Session 1 - Ministering to Those Experiencing Grief
This demonstration of an actual Stephen Series training presentation shows the quality and effectiveness of the equipping lay ministers receive. You and others from your church will leave the workshop better able to care for those who are grieving a major loss.

• Essential elements of grief care
• The common stages of grief
• What grieving people typically experience
• How to care at each stage of grief

Session 2 - An Introduction to the Stephen Series
The Stephen Series is a proven ministry system that has worked in more than 10,000 congregations. You'll leave the workshop knowing how the Stephen Series will make ministry happen in your congregation.

• How to identify needs for care
• How Stephen Ministry works
• The value of Stephen Ministry for today's congregation
• How a congregation can begin Stephen Ministry
  

Session 3 - How to Care in a Distinctively Christian Way
Stephen Ministry is distinctively Christian caregiving. This workshop will help you better use the powerful caring tools God provides and what it means to care in distinctively Christian ways.

• How to use prayer and other Christian resources appropriately and effectively
• How you can build on your workshop experience in your own congregation

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