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Creating a Lay Pastoral Care Team Ministry
A Program of the River Road Unitarian Church (RRUC), Bethesda, MD
Sylvia Friedman, Coordinator
- Background and Overview
- Basic Concepts that Apply to All Pastoral Care Teams
- Selection of a Team
- Training of the Team
- Writing a Mission Statement
- Neighborhoods
- How to Get People to Ask for Help
- Role of the Coordinator
- Collaboration with the Minister
- RRUC Pastoral Care Team Mission and Covenant
- Programs:
- Joys Program
- Meals and Transportation
- Buddy System
- Medical Equipment Loan Program
- Visiting the Ill or Hospitalized
- Respite
- Time of Death and Bereavement
- Educational Resources
- Visiting Members in Retirement Communities and Nursing Homes
- Dealing with Life Crises or Emotional Distress
- Protocol for a Death
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Last updated on Wednesday, May 4, 2011.
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Creating a Lay Pastoral Care Team
- Background
- Basic Concepts
- Team Selection
- Team Training
- Mission Statement
- Neighborhoods
- Get People to Ask for Help
- The Coordinator
- Collaboration
- RRUC Mission & Covenant
- Joys Program
- Meals & Transportation
- Buddy System
- Medical Equipment
- Visiting the Ill
- Respite
- Death/ Bereavement
- Educational Resources
- Retirement
- Life Crises
- Protocol for a Death
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