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The Gathering Point is a faith-centered counseling, coaching, and wellness center that strengthens individuals, restores families, supports men’s healing and purpose, and equips communities to grow in safety, values, leadership, and hope. Expounding on the details provided above, GPCC was created to promote the spirit of goodwill and cooperation by encouraging people to openly communicate their concerns, and to work together toward positive change in the comunity GPCC

10/30/2026

You can pray about something for years and still need to say it out loud.

I believe in prayer. I’ve prayed through things I couldn’t say to anyone. But I’ve also watched people carry the same wound because the honest conversation never happened.

Faith and getting help are not competitors. Sometimes God works through the people He puts in front of us. A pastor. A friend. A counselor.

So keep praying. Just don’t let prayer become the reason you keep avoiding the conversation.

Richard A. Wooten Sr. | The Gathering Point

10/27/2026

A lot of the husbands I work with aren’t trying to shut their wives out.

Nobody taught them how to explain what’s happening inside, so it comes out as silence. And silence can look like not caring.

So instead of “what is wrong with you lately,” try this: what was the hardest part of your day?

And to the men — you don’t have to explain everything tonight. Start with one true sentence.

Save this and try it tonight.

Richard A. Wooten Sr. | The Gathering Point

10/23/2026

It’s not a couch. And I’m not going to spend the first conversation digging through your childhood.

A lot of men tell me they’d talk to somebody if they knew what they were walking into. So here’s what actually happens.

You tell me what’s been heavy. I ask questions. Together we figure out what’s really going on and what one next step could look like.

You decide what you share and how fast we go. And I explain confidentiality before we begin.

If not knowing has kept you waiting, comment BEGIN and let’s talk.

Richard A. Wooten Sr. | The Gathering Point

10/20/2026

A THROWBACK to remind us just how important our voices matter. Even more so in this mid-term election. VOTE EARLY, don't procrastinate it may be to late.

10/20/2026
10/20/2026

Sometimes the stressful season passes, but you still don’t feel like you.

Maybe you wake at three in the morning and your mind goes straight to everything unfinished. The people you love get the least of your patience. You can handle a real crisis, but something small at dinner pushes you over the edge.

That doesn’t automatically mean something is wrong with you. But when a pattern has been there for years, it deserves your attention.

Save this and ask yourself honestly: how long have I been living this way?

Richard A. Wooten Sr. | The Gathering Point

09/25/2026

Strong. Respected. The one everyone leaned on.

On the outside he had it handled. On the inside, he hadn't felt like himself in years. He just didn't have a word for it, so he called it normal and kept moving.

That's the trap so many men live in. We don't fall apart loudly. We function. We perform. We carry it quietly until the weight starts costing us our sleep, our patience, our marriages.

What changed for him was one honest conversation where nobody told him to man up or pray it away. Just a safe place to finally say the true thing out loud.

That wasn't a collapse. It was a beginning.

If you've been calling your pain normal — healing is not weakness, and support is not shame.

Comment BEGIN and let's take your first honest step.

Richard A. Wooten Sr. | The Gathering Point

09/23/2026

A question for the pastors and church leaders watching.

How many men in your pews are quietly falling apart while singing every word on Sunday?

You already know the answer, because some weeks you feel it in your own chest too.

Here's the hard part: the church is often the last place a hurting man feels safe admitting he's not okay, because he thinks he's supposed to have more faith than that. That silence costs families. It costs leaders their own health.

It doesn't have to. With the right tools, your church can become the safest room a struggling man can walk into — not with shame, but with compassion and a clear path forward.

I partner with churches to build exactly that.

Comment PARTNER and let's talk about your congregation.

Richard A. Wooten Sr. | The Gathering Point

Address

2735 West 71st Street
Alsip, IL
60629

Opening Hours

Monday 3pm - 6pm
Tuesday 3pm - 6pm
Wednesday 3pm - 8pm
Thursday 3pm - 8pm
Friday 3pm - 10pm
Saturday 2pm - 9pm
Sunday 9am - 1pm

Telephone

+17732600260

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