The Ecumenical Center

Healing Hearts After the Flood: A Community Response by The Ecumenical Center

Typically, this time of year brings joyful updates and photos from Camp Wellness, showcasing the latest summer activities. And indeed, Camp Wellness buzzed with excitement this season. However, the devastating flooding in Kerrville and across The Texas Hill Country shifted our focus toward urgent community support and recovery.

On July 4, 2025, The Ecumenical Center rallied an incredible team of community volunteers to assemble First Responder Bags filled with critical supplies, and Comfort Kits designed to help children cope with trauma. Thanks to their tireless effort, over 700 First Responder Kits and 700 Comfort Kits were lovingly prepared—each containing essential items along with hand-written notes to offer encouragement and emotional support.

Once completed, the kits were hand-delivered along highways by our dedicated psychologists, counselors, peer support specialists, and crisis counselors. The Ecumenical Center recognized that children throughout San Antonio and the Hill Country were deeply affected by the flooding. As a result, our team distributed the Comfort Kits to Day Care Centers and Head Start programs across the region, bringing compassion and care directly to those in need.

Now, our mission continues. The Ecumenical Center is offering vital counseling services to children, adolescents, adults, and families impacted by this disaster. As the Trauma-Informed Certification Center for Bexar County, we understand that such flooding can re-traumatize individuals—especially those with past experiences of loss or tragedy.  Not only families who lost everything in the flooding, but also those who vacationed just this summer, along our beloved rivers or attended camps in the Hill Country, and those who knew someone affected by the flood, are now turning to us for support.

Our work spans multiple locations, including San Antonio, Boerne, Kerrville, Bandera, Bulverde, Marble Falls, and Burnet—meeting people where they are, both emotionally and geographically.

Your donation to The Big Give helps provide:

• 🎨 Play, art, and music therapy for children processing trauma




• 💬 Counseling for adults, teens,  families and seniors navigating loss and rebuilding




• ❤️ Life After Loss Grief Support Groups

Together, we bring healing, hope, and resilience to our region—one heart, one kit, one session at a time.

Who We Are

The Ecumenical Center is a counseling, education and mental health organization dedicated to alleviating suffering and facilitating spiritual, ethical, physical, emotional and intellectual healing and growth for the community. The Center provides counseling services for veterans, their families and caregivers and for children, adolescents and adults of all ages. The Center provides workshops for licensed professional counselors and mental health professionals and training for chaplains and religious leaders. The Center is affiliated with and accredited by three prominent faith-based, standard-setting organizations.