A Growing, All-Age, Christ-Centered Community
Pastoral Care involves offering care, support and encouragement to others. Reflecting the ministry of Jesus, it includes demonstrating unconditional love and acceptance, bringing hope, being present with and listening to people, journeying alongside people, especially during times of crisis, change and bereavement, building relationships and praying for those in our care.
The Pastoral Team is a group of approximately 19 people who undertake all or some of the following:
- Visiting parishioners who are elderly, disabled, housebound, ill, recovering from illness or bereavement at home, in residential day-care centres or in hospital.
- Visiting those who are new to the church.
- Offering listening, conversation, support or prayer to those being visited.
- Making and maintaining telephone contact with identified individuals.
- Passing on requests for Home Communion from church members who are unable to come to church services.
- Offering prayer support to members of the congregation as part of the prayer rota.
Members of the Pastoral Team have undergone training and when visiting as a pair one of the team will be DBS checked. Further training such as the Pastoral Care and Community courses will be available to team members.
If you would like to find out more about the work of the Pastoral Team, if you think you could help the team, or you have a request for pastoral support, please contact Caroline Lillicrap (Pastoral lead) in the first instance on 07837858875 or carolinelillicrap@gmail.com Or the church Office on 01253 301390 trinity@thetrinityparish.co.uk