Bulverde  

United Methodist Church

  28300 Highway 281 North, San Antonio, TX  78260     Phone 830-980-7745

 

Stephen Ministry is a program of our congregation that equips lay persons to provide distinctively Christian, confidential, one-to-one care to those who are experiencing various life struggles and difficulties.

Our Stephen Ministers work together with our pastor(s) to reach more people with Christian care than pastors can reach by themselves. 

There are times when each of us needs the care of another person, a Christian friend, a Stephen Minister!  Some of these include:

  the hospitalized the terminally ill and their families  
  people who move into or out
of the community
the aging and elderly  
  those facing life transitions those in spiritual crisis  
  the separated or divorced those grieving a death or serious loss  

 

Stephen Ministers are committed Christian people who:

  • express God's care through their lives to others;

  • receive 50 hours of initial training in important caring ministry
    skills and concepts;

  • are commissioned as Stephen Ministers after completing their
    initial training:

  • visit another person regularly and dependably and offer
    Christian support and care;

  • participate in regular support and supervision under the
    guidance of trained Stephen Leaders;

  • are committed to preserving the confidential nature of
    the caring relationship

  • serve for at least two years

  • receive continuing education and skill building throughout
    their years of service.

 

For more information about Stephen Ministry, please visit their home page by clicking on the logo above:

 

  

 

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