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What we offer:

• A listening ear

• A caring heart

• A ready shoulder to share the load

• Prayer

• A loving Savior

 

How we Serve:

• Visit an individual care receiver, usually once a week for about an hour

• Keep the caring relationship and all discussion therein confidential

• Offer longer-term distinctively Christian care for adults struggling with “normal” crises and trauma: separation or divorce, death of a loved one, job loss, illness, recovery from surgery, childbirth and its complications, life transitions, etc.

• Stay accountable through regular peer supervision, maintaining strict confidentiality in the process

• Pray consistently for our particular care receivers

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The boundaries of the Stephen Ministry relationship:

• We are not professional counselors

• We cannot offer babysitting, errand-running, meal preparation, legal advice, etc.

• Stephen Ministry is a volunteer, formalized relationship which continues until both parties agree about closure.

• We minister only to same-sex, individual adults, not to children, youth, couples or families.

• You do not need to be a church member in order to request a Stephen Minister.