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
Last updated on Monday, April 14, 2008.
