Shepherding Ministries
Stephen Ministry
- What Kind of Person Would Receive the Care of a Stephen Minister?
- Stephen Ministers are there…
- How Can I Receive the Care of A Stephen Minister?
- How can I Become a Stephen Minister?
What Kind of Person Would Receive the Care of a Stephen Minister?
- A man like Elijah…who thought he was alone and needed a still small voice to encourage him.
- A woman like Sarah…who faced change in life at an advanced age and needed someone to listen to both her joy and apprehension.
- A man like Job…who lost everything and needed someone to silently endure his pain with him.
- A woman like Hannah…who struggled with her inability to bear a child and needed someone with whom to share her sadness and pain.
- A man like Adam…who was cut off from all that gave meaning to life and needed someone to remind him of God's promise.
- A woman like Hagar…who was abandoned along with her child and needed someone to offer her hope and remind her of God's presence.
- A man like Paul…who knew the unending distress of a thorn in the flesh and needed someone to rejoice when he rejoiced and to weep when he wept.
- A woman like Martha…who was burdened by the demands of daily life and needed someone to help her regain sight of what was most important.
- Someone like you.
What Kind of Man Would Receive the Care of a Stephen Minister?
- A man like Noah…who witnessed the destruction of everything around him and needed someone to wait with him for a new day.
- A man like Abraham…who had to leave everything he knew and loved behind him and needed someone to journey with him to a new life.
- A man like David…who grieved the death of a wayward child and needed a shepherd's care.
- A man like Peter…who found himself in over his head and needed the strong hand of a faithful friend.
- A man like Jesus…who knew intense disappointment, sorrow, grief, rejection, and loneliness and needed an angel of God to minister to Him.
- A man like you.
What Kind of Woman Would Receive the Care of a Stephen Minister?
- A woman like Naomi…who had lost her loved ones and needed someone to hear her sorrow and pain.
- A woman like Ruth…who left everything that was familiar to her and needed someone to journey with her in her new life.
- A woman like Esther…who was faced with a major decision and needed someone who could listen to her concerns and offer encouragement.
- A woman like Mary of Nazareth…who lived with both the joys and struggles of having an exceptional child and needed someone to help her sort out the ponderings of her heart.
- A woman like Mary Magdalene…who received healing from inner turmoil and needed someone to walk with her as she built a new life.
- A woman like you.
Stephen Ministers are there…
- …after you've washed and returned the last casserole dish.
- …after the divorce papers have been served and the bottom falls out of your life.
- …after the last child drives away - and the house suddenly seem incredibly empty.
- …after you arrive home following the funeral service and the emotions you've held at bay come crashing in on you.
- …after the relationship has ended but the wounds are still bleeding and painful.
- …after the doctors have said, "There's nothing more we can do."
- …after the door has slammed shut - for the very last time.
- …after the phone call you'd always hoped you'd never get.
- …after you realize the hands on the gold watch you received at your retirement party move more slowly than you ever imagined.
- …after the nursing home director says, "Welcome to your new home."
- …after the gavel goes down, the handcuffs go one, and your loved one is led away.
- …after the baby has arrived, putting more demands on you than you dreamed possible.
- …after you find the pink slip inserted with what is now your final paycheck.
- …after your family and friends have heard your story one too many times, but you still need to talk it out.
Stephen Ministers are the "After People." We are ready to come alongside you—or your friends, neighbors, coworkers or relatives—and provide comfort and support for as long "after" as we are needed.
How Can I Recieve the Care of a Stephen Minister?
Please return the "Agreement to Recieve Care" form to Providence Baptist Church, attn: Susan Roeger, 6339 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27613.
If you would like to know more about how a Stephen Minister could care for you, please contact Susan Roeger (a71vw@aol.com).
