Ministry to the Homebound: A 10-session Training Course - Softcover

Miller, Kent C.

 
9780893902681: Ministry to the Homebound: A 10-session Training Course

Synopsis

This 10-session training course helps ministers train for caring for the homebound. It provides background on building a caring ministry, session plans and contains handouts to photocopy. Sessions include: making a visit, how to be caring, communicating care, practising the presence of God, active listening, prayer as part of ministry, prayer for wholeness and healing, understanding grief, special challenges in visitation and ministry to dying persons. Following the process outlined in this book, readers can build an effective visitation programme in the community. Ten sessions form the basis for helping ministers make regular and meaningful visits to people who are ill and homebound, and to their families and caregivers.

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