Stephen Ministry

During a time of illness, grief or disappointment, we experience a wide variety of feelings. Sometimes we feel anger (at ourselves, someone else or even God), deep disappointment, bewilderment, extreme sadness or we REALLY want to know WHY. Dealing with all those varied feelings can be confusing and almost impossible. We do not know where to start. We also find it extremely difficult to share our feelings with anyone else since we cannot handle what they might say.We are sure they could not possibly understand and will make judgments about those feelings. We also wonder how much of what we share will be held in confidence. As a consequence, we end up dealing as best we can and not always adequately. The Stephen Minister is specially trained to help you deal with whatever your feelings are by listening with empathy and confidentiality. He/she understands that feelings are what they are until you have dealt with them. We take seriously Jesus’ admonition to be caring and loving without judgment. See Janice Long, Marcelle Paust or Pastor Ted Wood for more information.  Call the church office at 632-7387 and a Stephen Ministry leader will contact you...

 WE DO THE CARING …

AND LET GOD DO THE CURING