FINDING & GIVING PASTORAL CARE
We are a caring community and seek to help each other in need. When you can give or need to receive, please reach out to our ministers or others at church and ask to be connected to our Pastoral Visitors or CareNet.
Pastoral Care Team
The Pastoral Care Team is comprised of church members appointed by the minister to offer emotional and spiritual support to those in the UUCville community who are ill, going through a life crisis or transition, or could use a listening ear. They provide comfort to the bereaved and maintain contact with those unable to attend church. They also sponsor workshops on relevant topics and community resources. If you are in need of pastoral support, please contact a minister or pastoral@uucharlottesville.org
WHAT IF –
- you could talk to someone who has respect for your spiritual needs, who cares about your distress, who is part of your church community, and would hold what you say in confidence?
- you could explain everything to someone who wants to hear the whole thing all the way through, the entire range of your experience, without interruption?
- you didn’t have to hear about how so-and-so handled it in such-and-such a way, or get any other well-intentioned but sometimes irrelevant advice?
- you had compassionate support and the time to talk completely through the issue?
WOULD IT HELP YOU SORT IT ALL OUT?
This is what the Pastoral Care Team can do for those among us who are trying to work through troubled times. There is no need to go it alone!
Contact: Patty Wallens & Meg Dunham
CareNet
Looking for a way to warm your heart and experience the feeling of making a difference while helping church members during difficult times? Join the CareNet team and help provide deeply appreciated nutritious meals when life issues become overwhelming.
To learn how you can give or receive help contact: Lara Gastinger & Sandy Brooks