Seminar Training
For
Pastoral Care Volunteers
By
Paul Riddle, Chaplain
In
keeping with our mission of “being an educational
resource for crisis ministry,” Lifeline Chaplaincy
offers two types of continuing education for pastoral
caregiver
The
first avenue of continuing education is the "Creating
a Healing Community" workshop, an 18-hour, intensive
weekend course. Its objective is to equip pastoral care
volunteers and other interested persons with basic listening
and interpersonal relationship skills necessary for
effective pastoral visitation.
The
workshop is required for new Lifeline pastoral care
volunteers and is also recommended for ministers, elders,
visitation ministry leaders and others involved in caregiving
in congregations.
The
second avenue of continuing education is a series
of three-hour seminars designed to deepen and broaden
the pastoral care skills of Lifeline volunteers and
to provide opportunities for encouragement, creative
exchange, and mutual support. Another objective of
the seminars is to provide training opportunities
for ministers, elders, church care ministry leaders,
and caregivers in the Texas Medical Center community,
Dallas hospitals and the community at large.
