<p><br><P> Ginger Burch has been commissioned as a Stephen Ministry leader at Good Samaritan Presbyterian Church in Waldorf.<P> Along with nearly 400 participants from across the U.S. and Canada, ...

No matter how caring and sincere a pastor or priest of any church or denomination is, he or she just can’t meet everyone’s needs for pastoral care. That’s where Stephen Ministries comes in. The ...

Divorce. Separation. Loss of a loved one through death or estrangement. Job loss or inability to find employment. Illness. Loneliness. Discouragement. Too often, people decide to soldier alone through ...

Stephen Ministry trains lay people to serve as caring partners on a one-to-one basis for those people are are going through life's struggles and who need someone with a Christian perspective to come ...

The Stephen Ministry workshop on Oct. 27 is a general-interest session for anyone interested in further pursuing Stephen Ministry, Sathre said. Two of the Stephen Ministry training modules will be ...

Prayer, compassion, support and encouragement are crucial in helping someone over the hump that accompanies a tragedy or crisis. These are the same qualities that embody a Stephen Minister, a trained ...

It takes time to build trust, Joyce McNeil said, and as a Stephen minister at Carroll Lutheran Village, a retirement community in Westminster, McNeil, 86, is grateful each time she reaches it with a ...