If you go
› What: Stephen Ministry Introductory Workshop› When: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, March 4› Where: St. Elmo Presbyterian Church, 4400 St. Elmo Ave.› Cost: $15 per person or $50 for a group of four or more from the same congregation› To register: Sign up at the church or call 314-428-2600. For more information, visit www.stephensministry.org/workshop
Details
The workshop is divided into three sessions:1) “Ministering to Those Experiencing Grief”2) An introduction to the Stephen Series, learning how to provide one-on-one Christian care.3) “How to Care in a Distinctively Christian Way,” teaching how Christian caregiving is different than non-Christian-based care.
One of the roles of a pastor is to care for the afflicted in the congregation, but there are only so many hours in a day.
So what should a pastor do when the numbers just don’t add up?
Stephen Ministry, a Christian-based training organization in St. Louis, will try to do that math on Saturday, March 4, at St. Elmo Presbyterian. Since 1975, the ministry has taught members of a congregation how to be caregivers for people facing one of life’s crisis – illness, divorce, death of a loved one, loss of a job, depression or loneliness.