WHAT DO STEPHEN MINISTERS DO

• Go through 50 hours of training.
  
• Meet with a care-receiver for 1 hour a week.
  
• Listen
  
• Explore feelings
  
• Pray
  
• Share Christ’s love
  
• Maintain confidentiality
  
• Attend to the care-giving process and leave the results to God
  
• Have small Peer Supervision Group meetings once a month.
  
• Have Continuing Education bi-monthly.

To learn more about becoming a Stephen Minister, contact Josh McClendon at jmcclendon@shandon-umc.org or 256-8383, ext. 111.