Posted Thursday 13 August 2009
A 5-session course in pastoral care is now available for training those who are called to the authorised ministry of Pastoral Assistant and others who are interested in developing their pastoral care skills.
Written specifically for the Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway, this material is offered in such a way that it can be easily delivered within your home congregation by someone, clergy or laity, who has expertise in the topic of pastoral care and the gift of group facilitation; in other words, there is no need to travel to some distant location for its delivery nor indeed to call in an external facilitator unless so wished.
The sessions cover:
- the core skill of listening
- the core skill of communicating
- visiting in the name of the church
- good practice for visitors
- dealing with loss
The material also deals with how Pastoral Assistants and others involved in visiting can resource themselves and evaluate their own practice; issues of self-awareness and self-care; congregational care of the elderly and outreach to those with dementia, and the SEC’s Vulnerable Adults’ policy.
Copies are now available for inspection in the Diocesan Centre’s Ministry Resource Library (soon to be expanded following the renovations to the premises currently underway).
The course material is free to anyone in this Diocese. and comprises a five-session workbook, a folder containing five loose-leaf chapters of accompanying reading material (photocopiable as required) and a (returnable) DVD to accompany two of the sessions.
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Category: Education Action Network, Ministry Development, Diocesan Centre
