What Has Been My Most Difficult Area Of Pastoral Care?

Julie Livingston and Angela Garcia both provide ethnographies centered around the theme of illumination. In the case of Julie Livingston, Improvising Medicine works to illuminate the growing cancer epidemic in Africa as well as the unique way cancer is handled in situations of improvisation. Angela Garcia also works to illuminate via her ethnographic work, The Pastoral Clinic, by emphasizing the importance of dispossession in treating heroin addiction in the Española Valley and also working to counter common beliefs regarding heroin addiction. In defending these respective arguments, both authors use similar tone and voice; however, the structure of each ethnography is markedly different. Even with some weaknesses being relatively apparent

Aside ministry within the wall experience, my Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) five -5 units of training at the level one trauma hospital has helped to affirm me of what I am called to do in a pluralistic setting

As a Christian counseling, I realize that I am an adjunct, specializing in a practice that is appropriately attached to and derived from the core practice, as it is legally defined (Clinton and Ohlschlager, p133). I also realize that I am more than a counselor; however, I have become a soul-care artisan, a disciple, a mentor, a spiritual director, and a guide into the deeper way of Christ (p132). Therefore, every Christian counseling session, I have encountered, has started with a prayer, to welcome God into the midst, as the Holy Spirit take the lead and guides what is said by me, as the counselor. As a Christian counselor, it is my hope that my knowledge of Spiritual formation reshapes the inner man, by being formed spiritually from the inside out, transforming from a selfish and carnal existence to a holy and joyful one; by one’s faith, as well as, the client’s faith, in God (Clinton and Ohlschlager, p130)

The compassion shown by the Pastors and leaders helps people's faith walk become "a mile deep" while walking in Christ and engaging in the community. Individuals who remain active in the church, are the ones discovering their gifts and using their talents for the glory of God and to build the kingdom of God up. Also, the church must take ownership of their faith and grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ to the point where they are willing and ready to reinvest their faith into the life of another person. One of the ways to succeed in doing this is by putting together

In detail allow me to briefly reiterate that point since at this moment you may be once more wondering are you certain there are no other people in whom you can receive assistance from as well you may be wondering my thought process. Firstly I am cognizant, fully aware and even experiencing sin that my own family, church and those who claimed to friends have allowed against me. Precisely fellowship is an understanding between believers its an agreement, it stems from a relationship. Meeting others needs says that first I love you however how is one loving when they allow endorse and carry out sin against another secondly meeting one's needs or serving says we agree in detail fellowship says that I will help you in some way it communicates that we have the same understanding beliefs, values doctrine. I gather to many you may be questioning that statement thinking well many people assist others in the world without even knowing them such as non profit organizations. However concerning the church it is truly different first of all we help one another with the purpose of drawing closer together. In detail we offer

My theology of pastoral care what I have now is God is the relational God, and the relationship is not only one way from the above to the bottom, but also from right to left and left to

In recent years, God has become a very important part of my life. I am determined to learn more about God and look forward to seeing what he has in store for me and my family. At one time God was not a big part of my life, I did not attend church regularly or feel close to him. I have always believed in God and Jesus Christ as our savior, but did not actively seek a closer relationship with him. I feel that much of that changed when I accepted my current job in a church based preschool program. After taking the position in the preschool, I was then offered a position in the church’s nursery on Sunday mornings. I accepted this position also and my son and I started attending Church every Sunday. In the time since, my husband, myself, and our children have all joined the Church, been baptized, and become very active in our Church. I feel that this was God’s plan for us all along. I feel that God guides our decisions each and everyday, and I now use prayer to seek his guidance for our lives.

However, two monosyllable words drove me away from God. Even though I had been taught that perfection outside of God didn’t exist, that I could do all things through Christ who strengthened me, and that above all God loved me, hearing the phrase thank you from someone was enough to make me believe that I could do it all without Him. Although the phrase is just an expression of gratitude to me it was translated to that person finding me valuable and lovable. Growing up my self-worth was found entirely in how many compliments I received. The people pleasing got to the point to where I would spend all my free time, church being a prime spot, trying to think

For this paper, I choose to interview Jean Proll, Elijah Purnell, Alex Synder, Zach Perry, and Cynthia Bring. Jean Proll has been working with children ministries in her church for many years. I thought that she would be a good choice because she grew up in a completely different American culture than I had, so I thought she would have some good advice on how to deal with things changing, and different types or kids. I then decided to interview Elijah Purnell, because he lives in New Zealand and I thought it would be interesting to see how they lead the ministries and work in groups. I also thought it would be a good idea because I don’t know who God will bring into my path or where he will take me, so I would have some insight into another country’s culture when it comes to leadership in groups. Alex Synder has started a lot of groups around the community to help many people and she has also helped her brothers find Christ. She also has helped out the Christian students in our high school and help them start a before school Bible Study. Zach Perry was one of my choices because he led many small groups in his church and he helps many people get back on track with God. Cynthia Bing has been a devoted Christian from a very young age. She has started a women’s ministry at her church to bring the women of the church together.

Praise and testimony opened day two of the Conference. Even the outside dampness of the rain could not interfere with the warmth and praise in the beautiful sanctuary. Bible study, taught by Rev. Annette Hoskins-Satterfield, Pastor of Pierce Chapel AME Zion Church, was powerful, practical, and soul stirring teaching. In her message, “Stewardship,” she dealt fiercely with the four principles of stewardship: we do not own it, responsibility, accountability and reward. She reminded us that we are seeking to hear God say, “Well done!” As she closed, she shared that stewardship is a place of leadership, not grunt

hearts to allow God to work through them. As I sat in my seat listening to the pastor call upon

Cindy Lamar is a volunteer Chaplin at South Pointe Hospital under the Pastoral Care Ministry Department. In the interview, she shared with me how their church evangelism ministry witnesses in the community. She said tht after she introduces herself and shows herself friendly, she watches the person and listens to the person attentively before asking them if she could pray for them. If they say yes, all is well and if no, she blesses them and keeps it moving.

One’s spirituality is a very sensitive subject and I don’t want to make anyone feel that I am asking these questions simply because I have to. I want to show that I have a genuine interest in their spiritual well-being. I found an article taken from the Journal of Christian Nursing that recommended using a tool with acronyms, making it easy to remember all that should be included in a spiritual assessment. This may help with eliminating that impersonal feel (Dameron, 2005). I also found an article from the Australian Journal of Pastoral Care and Health that evaluated several tools (CSI-MEMO, FICA, HOPE, FAITH and SPIRIT) and presented the FACT (faith, active/available/accessible, coping/comfort/conflict, treatment plan) tool as the best for an acute care setting to be utilized by pastoral services and other health care providers (LaRocca-Pitts, 2009). I have familiarized myself with these tools and will use them as a reference in the future.

My theological of pastoral care and pastoral counseling I will view all the human being as it was written in the beginning with Genesis 1:27: "And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them." As I know the creation of human being, therefore, my pastoral care and pastoral counseling will also views all human being as spiritual and bodily creatures created by God. As a result, my priority in pastoral care and pastoral counseling is that I was called into relationship with God and with one another. the same way my counseling session with client my main goal with he / her as a clients is to meet them where they are at now in their trials, tribulations, and suffering; we also celebrate their moments of personal growth, self-awareness, discovery, and change. As a pastoral counselor, the stakes are changed in the sense that there is an additional responsibility to look after the client’s journey in towards spiritual growth and a more mature faith. We seek to aid in the process of humanization, psychological wholeness, and well-being where we desire to give our client’s a taste of what is means to be “a fully functioning, free, consciously aware, responsible, and loving” individual. God did not create human beings to suffer any evil; that was the fault of man. Therefore, the ultimate questions I will ask of my clients are these: “What part is God playing in the story of your life?” and “What is God asking of you in this

I’ve experienced in ministry throughout the years, you go to others maybe parishioners, a sister, or brother and tell them about your situation in private or confidence because you trust them. But before you get outside the church doors, everyone in the church knows your business, this is called mistrust. It is a sad day in the body of Christ when we can’t trust the saints in the church with personal information to help agree with us in prayer. According to Proverbs 3:5, “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, lean not to thine own understanding. Be careful who you trust. The devil was once an angel. Love people but put your full trust only in the Lord. Jeremiah 17:7 says, “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.”