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Stephen
Ministry:
God gives the growth
2007 Stephen Ministry Retreat Registration
Stephen Minister Application
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Caring Nurtures the seed of God's
love—in the care receiver's heart and in yours.
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Plant
the Seed |
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Stephen Ministry is our congregation's
one-to-one caregiving ministry. God works through Stephen Ministers to
plant a seed of hope and healing in a person whose life seems barren and
forlorn because of crisis or tragedy. |
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Water
the Seed |
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Stephen Ministry training will equip you, and
our congregation will support you, so that you can show God's mercy, care,
and compassion to another who is hurting. You will walk beside your
care receiver, pray for him or her, and help him or her work through life's
difficulties. |
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God Will
Make It Grow |
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Through this ministry, God will bring forth
new life and renewed faith in both your care receiver and in you as a
Stephen Minister. Is God calling you to serve in
this way? |
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What do Stephen Ministers do? |
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Stephen Ministers: |
Stephen Ministers care for
people who are: |
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Grieving |
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Explore feelings |
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In a crisis |
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Pray |
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In need of long-term care |
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Share Christ's love |
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Dying |
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Maintain confidentiality |
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Hospitalized |
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Attend to the caregiving process and
leave the results to God |
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Divorcing |
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Experiencing losses as they age |
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Going through a crisis of childbirth |
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The family and friends of people in crisis |
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I planted, Apollos watered, but God
gave the growth. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters
is anything, but only God who gives the growth. the one who plants and
the one who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive wages
according to the labor of each. For we are God's servants, working
together; you are God's field, god's building.
(I Corinthians 3:609 NRSV) |
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