Description
This book will help congregational and lay leaders learn how to create care teams or care companion systems in their congregation. The author believes clergy can not carry the full load and that shared ministry, at all levels, is the best way to care for people. This book will give you the tools needed to train the volunteers, increase their spiritual growth, and create teams that will know how to walk through the challenging parts of life with others.
Features
- Resources for forming care groups
- Resources for training care groups
- Appendix of additional reading resources
- Rituals
- Real-life stories
Practical Applications
- Reduce burnout and support pastoral staff by equipping trained lay leaders to share caregiving responsibilities. Use this book to create a lay care ministry that is well-structured, and has ethical boundaries and referral practices.
- The chapters in this book can serve as a curriculum for preparing volunteers to serve on care teams that provide compassionate listening, visitation, spiritual encouragement, and emotional support to those in their midst. Use the material in training workshops, retreats, or classes.
