Stephen
Ministry
Moultonboro
and South Tamworth
Very soon we will be celebrating our 10th year of Stephen Ministry here at the Moultonborough UMC. Great success has been evident in the lives of many persons over these years. People have found renewed joy in their lives while working through separation, divorce, death, illness, job loss, and many other conditions that, at times, cause heartache and sadness. But we are here to listen and to be part of a confidential, caring process.
We welcome Pastor Paul O’Neil, who gives his complete support to the goals of Stephen Ministry and to the nine active Stephen Ministers.
Stephen Ministry is a confidential program. If you or someone you know would like to talk about the program, please speak with Pastor Paul 476-5152, Murray Nickerson 651-8922, Delphine Clough 279-6970, or Rae Marie Davis at 476-5152.
Stephen Ministry Featured on PBS April 9th, 2010 Stephen Ministry was recently featured on PBS™ Faith and Ethics television news program. Click on the video at the right to watch this interesting feature. For detailed information on this program, visit the PBS Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly website. |
What is Stephen Ministry?
Our congregation’s Stephen Ministry equips lay people to provide confidential, one-to-one Christian care to individuals in our congregation and community who are experiencing difficulties in their lives.
A
reminder
about the banner that
hangs on
the right, side wall of the church
sanctuary:
The Logo’s most dominant feature is the cross of Jesus. It reminds us that Christ is at the center of Stephen Ministry and all Stephen Ministry relationships. The broken person behind the cross symbolizes how we are all broken people,broken by our own sin and imperfections.
The whole person in front of the cross signifies wholeness we encounter through the transforming power of the cross of Jesus. It is only through Jesus and his life, death on the
cross and resurrection that we, who are broken people are made wholeThe circle is a symbol of God’s eternal and never ending love for us. God’s love surrounds us, holds us, heals us, with the cross of Jesus at the center of that love. For it was Jesus, God’s Son, who allowed himself to be broken on the cross to save us from our sin sin and give us the opportunity to be restored to wholeness through him.
The Stephen Series logo tells the story of a care receiver’s journey from brokenness to wholeness through the transforming power of the cross of Jesus. It serves as a simple reminder that it is not the Stephen Minister who restores a person to wholeness. Rather, it is only through
the cross of Jesus that a person can be made whole.
Should you or someone you know like to talk about Stephen Ministry and its mission of caregiving, you might speak to any of our Stephen Ministers,Rae Marie Davis or Murray Nickerson.
Stephen Ministry a caring ministry.
