Teaching Reaching and Healing, all with God's Love
Castle Rock, Colorado
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LUTHERAN CHURCH Teaching Reaching and Healing, all with God's Love Castle Rock, Colorado |
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 We welcome everyone in the community to take advantage of this ministry. If you, or someone you know, are going through a difficult life challenge or a crisis, please consider Stephen Ministry. What is a Life Challenge or Crisis? Depression Loneliness Grief Loss of Job Loss Due to Aging Chronic Illness Hospitalization Any other difficult challenges Stephen Ministers are available to walk with you through these challenges. ALL information is kept confidential between the Stephen Minister and the care receiver. Please contact the church office at 303-688-3476 for more information or to be put in touch with a Stephen Minister. C-O-S-T
Searching for a new ministry opportunity in our congregation? Stephen Ministry is our congregation’s one-to-one caring ministry. Being a Stephen Ministry has a cost, but also has great rewards. Right now we’re looking for members who are willing to pay the… Commitment Of Self and Time …and become Stephen Ministers, remembering that the blessing will outweigh the cost. Our Congregation needs more Stephen Ministers. It is important to train more people for this important ministry of the church, so that we can continue to offer trained ministers to work one-to-one with someone in a caring relationship. Please prayerfully consider this ministry. Please call Cindy Buschagen @ 303-688-3476 or email her at discipleship@faithcrco.org for more information. The Stephen Series logo tells the story of a care receiver’s journey from brokenness to wholeness through the transforming power of the cross of Jesus. It serves as a simple reminder that it is not the Stephen Minister who restores a person to wholeness. Rather, it is only through the cross of Jesus that a person can be made whole.
Can I be a Stephen Minister? WHO can be a Stephen Minister? Any member of the congregation with a caring heart and willingness to learn can become a Stephen Minister. WHAT does a Stephen Minister do? Stephen Ministers provide a caring one-to-one Christian relationship with an individual of the same gender undergoing stress or experiencing a crisis. WHERE do the individuals whom Stephen Ministers work with come from? “Care receivers” come from the congregation and from within the Douglas County community. WHEN does the Stephen Ministry care giving happen? A Stephen Minister meets once per week, in person or by phone, with an individual for a 3- to 9-month period of time. HOW do I learn to be a Stephen Minister? You become a Stephen Minister by completing 50 hours of training regarding listening skills, crisis dynamics, and Christian care giving. You remain a Stephen Minister by participating in ongoing supervisory sessions and continuing education sessions.
Stephen
Ministers make a big difference in people’s lives by providing a safe
listener
for the person in crisis while encouraging the person in crisis to
utilize
their faith for the crisis they have experienced. A Stephen
Minister
will spend the first 6 months of their 2-year commitment receiving
training.
The following 1 ½ year is spent meeting with “care receivers”
and
attending supervision meetings and education sessions. Over the
two-year
time commitment Stephen Ministers generally have 3 care receiver
relationships. “Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” |
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