a difference people were to react it differently. You understand what i'm saying because of The trust factor We're trusted in the community Because we're trusting the community We started getting bombarded with calls. I had to say this is the real thing. This is not conspiracy theory Because the first thing that came up was the 5g cell towers So as we started educating Even bella scott and white we're doing a luncheon or with them later in june We had to you know, we sort of got together and say, okay How do we now go in and educate the community? Because they weren't following the resistance how Dallas And as a result the numbers were showing And then when the grief started to hit we got like the Tight away of a grief that just came in as a result Then everybody started the alarm bells went off And people started now taking this a little bit more seriously so It's it's having that trusted face and I think um What I think as people of faith We have to maybe tell Our leadership and government We need some other trusted faces out front To say this is a real deal okay well Some of the things that we have been balling through is the mixed messages that are being counted in the media and We're now having to go behind like Francis said And be supportive leaders to try to convey the message That we know will be safe and helpful To our community And so what we've been trying to do as a pastoral staff is to model What it is that we believe are safe practices And so we have not been hesitate. We have not hesitated to wear a mask We have not hesitated to wear gloves We have tried to practice even social distancing even as we go forth in our worship celebrations That are now being held virtually Whenever we're in the building On campus We're practicing those Modeling matters that we believe are important. So Vicariously those messages we believe are getting through to our congregation When we when we zoom with them when we have and we are making connection points We're doing ministry The same in such that we are having still having Sunday school We're connecting in every point that we have generally normally done So it's building a comfort level that we can connect and we can see each other and We also have now started Talking to our congregation About what it is that they're experiencing and what their fears are all about The other thing that we're seeing is with our students. The digital divide is real And we are trying to find a way to help bridge that digital divide So our our student ministry is Reaching out in ways to make sure that we have Hot spots around For our students that do not have hot spots in our community We have three schools that we partner with And we've adopted and we're trying to make sure that those students Have hot spots because everybody doesn't have wi-fi We're trying to make sure that parents are able to be connected Not just through the school system be the school system As you know, we'll have a lot of buffers and and ways in which they protect students And so there are times when parents need access in ways that students do not So we're trying to find ways to build that bridge in the great digital divide And we're also finding that people are still afraid because they don't have health care So if they're having a regular event a medical event They're hesitating To try to get help And so it exasperates that situation And sometimes we have to really really really encourage them to reach out to their medical professionals Even in the midst of this pandemic to handle matters that are not covid related But because of what's happening with covid can be exasperated Our care ministry is has reached out to over 900 people now. I believe Just to make sure that they are connected When they get a phone call from their pastor encouraging them In in what's happening in their homes. It does bring another level of not only relief, but As I heard so often in the conversation Their grief is touched Just like we would if we were comforting them in other ways So our we we partner in the mental health ministry with our with our care pastors and our care ministry And uh, you know, we are now working through all all of the various different ways that we're now doing funerals Funerals in an african-american community are extremely important And we are finding that we cannot do those funerals in the ways that we have So we've been zooming funerals. We've been trying to touch Our families in all the ways that we possibly can to let them know That we are still there for them. Dr. Paula Dobbs Wiggins is a part of our mental health task force and ministry And so we're getting real Real-time messages from parkland hospital About what is happening there and how we can be a better support To our community through that avenue So, uh, we're trying to stay abreast of it, but it is a hard hard deal to wrap your arms around right now Andrew one of the other areas of care ministry across united is the assisted living ministry where we serve Several local assisted living communities And again, it's this theme of isolation Loneliness and obviously these communities have been hit very hard with the pandemic as well And this cuts across all racial ethnic socioeconomic status lines So what we're trying to do with that is uh, the theme of connection and staying connected Whether it's through zoom bible studies, uh, frequent pastoral care phone conversations A lot of these individuals don't have any family or friends in the area So this pastoral connection is probably the only, uh, hopefully meaningful connection that they do have We also have our weekly devotionals that we send We help them set up with live streaming for weekly worship services So these are points of contact to an otherwise sometimes forgotten community Local community So we're we're continuing to be creative in in setting up those connection points With the the elderly and the senior communities Through assisted living Mike thank you for that what we have also seen is that uh, it's important for us to continue With our conference lines now zoom is very helpful for many but for our seniors They're not always comfortable with that. So we have a practice for For years now with our prayer line and we've converted our prayer line into many different things now Because they're familiar with our prayer line. We're on it two times a week And so now we're also broadcasting our live worship experience Through our prayer line where our seniors can just dial in To something that they're already very comfortable with and we have seen that to be very successful as well That's great and uh along with that we do frequent Either weekly or bi-weekly what we call care calls to our seniors Who again may not be comfortable with the modern technology that zoom or facebook live offers So these care calls are very personal and intimate touch point with them Andrew something else that I wanted to add that we do at christ united We have a under our serving others. We have a program called project hope And that's our family assistance program. I'm the director of that program so one thing that I've started most of my clients in the program are single moms and a lot of them are african-american or hispanic They have no family support in the area So we've been doing um online zoom parenting support calls every sunday afternoon and that's been a huge A huge help to them. I think just to feel connected and again Kind of normalizing what they're going through getting the message across because as Was mentioned earlier, you know, sometimes there's that hesitancy to believe what's going on is this real So kind of Doing some education around that and encouraging them We have been making sure they had that their kids have the tools that they need to do their school work Whether it's supplying them with a used computer that we've refurbished making sure that they got their chrome books At school that they were supposed to pick up things like that Supporting the parents as much as we can with you know single moms. It's it's it's really tough Anyway, and then to be working from home and and managing the kids and the school work. It's it's really hard So i'm checking in with them at least a couple of times a week Just to give them emotional support tell them they're doing a great job We know that it's hard. We can get through this. We're here for you call me if you need anything And and it's it's made a huge difference to our parents So I wonder if we can switch gears here for a minute Oh one second Pick me up daddy. I know I know um So I wonder if we can switch gears here for a minute and um and hear from uh, dr. Bradshaw About some of the resources and and things that this conversation is bringing to mind for him Brad is the President ceo of the center uh for integrative Psychology and counseling here in dallas Uh, you may have known it as the past world counseling center previously um And brad's been a great resource for us trying to think through how do we Go about equipping our churches for the kind of I think it is one of the momentous institute Um interviewees in that article in the dallas morning news said a a tsunami of mental health concerns that's coming So brad what what is the spring to mind for you and what would you share? Absolutely. Thank you for having me and Really i'm going to summarize what I've heard each of those who've already spoken Shared and how it is so crucial uh before that It is just as important to take measures to address mental health Um as we focus on the coronavirus and and the impact that it has on us physically um My hope is that from this we can have just as much regular conversation about mental health One thing that has impressed me about what you are doing is Really the the directive has been that we'd be Uh physically different or distanced physically distanced Um, you have remained socially connected absolutely and that is just really really impressive and inspiring um, it's been fun and inspiring to see the Creativity uh that you have displayed and others have displayed and staying connected It's interesting to see as reverend eternally said that Attendance may even be up because there's a sort of a sense of privacy in being able to to watch and reaching new people So so while we've had to be physically distant um, you all are demonstrating that we can still be relationally connected And mental health is a life and death issue depression Can lead to death can lead to death from mental illness suicide And so my hope is that we can continue to share and talk and be open about mental health Some ways that i've heard each of those who have spoken Approach the issue of mental health Um is one community and that is something that is at the core of the church and has been ever since the church began You provide a sense of community that is grace-filled um, that is focused on Validating everyone's concerns and that's something that I heard lori say and that is that Your work has normalized the fact that it's okay to feel isolated It's okay to feel overwhelmed And i'll say something to each of you on that as well That you as helpers You as caregivers You as as individuals who have resources who have support need to realize that you need your own support Um, you may think oh, I I don't need it. You know those i'm serving. They are the ones who need help Where I I I have no reason to feel overwhelmed or sad No, you need to identify your own response to this and you need your own support So it is it is common for those who give care To be more resistant to to receiving it and recognizing it that you've been through That difficulty too There are different levels and different types of loss, but we all have experienced some form of loss in this Um, so you have provided community You have normalized emotions Validated those emotions and you can do that through sermons. You can do that by even coming up with Topics for your groups that focus on the different feelings that people will be having Um, you've mentioned several things. I believe it. I believe it was you francis talking about The needs of parents and managing their children, which andrew did just so beautifully there That it's okay to have a crying child. You just take care of the crying child But the needs of parents The needs of couples and what they are going through So focusing on that empathy for those felt needs The other thing that I hear you doing is providing practical education um francis talking about resilience emotional intelligence lori talking about The importance of uh journaling it may have been francis or lori talking about journaling And that is a practical tool So there is information that can help people And I hear you bringing that to people Um education can lessen fear education can help to build coping skills um, so developing those those habits That can help us to be well uh day after day and that that is something that I do think that this is bringing about Um is what what do we do to take care of ourselves each day? um, you know personally A part of who I am Is my relationships and so not being able to interact with my colleagues. So who am I? Without that interaction without that feedback In a non virtual way, but in a in-person real way um another Issue has been what is our purpose? Um having to change our routine um, certainly we haven't Abandoned our purpose and in some ways each of you there's an intensified call to your purpose Because you've had to find new ways to to do that Um, but I think some of those two philosophical factors of who we who are we when we're not with others Who are we when we don't have our regular routine in which we have more tangible ways of Of fulfilling our purpose um Some important things that I also hear you doing are helping people With those milestones. We depend on ritual. We depend on Uh those times in our lives where we are celebrating or even grieving a loss And so I'm inspired by the creative ways that you have been doing that graduation Uh funerals, um All of that is just such a loss And you are on the front lines. They're helping people find ways to celebrate those and I keep thinking that there may be other ways to retroactively celebrate some of these milestones when we can be together Um, but those definitely are our losses Um, and and then finally I like what you have said about that reset. It is a time when we can reset our priorities and reset how we do things um, I uh feel In some ways more connected to those with whom I serve Because we've had to find different ways to connect Um, I I sent the postcard of a picture of myself just so everybody remember me because I I don't I don't like not being with them Um, so I had to wave at them through the snail mail in addition to our our virtual meetings Um, some some practical matters that I do want to bring up in We do at the center want to be a resource to you Um, one of our therapist Kimberly Pearson was honored to speak to a leadership group in pastoral care at st. Luke's on helping with grief She also produced a video on helping with grief that I'll make sure that um, andrew has that he can Share with you We do have a youtube channel now where we are sharing videos Um on family life. Um, those videos also are in english and spanish Um, I've been able to do a number of channel eight interviews that have been on either we have on our website as well So at the center, we do want to provide help with education With resources that inform And so this also is an invitation to you that we are here for that and want to help In any way that we can So one one big issue That is I believe a justice issue and that is access to mental health care And our goal at the center Is to increase access in a number of ways One is geographically being located within communities We have 31 locations and a number of those are in Methodist churches. Um, for example First nine Methodist Richardson first united Methodist garland garland first United Methodist Waxahatchee Treats Memorial United Methodist church and flower mound And so by being where people live work play and pray We make it easier to get counseling because if you think about our days during non-quarantine days We're at work. We're picking up kids. We're at church. We're at home So we have this travel pattern and our belief is that the closer We can get to where people are the easier it is for them to obtain counseling um So by having locations from McKinney to Waco from rock wall to Arlington The idea is that we can cover as much of an expanse as we can Someone just commented on rural areas. I hope Uh that our move to tele-counseling during this shelter in place Is going to be something that is a springboard to resource more churches in rural areas and There may be those on this call that can help with that As already said we prefer in-person counseling and that is why we have offices in McKinney and Waco and rock wall and We want to go to where people are We have done tele-counseling before this Uh, but we are finding that it is a helpful tool Our clients have continued with counseling. We have had not had a drop-off in counseling and That says several things one It says that there's a need and that they are that those we're we're already serving Perhaps have had an increased need for support It also says that they are open to the idea of tele-counseling It even has helped with cancellations people are already Where they are and they're not having to travel They're not having to take that time away to get to the office So I do I am excited about how tele-counseling can help us with with access There's other issues related to access our our language We have 12 Spanish speaking therapists. That is important to us We always work to be culturally competent and Our our goal is to have a diverse staff. Our goal is to meet a wide range of needs across communities And and by the way, you can help us too. Sorry. I keep on asking for ways y'all can help We we want therapists who are high quality have an interest in faith and spirituality Are interested in in reaching diverse cultures and and different groups in different areas and different specialties children teens adults working with the elderly and so if you know people who are Licensed therapists or even those in training Send them our way because we have a great team. We have close to 40 clinicians But developing strong professionals is important to access as well So access related to cultural competence related to language Very very key Then we have the issue of insurance and finances Um, many do not have insurance or adequate insurance to cover counseling We address that in several ways one We partner with other nonprofits Obtained funding from foundations or funding that those Partner nonprofits have found to have therapists on site At those nonprofits because we believe that community members Trust that organization And therefore if we're collaborating they're more likely to trust us and then therefore Follow through on that referral Um, Wesley Rankin community center, uh, kim is on this call. I understand or no belief It's accurate that she's on their board Um, uh, but at Wesley Rankin community center having counselors there Working with the other staff helps it to be more likely that those Who are suggested or recommended counseling will take advantage of that Well, we just started a project with Texas health resources that has allowed us to be in the pleasant grove area And we're partnering with the salvation army there Um, we have 11 different nonprofit sites north dallas shared ministries Several locations in west dallas Um, we'd love to connect with the bethlehem center We'd love to learn more about your work at care in plano bottom line. We want to come alongside Um other organizations who are meeting needs and we complement and supplement that by addressing mental health needs Um, I believe that what we do in the church and in nonprofits not all of it needs to be Uh professional therapy Um, we need not separate The role of the church and say the church no the church can't handle that No, the church can handle mental health needs Our belief in god and one thing that this pandemic for me has brought up and reminded me is we're not in control Um, I can't do it alone. I need god and I've learned that in my life in other instances So we can't so we can't separate spirituality from our emotional or relational well-being. They are interconnected Um, but we must be aware That there are those times When professional support can help Um Someone who is knowledgeable about mental health about psychology Um understanding depression as a physical illness Um, I believe in many ways. Um, I know I have had times throughout this where there has been this Kind of a depleting because I do get fed from being Um with our team And that's emotional but depression also has a physical component to it. So when symptoms when Uh, that that loss of joy when that sense of despair happens over time At a strong intensity And it happens over time for a longer duration That's a sign that we may need support So likewise with anxiety Um, worry, um having difficulties shutting down our brain Um, when that happens and for anxiety we diagnose it based on A long a longer length of time because it's natural to have nervousness But bottom line as with depression with anxiety Intense symptoms over time Is a sign That support may be may be needed Um, and our goal with that is to help it be a part of Um a part of the work of the church A part of the work of nonprofits Um, so back to the issue related to access With non-insurance those who don't have insurance. We have our partnerships We also do work to have an adjusted fee scale And we work to find resources that help those who may not be at one of our community partners We have been very grateful to the center for missional outreach for a Matching grant that they offered for giving Tuesday now And that has been so helpful to have some funds available For those who have lost jobs and lost insurance So we see those who have insurance who have resources We see those through those transitions that they do lose a job And then we work to go into communities where traditionally there is less access Due to a lack of insurance or inadequate insurance. So That is definitely a part a part of our mission So a couple of things before we go on Andrew. It's set aside time for question answers We are Taking new clients through our regular phone number our website And we are available for counseling it is tele counseling But as I said, we have created systems to make that as relatable as approachable as possible We take and we see people who have insurance. We work with people Who who are struggling financially or who do not have insurance? When you refer and we'll send you a link with information We want you to know that we are in all these different locations But really all you need to know is just our phone number and our website Because we work with each person who calls to find the best place and the best therapist for them So we are here and ready to receive those who you believe may need counseling Never hesitate to contact me Call me through the main office Look up my Email find me you can find me. I'm happy to talk to you directly We have a good solid network of church locations Always open to finding areas and churches who do want to increase their emphasis on mental health We have talked about ways with st. Luke's with kimberley pierce and for example Um, she has an office at cliff temple baptist in oak cliff. So we try to find One of our locations that has sort of a radius of reach Um now with tele counseling we can see anybody anywhere, but certainly we're going back to in-person counseling Um, so referral looking for ways to collaborate as far as even location Um, and then also keeping in mind educational opportunities training for staff So I typically don't do as much of a uh commercial like that But I care about what y'all do and um, I I want us to be able to be partners uh with you Um, you know kim mires had a has a podcast and I was able to be on her podcast A while back and so even before kovat 19 Um, I am aware that all of y'all do uh work creatively to reach people. So Um, those are my thoughts more we could say but I want to allow for the the flow of conversation andrew I also recommend bubbles uh for your mental health Very helpful Yeah, and that's also helpful in two-year-old sunday school I did learn that you know at the end when the parents are all coming to pick up their kids Get out the bubbles and memorize and then everything's great. So little bonus tip. Thank you, andrew I do love the good good bubbles. Yeah, that's great. That's awesome um, so I wonder um, either using your chat feature or You have the ability to uh unmute yourself if you would like to Ask question or share another thought that comes to mind throughout this conversation This is mary miridi from wisest global um and um I deal mostly with africans mostly people from kenya and uh they are type of the people also that um Don't want to expose themselves to the people that they know And they don't know the people that they know to know what they are going through So I feel fortunate that uh, Dr shower spoke I feel that If I can connect with him and it connects My people with him it could be of help or his stuff could be of help because They don't know them he don't So he they know that he doesn't know people that know them So to be able to you know to leak the information or something like that and So I I feel privileged and I feel excited about this um, I am uh Besides being a clergy in the conference. I'm also a chaplain with the military and so I deal I know how to gauge them because I deal with a lot of mental issues with the military soldiers and Undeserve and sometimes I before quarantine I used to visit them in their homes because they have They are civilian jobs when they are not With us and so I I have seen a lot of Different behaviors that when I observe my people I can be able to sense all this going on So I would be happy to connect so that I can start introducing them to your Organization and so that you can see how they can benefit from it Very good and and mary. Thank you for that and that does bring up a point Um Know those to him to whom you refer There there needs to be a sense of trust and you need to feel good Um about referring And the closer the connection is the more likely that individual will follow through so mary what what you're talking about We get so specific as making sure you know Whom you can speak to at the center now, you know, we have a client services team that can all be of help But sometimes we might say um, here's one person asked to speak to this person um Often we might even set up funds that are available to make That initial counseling easier, but but bottom line One key to getting help to people In the encouragement is that each of you knows those to whom you are referring Because it can increase the chances chances that somebody will follow through with that and There are processes that we can set up to make it easier The bottom line Have that knowledge and I believe that creates a more successful referral Because counseling is I mean it does take courage people don't know what to expect They don't want to know others are struggling and You know quite honestly, I think that's uh the case even with those who know counseling is great, you know That when it comes to us individually, um, it sometimes can be uh daunting. So thank you for that mary I have an observation and want to ask about I don't know how Significant it is but I've noticed that the people that are participating in this, um Zoom meeting this conference about mental health are mostly women And so I'm wondering what that means In terms of how we're responding as as a as a church and Just You know, just just curious about that um Francis Smith Dean we see 90 percent of our clients are men, um, but Women are on the front line in our organization And we're nurturing But you have your point is well taken um And I have a session a crying session for all of my, um, Lovoges students When things are, you know, seem over the top I just allow them to cry and break down So that they can still Go through that what what I call emotional withdrawal But it just happens that We have a team in a staff of women 90 percent of the people that we see are men and they just We're nurturing and and that's about that's all I can really say. We're just a nurturing group of individuals And this is my as far as Christ united is concerned We have a very robust group of Stephen ministers And I would say it's an equal ratio of female to male Stephen Stephen ministers Which tells me that there is the need just as much for men or For spiritual support and guidance As there are women it's been very very successful as far as how we've been able to Assign those male as well as female Stephen ministers to the needs as they've come up So I'm I'm glad that the males in our in our congregation are open to allowing that That spiritual support and assistance as much as as the women are so I'm grateful for that So we also are we also are having some questions Via our chat about being able to mark With rituals like I think you mentioned Brad Graduations into the year Does anybody have any recommendations about that your examples One of the things that we have been doing and we have it scheduled. I believe it's May the 24th for our our graduates and any graduate that would like to present we're going to have a pictorial collage of all of those that are graduating from our community our church And they're going to share with us what high schools they're graduating from And what their future is going to look like for them And we're just going to stream that all through our Throughout our morning worship on that Sunday And then we're going to invite them into our new st. Lou community cyber cafe Which we do over Our prayer line so that they could come in and celebrate their time with us And we as a community share that Time of celebration with our 2020 graduates We're doing that time in our worship service. Um, I think it's the first weekend in June where we're going to pause and Have families, you know lay hands because Graduation is vital and important and those people those kiddos those seniors need to be loved on deeply But the kindergartner who is ending their kindergarten year Also, we believe needs to have an end cap And so we're we're we're doing a prayer time Where we're just you know asking families to lay hands on them and recognize that You know and look them in the face and say you are now a first grader And we're so proud of what you've accomplished and what you're about to do We're hoping to do some drop-offs at um, like the fifth graders who will be sixth graders like give them like a t-shirt for our youth group or something You know, we're just kind of so I was just wondering if anybody else had different Um ideas of how they're Helping we're also um a part of that is the those who are retiring from the school system um It's not a great year to retire. You know no cake and punch. So um, we're We're adding that to the prayer list also For that moment You know, we um at first Sherman. We were really struggling with the preschool Our preschool took their spring break and then they never came back and so One of our staff members had a four-year-old and was just in my office one day balling Because we still go to the office a couple of hours A week and so she came in mind. She said my her daughter was not going to do her pre-k walk so What we did and we have a really creative preschool director who We spent two days With every student basically coming in at their assigned hour And their parents were in the sanctuary and they walked down the aisle and they're a little cap and gown um and had a graduation picture from preschool taken right and so um And they videoed it and now every parent has the video of all the kids walking So you know and it was just enough for some of those parents who for whom it's like their last child in the preschool Or it's their first child in the preschool. They were the ones that really wanted this Uh and it was just that little thing and it took us two days to do it And it was basically eight hours a day getting all those kids that they're in their slot and But I think it's important even for those littles Right and the parents of those littles to have some kind of normalcy Um because for them that was normal. That was the expectation even though they hadn't been back to school and we are doing the High school You know thing I wanted them, you know, it was interesting because I actually offered the kids to do like a three minute video each But none of them wanted to videotape themselves. They were happy with a picture and some details Um, but we are making care bags for each one of those kids and we will drop it off at their homes and um You know the response from the kids was what you expect from the kids, but it was the parents Who were just so appreciative And so excited that you know, we had thought this through a little bit But I think it's important that even though it's not normal It feels like the normal thing you would do For those kids and I think that's what parents want almost more than the kids is the sense of My kid is still accomplished something and the church that they grew up in is going to acknowledge that and that for us has been really important for people so Denise you make a good point. I I've actually seen a lot of parents that are taking these um Cancelled graduations just as hard if not harder than the student themselves. They just You know, especially if it's the first or last child, they've spent years just anticipating that event and You know, it's it's gone So a lot of them who were very involved especially the moms and dads who were very involved in the schools very involved in planning proms and things like that They're really taken at heart. So I like the idea that you had Of celebrating the seniors that way for the parents as well as for the kids We we had a recording of ours. What would have our typical senior sunday? and so we recorded it on saturday at the church and then um without the students knowing the Church members were invited to come right after that service and they had to drive the students all stood outside There was a big sign Congratulations class of 2020 and then cars drove by and honked And we had to drive by parade for the students as they Kind of kept their distance well, I want to thank our guests who are here with us today and um Appreciate all the ideas That you have generated all those that have been participants in the call What we will try to do what we will do is create a notes document that will include Hopefully all the links as we can get them that people have offered Some of the ideas that people have offered And post that online to the ntc umc.org webpage you'll find that on the missional outreach subpage which is our center as well as the coronavirus resources page that's on the main Page and you'll see that immediately Across the banner on the website So we'll offer that and then an edited version of this recorded video So that if any of you want to go back and watch it for something that you might have missed or if you Want to forward it to someone else that you think might be it might be helpful for hope you'll do that And if any of you uh continue to have insights or connections that you'd like to share Please email me or andy lewis You can find my email address on the website or it's fizer fis er at ntcumc.org Um And we will try to post those and get those out and there's andy lewis's email address on the chat feature So andy would you Before we depart offer a word of prayer and benediction for us Will again, uh, thanks to all of our our speakers um Brad, thank you for being with us today and lifting up the resources at the center that are available to all of us and I just I just want to Send you forth before a formal word of benediction um By saying that I mean as I look at each of you and your images on the screen and the names of those who are part of this call um I know many of you personally um You know you have gifts And you have a positional opportunity To to meet needs in a really impactful way With regard to again the mental health and relational stresses and strains that we've named and And so I hope that you will embrace that opportunity take that authority as we sometimes say There's there's a lot a lot of good that we all can do together so So go forth with this benediction and go forth and May the grace Of our god the love of jesus christ a fellowship of the holy spirit empower us and strengthen us and unite us in the ministry moving forward and may those in our community who Are in need of support and encouragement find in us Friends who are generous with their gifts and time Uh, may the spirit move in and through us to bring healing to our world I go in peace


Good morning. As let me introduce, I am Dr. Simha Jallam, working as an assistant professor at NIR DPR, National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayatiras, Government of India, and everything to this institute only. So, we'll be dealing today. There are two units. The first unit will be on understanding of the maps. Friends, the map, particularly you might have seen the many maps, right? The map is very, very important for various purposes. Even to know our own places, and then planning purpose, monitoring purpose, even the evaluation of different research projects, nowadays map being used, right? So, I used to give an example as an informatic guy that the map is like a mirror. The map will be used for a mirror, particularly for planning of any project. Mirror, what purpose we use? At home, we used to use the mirror, isn't it? To know how we repair, what is the gap, what is the overlap, no? Isn't it to see the absolute location in case of when you put some bindi and all, no? So, similar way, this map also will help us for planning. Where it should be, what? Exactly. And also, how it's appear. It appears in the sense we see in mirror, our own face, in case of the planning purpose, we see our geographical features, how it look like in our own project area. It may be on grand panchayat, it may be block, it may be district, it may be whole state. So, we can see what is there, what is not there, where is there. And also, when we go some asset creation or implementation of various research projects, we will be knowing through the map that where should be what? By because this map will indicate exactly the site suitability analysis. We have the GIS software where the maps will be created. Through that software, where should be what? Based on your land use land cover, through the map, based on your sloping pattern, based on the physiograph of your geographical area, based on the soil type, these are all will be indicated with the different maps. So, through this map, where should be what exactly in a scientific manner we can plan. So, maps are very, very useful, but in our syllabus, we have different content about the maps, types of maps, what is the map, how it go. Just quickly, I will try to cover what we have in our syllabus too. They will be the same. This is the introduction of map. If you see the definition of the map, it's the representation of the Earth's surface or any part of it with a definite scale. Map is a representation of the Earth's surface or any part of it with a definite scale. Scale, map scale you might have seen or heard, every map have a scale. One is to 10,000 scale, one is to 50,000 scale, one is to 1,000,000 in the map. What does it mean if you see the map? Basically, it will be represented like this. Maybe title. In the bottom of the map, basically scale used to retain. What does it mean? Scale means, when you see the map scale, the one unit on the map equals to 10,000 units on the ground. The ratio between map distance to the ground distance. Basically, to understand the maps, the scale is very, very important. Maybe one centimeter, if you retain centimeter units, you have to read one centimeter on the map equals to 10,000 centimeters. Basically, 50,000, 1,000, 2,000 like that. But here, the large scale mapping when you talk, it's one is to 5,000, 10,000 like that when you plan map for a small area. Small area clearly, large scale used. Large scale in the sense, less value. It's a 50,000, 5,000, 1,000, 2,000 to the large scale. If it is one is to 50,000, one like a small scale. This is the map scale which we used to see. It means, because 100 kilometers road I have on the ground, I cannot exactly 100 kilometers draw on the map. So, I need to use some ratio to reduce the same that we use as a scale. This is the scale. In fact, to reduce your original parameters into the mapable parameters, physical distance and all can be understand with the map. Here, you will have title, it's pictorial. It means, using some cartographic symbols, pictures, map will be represented of all our earth features. Maybe road, maybe building, maybe outer body, maybe any land used, land covered, forest, everything which we can see with our human eye on the surface of the earth will be demarcated in a pictorial form with reference to the scale. And then it is a representation, usually a flat surface of a whole or part of an area. Map, when you see, is a flat surface. But your geographical features are not flat. It's undulances. We have the hill, we have the valley, we have the different earth features we have. But when you see the map, it's a flat surface because it got projection. We will discuss in the next unit, what is the projection, map projection. And then maps can display political boundaries, population, physical features, natural resources, roads, climates. Climate will be demarcated. Climate cannot see, but climate can be demarcated through the map. And it will communicate us what kind of climate is available in particular region or geographical area. Then elevation, topography, exact z value can see the map. And also economic activities, where what economic activities happening, you through the map, you can able to understand and read. And this map will give you like a large area can be seen. If you take example, for example, your own grand panchayathar village, if you have somebody, how many number of water bodies there, you cannot answer. Those who are staying, even the village, they don't know. What is the area? Or if somebody asks, what was there five years back, ten years back, what is the same now? Is there any difference? Nobody can answer, but the map will answer. Map will answer. So this, as we know, art is not static. So art is not static, it's dynamic. The things keep on changes on the earth. If you see two months back, the full of water in the water body, now it become dry. Three months back, it was agricultural land. Now it become phylo land. Five years back, the number of agricultural land is 100 hectares. Now it become 70 hectares land. So likewise everything, many things, geographical things keep on changes. Earth is not static, it's a dynamic. So once it's a dynamic, you have to see what's happening on the earth. Through the map, you can able to understand what's happening on the geographical area within your periphery. And map has distance, direction, shape and area. Map will have the distance, direction, in which direction it is having not. It's basically we indicate as a node. And then the shape and area, everything is there in the map. The job of a map to describe spatial relationships of specific features that the map aims to represent. Spatial relationships. So what is there here? It is a road is there, right? Near by road, water, all other objects, we have geographical features. And also along with the road, where we have the culvert, where we have the bridge, that we can see. And also this road is connecting between what kind of settlements, village A, village B. Another road is going, village C. These spatial relations also you will be seeing in the map. Map will show you what is there, what is not there, where is there. And it's spatial relationships, one to one. If you have the irrigation canal, what for that irrigation canal? How much aggregate land is covering? That you can see through the map. Maps are produced by cartographers. Cartography refers to both the study of maps and the process of map making. It's the science of map making. If you say cartography means the science of map making. Basically map which is made, cartographic symbols are used and maps are prepared. And then maps were produced using land survey, triangulation, observations. And as technology advanced maps were made using aerial photography and remote sensing. These two are now as a source to create a map. Maps used to create from the satellite image, from the topographical map, that is survey of Indian toposheet, then aerial photographs. And also we have cadastral map, which is there at the land parcel mapping. For each and every revenue village having one-one map. To know the land ownership, the parcel of land belongs to whom in the village will be known through the cadastral map. So those maps are also available. So these are all maps can be used as a source to create another map. So these are all different sources. Even satellite image is the main source to create different various maps to understand our geography. So cartography is the main science of making maps. And now we have modern cartography that is GIS software, which enables to create your own maps, different thematic maps, political maps. Different maps can be generated in a scientific and digital manner using the GIS software. We will be discussing what exactly that in coming slides. Then properties of the maps, there are four basic properties of a map that are destroyed to some degree depending on the map projection. Then conformality or automism, which indicates the shape of the map. And another one is equivalence, which indicates the area of the map. Then the true direction, true distance. If you see about these four which are the components of the map are very, very important. Shape, direction, and then we have the distance of the map. So these four are very, very important when you create a map of your own geographical area. I think you have this presentation. So what kind of maps available? If you see according to the intergovernmental committee on surveying and mapping, there are five different types of maps available, which is there in your study material. You have to, if somebody question may come like, please mention the types of maps. You have to give these five types only. So who is what, as per what reference, if somebody asks reference or as per which organization you say this five types map, you have to mention that ICSM. That is intergovernmental committee on surveying and mapping. According to them, there are five types of maps. The first and foremost map is cadastral map. A cadastral map is a detailed representation of a property within a specific area. The plans map out individual properties providing details. Basically this cadastral map for one revenue release, it will be done. It's not for Grampanchai. It's not for block or state or anything. The cadastral map when you talk, the first one is only one revenue release. Where you can see the different, what do you call the cells, no? Small, small, the boxes which you are seeing in a layman long ways. The each and every box indicating the parcel of land. Where this map will indicate that the parcel of land belongs to whom? Is it government land or is it private land? If it is private land again, on which name, who is the owner of that parcel of the land? It may be agricultural land, it may be wasteland, it may be anything in the revenue release. The land each and everything being mapped. You can see this is the boundary of the revenue release. This is the cadastral map. And here if you see the legend or map index. Every map having the bottom of the map basically they read. Map index or legend means to read the particular map, you should understand this index. What color indicating what, what pattern indicating sometimes continuous line, sometimes dotted line, sometimes continuous and dotted line. What is indicating what in the map you have to understand. If one blue color is water body, wherever you see the blue color you have to see, you have to read as a water body. It's kind of alphabets to read particular long ways. If you want to read English, then you should know A, B, C, D till Z. Similar way to read the map you should know the index first. Map index you cannot read, you become blind here. Without seeing this index you don't know anything what is red, what is blue. So map index is very, very important. Map index or legend. After seeing this you can read the map. So this is the cadastral map. Basically cadastral maps having a large scale. The 1 is to 5000, 1 is to 6000 scale made. These maps are available with the revenue department. In our case state of Assam, we have a circle office. The circle office people having this cadastral map. If you wish to have your own project when you make it, you can take it from them. You may think that what is the use of this cadastral for research purpose. Yes, it's so much. For example, due to the floods so much agricultural land vanished. Flooded. Inundated. So in that case you want to estimate the loss quickly. You have the satellite image. And then if you overlaid the cadastral image on the satellite data, quickly you can identify whose land, who has lost, how much he or she has lost the land because of the particular floods. When you got the ownership of the land, quickly you can assess. Otherwise what will happen? Normally people used to climb every one. If I am having two hectares of land, still I climb. No, no. 4 beggars, 10 beggars land. My water has drowned. Because the officer also cannot, within a short time he cannot take chain survey and measure the parcel of land. How much is it? But if you have the satellite image and the software and this cadastral, scientific manner in a quick, in the last time, with the less manpower, less money, quickly you can able to assess in a scientific manner accurately who really has lost due to the floods, how much he has lost the particular land, agriculture, cropping land etc. You can estimate. For this, this ownership map is very, very important. That is cadastral map. Cadastral map. The second one is topographic map. Second map is topographic map, which indicates different physical landscapes on the earth surface. These maps are different on the other hand because they use contour lines rather than the color. Topographic maps, when you see in the topo shade, they will not use much color. They may use two, three colors also here in topography. But basically to indicate your topography, they use to know the jet value elevation. They use a contours. These are the lines which you are seeing. I say what do you call? I am not getting. Solid, no? Which make it round, round, no? So this, you can see here, these are the contours. Contour means it is an imaginary line with same elevation. Wherever it is same elevation, you join the same elevation. That is how it will be. Sometimes it will go like this. So means wherever the line is going, it is the same elevation, it got the value too. Suppose it is 400 elevation, if it is 20 meter interval of the contour, it may be 380 coming down, 360, 340. 20 meter contour interval. Where once you have the 150,000 scale, proposes basically it got 20 meters interval of the contour line. One line to say, the other line will be 20 meters interval. 20 meters interval. So here these are the contours which will give the jet value of your own area. Elevation, in your geographical area, in which place, how much elevation you have will be known with the contour map.  Even in GIS, properly you can extract the contour value you have written. But each and every contour will not have the value. But every 100 meters, you will have the contour value on the contour. It will be represented in the toposheet. 300, 400, 500, 600. Only the hundreds when you come know, that you can see here. Those values indicating the 101, in between 4 to 5 contours you can see. And the next will be, the third one will be thematic map. Thematic maps are data maps of a unique topic or for a specific purpose. It's different from the thematic maps are dot map, isoplete, chronoplete, or churrochromatic. Different maps say the same area you see the boundary. But team-wise, the one map indicating all the available roads that we call road map. Team-wise, the another map will have agricultural land. Only you can see in the map agriculture land. Boundaries remain same. The second one will be water bodies. What are all water bodies you have within the same area? Maybe it's block, this sector, GP, doesn't matter. You see here the same boundary. Different team you are seeing. This we call thematic map. The specific team will indicate only. Now you cannot see everything like satellite image or topographical maps. Toposheet if you see, you will see roads, you will see water body, you will also see what you call forest land, you can see agricultural land, everything you can see. The thematic map you cannot see like that. The specific team you can see. Any doubt? If you have any doubt, in between us you can ask me. Epsilon is no problem. So these are the called thematic map. This is the third one. And we have two more types. The first one is cadastral map. Second one is topographic map, which indicates in fact z elevation. Third one is thematic map. Team-wise maps will be located using different colors or pattern. You can see here in the picture. And the fourth one will be political map. These political maps are made to show administrative boundaries of nations, states, country, city, town. It may be grand panchayate boundary, it may be revenue less boundary, there are many. With the administrative boundaries. With the administrative boundaries. Sometimes even assembly constancy, parliamentary constancy boundary also you can see. So these boundaries called political map. City boundary, periphery will be demarcated in the map. The next one is navigational chart map. It's a map that shows the layout of the shoreline and what is the sea floor. So these maps will indicate directly with the layout of having different, for example in the ocean also you will have the boundary, isn't it? So up to where one can move, up to India where it is in the ocean itself. These maps you can see navigational chart map, right? After our own, what is that, in the geographical area you can see. And after that you have the general reference map. It's like a regular map which towns, cities, name, you can see like our Google maps, etc. Major transportation routes and included together with the initial features like lake, river, etc. Commenting everything you can see like Google Earth, Google Maps, etc. called general reference map, right? To move to traveling from one place to other place you can see this general reference map where from one point to another point you can travel. And also from origin to destination and to find out different locations, right? Which unknown locations can be demarcated with this. These maps are called general reference map, a reference purpose to find out unknown places these maps can be used. Then we have road map, you see general reference maps if you see under general reference maps you have the road map all existing road network can be seen. And also you can see physical map, right? Yeah, road, basically the road map where we use when you travel one place to other place basically this will be used. And also physical map displays the natural landscape and also the definition of the physical map is the geographical features of a location. All geographical features can be identified in the physical map. After that you have the climate map to know the climate conditions it may be reason wise it may be different but that will be indicated. The same pressure or temperature rainfall wherever it is occurring through these linear features through these different colors it will be indicated. What does it mean? If the same temperature is indicating we use isotherms then we have isobars for rainfall. Those will be indicated in the map will form to know where temperature is more, where it is moderate, where it is less everything can be seen in the mapable form. So significance of map, the importance of the map is maps communicate and foster understanding that because map is a pictorial form where a layman can understand what he is having what he is having in their own respective geographical area. It's a pictorial form, pictures. If you see now in the villages in many things to what you publish to communicate something earlier we used to write a text board alcohol is strictly prohibited, alcohol is injurious to health even smoking is injurious to health. But now what we are doing in the name of text we are using some graphical representation pictorial form some pictures being used. Why? Why pictures being used? One is easy to understand another one is illiterate the layman can understand quickly and it will give more impact than the text even the illiterate also if I read it will not give much impact on the cigarette box tobacco box if I keep some photo know where cancer is occurring very dangerous photo at least I afraid oh it's very dangerous to health such a manner the pictorial form map will communicate very foster understanding or layman can understanding I can say another word what is there what is not there in our geographical area and then GIS maps provide windows into useful information many kinds of descriptive information can be stored with the map map provide a powerful way to tell any kinds of stories maps can display dynamic information that changes over time map help us to perform analysis maps can be used to compile data what does it mean this significance is the one first one indicating layman can understanding second one is it will give you a lot of things what's there what is not there the third point is indicating changes time how it was five years back how it is how ten years back you can see in three maps quickly you can understand by how our geographical features are changing for example fifteen years back in my grand panchayat lots of water bodies there may be 75 now only 25 I have so what I need to do I have to concentrate more and more irrigation and water bodies water bodies because I am losing those agriculture impact to my agriculture sector as we know our country India is a rural country we have around 70% people lives in the rural area their main occupation is agriculture the agriculture depends on natural resource management where natural resource management is very very important in this regard you should know natural resource how it is changing whether it is detroying destroying or it is regenerating if you see we are disturbing lots of natural resources even in Gauti city you see if you take the satellite image of ten fifteen years back you see how much land was vacant even where you are now it was small kind of wetland you know now you can see the congress angle the birds used to come it used to migrate like it was many places if you see the number of water bodies you see the surrounded by the Gauti city it was hills green hills if you did ten fifteen years back just fifteen years back now from the valley to ridge the hilltop all the settlements are being increased the illegal occupants say another word because we are disturbing the nature all hills if you see surrounded by the Gauti being occupied till the ridge level, hilltop by earlier days only the valley or some portion of the foothills people used to make construction of the house so what's happening how we know that, how we assess that why Gauti now in the month of November you are all wearing half shirt or putting AC without fan we are not slipping till the entering into the December was it condition ten fifteen years back? never I was here last twelve years I am saying so these are all we are disturbing nature natural disturbance but how we read that how much quantification we are disturbing how much quantification nature is disturbing us can be measured through these maps because ten fifteen years back how it was you can see only with the help of map that is satellite image no other option we will know you cannot see but satellite data can be seen archive data is available with this you can understand how do I population is eighty percent, seventy percent and our fellow lands are increasing every year agricultural lands are coming down so just imagine to the next generation what will impact if every ten years cropping area is coming down then what will happen it will lots of impact will come on food grains will not get any food grains in future to prevent that particular crisis you have to plan accurately a scientific manner for that maps are very very useful friends these maps are GIS not only for any particular science or technology it's for a common man as a GIS man I am telling it should be used for a common man in any subject GIS can be used why because this is only subject where it speaks with the geography and all the department subjects we are all describing for the geographical features without geography none of the science none of the social science are working or studying isn't it anywhere you work social work yes ultimately you have to understand the geography healthy you have to understand the geographical features education you have to understand the geographical features any developmental sector it may be drinking water roads department agriculture department water resource department any department they must understand the geography to read to understand the geography your GIS and maps are only feasible and scientific tool to assess what's happening on the earth that way it will be very useful for planning monitoring of any kind not only nature or natural phenomena you can also assess your physical features or infrastructure man-made resources can be assessed monitor through the map only these are the different map projection systems which are very important to understand map projection can be defined a technique to transform and present three dimensional surface on a flat or plain surface there are two step process procedure we have in map projection in GIS system the one is the earth is reduced to a generating globe where whichever study you take where it is on the earth where it is on the globe will be studied in the GCS we called geographical coordinate system first projection the second projection will be the generating globe is drawn a flat surface globe is three dimensional view when you commit from three dimensional surface to two dimensional surface it called projection PCS both a projected coordinate system the one is GCS geographic coordinate system when these geographical features were there on the globe and second one is those three dimensional surface because map is two dimensional one flat to convert as a flat map to over three dimensional view we called we use PCS projected coordinate system so there are two map projections systems are available in the GIS and maps and different types of map projections also there but basically these two are important we have based on the developable surface, general map projection continental conical map projection based on the shape, based on the area based on the cylindrical map projection but purpose is same I am not going to describe each and everything and based on area, shape, direction and scale different map projections we have what you are concentrating on the map you are concentrating on the area or you want to concentrate on the shape you want to go to direction or scale based on that there are four kinds of map projections available what is this study material also there I have given simplified in fact in the ppt which is shared I think madam with you all you can go through it, right that will help you some commonly used map projections in GIS Marketer one is very I mean popular one and the second one is UTM Universal Transverse Marketer this projection is now across the globe being used unique map projection will be there projection two types there the first one is there are two types of map projections the one is geographic coordinate system projection is called GCS another one is projected coordinate system the first projection indicates that where is the geographical features located on the globe on the earth that will set second one is globe is not two dimensional but your maps are two dimensional to convert that three dimensional globe into two dimensional we use PCS projected coordinate system these are all projections being used for that because you want to get a measurement but how you get measurement there is a hilly area right so it should be using some mathematical calculations GIS software convert that 3D to 2D as a map where you can get the proper measurements on the map right just I am clip all this just skip but you basically first three are very important projections where we use in different research purposes marketer universal transverse marketer UTM is a unique projection now used by many people to convert from 3D to 2D then polyconic projection also very important right Lumbered conformal and all these are different projections you can see in the Google Earth and different other features but when you generate your maps basically we use now UTM one yeah these are the map projections for hemisphere friends this is given already in reading material just I am skip all this yeah these projection is important what is UTM? universal transverse marketer also known as UTM is a very popular and one of the most widely projection system in GIS software right what they are done is in the UTM whole globe being given UTM zone when you project from 3D to 2D you select your own projection system of your geographic area basically India is indicating not hemisphere so 43 knots, 42 knots, 44 knots like that our area comes under 46 knots 99% of north is region 46 knots, UTM zone 46 knots when you do some GIS practical things you have to convert this 3D to 2D then use this map projection UTM only so how the zones being continuously given but your longitude values are differed from here 180 from greenwich is 180 longitudes west in between there is a greenwich curve but your UTM zones are continued so for that longitude value is very very important to get this UTM zone there is a small formula average longitude value by divided by 2 plus 30 then you will get your UTM zone right when you map your UTM zone how much you know average longitude value divided by 2 why this 2 is you have 0 in between right so that you need to sorry the longitude value has to be divided because minimum maximum you do and then you have plus 30 I am sorry the average longitude value divided by 6 because 6 degree longitude value equal to one UTM zone 6 degree longitude value equal to one UTM zone that's why you have to divide your longitude value by 6 plus 30 why this 30 is we are in eastern part our country is in eastern part but this 30 zones has to be added UTM was not breaking over there it was continued 30, 31, 32, 33 like this so this 30 has to be added then you will get your own UTM zone probably in Nante and Arthis region whichever you do for mapping or conversion of projection map projection that will come 45.1, 45.3, 45.4 like that so it means it's a 45th, 46th zone yeah it was written even you can see UTM 46 North zone represents Assam in grid in GIS grid system in the lost paragraph can be seen this is the ITRF international territorial reference frame it's a standard and ideal coordinate reference system in GIS but we are not using this but we use only UTM please remember that for converting 3 dimensional to 2 dimensional surface


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