Faith, art & mental wellness
Community experiences bring artistic expression, Christian faith, and honest conversation together around emotional wellness.
Signature experience: CatharsisLove Is Grace Foundation · Southern Illinois
Let hope be heard.
Faith, art, and honest conversation belong where life happens. We’re creating spaces to experience connection and talk about mental wellness together.
Wellness Without Walls
Faith rooted · People centered · Creatively expressedWellness Without Walls
Why we exist
Hope has room for everyone.
Healing conversations belong in the community, too.
Founded by Dr. Christian Hope Gillespie, Love Is Grace Foundation is a Christian nonprofit creating welcoming ways to talk about mental wellness. Through art, education, supportive conversation, and practical tools, we aim to reduce stigma and strengthen connection.
Our mission is to inspire hope, promote mental wellness, and strengthen communities through faith, art, education, and compassionate support.
What we do
Three paths toward hope.
Creative gatherings, accessible learning, and a developing path to help more people reach care.
Education & support
Affordable or free workshops, wellness activities, and educational support groups help people learn, reflect, and connect. These gatherings are supportive and educational, not therapy.
Program details forthcoming
Access to care
A limited assistance program is being developed to help eligible people with commercial insurance afford mental health copays with any licensed provider.
Applications not yet openLove Is Grace Foundation presents
Catharsis
An experience of faith, art, and mental wellness.
Catharsis is a gathering built around the stories people carry. Through performances, a shared meal, reflection, faith, and practical wellness information, guests can encounter connection and hope in community.
Poetry, music, dance, spoken word, storytelling, and live painting can give voice to what often goes unsaid. Future gatherings may explore grief, anxiety, trauma, relationships, resilience, and more.
Dates, locations, admission, and registration will be announced when confirmed. Catharsis is a community experience, not therapy.
Art makes room for the story. Community makes room for the person.
Looking ahead
More ways to gather.
These experiences are in development. Details and dates will be shared as plans are confirmed.
Follow updates on FacebookCatharsis: The Art of Racial HealingPlanned outdoor expression, educational support, and community conversation
Voices of GraceProposed poetry, music, storytelling, and open mic series
When Love Leaves an Empty ChairA proposed Voices of Grace gathering about grief
Finding Peace When Life Feels LoudA proposed Voices of Grace gathering about anxiety
Other developing themes include stress and burnout, loneliness, and finding your voice.
The vision
Wellness Without Walls.
Hope can meet us beyond the walls of an office.
Faith, art, education, and honest conversation can help people feel less alone. Our vision brings those moments into welcoming community spaces, where people can connect and find pathways to further support.
From future outdoor expressions to supportive learning experiences, Love Is Grace is making room for healing conversations where life happens.
The images illustrate the Foundation’s vision; they do not depict actual Foundation events.
The vision behind the mission
Meet Dr. Christian Hope Gillespie.
Founder · Licensed clinical psychologist · Community advocate
A vision for wellness that reaches beyond the walls of a traditional office.
Dr. Gillespie founded Love Is Grace Foundation to make space for faith, creativity, mental wellness education, and compassionate connection in everyday community life. Her work centers the belief that people deserve opportunities to be seen, heard, and supported.
Love Is Grace Foundation is a separate organization from Hope and Harmony Wellness Group PLLC.
Your place in the story
Help make room for hope.
Artists, volunteers, supporters, and neighbors all have a part to play. Reach out to start a conversation.
Support
Explore sponsorship, auction contributions, or giving opportunities.
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You do not have to carry it alone.
These independent resources can help you find professional support. For immediate emotional distress or a suicidal crisis in the United States, call or text 988.
Love Is Grace Foundation programs and support groups are educational and supportive. They are not a substitute for mental health treatment or therapy. The Foundation does not provide emergency services.